Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-03-21
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP
Our Special Correspondent Tells Of
~ the Solons Doings.
Bills are Being Rapidly Introduced and
Sent on TheirWay by the Commit
tee OF the Whole, But Few
s& Have Become Laws.

st. Paul, March Is. The Dunn pri.
mary election, bill passed The house
late Monday by a vote of SO 70 IA.
State Offices are excepted from the
operation of this bill, but the bill ap.
plies to all other public offices elected
in cities and counties The clause re-
quiring the voter 70 declare his poll
tical party was stricken out Under
the bill there will be no such thing as
nominating candidate from the pri.
maries on the regular election by Pc
tition. The bill went 70 the senate
and was referred TO the committee on
elections
The house recommended to pass the
bill to raise the gross earnings tax on
express companies from to 5 per cent.
There were various attempts to amend
the bill, but they all failed, and chiefly
for the reason assigned by the author
of the bill, that if more taxes were
added the bill would be tied up in the
courts.
The lawyers put through the house
bill authorizing the State board of legal
examiners to try lawyers accused OF
unprofe>s 10 lal conduct, only FIVE votes
going against 1t.
The bill to abolish days of grace was
killed in committee of the whole by a
close vote.
The house bill forbidding hyphen-
ated names for political parties was
recommended to pass.
The house adjourned at noon TO give
committees chance TO work during
the afternoon.
In the senate the renovated butter
bill was sent to general orders, al
though opposed by the senate COM
mittee on dairy and food, which had
recommended that it be indefinitely
postponed. The new bill requires tn t
the butter be labeled conspicuously as
to its true character.
The Oil inspection bill, as amended
by the senate, was passed. The amend
ment cutting off the half cent gallon
for inspecting oil in tank cars and that
inspected in barrels was regarded a
Standard Oil move, and was killed.
The Beltrami and Cass county set
tiers got the best of the Minneapolis
lum bermen, and the tax bills were
recon mended to pass Senator VII.
son represented the lumbe magnates
and Senator Mccarthy the $4,000 set.
tiers.
st. Paul, March IA Representative
Hurd was earnest and forcible yester.
day when his Oil inspection bill came
before the house with a series of SEN
ate anne ndments that not only rendered
it imperative for two years. but raised
the inspe ction fees and various other
changes. He made fiery speech and
moved to non concur. That motion
prevailed. The house conferees are
Represe natives Hurd. Wells and
Bury. The senate named as conferees
Senators Sheehan. Snyder and Chiffon.
Sam Peterson got his mental an
guish" telegraph bill on general Or
ders, after the judiciary committee
had recommended that it be indefinite.
ly postponed.
j. A. Peterson introduced a bill to
create board of deposit, composed OF
the governor, secretary Of state. state
auditor and state treasurer to decide
in what banks public funds may be
deposited.
The board of control bill caused
strenuous debate in the house on a
special order and was not disposed off,
A bill to CT ntinue the beet sugar
bounty. and appropriating Sl9,
therefor, was introduced in the house.
The senate passed the optometry
bill. but it will be reconsidered. and
may be defeated by the opposition,
who favor the selling of spectacies by
country stores.
The senate eight-hour bill having
been killed. a majority report of the
la Dor com mittee placed the house bill
on general orders. This created a
spat, but the bill went to general or
ders without recommendation
The bill mere sing- the pay of the
Ramsey county committee from $500
to 5000 passed by vote of 81 to 10, a
margin of two votes.
The bill passed creating grain
weighing and inspection station at
New Prague.
The conference committee on the re-
apportionment bill are yet wide apart.
Meeker county wants to be taken out
of the new Sixth district and break
into the Seventh.
April is the last day for new bills.
After that bills can only be presented
on the request of the governor In
the house 500 bills have been present.
ed so far, and 400 in the senate.
st. Paul, March 15-The senate
passed over the calender yesterday, as
+ onIv contained on w foI1r hills which