The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-09
100000 for St. Louis SHOW

tS1OOo EOT ST. Louis
Inc St Louis exposition bill aroused
,1,;til spirited discussion, but, backed
"1In tile approval of the governor its
appropriation was increased from $40 O0o
~ @2u,ooV' and rushed through The hin
PIoVideS Tor the appointment of . com
mission OF three members and that 60 00o
We set aside from the appropriation for
thelf personal expenses incurred in Tho
| prosecution of their duties; S10O0A ie rro0
NIueu Tor the salaries of a superintendon+
| anu MS clerks and other assistants. One
80 VI the appropriation is to be avail
apIe IN the fiscal year ending Julv n 1o09
and one half in the year endino Iii, o.
l7Vi' winch will make all of it ayaiiahIe
Detore the exposition is half over ond
| oIe-haH OF IT available Aug. l. 1902 Mr.
JACOBSON opposed the bill on the e-ro1,r \
thdt there was no necessity for an an
Ir"frlation before the conve lti)n Of the
| regular session Jan. l, 1909. Sherman
0thith, minneapolis, made an eloouent
P n Iot the oln based on the necessitv
Oh making an exhibit at ST. Louis which
snail be commensurate with the dio,,i+,
Oh the state, and after a half hours indis-
cililliilat2 Wrangle the bill was passed bv
vote practically unanimous.
me Dill appropriating $3.50 for tho
printing of the extra session went
through by hair after an all day game
" niue ana seek state Printer Whitney
Gays most OF the work has been done
anu that ne should have $4,000 to finish
UP properly. But there was trouble
ahead and some of the wise bows scented
~ aIar' Rlch got the bill recalled from
the committee on appropriations. where
whitney and bis friends believed Iacoh-
| son meant to bury it. The recall was an
Hlch dared to attempt at one time and
ne asked that the bill lay on the table.
] Later an attempt was made to indefinitely
postpone the measure. Just before ad-
! Jou[lheIt chairman Larson, of the com
HAttee on legislative expenses again took
up the bill, and after explaining that the
| state was indebted for the amount of the
appropriation asked, got the bill through.
! Pennington's Game Fight.
One of the liveliest skirmishes of the
oay was that precipitated by the report
| Of the committee on the reception Of hills
| on the remington bill demanding a re.
uuctlon OF the iron ore freight rates on
| the IRON range roads. Pennington asked
mat his bill be excepted from the COM
Hittee report and placed on general
orders. Bury objected and Laybourn
calied Tor an aye and nay vote, while
remington Clipped in with a demand
Ior call of the house He made a
| plucky light, and received sixty-eieht
votes but under the rule requiring two
tilros vote to reverse the report of the
committee, was beaten, and his bill be
| came thlng of history. A similar fate
met the Schwarg bill for the distribution
OF the county funds accumulated from
the Armstrong dog tax law.
IN general orders the house killed the
Anderson bill Tor a permanent tax com
mission and state board Of review and
STATED for slaughter the Smith bill for
SzoV exemption of personal property tax
! smith made forlorn hope charge and by
insisting on record vote saved his bill
from instant death by a narrow major
lty. The Hillmond bill to compel tele-
phone companies to make connections
with independent lines had narrow
escape, and was sent to the calendar by
a vote which does not by any means in
sure its passage Monday. The bill to
provide for additional time for the report
OF the statute revision commission went
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