The Worthington advance., 1901-04-05

report made g the governor, stating
|that the appropFistion Of aaa 60 = en..
tarely Inadequate, md asking that &
be increased TO 90, ,oo0y This would
permit Of erecting I 90. 900 building.
Tho commission recommends the re.
peal Of the $40, 600 appropriation unless
IN increase can be, made,
St. Paul, March ae-As tho legisla-
tive session nears it, close every day
brings It's sensation. Yesterday it was
the primary election law in the senate
and board Of control in the house.
The board of control bill passed tho
house with all Of its amendments and
now goes to the governor. The bill
provides Tor . board Of control consist
ing Of three persona, holding for two.
four and six years. The term Is really
six years but the first ones will all be
appointed by Governor Van SAINT and
every two years thereafter one member
will be appointed for six years so that
1t will make one sppointee for each
gubernatorial term. This new board
wipes out the board Of corrections and
charities; the board. Of the state prison
manager; the insane asylum, reform
school and reformatory boards as very
materially clips tho wings Of tho re-
regents of the University. While
there was . good deal of opposition at
the outset, in the roundup the bill
was passed by SO to 2a, ...
There is bill pending in the house
which places the street railway com
pany under the control Of the railroad
and warehouse commission. The
Twin City Rapid Transit company has
desired to appear before the railroad
committee in opposition to the bill.
The illness and death of the mother of
the attorney who was to appear for
the railroad caused his absence from
the city and an effort was made to
give him an opportunity to come be-
fore the committee. This request the
house refused.
The house committee to investigate
the alleged corruption in connection
with the gross earnings bill has not
begun to do business yet owing to ILL
ness in the family of Mr.. Wash burn,
who made the affidavit on which Mr..
jacobson based his charges.
The senate passed a bill taxing ex-
press companies per cent on their
earnings after they have paid for the
railroad carriage.
A bill appropriating $G2, 900 for the
reformatory at St. Cloud was offered.
The bill inc reasing the salary of the
assistant adjutant general from 81, 200
to 81, 500 was defeated.
The senate seems inclined to do all
manner Of things to the primary elec-
tion bill. They first made it applica.
cable to state officers and then added
congressional and judicial districts
There was good deal of con test over
these amendments, and the concur
renee of the house is very doubtful.
Senator Knatvold offered an appro-
priation bill fixing the sum of $252, 800
tor carrying on the state government.
The bill increasing the salary of the
fire warden was defeated in the SEN
ate.
st. Paul, March 29.--The greatest
fight of the session terminated in the
house yesterday by the passage of the
bill increasing the tax on railroad gross
earnings from to per cent by a vote
of 7s to 36. This bill was supposed to
be irretrievably dead last week, but it's
friends shrewdly resurrccted it, and
when it was reached on it's merits the
members did not dare to vote against it.
The house committee on public build
ings reported out the capitol bill giving
million dollars to the new capitol,
with the recommendation that it pass.
There will be no opposition to it in the
house, and it has already passed the
senate.
Both houses have passed what il
known as the Younger bill. 1t allows
life prisoners, after serving IS years, to
be paroled. The Youngers are the only
prisoners at Saltwater corresponding
to this description, and they will doubt
less avail themselves of the new law by
applying to the board of pardons for
release.
The senate yesterday thought better
of including the state officers, congress
sional and judicial candidates in the
primary election law, and reconsidered
the amendment adopted Thursday
placing those positions under the law.
The bill was then made the special Or
der for next Tuesday.
st. Paul, April 1.-Though there are
only eleven more working days of the
legislative session, there was a bare
quorum present Saturday in either sem
ate or house, and by common consent
no attempt was made to pass bills.
Senator Stockton introduced a bill
appropriating 1884 900 for new build
ings for the deaf, dumb and blind, and
their maintenance, at Faribault. He
took large delegation to Faribault
yesterday Sunday to show them what
he wants with the money.
After a long discussion the senate
recommended a bill to pass forbidding
parties who secure divorce from mar
rying again for six months.
In the house bill was introduced re.
pealing the law just passed creating a
tax commission. The bill was not
taken seriously. The house is getting
restive over the delay of the committee
appointed to investigate the corruption
alleged to have taken place in connec.
ton with the gross earnings tax bill
and ordered a report on Tuesday. The
committee has not held meeting as
yet.
One of the bills offered in the house
makes being habitual criminal a
crime punishable by Imprisonment.
The number of convictions a person has
undergone determines whether he is q