New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1901-02-27
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP
Our Special Correspondent Tells ct
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. Feb. IS-There was little
attempt TO introduce politics into leg
Tslatfon Saturday. but it came To
naught. Senator StoekwelIiutr
resolutions against the ship subsidy
bill and against retaining the Phillip
pines. Both were promptly laid on
the table. and as a motion TO table is
not dehatable, there was no oppor-
tunity for flights of oratory-
Among the bills introduced was the
one creating board OF opteametry,
which Is to regulate opticians. prevent
ing physicians who are general prac-
titfouers from treating the eyes. and
requiring parties selling eye glasses
and speetacIes TO pass an examination
and secure a license. The bill is evi-
IDENTIFY based on the theory that none
are so blind as those who won't see.
and it proposes to make them see
whether they viii Or not 1t is quite
evident that the eye specialist who in
vented the bill can see a hole through
d Skinner with the naked eye.
Senator McGiII introduced q bill ere
ating a fund to pension school teach
ers IN districts having over 5. 600 peo-
Pile It sets apart I per cent of the
salaries paid to create the fund. 1t is
sort of enforced savings bank pro-
Vided for the teachers by the teachers
themselves. and if the same set of
teachers remain in the same district
20 or 80 years they will have laid up
quite q bank account for their old age.
It viii make the young lady teachers
Independent of marriage to secure a
home
St. Paul. Feb. 1q.-The senate passed
the auti-cigarette bill. with only five
opposing votes. The only argument
made against 1T was that the Russians
who have come to Minnesota are adj
dfeted to cigarettes and 1t was an in
justice to prevent their using them.
As the Russian vote IS not very large,
this argument did not cut much figure
and the bill went through.
Senator Wilson's bill requiring dis
triet judges to render decisions within
four months after the eases are sub
mitted also passed
a bill was introduced in the senate
making 1T d misdemeauor for man to
accept sportatIon from his em-
ployer and then refuse to work it out.
It has become quite custom for men
seeking employment IN the lumber
camps in the woods to accept trans
portatiou and when they arrive, go to
work in some adjacent camp and re-
fuse to work out the amount of money
paid by the intended employer for
their railroad ticket.
The civil service bill for school
teachers was Indefinitely postponed in
committee of the whole
4 bill was introduced in the senate
making the salary of probate Judges
in counties OF 5000 population or less
$500 per year. and for each additional
thousand an increase, up TO %, 600, a
total of ST ZOO and $50 for each addi-
tioual thousand until 81. GOO is reached.
which is to be the maximum
AL the road and bridge bills which
have been introduced in the house
were sent to q COMMON grave yester-
day This was on the ground that the
constitutional amendment of 1898 Gre
ated q state highway commission,
which alone has authority to 6Isburse
the road and bridge fund
The expected happened when Repre-
sentative jacobson introduced again
the bill which was fought over SO Wig
orousfy two years ago, increasing the
gross earnings tax on railroads from
5 per cent to 4 per cent. The bill pro-
vides that it shall be voted upon at the
general election IN 1902
The omnibus appropriation bill for
the normal schools at Wiuona. Man
kate, ST. Cloud, Moorhead and Duluth
was introduced The amount appro-
priated is $ats. 600, of which SAG. 600 Is
for new building at Winona, ST.. 600
for building at St Cloud, and $50. 600
for d new building at Moorhead.
Another bill OF Importance offered
in the house transfers $4,000 from the
general revenue fund every two years
to the road and bridge fund
4 Joint session of the senate and
mouse was deld To pay q tribute to the
late Senator C. Z. Davis. ELOQUENT
euLogies were pronounced by Lieut..
Gov Saith. Senators Snyder. McGov-
ern and Mccarthy. and Representatives
Roberts, Hurd. Riley and Pennington.
St. Paul Feb 2a--The bill offered
at the instance Of the State Groeers
association was the Leading feature in
the session of the senate yesterday.
The bill allows a mans wages above
50 per week to be garrisheed This
does not really reduce the amount
which was before exempt. but allows
the garnIshee TO be made weekly
There was q good deal OF opposition
to it, on the ground that the working
men should be protected. but the bill
was finally recommended to pass by
g. to 90.