The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-28
DOC DAY in THE HOUSE
Continued From First Page.

enlightened the house on the number
and sex of the dogs in Redwood county
Riley paired with Larson He said he
was "ag in the dogs on general princi-
pies. The animus of his opposition to
the doggtes seemed to lie in an encoun-
Ter which he had with two dogs last
summer, and from which he said he bare
~ escaped with his life. Nyquist said
there was nothing personal in his interest
In the bill; his own little Fido. after it
learned Of the fool law enacted by the
legislature and after It's fond owner had
paid the tax, laid down and died. Ny
quist said the law was too much for
any sensible dog; that bright dog, after
ne found out the kind of legislators that
had been placed in the keeping of his
safety, would move out of the state or
die. The argument was kept alive for
an hour, and then the Morley bill substf-
tuted for the Nyquist measure by a vote
of S6 to 46 The Nyquist bill remains
on general orders and still has a short
lease on life.
The real value of the service which the
taxpayers get from their representatives
in the legislature was demonstrated
when the Rider bill came on the carpet
By a special clause of the general laws
the Otter Tail county commissioners are
allowed to work fifty days This the
long enough for the proper performance
of the commissioners duties and they
want the working limit extended to sixty
days. When Rider called the bill, which
has been laid over several times, the
house was thrown into the throes of a
bad scare. Mr. Roberts came to the
front with an objection. He said he did
not know but the bill might change the
law governing Hennepin county and the
Hennepin county commissioners might
stand to lose their s, 200 per year. Mr.
Rider produced letters from Attorney
General Douglas and Public Examiner
Johnson to prove that his bill was all
right and that it concealed no wood
chuck. Roberts made a dash for the
law library while the sturdy form and
eloquent voice of BOBBY" Burns was
raised in protest against measure
which might affect the fortunes of the
taxpayers of Fillmore county. Mr.
Riley, of Jackson, who has some prop
erty in Otter Tail county broke in with
recommendation for the bill and
Messrs. Jacobson, Sageng and several
otner members said they had examined
the bill for 'woodchucks" and found
none. Even the assurances of Jacobson
did not relieve the fears of the doubling
Thomases, and Roberts came up smiling
and determined with an arm full of law
books and more objections. When
1NOOSIJS anu Ills law BOOKS Judge
Alley secured the floor long enough to
tell the house what the law really is
Roberts Is Satisfied.
Then Mr.. Umland passed his Judgment
on the weighty affair. He said it was
plainly special legislation and if the
house was about to return to special
legislation he purposed to get in on the
ground floor with a bunch of Ramsey
county bills. Rider bobbed up and down
in a frantic effort to explain to the diff
ferent gentlemen the real purport of his
measure and finally in sheer desperation
asked that it lay on the table until
Roberts had examined it to his heart S
content. Just before adjournment Mr.
Roberts informed the house he thought
the bill would do and that with a little
! amendment to make doubly sure the po-
sition Of the Henrepin commissioners
he would consent to his passage. The
bill was again called up and put through.
If the time limit provided by the bill
is exhausted it means an additional ex-
pense of $3.50 to Otter Tail county. The
consideration it received yesterday
morning alone cost the state $500.
The O'Neil bill for the Itasca state
park house was passed without opposi-
ton. The bill provides that about $500
| derived from the sale of down timber in
the park shall be transferred to fund
for the erection Of O. state house on the
shore of Lake Itasca. The senate bill
authorizing Minneapolis to issue $2500O0
worth of bonds for water main extension
was passed, with a single dissenting
vote, which was cast by Representative
Umland Of Ramsey. Speaker Bowling
got his bill legalizing the bonds Of
Olivia, Renviie county, through and
Mr. Pope secured the passage of a bill
changing the date for the district court
session in Goodhue county from Septem-
Der to August. Mr.. Grass introduced
and secured under suspension of the
rules the passage of bill legalizing the
transfer of a part of the Murray county
poor farm to a religious society for a
cemetery