Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-17

amendment and the bill now goes to
the governor This bill was Introduced
early in the session, and though there
has been no opposition to it from start
to finish, it passes within four DAYS of
the last day of the session.
St. Paul, April 10-The Younger pa
role bill, after having died last week.
was resurrected yesterday by motion
to- reconsider and return it to the gov
ernor. This motion prevailed. and
now if the governor does not veto it, it
will become law.
The next excitement in the house
was over general road and bridge an
preparation bill appropriating 49,, 900.
1t was introduced by request of the
governor. The bill is very long, and
as is frequently the case, the clerk
| skipped a large portion of it in reading.
Representative Roberts demanded the
full reading of the bill, claiming that it
was steal, but amid much confusion
the speaker ordered the roll called and
the bill passed under suspension of the
rules by vote of 80 ayes to ~ navs.
1t took only twenty minutes to read
the bill twice in full, and once by the
title and call the roll. The fact is each
county in the state gets from four to
five hundred dollars for roads and
bridges and cyclone could not have
stopped it's passage.
An effort was made to pass consti-
tutional amendment in the house al
lowing the investment of school funds
in first mortgages on farm lands at ;
per cent. This was defeated and the
amendment was passed making the
rate 5 per cent.
The Legislative re-apportionment bill
was passed by " to Is. 1t leaves the
| legislature as it is now, with the ex-
ception that Hennepin county gets two
additional representatives and Brown
and Redwood counties combined one
additional senator and one additional
representative.
The senate killed the bill to regulate
opticians and appointed a second con-
ference committee to confer with the
house committee to prevent the sale of
adulterated white lead.
Senator Miller offered a concurrent;
resolution referring to the reported
consolidation of the Duluth & Iron
Range and the Duluth, Messabe e.
Northern roads, requesting the attor-
ney general to ascertain whether said
roads had entered, or were about to
| enter, into an unlawful combination.
and if SO, instructing him to commence
proceedings to forfeit their charters.
Notice Of debate was given, and an ef-
fort to suspend the rules was lost by a
vote of 80 to II. This only DELAYS the
! passage of the resolution one dav. as
the vote shows it will go through today
The house bill requiring divorced
people to wait six months after the d.
vorce before marrying was amended
making it contempt of court for such
parties to go outside of the state and
re-marry. They can only avoid trouble
by permenantly absenting themselves
from the state, in which case there
| would be no jurisdiction.
The bill to publish history of Min
z, nesota in the civil war and appropriate
ing $1,000 therefore was. taken from
the table and placed upon the calendar,
step which indicates it's final passage.
In the house in the afternoon the bill
! OF Representative Smith was consid-
cred and for the time defeated. 1t
makes the pay of senators for their
tour-year term $500, and of repre-
sentatives for eirtwo-year term $3.50.
| While the vote was adverse, it was bv
a small majority, and the bill is~uot be-
yond resurrection.
st. Paul, April 1.-The omnibus an
preparation bill went through both
| houses yesterday as it came from the
committee. In reality this great meas
ure was determined by four or five
men. The joint committee composed
OF the finance committee of the senate
and appropriation committee in the
house numbers 80 men, This commit
tee referred the preparations of the
bill to II out of the 3D. All the hear
lngs of parties wishing appropriations
were before this subcommittee of II
and that committee in turn allowed
about five members to do it's work,
When it was finally gotten together
the whole committee was called to-
gether, though only about half of them
responded, and no suggestion of a
! change was made. So too, when it
| came into the house it was again ac-
copied and went from the house to the
senate and the senate passed it as it
came from the house, so that about five
men have decided on how over two
million dollers shall be expended. Of
course there are large number disap-
pointed and in reality the tax lew
should have been restored to the figure
named by the last legislature and the
present Legislature thought it import
ant, on political accounts not to restor
1t to the figure named by their prede-
cessors, And that is why there was
such scrimping and SO many disap-
pointments.
AS was expected the senate passed
the resolution asking the attorney gen
eral to ascertain whether the CONSOLE
dation of the iron roads in St. Louis
county had been contrary to law The
senate had a spasm over the house bill
appropriating $3.50 to buy the medals
awarded Minnesota butter makers at
the Paris Exposition but finally passed
the bill.
| Senator Miller introduced a bill,
with the consent of the governor, au-
thorszing the attorney general to in
vestigate any corporation in the state
at any time, with power to compel the
attendance and responses of witnesses.
The bill was passed under suspension
of the rules.
Aside from the omnibus appropria-