The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-02

claimed inst 10 Land wtould s. paid ror
{ 9 Tour Per cent Just as rapidly as at
nvs and that the measure simply gave
the purchasers q reduction Of one per
cent on the interest They were In q
minority however. and the bill passed by
q to -. .@ Il
st. Paul. Mimi, Jan. 1.-THE senate
spent good deal Of time yesterday In
endeavoring to kill the house bill appro-
priating $4,000 to re-emburse the citizens
who advanced that sum to the Omaha
exposition. While It will probably pass,
1t was laid over for another debate.
Ten bills were introduced in the SEN
ate among them one appropriating $4,000
Tor making roads in the Interstate park.
It costs something to investigate, as was
shown by the presentation of bill APP
propriating 1850 to pay the expenses of
the binding Irvine investigating commit.
tee. =
The judiciary committee evidently "a
vors keeping the divorce laws as they
are, as they have recommended both of
Senator Wilson's bills for indefinite post
ponement. q"
The prominent feature in the house was
the discussion Of the bill abolishing the
payment of taxes on mortgages by the
parties giving the mortgage. The COM
m1ttee had reported in favor of indefin-
lite postponement. but after vigorous
speech by Mr.. Foss the bill was sent to
committee of the whole for further con.
siderat1on. A little later in the session,
after having refused to turn down the
railroad committee report, some one
moved to reconsider. the action whereby
Mr.. Foss' bill was sent to committee of
the whole. The mover said he had been
so carried away by Mr.. Foss' eloquence
that he voted against his more sober
convictions. The result was that the
motion was re-considered and the COM
m1ttee report indefinitely postponing
adopted.
An attempt was made to repudiate the
report of the railroad committee on the
bill regulating railroad fares and for
bidding public officials from receiving
railroad passes. The committee recon-
mended its indefinite postponment and
after lively debate the committee re-
port was adopted and the bill goes to the
bone yard
One of the bills offered in the House
appropriates $19,975 to the Minnesota
Sugar Co. in payment OF beet sugar
bounties.
A good deal Of interest is being taken
in the bill pending in the Senate regulat-
ing commission merchants, and at
public hearing in the Senate chamber
this afternoon large delegations of COM
mission men were present from the Twin
Cities to protest against it, Judging
from the outside talk of Senators the bill
will not pass.
st. Paul. Jan. Ex-senator Miller Of
fered the most important bill of the day
IN the form of an antitrust measure
which makes it a felony, punishable by
a. fine Of not less than 500 nor more than
$1,000 to issue or own a stock certificate
In trust It also provides that debtor
If sued by trust can set that fact up
In defense and the plaintiff cannot COL
lect This is pretty vigorous measure
but Is similar to a law which has been
adopted in several states.
The bone of contention of the session
was Senator Snyder's bill allowing the
children's homes societies to take charge
OF children up to the age of fourteen
years. It was almost defeated several
times but finally got u place on the
calendar and If it can obtain as many
votes as it did yesterday will pass.
The agricultural committee having the
commission bill in charge sent the bill
back to its author. Mr.. Grindeland, to
be amended to eliminate the objections
raised by the commission men. If this
bill is pushed it will develop one of the
lvelfest contests of the winter.
The Senate adhered to the custom
which 1t has so far followed this session
and adjourned until ten o'clock Tuesday.
The House passed the bill yesterday for
the collection of the Railroad and Ware
house Commission by the people, the in
cumbents to hold Office for four years.
There was quite a contest as to whether
the term should be two or six years, and
four was finally agreed upon as a COM
promise. The bill will undoubtedly pass
the Senate, and while this result might
have been accomplished anyway, it seems
to have been accelerated by the fact that
the governor, who now does the appoint
Ing. is not of the same political per-
suasion as the legislature.
A few months ago the newspapers
forced an investigation into the conduct
Of Deputy Warden Lemon, of the state
prison. and now bill is offered to re-
imburse him for his expenses. Perhaps
as he was acquitted, this is fair, but the
result would have been the same If he
had been convicted, for in the end, when
the state investigates a man it pays it's
own and his expenses as well.
Mr.. Jacobson concluded to let the
House follow the example of the Senate
this week and an adjournment was taken
until ten o'clock Tuesday.
Narrow Escape.
Mrs. John Connery, wife of farmer
who lives near Fertile, had narrow
escape from being severely burned one
DAY last week. She was on her way
to Fertile, and before starting had
D1ace6 a. hot stone in tho ho+4o,- - ~