The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-06

allowing the governor to remove certain
constitutional officers by giving him abso-
lutte power to remove appointiVe officers.
The State Bar association met this
morning to outline a programme for tire
annual meeting. C. II. Dillon, of Yank-
ton, acting as president, and s., K. Grigs
by, of Sioux Falls, as secretary On mo-
ton the chair appointed as programme
committee. besides himself, Coe l. Craw-
ford, of Huron, and I. w. Goodner, OF
Pierre.
The association is deeply interested In
the codification bill, which comes up as
special order in the house tomorrow, and
appointed as a committee to look after
the bill Messrs. Haney, Erickson, Sterl-
ing, Picker, Crawford and Griggsby,
Most of the prominent attorneys of the
state are here, among them Bartlett
Trip, who today addressed the house,
his subject being "John Marshall" and
who will tonight deliver an address on
Austria Hungary
State Treasurer Schamber today called
in all outstanding warrants against the
state, a total of S1S5,O00.
Representatives from several towns are
here to work UP capitol removal ,senti-
ment. If they find the sentiment strong
enough they will attempt by caucus To
settle which town is in the lead and all
settle for that one.
The bill introduced by the Retail Mer-
chants association to prevent the fraud
ulent transfer of stocks of goods in bulk
for the purpose of defrauding creditors
does not meet with general favor. 1t is
looked upon as special legislation and It's
real purport is not fully understood. At
the present time in every country on
earth the disposal of property with he
intention of defrauding creditors is dis
countenanced by the courts, which hold
i,s.a,, f,-e,,
at all, and the courts of this state have
always insisted upon the production of
indubitable proof to show that sales OF
this nature are bona lide when they have
been attacked by creditors.
The fact is that to the average leeisla-
tor this bill looks more like a measure
gotten up by the Jobbers' associa ton of
st. Paul and Chicago rather than by the
local merchants and several bills that
have beeen introduced at the instance of
the Retail Merchants association appear
to bear the same earmarkS. So strong
has this sentiment become that it will
take testimony to make a large number
of the members believe that the associa-
ton is not child of the jobbers rather
than of the retail merchants of the state,
and that it is being conducted entirely
in the jobbers' interest. The bill to re-
0uce the exemption is an association bill.
and the only argument advanced for it
credit of the retailers. The same argu-
ment precisely is advanced in behalf Of
the anti-bulk sale of merchandise
1t would appear therefore, that the
association, if it is really and truly an
association of merchants is laying itself
wide open to the charge so often male
against it that it seems to be unduiy
anxious to legislate to make its members
honest. No doubt the exemptions are too
large and should be cut down but thu
arguments advanced in favor of the ex
emption reduction DILL, as well as in ia
vor Of the bilk to prevent the merchants
defrauding their creditors, look some
what peculiar upon their face Only two
or three years ago the secretary of this
association sent to st. Paul and had his
letter heads and circulars furnished 10
him by the jobbers of that city. and lit
looks just little as though outside in
huence was responsible for It's existence
or, at least for some of its acts In anv
event this is how it is regarded bv a
part of the membership of both houses.
The friends, of the state university.
the agricultural college, tie Madison
normal and other institutions have
reached q further agreement with refer
ence to the scope and charter of tie
sc heol established at Aberdeen two years
ago. The act creating the school