The Worthington advance., 1901-03-22
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP
Our Special Correspondent Tells Of
the Solons' Doines.

Sc
Blls are Bsiag Rapidly introduced and
Sent o. Their Way by tho Commit
tos Of the Whole. But Few
Have Become Laws.
st. Paul, March 12.-Legislative pro.
cesdings yesterday had no element of
interest. The senate session began ut
S.p. M. but no business of public con-
Germ trauspired.
AT the morning session of the house
tho Umland bill, providing that di-
vorced persons shall not re-marry un.
til six months after decree. passed. re-
ceiving 81 votes, one more than tho
required number, 18 votes being cast
in opposition.
The bill providing for state high
way commission was killed by the
house on the advice of the appropria-
tions committee.
At the afternoon session Of the house
. resolution was offered by Mr.. Hurd
of Ramsey for . committee of three to
investigate the fees received by fee
state officers, and particularly the oil
inspection fees, the committee to have
power to send for papers and persons
The Hickey amendment to the pri.
mary election law, proposing to strike
out the section of the Dunn bill requir.
ing the voter to declare his party, was
lost in the house by large majority.
The JOINT conference committee on
the reapportionment bill is scheduled
to meet this evening,
The bill authorizing the sale of tho
so-called "capitor' lands in Kandi-
yohi county was passed by the house.
much to the relief of that body.
st. Paul, March l3.-The Dunn ,pri-
mary election bill passed the house
late Monday by vote of s3 to II.
State Offices are excepted from the
operation of this bill, but the bill ap-
plies to all other public offices elected
in cities and counties. The clause re-
quiring the voter to declare his poll
tical party was stricken out. Under
the bill there will be no such thing as
nominating a candidate from the pri-
maries on the regular election by pc
tition. The bill went to the senate
elections.
The house recommended to pass the
bill TO raise the gross earnings tax on
express companies from to per cent
There were various attempts to amend
the bill, but they all failed, and chiefly
for the reason assigned by the author
of the bill. that il more taxes were
added the bill would be tied up in the
courts.
The lawyers put through the house
bill authorizing the state board of legal
examiners to try lawyers accused Of
unprofessional conduct. only FIVE votes
going against 1t.
The bill to abolish days Of grace was
killed in com mittee of the whole by q
close vote.
The house bill forbidding hyphen-
ated names for political parties was
recommended to pass.
The house adjourned at noon to give
committees a chance to work during
the afternoon.
In the senate the renovated butter
bill was sent to general orders, al
though opposed by the senate COM
mittee on dairy and food, which had
recommended that it be Indefinitely
postponed. The new bill requires that
the butter be labeled conspicuously as
to its true character.
The oil inspection bill. as amended
by the senate. was passed The amend
ment cutting off the half cent a gallon
for inspecting oil in tank cars and that
inspected in barrels was regarded a
Standard Oil move, and was killed.
The Beltrami and Cass county set
tiers got the best of the Minneapolis
lum bermen, and the tax bills were
recon me nded to pass. Senator Will.
son represented the lumber magnates
and Senator Mccarthy the 1890 set
tiers.
A number of bills were introduced
in the senate yesterday. and good
deal of work was down on the calen-
dar.
st. Paul, March 14-Representativ
Hurd was earnest and forcible yester-
day when his oil inspection bill came
before the house with series of SEN
ate mendments that not only rendered
it imperative for two years, but raised
the inspection fees and various other
changes He made q fiery speech and
moved to non-concur. That motion
prevailed. The house conferees are
Representatives. Hurd, Wells and
Bury. The senate named as conferees
Senators Sheehan, Snyder and Chiffon.
Sam Peterson got his ''mental an
guish" telegraph bill on general or
ders, after the judiciary committee
had recommended that it be indie finite
ly postponed.
j. A. Peterson introduced a bill to
create board of deposit, composed of
the governor, secretary of state. state
auditor and state treasurer, to decide
in what banks public. funds may be
deposited.
The board of control bill caused
strenuous debate in the house on
special order and was not disposed of.
A bill to continue the beet sugar
bounty, and appropriating $l0.923
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 ma jority report of the
labor committee placed the house bill
on general orders. This created a
spat, but the bill went to general or
slora without recommendation