The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-03-08

the one allowing individuals and COR
porations to maintain telegraph and
telephone wires along the highways.
The author of the bill said it was to
help the farmers in obtaining tele-
phone accommodations, while the OPP
ponents claimed that it would allow
telephone companies to come into
cities without paying anything for
franchises. This, too, got so mixed up
that it was not advanced in the least.
Only two bills were passed by the sem
ate. and those were not of general IN
terest.
In the house the bill which allows
prisoners undergoing a life sentence
in the penitentiary to be paroled was
the subject of much debate. This is
supposed to be in favor of the Younger
brothers. An effort to indefinitely
postpone was lost by 80 yeas to 81
nays, and it will now go to committee
of the whole. Another parole bill was
introduced which allows prisoners
other than lifers at either Saltwater
or st. Cloud to be paroled, no matter
what their term of sentence may be.
AS it is now parole cannot be grant
ed if the prisoner has been sentenced
to serve more than five years.
The cigarette war has been waged
for years, but bill offered in the
house goes still farther and forbids
anyone under IS years of age smoking
or chewing any kind of tobacco. This
is companion piece to the curfew
law.
st. Paul, March 1.-The senate yes
terday passed nine bills, one of them
being house bill permanently locat-
ing the fish hatchery at st. Paul and
making an appropriation to buy sew
enteen acres of additional ground. A
senate bill passed makes the counter
feiting of union labels forgery in the
third degree.
The bill which is creating the most
talk was not considered in the open
session. It is known as the telephone
bill, and allows the construction of
telephone and telegraph lines along
public highways without the consent
of the towns or cities. It passed the
house with the limitations that towns
and cities must give their consent, but
that has been stricken out in the sem
ate, and now there is trouble.
Senator Gausewitz offered bill ere
ating an immigration board of five
members, with the governor and sec
rotary of state ex-oficio. It appropri-
ates SIS, 900 for the expense of the
board
The senate committee on judiciary
has probably killed the bill reorganiz-
ing the medical board by allowing
Christian scientists to be represented
on the board. 1t is presumed that
this addition was made for the pur-
pose of killing the bill.
It is proposed to amend the oleomar-
garine law by making it read that the
product shall not be of the same color
as yellow" butter.
The bill to tax grain in elevators has
been killed by the senate tax commit
tee.
Representative Jacobson wants to
investigate the purchase of the st.
Paul s. Duluth railroad by the North
ern Pacific, and to that end offered a
joint resolution for the appointment
of joint committee of three senators
and four representatives to look into
the matter and see whether anything
illegal has been done.
An amendment was offered to the
baking powder law which gives the
judge the option of imposing cash
fine or sending the seller of adulter-
ated baking powder to Jail for from
80 to 80 days.
The judiciary committee introduced
a bill making it contempt of court to
disregard a garnishee notice.
A good many members of the house
were absent yesterday visiting the
normal schools and soldiers home, and
SO only five bills of minor Importance
were passed. One of the bills intro
duced appropriates 800, 400 for new
buildings on the state fair grounds.
st. Paul, March 2.-The telephone
bill, which has created SO much con-
tention, was referred in the senate to
the delegations from st. Paul, Mime
dpOllS duu DuluCIl, DIS GuOSc are Vic
cities which would be affected by the
bill if it should become law.
A bill was introduced recognizing
the entire national guard of the state
and making three regiments. instead
of four.
The senate killed all the pending
road and bridge bills, because the new
constitutional amendment provides
that no money shall be expended for
roads until state highway commits
sion has been created to supervise the
expenditure. Another bill introduced
places oculists under the control of
tho state medical board.
Mr.. Jacobson's resolution to investi-
gate the sale of the St. Paul & Duluth
road to the Northern Pacific was lost
by SO ayes to 40 nays. 1t requires 60
votes, the same as the passage of bill.
The resolution brought out sharp
debate.
A bill in the house creating fourth
regiment for the national guard was
favorably recommended, but Repre-
sentative Hurd secured a reconsider
alton, as he opposes the bill.
A bill was introduced raising the
salary of the railroad commissioners