Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-04-13

ten years later. Gov. Yale, now a mem.
Der of the house, said he had known Mr.
Folsom 40 years apd presided in the SEN
ate when he was a member of the house.
The bill increasing the salary of Warden
Wolfer, of the state prison, to 81 900 was
passed. This was in accord with the
agreement when he declined to go to Con-
nectlcut to take charge of fone of their
prisons. The senate bill for custodian
OF public documents was passed. This
gives some new man 1000 position The
new legislative manual is out and is the
most complete manual ever issued by the
state. Each member of the legislature
receives 80 copies and one will be sent
each school district. Twenty thousand
!. copies have been printed. -
st. Paul, April 1.-The senate yesterday
passed quite number of bills during the
day, with very little discussion, as a rule.
An exception to this was in the-case
of the BATE bill, providing for the APP
pointment of a state Inspector Of cream
cry butter to be located at New York
city, whose duties it would be to inspect
butter offered for foreign shipment. The
bill was defeated, Hayes, Al nays. Dur
ing the debate Senator Halverson stated
that, according to his figures the bill
allowed fees for the inspector which
would amount to- over $4,000 annually,
and Senator Batz, speaking to the same
point commended that if any such a sum
was ito be the fortune of the.inspector,
the bettersit would be for the state, and
he showed that for every 500 of fees
collected the value, Of, the butter would
have to amount to $2,125,Q00: -
The house defeated the Daugherty
peddlers" license bill, which had passed
the senate by one majority The friends
Of the biz in :, the house made strong
The committee on general legislation to
Whlch 1t was referred, reported Wednes-
day night in favor of an indefinite post
minority of three which yesterday was
swelled1 to seven, equally dividing the
c. committee anitt Mr.: .LaybouEn submitted
Messrs. stiyers, Mausten, Staples, Truwe,
Fosnes and O'Neil, recommending that
the bill be passed and advanced to gen
fight. was over this recommendation,
which, however, was defeated
; st. Paul, April s.-There was a genuine
the veto sent in by Go1 nd Of ths
Anoka- Hastings insane asylum bill. SEN
ato eto Schaller evidently labored under
debate on the bill that he had the "a: ass t1
ance OF the governor that he would sign
the bill: The governor recommended the
insane in his message and does not seem
to have changed his views. His argu-
ment in the veto message was that it is
oyercrowding our present hospitals, and
that II the hospitals were relieved of the
chronics they have twice the necessary
capacity for the acute, or possibly durable
insane. The chronic, he argued, are best
cared for on the county or colony plan,
where they can be given out door work
and made largely self-sustaining, but
that the erection of two more hospitals
on the old plan of mingling the chronics
and acutes, would involve large expense
for maintenance which should not be
assumed, and that the state does not
need two more asylums which receive
patients of all grades. There was lit
tie stTiding to the veto where the govern
though he approves the county plan, if it
had been so framed that the hospital
trustees could, at their discretion, send
only chron1cs to the new institutions.
The bill as passed was a house bill which
the senate accepted. Prior to this the
is still on the table in the house. The
talk now is that this bill can be amended
as the governor suggests, limiting the
new institutions to the .chronics, and in
pledged to sign it. There is no. probable
ity that the bill can be passed over the
governors veto, and some such amend
ment must be accepted, or the much
mooted Misunderstanding asylums will go
glimmering.
AS usual when such an important event
as this occurs, 1t acted as a check
on general legislation. The senate made
no attempt to pass bills at the morning
session, but: worked in committee of the
whole on bills which have no opposition,
making disputed bills special orders for
future dates. The next two or three days
will be largely devoted to discussing
spent most of the time in discussing the
game and fish law. AS it came from the
house it allows the shooting Of ducks
provision was stricken out an and r the bill BIZ
passed, so it now goes back to the house
for concurrence. There. was a lively
fore the bill passed that body the city
members opposing and the country mem
bers faVoring it.
The house devoted it's work to consider
ing bills in committee Of the whole which
had no opposition.
The governor has signed the bill Great
urnents as an attache of the secretary
of states Office. with a salary Of 81 600.
The secretary Of state makes the APP
pointment, and it is understood Mr. Berg
will select Charles Rose, for many years
janitor of the capitol prior to the pres
ent administration.
St. Paul. April 1o--The governor sent
three cOmmunicat tons to the legislature
Saturday, but none of them were vetoes
With the present facilities at the state
prison for manufacturing binding Irvine
all has been ordered which can be made
up to the LIST of next August, and hum
dreds of remittances have been returned
to farmers because the capacity of the
plant has been exhausted. Gov. Lind
recommended that $4,000 be appropriated
to buy additional machinery and increase
the output: A bill of this character is
already pending and will doubtless pass.
Another message concerned the interests
on state deposits. Under the present law
the state treasurer must deposit his
money lin banks. and must also secure
three per cent interest on daily balances.
The city banks refuse to pay but two per
cent and in this dilemma the governor
recommends legislation authorizing the
state treasurer to accept two per cent
if he cannot do better. This suggestion
will undoubtedly be incorporated into a
law. The third communication recon-
mended legislation to amend the.l of
1897, making the lists of delinquent per-
sonal property taxes returned by the
county treasurers, prima facie evidence
that the legal requirements as to the as
sessments and levy have been complied
with.
The leading matter in the senate was
the consideration of the house bill re-
6Iointr tho 10 Of inforaSt and ovtopd;yo