Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-04-04

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St. Paul, March 29-As the legisla-
tive session nears its close every day
brings its sensation. Yesterday it was
the primary election law in the senate
and board of control in the house.
The board of control bill passed the
house with all of its amendments and
now goes to the governor. The bill
provides for q board of control consist
ing of three persons, holding for two,
four and six years. The term IS really
six years but the first ones will all be
appointed by Governor Van SAINT and
every two years thereafter one member
will be appointed for six years so that
it will make one appointee for each
gubernatorial term. This new board
wipes out the board of corrections and
charities; the board of the state prison
manager; the insane asylum, reform
school and reformatory boards as very
materially clips the wings of the re-
regents of the University. While
there was a good deal of opposition at
the outset, in the roundup the bill
was passed by s6 to %.
There is bill pending in the house
which places the street railway com.
pany under the control of the railroad
and warehouse commission. The
Twin City Rapid Transit company has
desired to appear before the railroad
committee in opposition to the bill.
The illness and death of the mother OF
the attorney who was to appear for
the railroad caused his absence from
the city and an effort was made to
give him an opportunity to come be.
fore the committee. This request the
house refused.
The house committee to investigate
the alleged corruption in connection
with the gross earnings bill has not
begun to do business yet owing to ill
ness in the family of Mr.. Wash burn,
who made the affidavit on which Mr..
Jacobson based his charges.
The senate passed bill taxing ex-
press companies + per cent on their
earnings after they have paid for the
railroad carriage.
A bill appropriating &c., for the
reformatory at St. Cloud was offered.
The bill inc reasing the salary of the
assistant adjutant general from ST 200
to 81, 500 was defeated:
The senate seems inclined to do all
manner of things to the primary cleo
ton BILL They first made it applica-
cable to state officers and then added
congressional and judicial districts.
There was good deal of contest over
these amendments, and the concur
renee of the house is very doub tful.
Senator Knatvold offered an appro-
priation bill fixing the sum of $751;, 800
for carrying on the state government.
The bill increasing the salary of the
lire warden was defeated in the sem
ate.
St. Paul, March 29.-The greatest
fight of the session terminated in the
house yesterday by the passage of the
bill increasing the tax on railroad gross
earnings from to per cent by vote
OF 70 to 36. This bill was supposed to
be irretrievably dead last week, but it's
friends shrewdly rcsurrected it, and
when it was reached on it's merits the
members did not dare to vote against it.
The house committee on public build
ings reported out the capitol bill giving
a million dollars to the new capitol,
with the recommendation that it pass
There will be no opposition to it in the
house, and it has already passed the
senate.
Both houses have passed what is
known as the Younger bill. 1t allows
life prisoners, after serving IS years, to
be paroled. The Youngers are the only
prisoners at Saltwater corresponding
to this description, and they will doubt
less avail themselves of the new law bv
release.
The senate yesterday thought better
of including the state officers, congress
sional and judicial candidates in the
primary election law, and reconsidered
the amendment adopted Thursday
placing those positions under the law.
The bill was then made the special Or
der for next Tuesday.
St. Paul, April Though there are
only eleven more working days of the
legislative session, there was Il bare
quorum present Saturday in either SEN
ate or house, and by common consent
no attempt was made to pass bills
Senator Stockton introduced bill
appropriating 1884 ZOO for new build
ings for the deaf, dumb and blind, and
their maintenance, at Faribault He
took large delegation to Faribault
yesterday Sunday to show them what
he wants with the money.
After long discussion the senate
recommended a bill to pass forbidding
parties who secure divorce from mar
rying again for six months.
In the house bill was introduced re-
pealing the law just passed creating a
tax commission The bill was not
taken seriously. The house is getting
FESTIVE over the delay of the committee
appointed to investigate the corruption
alleged to have taken place in connec-
ton with the gross earnings tax bill
and ordered a report on Tuesday. The
committee has not held a meeting as
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