New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1901-02-27
ture went to Red Wing In the after
noon to visit the state training school.


noon to visit the state training school.
St. Paul. Feb 21--The senate passed
the bill creating tax commission by
. vote of 80 to 4 The negative votes
were cast by Senators Knztvo11d, Nc
Govern. ViesseImau and SchaIIer. The
commission IS to consist Of three mem
hers with q salary of $1,000 each and
appropriates SIa. coo to pay the saIa-
ries and expenses If the bill should
pass the house 1T would probably end
REPRESENTATIVE Jaeobsou's bill Inereas-
ing the gross earnings tax On railroads
from 8 to per cent. Il that bill
should pass the house, the senate.
which killed q similar bill two wears
ago, would probably refuse to pass It
on the ground that they had already
passed the tax commission bill. which
is to report law covering all kinds
of taxation 4 possible deadlock be-
tween the two houses may occur and
both bills be lost, but at present the
chances seem to favor the tax COM
mission bill
Another commission was created Ey
the senate by the passage of the JOINT
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of one senator and two repre-
seuLatives to meet a similar commits
sion from Wisconsin to agree upon a
plan for taxing the shipping interests
on Lake Superior.
The senate passed the house bill
Furnishing the crime of kidnapping.
making the maximum penalty twenty
years imprisonment. It only lacks
the governors signature TO become a
i law
A bill was introduced which requires
railroad stations, where the receipts
are S., coo or more per year. to be kept
open between trains and during all
business hours
Rather an odd bill was offered by
Senator Thompson. which allows q
man who has served four consecutive
years IN the legislature to practice law
after he has read law a year, six
months of which must be IN the Office
of q reputable attorney. The bill IS
supposed TO be IN the interest of SEN
ator kaatvoId
Another bill introduced allows man
ufacturfng corporations to own more
than 5000 acres of land IN the state.
At present all corporations are forbid,
den owning more than that amount of
land, but the Grass Irvine company of
St Paul needs a great many thousands
OF acres of swamp grass land to manu-
facture Irvine.
Senator Du Toit introduced q bill
appropriating So GOO for the purpose
OF erecting monuments on the posi-
tIons occupied by Minnesota troops IN
the attack on Vieksburg IN 1868.
Another bill appropriates 1900, &c
give to each high school IN the state
$780, to make up for q deficiency in the
last appropriation, which gave them
$500, but only sT0o were paid
There was quite contention in the
house over the bill for a csnstitu-
tional amendment allowing the Iegis-
lature to fix the term of probate
judges at any number of years It may
see tit After long debate the bill
was Indefinitely postponed
The bill making an eight-hour day
on public works was passed. after be-
ing amended excepting work done for
towns and counties and on county
roads
The bill allowing country merchants
to indulge In auctions was indefinitely
postponed.
bill was introduced increasing the
fees OF grand and petit jurors from s.
to S. per day and making their mile
age 10 cents a mile.
Speaker DoWIIng's bill increasing
the pay OF county commissioners from
S. to 81 per day was passed.
There Is evidently to be considera bIe
temperance agitation this winter, as a
bill was introduced IN the senate ex-
tending the local option law of 1899 to
all cities IN the state
ST. Paul. Mimi. Feb. aa-The retail
grocers received a black eye n the
senate yesterday. as the bill reducing
the amount exempt from garufshes
proceedings lacked five votes OF being
passed As little saIve to the gro
GERS the bill allowing city aud county
officials other than school teachers,
TO be garnIsHeed was recommended for
passage.
The ..RfII for the relief of the Stand
ard Oil Company was sent to the con-
mfttee On illuminating oils. Il has
been recommended to pass by the COM
mittee On Illuminating oils It has
been recommended to pass by the COM
mIttee on retrenchuent and from
there went to the COMMITTEES OF the