The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-03-08
SET FOR FRIDAY.
Re-appOrtionment Bill Will be
Considered on That Date.
Bill to Make Railway Employees Railway
Police. .--COntinuOus Sessions at
Normal Schools.
Matters.


has reached 293 and in the house All.
In the house yesterday brief de-
bate was provoked by the motion that
the re-apportiopment bill be made 6
special order for Friday. 1t was also
ordered that permission must be Sc
cured before committees may go off or
junkets. Mr.. Jacobson called attention
to the fact that these expeditions in
deferred seriously with the attendance
and that it was important to have
members present when serious business
was on the docket. There are three
special orders TO be taken up this
week and the absence of score OF
members might be seriously felt.
The Melicke bill, amending the game
and fish laws was acted upon favor
ably by the committee of the whole.
Mr. Hunt was anxious that the closed
season should be extended until Sept. 1C
in order that shooting might be post
poned until after the state fair, but
this modification did not strike the
fancy of any considerable number.
The committee on military affairs
was prompt in ing on H F. 394,
memorializing con gress to extend the
pension laws to survivors of the Sioux
outbreak. The bill was introduced
Saturday and reported out yesterday.
Its author, S. D. Peterson, had ii
passed under suspension of the rules.
Other bills reported for passage by
committees were: Fl. F. POP, by S. d.
Peterson, imposing 10 per cent gross
earnings tax on telegraph companies
81. F. 253, appropriating money for
the national guard; H. F. $50, by G..
W. Armstrong, requiring hotels to be
equipped with proper fire escapes and
life-saving devices, and II. F. 156, re-
lating to the practice Of osteopathy.
The eapportionment will was in
troduced in both houses yesterday,
and will be special order Friday. 1t
was introduced as committee bill.
In the house Mr.. jacobson moved
that the bill be made a special order
for 10 80 Friday, and in the senate, on
motion of Senator Young, it will be
COuSlueLcu dG " ClOCh Gu0 ody.
In the house Larson, for the minority,
attempted to get the question put over
until March -. He was unsuccessful.
The minority opposed to reapportion-
ment is busy today laying snares for
the committee bill. Its members are
preparing a bill, which will be in
troduced in the form of minority re-
port from the joint committee. 1t will
l, -. I,.-
and will probably be laid over for con-
sideration Friday, along with the
majority bill.
The state auditors office is some
what at loss to understand the exact
scope Of bill intr oduced in the house
by Mr.. Wells, b f. 40S. 1t provide
an amendment to section 1924 of the
general statutes requiring the county
auditor to make proper notation up
on deeds, ETC., when presented to him
for transfer The forms of the nota-
ton are given in the statutes as they
stand that most familiar being "taxes
paid and transfer entered. " The ad-
dition made by the Wells bill is as fol-
lows:
And provided that the provisions
of this section shall not apply to the
filing and record of any deed or deeds
heretofore executed, conveying title to
any railroad or railway company to
any land in this state not taxable prior
to the year 1900 -
There will be a meeting of the house
Judiciary committee this evening at
which the Peterson bill, providing for
a constitutional convention, will be
considered 1t is duplicate of the
Wilson bill defeated recently in the
senate. Senator Wilson is confident if
the house can be persuaded to pass the
measure it will command more favor
able reception in the upper body.
1t was decided to recommend for
passage the senate bill prohibiting the
use of cigarettes. From the talk in
circulation there is strong reason for
believing that this bill will get
through the house, even though its en-
forcement as law may be difficult
Conductors, brakemen, station agents
and yardmasters may be made railway
policemen whether they relish it or
not. A bill presented by Senator
Daugherty of Duluth in the senate
authorizes the governor to appoint
such employees as police officers, Civ
ing them the same powers as con-
stables or policemen except that they
may not serve civil papers. They are
to wear stars bearing the words,
Railroad Police" and the name of
the railroad corporation employing
them.
The bill is intended to give, railway
employees the power to make arrests
for violations of the law occurring on
railway property, but the measure has
a feature which may be presented by
railway employees generally. Any one
in the list named refusing to act as
railway policeman is to be subject to
fine of $3.50 or imprisonment for
not less than six months or both in the
discretion Of the court.
What the effect of such law would
be in case of railway strike is a
question that will interest the en-
ployes. If conductors and brakemen
who are members of unions can be
forced to act as railway policemen. dur
ing strikes they may oppose the passage
of the bill. Senator Daugherty admits
that he does not know how the law
will operate during conflict between
the companies and their men
The senate committee on judiciary
having considered Senator Snyder
bill adopting the Torrens system of
land transfers, decided to take no at
tion one way or the other and senc
the bill back to the senate without rec
ommendation. There is said to be
considerable opposition to the bill in
the senate, especially among the law
yers.
A duplicate of the bill introduced
in the house for the purpose of levying
gross earnings tax of per cent on
all express companies doing business
in this state has been offered by Sena-
tor Miller. He was chairman of the