Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-04-04
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP
Our Special Correspondent Tells Of
the Solons' Doings.
Bills are Reing Rapidly Introduced and
Sent on Their Way by the Commit
tee of the Whole. hut Few
Have Become Laws. as

St Paul, March 26.-'rhe legislature
will adjourn at noon. Friday, April IL.
The report of the conference made to
the senate and house on Monday was
agreed to by both branches of the leg
islature. Now the legislators know
where they are at. April will be the
last day for introducing new bills.
After that date any bill proposed must
be accompanied by a message from
the governor. April IL is the last day
ON which bills may be passed. There
are about 1000 new measures in the
hands of the two houses, so there is
work in plenty on hand
The house passed the resolution Civ
ing the bribery Investigating commit
tee power to send for persons and pa
pers and compel the attendance of wit
,nesses, also requiring the committee
to report none but legal evidence.
When this committee will meet is un-
certain.
The house cleared up the calendar
yesterday, passing several bills, none
of them of Importance.
The senate did but little work,
played horse with general orders and
did not touch the calendar. Senator
Du Toit introduced bill to make half
of the senators elective every two
years and provide for constitutional
anne ndmeut to give it effect.
The board of control bill was in the
hands OF the conference committee
yesterday. The general expectation
is that, when reported back by this
com mittee, it will be in shape to pass.
The Dunn primary election bill,
which has passed the house, is in the
keeping of the senate committee on
elections. The machine politicians
are trying to load it up with amend
lnents according to their desires. and
how the bill will look when it comes
out is problem, that makes the prob
ability of the passage of an accept
able bill look doubtful at this time.
ST. Paul. March 27.-Several bills
we've passed by the house yesterday
. and some were not. One bill that was
lost was q measure to pay Lawyer
Donnelly ST, 900 for defending game
warden who shot to death All old fish
= erman near St Paul.
The bill to make Willmar a terminal
point for the inspection of grain was
passed. Also the bill fixing the deposit
tories for state funds and relieving the
state treasurer from liability in the
event of the failure of the banks desig.
nnted such depositaries.
The bill requiring baking powder to
tie labeled with the names of their in
gradients in the English language, in
stead OF in Latin or foreign words,
passed.
The lazy lawyers" bill rassed, as it
had passed the senate. md allows ex-
-ceptions after a decision. though such
were not noted during trial 1t is a
mischievuus measure, as under it iti-
CATION may be dra wn out in ter nina bly,
house employees SIS day. the same as
the senate, instead of So. 1t went to
the com mittee on expenses
The uniform school text book bill
introduced in the house and senate. is
on the house general orders without
any recomme ndation. In the senate
it is in the hands of the committee on
education. A couple of St. Paul print
ing houses are championing the bill,
and Il lasge delegation of educators
are opposed 1t is probable the bill
will he indefinitely postponed.
In the senate the anti-cigaret bill
was killed, after some debate. by a
vote of q to kill the bill to Is for it.
Senator Schaller has introduced two
bills to do away with Jail sentences for
~drunks and tramps who break into
prison to pass the winter months. The
bills leave towns and villages to deal
with tramps as they deem best
Mr.. Sogcng proposes by i bill a
general public telephone system.
Township telephone systems may be
operated, 10 per cent of the electors
giving notice five days before any
town meeting of intent ton to propose
such a system, the question to be de-
cided by ballot, majority being re-
quired to carry it. One telephone
shall be placed in every residence,
business place, town hall. school house
and hurch in the township, and shall
be maintained at pu bile expense.
The senate committee of the whole
has recommended to pass the house
bill proposing to the people of the
state that a convention be called for
the purpose Of revising the state con-
stitution. If the bill becomes law,
the question of calling such conven-
ton will be submitted to the people at
the next general election.
St Paul, March 2s.-The railroad
gross earnings bill will not down.
There was a big contest in the house
yesterday over taking it from the table
and after call of the honse and
sharp debate it was voted to take from
the-table by vote of 81 to 56. It was
then made the special order for Friday
morning. During the de bate the ques.
ton of Investigating the alleged cor
ruption in come ction with the bill was
taken up, and Mr. Mallory, the chair
man, said that the gentlem man who
made the charges had not come for
ward to substantiate them
The bill in the senate to make state
hospitals out of the insane asylnms at