The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-21

sions Of existing institutions instead Of
n%1icanE nth one at Duluth and the
school advocates were clashing among
themselves both would fail. The bill ap-
propriates about 81 800, COO, In order to
aside it's own bill and take up the house
bill and pass it, as so iar both bodies
have agreed upon the only important
| st. Paul. April lathe senate is not
| inclined to help the public examiner out
according to his request for more money
TOR clerk hire A bill Is pending grant:
Ing the examiner an extra allowance of
| $500 for clerk hire, and the attempt today
was to jump it from the committee of the
WHOLE to the ealendar The senate made
present Democratic examiner had as
much money as his Republican predeces-
sor. and as the Republican had been
| censured by the Democrats for not ac-
complishing more, they proposed to let
the present incumbent stand on the same
basis The sfort to adyanss the bin was
| fused to- concur with the senate in re-
from 8 to per cert ofV their sSip sross
! was appointed. About II a. m. the senate
took up the omnibus appropriation bill,
1t 9 %as un E. that ners its
scraPping al along the line. The bill
substituted for the senate bill. One big
GUS session of the normal schools. This
was voted down in the house, but the
senate put in an amendment to the bill
schools and appropriating $4,000 a year
for two years, or a total of $4,000. to
maintain them The e. big liz fight was on the
NAL school at Duluth. This came on at
S p. M, and was the last item in the bill.
The fight lasted until p. m, and ere
was adopted by just one majority the
same that it had in the house. Then an
attempt. was made to defeat the whole
nearly proved successful. the BIZ only only
passing by one majority, the closest vote
on an appropriation bill in the history of
The senate amendments increase the
appropriation bill s12O. 900. 1t is quite I'M
certain whether the house will vote the
mai mats schools, and It is also an open e q u
ton whether the governor will not veto
the $4,000 appropriation for the Duluth
normal school: He can veto any item
Speaker Dare received word this fore
some time, was dying at; their home at
Speaker Dare returned home me- this o after.
noon. With good deal of opposition
and many Wry grlmaces the house today
concurred in the senate amendment to
spring duck shooting. Owing to the af-
sion was quite brief and the afternoon
| was devoted to considering bills in the
committee. Of the whole. Bills requiring
and to prevent the adulteration of white
lead and mixed paints, were recon-
fees for oil inspector from Is to I cents
was recommended to pass. AS the
Standard Oil company pays the fee, it
will be quite help to a struggling cor
gay that Monday night $midnightS is the
the 18th, being the last day, has 10 en-
mooted for some time and the popular
the last. but this proves to have been an
error. So far the governor has only sent
! about 250 bills to the secretary of state
than 100 more viii get through, N making ai1
the actual completed Legislative work I'M
usually light. Senator MCGOWAN offered
a resolution to have his absence when the
per cent gross earnings bill was defeat
ed, investigated, but Senator Snyder gave
notice Of debate, throwing the resolution
over until TOMORROW. The session is so
| an investigation will be ordered. The SEN
ate unanimously adopted a resolution
asking ask the president to expurge from the
cusing the officers of the Fifteenth Min
nesota of cowardice at the time of the
riot dn at a Augusta 4Ea Ga1 oyer the shooting
Ssaloonkeeper. The. house Hastings-Xno-
ka insane asylum bill passed the senate
after after an hours debate. AS the bill has
views. it will doubtless become law
The senate held it's first evening session
last night and an nished up ths IDS bs in
were sent to third reading, so that with
those already In that order there are now
about 80 bills before that body for final
action.
The bill for the Itasca state park was
recommended to pass. The same treat
men ment was accorded to the bill asked by
| debts to be recorded in the office of the
city or town clerk. The sugar beet bounty
bill, which has passed the house, was
| to defeat: The bill requiring notaries
| public to have their names on their seals
was defeated
! Speaker Dare's wife being little better
ne returned to his post yesterday. but
Mr.. Staples was chosen speaker pro tenn
to provide for any emergency.
The house refused to concur with the
senate amendments to the appropriation
bill and appointed a conference commit
| tee. The contest is over the appropria-
| the normal schools.
The bill allowing saloon men to transfer
their licenses occupied the attention of
| the house large portion of the forenoon
! and was finally recommended to pass
The house does not propose to accept
the senate antitrust bill and wants one
credited with having drafted a new bill
| and an attempt will be made to substitute
! it. The bill is being made political
St. Paul, April H:-The senate passed
! be brought against the Chicago Great
on its gross earnings: The Road ra lis is now .Sx
paying pei. cent, claiming that that is
a it is cb 5egared tho to R Under its ter
| by Senator Shellbach and is now in the
House. The Minneapolis Journal claimed
that the bill was designed to repeal the
that this was its concealed purpose. An
| opinion Of Attorney General Douglas.
given to Representative Jacobson carried
oer tas 1 resou Saagrday McG
article. strongly endorsing the Integrity
Of Senator shellback and declaring that
the bill does not repeal the Andeman law.
genera! was Sharply ee crit{e as da't0f TSs
resolution passed unanimously.
| The conference committees are having
hard work to agree. The committee on
the general appropriation bill reported
to each house that they could not agree
| on the Item of 0,000 for continuous SEES
sions of the normal schools and new com
mittees were appointed. The new com
mittee agreed tonight to- recommend that
! the senate recede and cut out the con
tinuous sessions. This report will be
made Monday morning to both houses.
| The conference committee on the gross
was also unable to- agree. The tax is
now per cent. The house raised it to
6 and the senate made it AZ. The house
| committee offered to compromise on per
/ cent but the senate cammittea rof,,aoa