The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-02
HOUSE HELD
SLEEPY SESSION
HAD EVIDENTLY WORN ITSELF
OUT ON JACOBSON FRIDAY.

In the house yesterday, with barely
enough members on the floor to pass bills,
received dozen unimportant measures,
passed nearly as many more, agreed up
on special order on the Anderson bills
for Monday afternoon, and adjourned.
The interest of the house lay in the
fate of the Jacobson bill over in tho
senate, where the lords of the upper
house were becoming involved in pre-
liminary struggle with the measure,
which the house Skinned through with.
out an amendment Those members di.
rectly interested in bills before the house
managed to keep within voting distance
a bare majority, and the bills passed
went through, in a majority of cases
practically by default. No one knew
anything or cared anything about them.
The most important measure proposed
was the bill introduced by Sherman S.
Smith, Minneapolis. His bill provides
for the increase of the present personal
property exemption from 500 to $500.
One of the Anderson bills was reported in
for passage by the special committee APP
pointed to examine it for errors. The
committee was unable to get through
with the second BILL and Mr. Anderson
asked that the special order be called
at IL o'clock yesterday morning be post
poned until o'clock Monday afternoon.
Mr.. Hurd called up and secured the
passage of his governors staff curative
act. Through the ingenuity of faction
personally incensed at the governors
warrior ideas, an amendment to the mil
itary code throwing the staff out Of the
guard, was slipped through at the regu-
lar session. The amendment was skill
fully disguised in a series of necessary
amendments to the code and escaped
the notice of the legal sleuths of the
legislature It's effect was not known
until tho c110o VI r1c 20
crow over the gorgeous generals, colonies
and other dignitaries Of his eXcellency's
personal war machine.
Then there was weeping in the land
and when Surgeon General Ames was
repulsed in his attempt to take COM
mand of The camp at Lake City last
summer, and his demand that a post
flag be tloated in his honor was denied
by mere captain, real war was declar-
ed If the senate concurs in the action
of the house. the governors generals
when next they ride forth to review in
the hospital corps ambulance, will do
so with all the dignity of real adjuncts
OF The states military.
Mr.. Bury, Lake, introduced a bill to
bring village and town officials under
the optional surety bond law now in
force for city and county bonded officers
There was about ten minutes half heart
cd debate on the question and then the
Dill was sent to the judiciary committee
for an opinion upon the constitutionalitv
of the measure. Mr.. Bury also had a bill
to relieve the slayers of gray wolves
from the arduous impositions of the
present bounty law, which provides that
the entire carcass must be delivered
to the county auditor before the bounty
may be paid. Bury contends that the
law is all right for the prairie counties
where coyotes run rampant, but gray
wolves are too big to be hauled around
entire, and those hunters who would
otherwise kill wolves for the bounty
rather lose the money than be bothered
with tot1ng the carcass to the county
seat. In consequence, Mr.. Bury saws
the wolves are increasing and the deer
decreasing In corresponding ratio.
Inc Ferris bill correcting the game
laws or the last session was passed. as
was Mr.. Pope's bill to Iegalze certified
copies of the original plat of a Kanabec
county village. The original plats We're
destroyed by fire, but the same surveyor
was employed to make a COPY. and to
guard against any possible legal obiec-
tons to transfers, the copy was localized
Ihe now celebrated Rider bill came up
IN the mouse again yesterday morning.
an echo from the senate The bill is
calculated to permit the county commits
sloners of Otter Tail county to work
SIXTY days per wear instead of fifty. Mr..
ROBERTS could not let the bill get through
the house without lacking on an amend
ment which satisfied him that the com
missieners' salaries in his own beloved
Hennepin would not be affected, and the
amendment stirred up a row in the SEN
ate. Messrs Rider, Roberts and Whit
ford We're appointed a committee on
conference, and if the legislature does
not adjourn too quickly the Otter Tail
citizens may be allowed to spend the
$3.50 per year out of their own treasury
which the bill entails.