The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-21
HOUSE WAS BUSY
WITH LOCAL BILLS
Trading Stamp Bill Was
One Of the Important
Measures Passed.

The house spent the last working
day of the session strictly adhering
to a programme which it had mapped
out at the expense of much difficulty
and gray matter. Sixty bills were
passed under suspension of the rules.
Credit for programme of undeni-
able merit is in large degree due to
the efforts of Representative Hickey.
Ramsey, and Representative Cole. Cass.
Representative Cole was one of the
moving spirits in a conference held at
the Merchants Sunday night when it
programme for the day. The contem-
plated programme had as it's first OBJ
ject relegation of the obstructionist
tactics pursued Saturday.
The definite programme was decided
upon yesterday morning at another
meeting in which Representative
Hickey took a prominent part and
which resulted in the selection of a
calendar. The trading stamp bill was
given preference followed in turn by
the game and fish code, a supplement
tary drainage bill, and the Itasca Park
state house bill. to be followed by
purely local bills called up by districts.
The regular calendar was given next
place and after that a calendar of
thirty-five selected bills, most of them
senate files. was picked to complete
the work of the session.
The substitute anti-trading stamp
bill prepared by Attorney General
Douglas passed as drawn by a vote Of
SO to Z. The house was in a mood
hostile to anything looking like OBJ
struction and emphatically voted down
every attempt to amend the measure.
The game and fish bill which codifies
the game and fish laws fixes limit of
$4,000 per year on the emoluments of
the executive agent. prohibits seizure
of guns and provides for public sale
of seized property was passed by
vote of SO to l.
The supplementary drainage bill,
backed by Bennett, provides for drain
age loans to the public at the same
rates of interest paid by counties. The
1taska Park state house bill, one of the
speakers pet measures. carries an ap
preparation of $4,000. Both We're passed
without opposition.
Under the head of local bills the roll
| was called by congressional districts.
each member was permitted to call
up measure and pass it under sus-
pension Only twenty bills passed
muster as purely local. Those were
passed without difficulty. The Ramsey
/ county delegation had two of the bills
which passed muster as local and one
| of which by its passage by the house
| becomes law.
| Representative Chinook secured the
passage of the senate file providing
| for an appropriation of $4,000 by the
| common council for the paving. of
| street intersections on West Seventh
street, when that thoroughfare shall
| be macadamized to Fort Smelling. This
| measure is purely local to Mr.. Chin
| nocks district but was not passed
I without substantial sacrifice on his
| part.
I The bill passed by Representative
| Jacoby was his own which he believes
will prevent the street car company
! from getting possession of University
| avenue for a three or four track sys-
| tenn. 1t provides that the additional
| tracks may not be laid without the
| consent of three-fourths Of the COM
mon council and four-fifths of the
| holders Of abutting property.
| All the local bills and the calendar
| Of nine senate bills were disposed of
/ before the house Adjourned at 6
| o'clock for two hours dinner recess,
leaving only the selected calendar for
| consideration of the night session.