New Ulm review., 1901-04-03
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP
Our Special Correspondents Tells Of
the Solons' Doings.

Ellis are Being Rapidly introduced and
| Sent on Their Way by the Commit
tee of the Whole. But Few
Have Become Laws.
| st. Paul, March 25.-After almost in
Vulnerable delays, the house at last
reached vote on the early adjourn
ment question Saturday. The senate
voted two or three weeks ago to ad-
| journ on the 5th of April, but the
house voted to make the date April 15
When the resolution reached the SEN
ate. that body refused to concur, and
appointed conference committee with
view of agreeing upon April 1fth or
18th. The latter date was finally
agreed upon. If the full session had
been held the date of adjournment
would have been April 25.
The following are the new congress
sional districts as finally agreed upon:
First District Dodge, Fillmore,
Freeborn, Houston, Mower Olmstead,
Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Winona.
Population, 21o, 1914
Second-Blue Earth, Brown, Cotton
wood, Faribault, Jackson, Martin,
Murray, Mobiles, Pipestone. Rock, Wa
tonwan. Population, 1871
Third-Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, LIE
sueur, Mcleod, Nicollet Rice Scott.
Sibley. Population, 1ss, 106.
Fourth-Ramsey, Washington, Chi
sago Population, 211,61O.
Fifth-Hennepin. Population, s2s,-
$40.
Sixth Benton, Cass. Crow Wing,
Douglas, Hubbard, Meeker, Morrison,
Sherburne, Stearns Todd, Wadena,
Wright. Population, aOs, 1852.
Seventh = Big Stone, Chippewa,
Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lin
coin, Lyon, Pope, Redwood, Renville,
Stevens, Swift, Traverse. Yellow Med
icine. Population, 1s4,357.
Eighth = Aitkin, Anoka, Carlton,
Cook, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, Lake,
Mile Lacs, Pine. st. Louis. Popula-
ton, 156, 945.
Ninth-Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Kit
son, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail,
Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, Wilkin Pop
ulation, 100, 052.
ST. Paul, March 26.-'rhe legislature
will adjourn at noon, Friday, April 12.
The report of the conference made to
the senate and house on Monday was
agreed to by both branches of the leg
islature. Now the legislators know
where they are at. April l will be the
last day for Introducing new bills.
| After that date any bill proposed must
be accompanied by message from
the governor. April II is the last day
on which bills may be passed. There
are about 1000 new measures in the
hands of the two houses, so there is
work in plenty on hand.
The house passed the resolution Civ
ing the bribery Investigating commit
tee power to send for persons and pa
pers and compel the attendance of wit
nesses, also requiring the committee
to report none but legal evidence.
| When this committee will meet is un-
certain.
yesterday. passing several bills. none
of them of importance.
The senate did but little work,
| played horse with general orders and
did not touch the calendar. Senator
Du Toit introduced bill to make half
| of the senator's elective every two
years and provide for constitutional
amendment to give it effect.
| The board of control bill was in the
hands of the conference committee
| yesterday. The general expectation
is that, when reported back by this
committee, it will be in shape to pass.
| The Dunn primary election bill,
which has passed the house, is in the
keeping of the senate committee on
elections. The machine politicians
are trying to load it up with amend
ments according to their desires, and
how the bill will look when it comes
out is a problem, that makes the prob
ability of the passage of an accept
able bill look doubtful at this time
ST. Paul, March 27.-Several bills
were passed by the house yesterday
and some were not. One bill that was
lost was measure to pay Lawyer
| Donnelly $1,000 for defending a game
warden who shot to death an old fish
ernan near st. Paul.
The bill to make Willmar a terminal
| point for the inspection of grain was
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passed. Also the bill fixing the deposi-
tories for state funds and relieving the
state treasurer from liability in the
event of the failure OF the banks desig-
mated as such depositaries.
The bill requiring baking powder to
be labeled with the names of their in
gradients in the English language, in
stead of in Latin or foreign words,
passed.
The "lazy lawyers" bill passed. as it
had passed the senate, and allows ex-
ceptions after decision, though such
were not noted during trial It is a
mischievous measure, as under it liti-
| cation may be drawn out intermina bly,
| a resolution was proposed to pay
house employees s5 day, the same as
the senate, instead of IS. 1t went to
the committee on expenses.
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