The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-27
No BIN ON CIGARETTES
MINNESOTA SMOKERS MAY CON-
TINUE TO BURN THE PAPER
TUBES
HALVORSON BILL IS KILLED
Senator Meilicke Suggests That Boys
Should BE Trained at Home
Rather Than in Legis-
1atiVe Halls.

Senator Halvorson forgot his rabbit s
foot yesterday. His anti-cigarette bill,
which passed the senate some time ago,
and had it's single amendment concurred
il by the senate met sudden and vio-
lent death at the hands of it's former
friends yesterday. The vote on passage
of the bill stood % to o. Senators Bene-
diet, Ryder, Halvorson and Meilicke were
participants in the discussion of the
measure.
That the death sof the bill was pre-
ordained was felt from the first yester-
day, and the belicose attitude of its
author made its peril more manifest.
Senator Meilicke made some specially
characteristic remarks about the training
Of boys and suggested that the same
Should be done in the home rather than
in legislative halls. He remarked that
the sale of rope shouldn't be prohibited
because a man had hanged himself. He
declared that the proposed measure
would be sumptuary legislation Of the
most offensive type and would open UP
the way for other restrictions that were
beyond the province of the state to enact.
If this bill should pass, there would be
nothing to hinder the next legislature
from passing a law that would make it
Impossible for a man to obtain cigar.
1t might even go so far as to declare that
pipes Women regard the corset as an
essential part of their wardrobe, and it
might be that some future legislature
would think it necessary to declare that
only the product of a certain manu-
factory should be sold He declared that
such a law would be an infringement
upon the personal liberties of the Ameri-
can citizen and hoped the senate would
not establish so vicious a precedent.
1iat ,l1ao1, a.
Tense of the measure, and changed his
vote, after the bill was lost, for a
reconsideration, Senator Ryder insisted
upon immediate reconsideration The
motion to reconsider was LOST by vote
of 20 to 26. Fifty-eight out of sixty
three senators voted upon final passage
of the bill.
An animated debate was precipitated
in the afternoon when the Pope bill to
authorize county commissioners to issue
certificates of Indebtedness in Pine and
Kandiyohi counties came up for consid-
Grafton. The certificates are proposed
to be issued to validate debts INCUR Ell
in the building of certain roads under
a special law which was declared I'M
constitutional by the supreme court, be-
fore payment was made. Senator
McKusick said a certain person had come
up from the Twin Cities and bought lands
lOE dOOuI 10 C6IIlS per acre III LIE
county, had secured the building of a
road through his lands out into the
woods, under the law which taxed for
the building and maintenance of such
roads the adjacent land along either side
of the road for a mile. The county COM
missiorers were compelled to build the
road, but there was nc. understanding 9TH
er than that the expenses should be de-
frayed out of the special fund thus pro-
vided for. The law was declared invalid
and the people of Pine county object to
having approximating $4,000 indebted
ness thrust upon them on account of
roads they did not want.
Visiting Kandiyohi folk are not In
favor of the bill as applied to their
county, they say that the one road built
there is Of no practical use to anyone.
The bill was voted down, and then
Senator Young moved a reconsideration
and the appointment Of a committee to
look into the merits of the measure.
Lieut.. Gov. Smith appointed Senator's
Sivright. Meilicke and McGovern to con-
slider the bill