The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-14
MEN AND MEASURES

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The passage of the Putnam house bill
raising the fees for bank examinations will
help out the financial condition OF the /
public examiners office. The bill brings
fees almost up to the expense of making
the examination and provides for exam
nations twice a Year instead Of once.
Under the present law the cost OF making
examinations is about $4,000 a year and
the fees only bring in about $3, 900. The
state has to make up the balance, and
has hitherto done so by haphazard APP
preparations The new bill will bring
twice the work, but will increase the fees
about threefold to $4,000. There will still
be a balance of 1000 or SO, 900 which the
state will have to make up. as four ex-
aminers will have to be employed instead
Of two.
The new bill provides .for a semi annual
examination OF savings banks and the
payment of the same fees. Heretofore
they have paid no fees.
With all the extra appropria ton bills
that have come in,s none so far has APP
peared to provide running expenses for
the public examiners office, although an
appropriation must be made if the work
is to continue. This fact is clearly shown
in. Mr. Johnson $: report The office can
run until Aug. l, next. on the present
funds for the s11,5O0 set aside by the
extra session has been carefully hns-
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has been DONE, which has already real
ized to the state s125. 900 in back taxes,
and during the year 1902 over 80 per cent
| of the banks and other financial institu-
| tions We're examined larger proportion
than before In several years. 1t is note
worthy fact too, that of the 275 financial
institutions examined, only three or four
have had any criticism to make of the
public examiner, and these We're institu-
tions which did not have their affairs in
proper shape and were compelled to
straighten up or go out of business:
The general legislation committee of the
house neatly turned the flank Of the
Peachey bill combination by the amended
! bill reported yesterday. The house either
had to accept the report or reject It,
and, if rejected the house could only
get the bill back by voting to recall it..
This might have been done, but the COM
mittee diplomatic avoided a useless
and t1me-killing wrangle by getting the
Morley bill taken from the table, thus
bringing the original bill before the house
next Thursday along with the commit
tees proposition: The amended. Peachey
bill appeals to the fairness of the members
generally. but it is likely to be turned
down now and the Morley bill sent into
the senate, for the combina ton still holds
together. - .E... @5
Speaker %Babcock says he believes in the
old saw that all work and no play makes
Jack dull boy Certainly the house
returned to work yesterday afternoon with
a better grace after the little matinee en-
tertainment The singing Of the Bryant
post quartet was enjoyed, but the speaker
made the hit Of the afternoon when he
appointed Governor Van SAINT committee
to escort the Hon. Joel p Heatwole to the
platform. The elaborate courtesy and
friendliness which these two foes mani
tested was alone worth the price of ad-
mission. The x-cOngressnlan~ = did the
graceful thing. when he advised the leeis.
1ators to heed the advice of the governor
ana spoke OF the magnificent majority
given him last fall. 49,. -. = -
|, J. F. Jacobson is convinced that ''the
world do move.'' He was reca ling yes.
terday the difference in the way the 4 pei
per cent gross earning bill was. treated
tour and tWoayears ago. and the way
1t is handled at this session. *I see they
} are all interested lin getting as: strong {
, bill as possible this time" remarked the
veteran yesterday afternoon with
chuckle. 1t is hard to realize that som,
or the papers that are now giving tn,
legislature advice on how to make it ge
the most revenue were ignoring it twt
: I'years ago. and four years ago.
MI Jacobson q, fs yell satisfied with tn,
y
s tee. He is also interested in the Ston,
rate bill, now before the senate commit
: tee.': That the tail end Of my 1899 bill, >
r he said. yesterday. TT was my bill tha
: stopped them from raising rates on grain
p lumber and coal without consent of tn,
+ commission That was the best L coult
do at that time, for there would have beer
t a big fight then on bill applied to al
= classes of freight The Stone bill is al
y right @z-a'st--> :t.t 80
t The Wisconsin and Minnesota swap O
: Islands has gone as far as it will go OF
e show her intentions. The Langen bi
! cedillg Barron's island to Wisconsin 70
/ the uses of La Crosse has passed the sen
# ate, but it is held up in the house com
l. mittee. There is bill before the Wiscon
e sin legislature to cede to Minnesota tn
d island Red Wing wants and it has no
l. been acted on by the committee. If thi
bill gets favorable action next week, Wis
y ! consin can have Barrods island and wei
=. come. - X .r.. @-. sI&E'
p The Soue bill reducing the wage earn
" er's exemption from garnishment to S
,r a week is still sleeping in the senate ju
G dietary committee. which killed its com
=, panon,% the Hinton bill. The latter pre-
u vided that garnishment could be had o
the smallest sum where an exemption wa
TT claimed. The lowest limit now is ST.
I'd The senate lawyers held that the remed
to lay in an execution, which could be mao
on the smallest. sum. The Soule bill wi
3; probably go through. It. increases tt
al exemption for those who get monthly pay
= ments from s25 to $32. but it enable
mt creditors to get at those who are pa
Of weekly. only So of the weekly stipend b.
-. ing exempt. 5-:s $500,
ng fA.. ~ + rs z ~. +
ire The Armstrong bill for constitution
90 convention got the first start on it's rocl
ed road yesterday, when it was recommende
to pass by committee of the whole.
IN must get 80 votes, or two-tFrds of II
re- whole house:in order: to pass. 1t also Il;
in to get AZ votes in the senate, and IN;
;. jority of the popular vote at the electie
ttoo Of 1904. - :5#s- E5.aS =, ~
= - sts.4>s j: Charles B. Cheney.
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he one fare plus $2-announced BY the Gre
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of all opportunity to make an econor