The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-03-22

de a In the house on a
special order and was not disposed of.
A bill to continue the beet sugar
bounty, and appropriating SIG, 923
therefor. was introduced in the house.
The senate passed the optometry
bill, but it will be reconsidered. and
may be defeated by the opposition,
who favor the selling of spectacles by
country stores.
The senate eight-hour bill having
been killed, a majority report of the
labor committee placed the house bill
on general orders. This created a
spat, but the bill went to general or
ders without recommendation.
The bill increasing the pay of the
Ramsey county committee from $500
to 5000 passed by a vote of "a to 10. a
margin of two votes.
The bill passed creating a grain
weighing and inspection station at
New Prague.
The conference committee on the re-
apportionment bill are yet wide apart.
Meeker county wants to be taken out
of the new Sixth district and break
into the Seventh.
April 5 is the last day for new bills.
After that bills can only be presented
on the request of the governor. In
the house 500 bills have been present
ed so far, and 400 in the senate.
st. Paul, March 15-The senate
passed over the calender yesterday, as
it only contained only four bills, which
are still in the hands of committees,
and devote both forenoon and after
Don sessions to general orders. Fiji
teen bills were recommended for pas
sage by the committee of the whole,
only two of which provoked any de-
bate.
These were the bills to establish a
state drainage commission and to APP
propriate $50. 900 from the general
fund for drainage purposes. The bill
was recommend TO pass.
The other was the bill to make the
village Of Reeds Landing liable for
$40, 600 worth of bonds sold to Russell
Sage several years ago.
Senator Stockwell introduced reso-
lutions on the death of Gen. Harrison,
which were passed unanimously.
The senate committee on state prison
considered the Deming parole bill, in
which the future liberty of the
Younger brothers is involved, and
recommended it for passage.
A bill was introduced by Senator
Smith requiring game wardens to pro-
cure warrants before making arrests
for violations of the game laws. This
is a radical departure and it is claimed
if the same becomes a law the game
wardens might al we'll quit work.
After two days debate the house
passed the board of control bill by a
vote of 73 to 80. The bill now goes to
the senate, where there is evidently
more sentiment against it than in the
house.
Another twist was taken in the re-
apportionment contest. The confer
ence committees having failed to
agree, new ones were appointed, who
will try to come to an understanding.
The house committee decided to rec
ommend for indefinite postponement
the Deming bill providing for the
abolition of the free lunch counter in
saloons.
A bill to restore the civil rights to
ex-convicts was introduced by Repre-
sentative Afford.
Representative Bury wants the state
to reimburse Lake county for main
tanning a smallpox quarantine.
Mr.. Sageny introduced a bill provid-
ing for direct legislation by the peo-
pie. Upon petition for repeal OF
amendment, the matter shall be voted
upon at the next general election.
st. Paul, March 16.-The house yes
terday passed the board of control
bill. Nearly all the amendments pro-
posed to the bill were lost, and the
bill stands in substantially it's original
form, all the radical changes and pro-
posed eliminations having been de-
feated. The bill now goes to the SEN
ate. to be taken up as a substitute for
Senator Snyder's bill, now before that
body.
The house postponed action on the
senate bill to adjourn on April S until
Wednesday next at 2 p. m. The house
at present is in no mood to consent to
adjourn before the regular time, UNI
less there be an understanding that
business be done. The house has had
before it SO far 52S bills. Of these, 101
have passed the house, and AZ have be-
come laws. In the senate 395 bills
have been introduced, and only 102 of
them have been voted on in any way,
including those passed and those in
definitely postponed. The mood of
the house is to find ont if the needed
work will be done before it will even
talk about an early adjournment.
The house calendar was reached
yesterday, the first time in several
days. Among the bills passed was
that to raise the gross earnings tax
of express companies from 3 to 5 per
Forty.one bills were on the
house general orders when it was
reached, "a house bills and 2 from the
The senate passed a few bills, most
of them of minor Importance. The
bill to prohibit adulteration. of liquor
passed under suspension of the rules.
The measure was urgent because of
the vile stuff sold in the northern part
of the state.
The senate passed the electric light
bill after a live wire" debate.