The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-03
MEN AND MEASURES

t>-I. T~IE
The most emphatic jolt given to a bill
this session was'given yesterday to George
W. Wilson's bill, taking away the public
examiners authority to examine the BOOKS
of the gross earnings corporations. After
the favorable report by the railroad COM
mittee it looked as though the bill would
pass, but sentiment set in strongly against
it, and for the last week it has been COM
monty understood that the bill would be
killed as soon as the house got a chance at,
it, The members had found that: their
constituents did not approve Of insulting
a public official for doing his duty, and
some of Mr.. Johnson's personal enemies
declared that they would not stand for 1t.
The author of the bill, smarting under the
adverse criticism, put in most of his time
yesterday in scoring the newspapers and
explaining his motives in introducing the
bill. He said his only thought was to do
away with conflict of authority between
| the railroad commission and the public
examiner. He talked for an hour before
| the noon recess, and Wnen he resumed In
| the afternoon the members took to the
cloak rooms till only a dozen were left
| in their seats when he had finished. They
| then came out into the hall and killed the
| bill without another word of argument.
Mr.. Gillette made the motion, and with
less than half the members present the bill
was indefinitely postponed by vote of
&c to 10.
This ends the fight on the public exam
liner.
Grand Army men in the legislature are
stirred up again over the proposition. to
return the confederate flags captured by
| Minnesota regiments, now In the capitol
| rotunda. 1t is revival of the attempt
made two years ago, which was opposed
by action Of several grand army posts. A
southern lady living in St. Paul has seen
a number of the members with regard to
| it, and an attempt was made to get the
| senate judiciary committee to Introduce
a bill providing for the return of the flags.
| However, several union veterans in the
legislature got wind Of 1t and stirred VI
their friends They have made a pro-
test and it is said that the bill will not be
introduced. u .--@r.-a q ~ = , a. "a
Country towns will no longer have tt
bear the heavy burden of paying for one.
third of the value of animals killed fol
| tuberculosis. The Krostue bill, which
has finally passed both houses requires the
state to pay three fourths, the owner tt
, bear the other fourth Of the damage. This
, bill also applies to horses killed for gland
ers, which have heretofore been dead los:
, to the owner Mr.. Fulton of Ramsey, wht
:. pealing the whole law will now allow then
to die, being perfectly satisfied with tn
a Krostue bill.
q The Comstock bill to take the univer
= sity and normal schools from the hands o
;. the board Of control came out of the sen
ate educational committee to-day withou
Recommendation. The house committe
on education has not acted on the Perle
bill, which is identical. 1t is very likel
i that this committee will amend the bill S
: as to leave the board of control in au
thority over the construction and rnainte
Il nance of buildings and in that forr
e recommend the bill to pass There is
e disposition on the part of number of tn
d country members who fought the Peache
e and Buck bills to extend at least a mea:
= ure of reedom to the university and nor
II NAL schools, though they are somewhs
y hostile in their feeling because Of the Ion
Q struggle that has already been waged owe
the question
County option was given its duietus
the senate by the action of the temper
ance committee on the Sundberg bil
which was recommended to-day for il
u definite postponement
Il There will be some exciting tins