Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03

LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP
Our Special Correspondent Tells Of
the Solons' Doings.
Bills are Being Rapidly Introduced and
sent on Their Way by the Commit
tee Of the Whole. But Few
Have Become Laws.
st. Paul, March 2s.-The senate
passed the board of control bill yester-
day by q vote of 40 to 16, with the
amendment that the, state university
and other educational institutions
shall be placed in charge of the new
board. An effort will be made in the
house to strike ont this amendment.
Senator Chilton's marriage bill was
resurrected and amended so that when
parties wishing to marry can secure a
health certificate from physician
showing that they are in sound mental
condition the ceremony can proceed.
In this form the bill passed. The bill
reducing interest on state land con.
tracts was also passed.
The corruption investigation in the
house is exciting considerable interest,
but it looks as if it would not amount
to much. 1t is now alleged that all
the talk about Doodle was done as a
matter of joke, and the parties sup
posed to be implicated say they never
were offered anything or heard of any
thing being offered.
The reapportionment bill, which was
in the hands of a conference commit
tee, has been finally agreed to, and
has gone to the governor for his sigma
ture.
The house passed the bill allowing
municipal employees to be garnisheed,
by large majority. Quite a number
of bills were passed by the house, but
they were only of local interest.
st! Paul, March 25.-After almost in
Vulnerable delays, the house at last
reached vote on the early adjourn
ment question Saturday. The senate
voted two or three weeks ago to adj
journ on the 5th of April, but the
house voted to make the date April Is.
ate, that body refused to concur, and
appointed a conference committee with
a view of agreeing upon April 18th or
18th. The latter date was finally
agreed upon. If the full session had
been held the date of adjournment
would have been April rs.
The oil inspection fight has finally
terminated by the agreement of the
conference committee to have the bill
60 into effect after the term of the
present incumbent has expired, and
now it is reported that the governor
may veto the whole thing.
A bill was introduced in the senate
appropriating sc, 600 for the attorneys
for the state in litieating the land
grant of the Duluth & Iron Range
railway.
The following are the new congress
sional districts as finally agreed upon:
First District - Dodge, Fillmore,
Freeborn, Houston, Mower. Olmstead,
Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Winona.
Population, 210,16
Second-Blue Earth, Brown, Cotton
wood, Faribault, Jackson, Martin,
Murray, Mobiles, Pipestone, Rock, Wa
tonwan. Population, 175.174.
Third-Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, LIE
Sueur, Mcleod, Nicollet. Rice, Scott.
Sibley. Population, 1873, LOG.
Fourth-Ramsey. Washington, Chi
sage. Population, 211,61O.
Fifth-Hennepin. Population, 92s,-
$40.
Sixth - Benton, Cass, Crow Wing,
Douglas, Hubbard, Meeker, Morrison,
Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Wadena,
Wright. Population. 2os, 1862.
Seventh - Big Stone, Chippewa,
Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lin
coin, Lyon, Pope, Redwood, Renville.
Stevens, Swift. Traverse. Yellow Med
icine. Population, 1874, 357.
Eighth - Aitkin. Anoka. Carlton,
Cook, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, Lake,
Mile Laos, Pine. st. Louis. Popula-
ton, 1855, 943.
Ninth-Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Kilt
son, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail,
Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, Wilkin. Pop
ulation, 190,O52.
St. Paul, March 26.-The legislature
will adjourn at noon, Friday, April IL.
The report of the conference made to
the senate and house on Monday was
agreed to by both branches of the leg
islature. Now the legislators know
where they are at. April will be the
last day for introducing new bills.
After that date any bill proposed must
be accompanied by a message from
the governor. April II is the last day
on which bills may be passed. There
are about 1000 new measures in the
hands of the two houses, so there is
work in plenty on hand.
The house passed the resolution Civ
ing the bribery Investigating commit
tee power to send for persons and pa
pers and compel the attendance of wit
nesses, also requiring the committee
to report none but legal evidence.
When this committee will meet is un-
certain.
The senate bill extending the proba-
ton system to all juvenile delinquents
under 81 years passed the house under
suspension of the rules.
The house cleared up the calendar
yesterday, passing several bills. none
of them of importance.
The senate did but little work,
played horse with general orders and
did not touch the calendar. Senator
Du Toit introduced bill to make half
of the senators elective every two
years and provide for a constitutional
amendment to give it effect.
Small ChanuA