The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-23

iquired to give the railroad commission
the names OF their customers, and that
IN this way shippers would learn the buy
ers and ship to them direct, avoiding COM
mission charges. The bill was amended
requiring the railroad commission to keep
all such information secret unless called
upon to produce it in court. This was the
best the opponents of the bill could get.
and 1t passed by "a to e. or two votes
to spare, as it requires 80 votes to pass
BILL
The bill making both husband and wife
liable to debts incurred in the purchase
of the necessaries of life was passed with
only seven negative votes. r. j
The senate afternoon session was de-
voted to discussing what has come to be
known as the Younger parole bill. The
state prison board now has authority to
parole prisoners on condition that they
remain In the state. This bill allows
paroled prisoners to leave the state, the
avowed purpose being to allow the
Younger brothers, who engaged in the
Mortified bank robbery and murder
nearly twenty-five years ago, to return to
their old home in Missouri if they can
obtain parole. Senator Wilson, of Min
neapolis, is the leading champion of the
bill. The whole afternoon was devoted to
the debate, and an adjournment was
taken without reaching a vote.
The house continued the discussion of
the Anoka-Hastings asylum bill, which
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day night. The debate was long and
heated, but after some amendments the
bill was finally passed by "a to AZ. At
first it provided for paying $4,000 for the
Hastings site. This was cut down to
$4,000 before the bill passed. AS it
stands, 1t limits Anoka to an asylum
which will accommodate not more than
500 patients at a cost not to exceed $780,
900; and purchases a site for an asylum at
Hastings for $4,000, the asylum itself to
be ordered, If ever. by some future legis-
lature. Neither town is very happy over
the result, as Anoka wanted a bigger in
stitution, and Hastings wanted to be sure
OF one of some kind One Of the new bills
introduced today appropriates 1890 for
repairs and addition to the St. Peter in
sane asylum, which all agree is quite
dilapidated in the way of buildings.
st. Paul, March Ex-senator Wilson did
not resume his argument on the Younger
parole bill, as there was light attend
ance, and the matter goes over until next
week. Another bill of his was the bone
Of contention yesterday. It was the bill
to make the state oil inspector official
salaried instead of a fees position. The
office is now supposed to be worth about
$4,000 per annum which is paid in fees
by the Standard Oil Company, and does
not come out of the state treasury. The
plan of the proposed bill is to have the
fees turned into the state and pay the
inspector salary. 1t is argued against
the bill that this would lead to lax in
spection and as the Office costs the state
nothing and does not increase the price
of oil to the consumer, it would be better
to let the situation remain as 1t is. The
action yesterday was not decisive except
that an amendment, which the friends Of
the bill claimed was designed to cripple
1t, was voted down by a small majority.
There seems to be desire to kill the bill
by indirection rather than by direct on
slaught.
The bill providing for a state meat in
spection which was supposed to have
been killed by indefinite postponement
Thursday, was resurrected by recommen-
dation and sent to the committee Of the
whole. It is claimed that if it should
pass 1t would cost the packers and
slaughter houses in the state from SIS, 900
to 100000 in fees, and they in turn would
take it out of the stockmen in reduced
prices paid for live stock
The Lieutenant Governor appointed as
the special committee to consider the an
THRUST bills, Senators Snyder, Miller,
Sivright, Baldwin and Fitzpatrick.
A bill was introduced, perhaps as
joke, by Senator McGovern. making st.
Patrick's day legal holiday.
In the house it was the cities against
the country again. The present law gives
the cities but one member each on the
state board Of equalization. The pending
bill, which was offered by Minneapolis
representative, makes the board consist
of three from each congressional district.
AS Hennepin county is a congressional
district by itself and St. Paul and Duluth
are very prominent factors in two other
districts, the opponents of the bill
claimed that it would give those three
would be unfair to the rest of the state.
In reply it was claimed that st. Paul and
Minneapolis pay two-fifths of all the tax
es and have only two members out Of
twenty-one, which was unfair to the
cities. The bill was, after a lengthy de-
bate, indefinitely postponed, and then by
the close vote of 81 to sc, reconsidered and
given another chance for it's life though
ultimate success is not very probable.
The senate bill giving the Governor $500
to pay for kilograms to and from Manila
concerning our soldiers was passed under
suspension of the rules. Between 30 and
40 bills were considered in committee of
the whole, but none were OF character
to make much controversy Both houses
adjourned until Monday, in order to visit
the Agricultural School at Hamline.
Sensitive ON That Head.
The illustrious senator, who still lacked a
dozen or more votes of reelection, was in the
BARRIERS chair.
The razorial artist ran his fingers through