The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-19
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP
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Our Special Correspondent Tells Of
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The Legislature Adlourns and tho Mem
bers Depart for Home. The Closing
~ Scenes Wild and Hilarious.
St. Paul. April 1.-THE omnibus ap-
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 &c. All the hear
ings 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
change was made: So too, when it
came into the house it was again &C.
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 levy
should have been restored to the figure
named by the last legislature and the
present xlegislature thought it import
ant, on political accounts not to restor
it 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 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 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 tile rules.
:, Aside from the omnibus appropria-
ton bill, the most important action in
the house was the passage of what is
known as the Torrens land transfer
bill, designed to give cleaner titles to
real estate than present laws permit.
AS it has already passed the senate, it
now goes to the governor for his ap-
proval.
A bill has passed increasing the sal
airy of the assistant adjutant general
from ST. 200 to 81 500.
sysSt. Paul, April l2-Considering that
yesterday was the last day that bills
could be passed there was surprising
" small numbers of measures on the
calander. There were only IA in the
senate while usually there is nearly
hundred. All but two of them were
passed but none were of general inter-
est. One of the bills defeated was for
the publication of history of the Min
nesota troops in the Spanish war.
Twenty-Five years from now, when
most of the participants who could tell
the history are dead, such q bill will
probably pass. On unsuccessful effort
was made to reconsider the bill ap-
propriating twenty thousand dollars
for the beet sugar bounty, which was
defeated Wednesday.
The senate resolution instructing the
attorney general to investigate the con-
solidation of the iron roads in St. Louis
county and prosecute if the law has
been violated, was held up under no.
tice of debate and may be defeated en-
tirely The Duluth members bitterly
opposed it. Sherman Smiths bill tix-
ing the salary of members of the house
for their two years term at $3.50 and
members of the senate for their four.
years term at 81, 500 was pessed by the
house. The senate has already passed
q resolution re-electing all the officers
and appointees of that body, except
COmmltLce clcThS, 1OI 1AAC CAPCSSS0 "a
ira session next winter
A large number of bills were killed
in the house, many of them being ap-
propriations which had been provided
for in the omnibus appropriation bill.
The bill providing for re-embursing
the owners Of diseased animals, when
killed by the health authorities and ap-
propriating $4,000 for that purpose,
was among the killed. There is so
much hurley-burley and confusion in
cident to the closing hours that it will
be hard to tell until the journelis made
up to-day what measures have really
been passed or lost. Every bill on the
house calendar was passed by five p. m.
and the evening was devoted to passing
or killing senate bills and concurring
or rejecting senate amendments.
St. Paul, April l3.-Thursday night
was a wild one in the legislature. No
bills could be passed after midnight.
The house was we'll up with its work