The Worthington advance., 1899-04-14
ll.I.lEl.1G(jI,ll.SLA y E ! / E GOSSIP,
- Our Special Correspondent Tells of
the Solons' Doings.
1no members are Busily Engaged, a, the
session Draws Towards Close, in the
discussion and Passage of Va
&y r1ous Measures

discussion and Passage of Va
%@ r1ous Measures.
ot. Paul, April 4, 1S99.-The senate did
not meet until afternoon yesterday, but
WISH 1t did business went with a rush.
Anere were N2 bills in committee of the
"no4e, and worse still. 1928 are senate bills
"AAch must run the gauntlet of the
mouse. AS there are but 13 more days for
passing bills and it will take at least
seven or the thirteen to work the 1928 bills
through the senate, or kill them enroute,
the chances OF many of them being last
are excellent. Between go and 70 bills
were acted upon in committee of the
whole. One of the bills passed over with
out action was the bill making the oil
inspector a salary instead of fee office,
Ah1s Dill Is liable to be lost for lack of
tlme. II the session was 60 days longer
instead of 13 it might approximate pass
ing.
The proposed new game was also
passed over. Among the bills recon-
mended to pass were the following: Pro-
Vlding State Park in Northern Minne-
sofa to be known as Leech Lake Park:
regulating the business Of operating tele-
phone lines in the state; codifying the
laws relating to building, loan and saw
1ngs associations; appropriating money
Tor the purchase of land and erecting ad-
d1t1onal buildings at the Soldiers Home
The house occupied most of the FORE
noon session in discussing bill requir-
ing notary publics to have their names
on their seals. There was so much ora
tory against it that it lacked eight votes
of passing. One of the bills passed is to
compel the better observance of Memorial
day and prohibiting public sports Per-
haps, after awhile there will be legisla-
ton to compel the observance of the
Fourth of July. After passing eight bills
the house spent the rest of the day in
committee of the whole There were Is
bills in the committee and the majority
were acted upon. The most important
bill acted upon was one granting certain
authority to city councils in connection
with street car lines. The bill is designed
to facilitate the construction of street
car line between Saltwater and st. Paul,
and was recommended to pass
st. Paul. April H.-County option re-
ceived another quietus in the senate
submitted majority report recommend
ing the indefinite postponement of the
bill and minority report recommending
Its passage. vote was taken on SUBJ
stituting the minority report for the
majority and it was lost by 13 yeas to "a
nays with Is absentees. While on the
temperance work the senate also killed
the bill for temperance commission and
also a bill of the liquor dealers associa-
tion regulating the sale of infoxicati ting
liquors.
The house bill for increasing the bounty
for wolf scalps went to a conference COM
mittee and was amended to give from 50
to IS, for cubs and from IS to 81 for full
grown wolves. In spite of the argument
that this would increase the cost from
$4,000 to $4,000 per year the conference
report was adopted.
The anti-boycott and anti-black list
bills had another inning, but no result
was reached. A large portion of the day
was spent in considering bills in commit
tee of the whole, during which the bill
allowing city and county treasurers to
give bonds of surety companies was rec
commended to pass. The baking powder
bill! requiring the formula to be printed
on the package, and the pure vinegar bill
were among those recommended to pass.
The house indulged in a long debate
concerning the method of fixing the price
of binding twille made at the state
prison. The bill under consideration fixed
an arbitrary price, but it was argued that
this was unWise as circumstances would
arise which the legislature could not
foresee and that the prison managers
should have more latitude. This view
prevailed and the bill was defeated. The
bill for paroling the Younger brothers
was sent to the committee of the whole
without recommendation from the prison
committee. The house does not seem to
think the state needs good roads and sent
the bill for that purpose back to the COM
mittee. The bill requiring notaries to
have their names on their seals was
passed. A bill providing for the gather
ing of agricultural statistics was also
passed. large number of bills were
considered in committee of the whole but
none of general Importance.
st. Paul, April 6.-The senate relieved
itself of Is bills yesterday by adopting the
reports of various committees for the in
ueIlIlAle pOStpOueIIleut OI IldC numDef or
proposed laws. Among the bills thus
slaughtered was one increasing the salary
of the dairy commissioner and another
appropriating $4,000 for education in
butter and cheese making. The bill MAX
ing the state oil inspectors office a
salaried instead of a fee office was de-
feated after hot debate by % yeas to
Is nays. This will make a difference in
favor Of the present incumbent, during
his term Of from $4,000 to $4,000.
Under the supposed graduated taxation
law, the Chicago Great Western rail-
road Is only paying per cent tax on it's
gross earnings, but the senate passed a
bill requiring it to pay per cent the same
as the older railroads. Another bill passed
was one requiring district schools to hold
instead of months school in order to
secure their full share of the state fund.
bill refunding to the National Guard
the money expended in equipp1ng them
as volunteers was passed unanimously.
The compromise trust bill was the special
order yesterday afternoon. There were
three bills pending a week ago, intro
duced respectively by Senators Miller.
MCGOWAN and Underleak. The Republi-
cans held caucus few days ago and
voted to kill the two former and support
the Underleak bill. In accordance with
this agreement the Miller and MCGOWAN
bills were Indefinitely postponed and the
senate took up the Underleak bill. Instead
Of the one considered by the caucus, how
ever substantially a new bill was re-
ported by the committee and after some