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

I|L B. LA1 1 LETT ERR
-FOUR MESSAGES SENT IN BY Gov
FRMOR LIND.
Tho First One Vetoed the Hastings.
Anoka Insane Hospital BilI-The Other
Suggested Necessary Legislation, some
Of Which Was Already We'll Under
Way-Underleak Antitrust Bill Rushed
Through tho House-The Militia Com
solidation Matter-Gsme and Fish Log
islation - Remarkable Record Of the
( House.
| ST. PAUL, April 14.-Four messages,
other than routine approval of bills,
reached the legislature during the week
from Governor Lind. The first was his
veto Of the Hastings-Anoka insane hos
pital bill, his belief in county and cot
,tage care of chronic insane, together
with an argument against what he
termed the extravaganza of the pro-
posed new hospitals, being the points
made against the bill. ~, AS it was q
house bill the message was sent to that
body and after reading was placed on
the table whence it can be called up for
passage over the veto, if SO desired In
the house, when passed, the bill was six
votes short Of the two-thirds vote neces-
sary to pass over q veto, while in the
senate the. vote was even closer. In
view Of this state of affairs some new
or amended measure to meet the obiec-
tons of the governor is suggested as the
more likely course to be pursued.
Conferences to that end have been held
daily and it seems likely that provision
for the erection of some. cottages on the
Anoka and ! Hastings sites may be the
form of legislation towhich the execu-
tive approval is obtainable. This will
come nearest satisfying all concerned:
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The other messages were in, the, way
of suggestions as to the necessary legis-
lation and they have caused some
amusement in,view of certain pending
measures covering the points to which
Governor Lind calls attention. The first
of these messages referred to the we'll
known fact that all the product of the
state prison binding Irvine plant had
been sold months. ahead and rec
Commended the extension of the plant
by the appropriation of $4,000
with which to purchase additional
machinery. The advice was good, and
the necessity for the proposed legisla-
ton had so appealed to John w. Torrey,
Republican representative from Meeker
county, that on Jan. %, or two and one
half months in advance of the COVER
nor's new discovery, that member had
introduced in the house a bill III. F.
1857 for an appropriation of SEC, for
the purchase of additional machinery
for the binding Irvine plant. In tho
regular course of business the Torrey
bill went to the appropriations commit
tee, where it was under consideration in
with the other expenses of
the various institutions. Of course, the
governor had no official knowledge of
this, nor could he find out Except by
asking anyone of the seventeen mem
bers of the appropriation COM
mittee) that nearly twenty
four hours before his message
of advice was sent to the legislature
that committee had decided on a favor
able recommendation for the Torrey
bill. However, the legislature knows
now that the Torrey bill will probably
be approved by the governor. No bill
on the subject had been presented to
the senate, but prior to the arrival of
the message the senate adopted resolu-
tons, introduced by Senator Ryder,
asking the prison managers to prepare
and submit such measure as would in
their opinion increase the Irvine output
to the extent demanded by the needs of
the farmers. .-', J..
The next message of advice was in re-
gard to the inability of the state treas
urer to get the 3 per cent interest re-
CURED by law on deposits on public
funds. It is based on COM
to the governor from
State Treasurer Koerner who sug-
gested the advisability of reducing
the interest to 2 per cent. Mr.. Koerner's
letter was dated March IA, but the gov.
ernor held it until April 8, or moro
than three weeks, and until after Rep,
resentative Won der Weyor's bill cover
ing the point suggested in the Koerner
letter had been killed in the house. Had
the governor acted ore promptly on
the suggestion tate Treasurer
Koerner that bill ', ~ probably have
met different fate, b. he letter of Mr..
Koerner would have thrown q different
light on the subject, but Governor Lind
had that letter in his own possession and