Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-06

urged IN the interest Of criminals and
the smallpox ~
The experimental farm and aDri-
cultural college were heard from in
the shape of a bill appropriat1ng $751;
SOC for new buildings at St Anthony
Park A college of pedagogy is ere
ated at the state university by a bill
appropriating $1o,ao0~ 4 bill that
does not carry an appropriation in
this legislature does lot cut much
figure.
BLAIR, (rep.l, Of Le Sueur county,
who contested the seat of MANHOOD.
(dem-) is in with bill of 81. IL. 10 for
expenses of the contest. This is more
than twice his salary if he had been
elected originally As he failed in the
contest, it is SO much gone to waste.
and as Mayhood's bill was over $500.
it makes substant TALLY 1000 for this
little advertisement. The house passed
bill reducing the rate of interest up-
on contracts arising from the sale of
state lands from 5 per cent to per
cent. The special committee appoint
ed by Governor Van SAINT have report
ed in favor OF establishing a board of
control to take charge Of all public in
situations in the state and the COVER
nor sent the report to the legislature
with q message urging the passage of
of the bill.
The constitutional convention Dues
ton, cropped up in new form yester-
day in the shape OF a bill to have a
popular vote to decide whether the
next legislature shall call constitu-
tional convention or not. This would
make a double headed ARRANGEMENT.
for if the people voted to have the con-
vention then when the legislature
ordered it they would have to vote for
it again and perhaps in the end vote
down the new constitution after it was
constructed At best the movement
has rocky road to travel.
1t. Paul Feb. 2S.-Both branches of
the Legislature did a large amount of
talking yesterday, but neither one
succeeded in accomplishing much. One
of the leading topics in the senate was
concerning bill creating board of
osteopaths. The present medicaI board
permits the membership OF osteopaths.
but the object OF the special board is
explained to be that the old school
physicians are hostile to osteo path
and will not give the new school a
chance. An effort to indefinitely post
pone the bill failed, and it was finally
left 1T the point where it began.
The next bill calling forth talk was
the one allowing individuals and cor
poratious to maintain telegraph and
telephone wires along the highways.
The author Of the bill said it was to
help the farmers in obtaining tele-
phone accommodations, while the o.
pouents claimed that it would allow
telephone companies to come into
cities without paying anything for
franchises. This. too, got so mixed uI
that it was not advanced in the least.
Only two bills were passed by the SEN
ate. and those were not Of general IN
terest.
In the house the bill which allows
prisoners undergoing life sentence
in the peniten tiary to be paroled was
the subject Of much debate. This is
supposed to be in favor of the Younger
brothers. An effort to indefinitely
postpone was lost by 80 yeas to 81
nays, and it will now GO to committee
Of the whole. Another parole bill was
introduced which allows prisoners
other than lifers at either Saltwater
or St. Cloud to be paroled. no matte,
what their term of sentence may be
As it Is now a parole cannot be grant
ed if the prisoner has been sentenced
to serve more than five years.
The cigarette war has been waget
for years, but bill offered in tn,
house goes still farther and forbid
anyone under IS years of age smoking
, or chewing any kind of tobacco. Thi;
is a companion piece to the eurfev
law.