Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-01-26


IsM4sr most WIDELY in principles Of do
nestle policies my sentiments. Of high
appreciation of their approval Of my ac-
has ge fassfq re aar poas
that tina while the. American people may diff
lions In this unity We ol arg ai a5 one
m the honor and Sc 70 Sc always be- have
s,s<s-sss's "CUsHMAN K. DAVIS" S
"a bill that will interest about as many
people IN the state as any which is like
~ TO be Introduced this session was Of
feved by Senator Wilson regulating the
| cause for divorce and repeating the di-
vorce law Of 1885. Senator Wilson's bill
limits causes for divorce to adultery, i'm
potency, cruelty, sentence to state prison,
hab1tual drunkenness for one year and
wilful desertfon for three, years. The law
OF IS allowed a divorce for one years de-
sert1on. The proposed law, if it becomes
an act, Will not, bevasspopular as the old
one owing to its more stringent features.
The first bill to be killed was one for
bidding stealing rides on railroad trains.
Apparently the Senate is tenderly in
clined towards tramps.s '' aE7sAE&- ~
q The~sHouse' sindulged In a war episode
and gave its members a chance to indulge
In some patriotic talk by considering some
| resolutions urging the United States Sen
ate to rat1fy the peace treaty. The resolu-
tons were passed with only four negative
votes. An effort was made to put
Through the ,biAsappropriating.s $24, 500 for
the expense of Minnesotas display at
the Omaha Exposition but the effort
failed. This money was raised by our citi-,
zens because the legislature of 1897 re-
fused to make an appropriationaand this
bill is designed to reimburse the citizens.
~ bill amending the tax laws Of 1878
was killed after sharp debate. 1t is
claimed that the present law compels
both the owner and giver of a mortgage
to pay taxes ons the amount and the
amendment proposed to limit the taxation
to the owner of, the. mortgage. Appar-
emily the majority of the House have no
mortgages outstanding. .s
The sessions Of both branches were
brief, owing to the joint session for the
senatorial election, but now, that that in
cident is entirely out of the way, both
branches will doubtless settle down to
regular business hours.
St.NPaul, Mimi, Jan. 20.-Thirteen new
bills were, introduced in the Senate yes
terday and one of minor Importance pass
ed. One Of the bills appropriates' five
thousand dollars for education in butter
taking. ssyI tilis very. doubtful whether
such a bill can run the gauntlet of both
houses, as it opens The door for many
expenditures in behalf of private inter-
ests, but it will test the strength of the
farmers, at least. : .'-'...'
There was long debate in committee
of the whole concerning the bill allow
ing children's home societies to take
charge of homeless waifs,S but no results
were reached. The possibility of abuses.
growing up owingist0 the abandoning OF
children and their being delegated to the
tender mercies of irresponsible societies
where they would not receive proper
treatment or training was, exploited to
the disadvantage of. the bill. H.
The House is not keeping up it's record
in the introduction of bills, but six being
Offered vest erday, the whole session last
ing but an hour. It should not be under
stood, 49,. however, that short sessions
necessarily indicate that the legislature
is not Industrious, for" as matter of
fact, the real deliberate work Of the legis-
lature is done in the committees and. Of
the thousand bills that are liable to be Of
fered before the session closes perhaps
not more than half dozen will be fought
out at any length in the open session.
In the committee of the whole the chief
measure considered was bill to reduce
the interest on land bought from the
state. School lands are now sold on long
time, the deferred payments drawing five
per cent interest and the pending bill pro-
poses to reduce this interest four per
cent. One Of the members argued that
five per cent compelled the purchasers to
pay faster than they should, thus putting
more money in the school fund than could
be used to advantage and that the state
officers could not find safe investment for
the surplus money at a higher rate than
three per, cent, and it was better for our
own people to keep the money in their.
pocket and pay. four per cent on deferred
payments. It is a novelty to have to
legislate to keep people from paying their
debts in order to save interest,"
~ VIZ --! & @aas
st. Paul, ian. M.-Na tional affairs were,
prominent iii the Senate yesterday. It
did not take a great Nhile for that body
stos. vote down Senator; :ssstockwelrs anti
expansion resolutions, but when 1t came
to passing the joint resolution sent in
from the House urging the United States
Senate; promptly ratffys. the peace,
treaty there was a good deal Of Republic
can opposition manifested. Not that they.
were opposed to the treaty. but they were
opposed to thrusting national affairs into
|sthe legislature and giving their advice to.
the United States Senate. The resolu-l
lions passed IS to 16, but good many;
who voted for them did 50 with the sex-l
PLANTATION that they did not want to be
understood as N against the treaty and.
simply supported them to avoid being put
in a. false position, III i
A bill was offered creating one more
Office, that of custodian of documents in
the Secretary of States Office, with a