The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-03-22
AFTER THE DIVES.
The Anti=WinerOOm Bill Passes
the Lower House.
Some Pure Food Bills Also Go Through
...Gross Earnings and Board of
Control Bills This Week.


day afternoon by a vote of 70 to 8.
The bill was a substitute for the
Armstrong bill presented by the tenn
perance committee. 1t does not pro
hibit partitions but requires that al
booths or stalls or other enclosures shall
be open at all times for inspection.
Mr.. Umland of Ramsey said that the
bill in its present form was not objec
tionable to the better class of liquor
dealers and it was the worst element,
that the legislature wanted to reach.
Other bills passed were:
H. F. 1926, prepared by the public
health committee to prevent fraud IL
the manufacture and sale of maple
sugar and maple syrup.
II. F. 427, by the pubic health com
mittee, amending the pure food law SC
as to more effectually prevent the
snanufact1 IRE and sale of impure bak-
ing powder, sugar and syrup, vinegar,
lard, spirituous and malt liquors.
H F. 354, by Mr.. Roberts, Hen
nepin bill prepared by the Taxpayers
League and prohibiting county Off
Gals deputies or clerks from becoming
interested in contracts or purchases
made by them in all counties having a
population of 200, 900 or more.
Representative Lanes bill for the
taxation of grain is apparently con-
structed upon the lines of the DAILY
bill, Indefinitely postponed by the sem
ate last month. Under it grain in any
elevator or warehouse on May would
be assessed and taxed in the name of
the warehouse man. Agents in charge
of elevators would furnish statements
to the assessor, and if the grain asses
sed was not owned by the person or
corporation charged in the assessment,
then such person or corporation would
be allowed lien upon such grain for
the tax paid. A second bill by Mr..
Lane requires all prison made goods to
be marked with conspicuous label
A novel proposition was submitted
by Mr.. Ryder in his resolution author
izing the purchase of an appropriate
medal for Miss May Oryall Of Itasca
Lake. Some little time ago she res
,cued child from burning building
under circumstances that mark her
conduct as heroic.
The elections committee was not
sustained this morning on its report
on the Sageng bill. Instead of inde6-
nitely postponing the bill, the house
voted to read the bill a second time
and to print, giving it place where
it would be considered by committee
of the whole. The bill abolishes can
didates' fees.
The legal lights of the house are
worrying over the problem as to
whether the Legislature can take re-
cess until next winter, and hold an ad-
journed session instead of an extra
session. If this is feasible, it would
meet with general support, as it would
enable the adjourned session to clean
up the work left unfinished April 5.
Laymen cannot understand why the
legislature may not, by agreement of
both houses, adjourn for as long as it
wants to. Attorneys generally take
the position announced by Senator
Young, that the life of the legislature
LASTS for ninety consecutive legislative
days, and therefore ends April "a I'M
less called into extra session by the
governor. If resolution to take
recess should be presented, it would
without doubt be referred to the judi
ciary committee and the lawyers of
that committee would declare it i'm
practicable.
In the senate, the big thing of the
week will be the board of control bill,
which will be special order tomor-
row afternoon. There is little doubt
that the bill will pass the senate
without substantial amendment Out
side influences opposed to the passage
of the bill are lobbying hard with the
senators, but without much success.
An attempt, however, will be made
to save the state board of corrections
and charities and let it go ahead in it's
present ''work" independently of the
board of control. Such amendment as
that, if adopted by the senate, would
never be acceptable to the house and
would provoke just what the enc m les
of the bill want, deadlock.
1t was at first intended to accom-
plish the same purpose by adding an
amendment that would include the
normal schools and the state university
under the charge of the board of con-
troll. But this plan was full of danger
The house might adopt it.
Just what the argument for the
board of corrections and charities may
be, is left to the workers of this game
to show in time. This board is simply
to be used as a means of bringing on
a deadlock, so it is not so interesting
just what the specious talk for it's con-
tinuance may be, for there will be
small sincerity in it.
So far as may be learned, the board
of corrections has been chiefly useful
in the past as an attachment to hang
a secretary to. Mr.. J...F. Jackson, the
present secretary, is about all there is
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