The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-13
MEN AND MEASURES

MEN AND MEASURES
Proceedings onsthe floor of the house
Eare gathering more human interest
every day. A session seldom passes with
out hot exchanges Of complim They
are usually from men who wereso on differ
ent sides of the speakership fight and have
not yet forgotten the fact, but these little
tits are likely tosleonle up over almost
anything, and start breach between men
who We're hitherto warm friends. As a
rule, there is a Hennepn county man on
one side OF the controversy, and it is not
uncommon to see three or four men in the
14ennepin section on their feet at once,
each trying to get hearing. The other
day several members were smoking in a
cloakroom when one OF these outbursts
was heard. What's that?" asked one Of
the smokers. "Oh,,, replied a member
standing in the door. that's Hennepin
county scrapping again. His tone was
| the same as a neighbor uses when he
says: John Smith beat his wife again
last night ~. spite of their constant
| d1scord. the Hennepin members WELD
more influence on the floor and in com
mittees than any other congressional dis
trict in the state With3only two or three
exceptions they are men9of energy and in
| f1uence in the house. The delegation
might accomplish more if it had a boss,
but the members command more respect
! as 1t is. mot one of them controls the
vote of any one else but each at least
controls his own. F"
The temporary defeat of the bill raising
! the attorney generals salaryrin the house
yesterday was a surprise The vote, SIS
to 49,. showed sentiment in favor Of the
bill, and several who voted against said it
was to serve, notice that no state officers
need apply for raises They did not deny
that the attorney general was worth
81, 800 The bill never should have gone to
a vote with such a. light attendance, but
Mr. Shearer, who had, voluntarily taken
charge, of it,. was in the cloakreo1n at the
time, and no one. else said a word for the
measure.
The antivaccii1ationists% were out in
| force yesterday in the house, looking for a,
lively debate on the Gregory bill, but they
were disappointed, for its author moved
Tor continuance until Tuesday after
noon. There: is a possibility that the
house will pass the bill. The members
know that it would be a harmless pro-
ceed1ng, because it would be killed in the
senate. BY voting for it, however. they
would give great joy to the indefatigable
| ''antis." ssSet.4zs2
i : Mayor Haynes was sent for by his
4 friend, Mr.. Gillette to give his views on
i the police pensiong fund bill. He came
over yesterday in response to the sum-
mons, and found that the only thing Of
consequence before the" house was Mr..
Shove's bill to elevate the mayors salary.
His honor declined to discuss the Shove
! bill, and disclaims all knowledge of it..
He insisted in his good humored way
that his presence at the capitol was mere
lily a coincidence -. -
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The house put its foot yesterday on
Mr.. Rockne' s bill permitting independent
| school districts to vote bonds by: ma :
\ Jorlty vote. An amendment by Mr.
! O'Laughlin was carried changing it to
i two thirds. which is the present law. The
! -motlon to postpone indefinitely was then
made in duet by sMessrs:, Rockne and
) OLaughlin. All of which >goes to show
that it is easier to amend "a bill to death
than to vote it down.
Inspection Of the vote by which the
Hugo bill was lost shows that. while the
issue was city against country, the coun-
try stuck solidly together while the cities
J did not. The twenty five votes for the
,1bhl all iscame from. Hennepin, Ramsey
and st. Louis counties but there were
SIX city votes aga inst the bill They were
Den1ing, Fust, :Girling, ! Shephard and
shoveaof Hennepin, and aTighe ofa2amsey.
+ The senate ul1ass also taken a hand in
l discouragfng salary increases. The state
library bill bas4beetl~ amended to leave the
librarians salary at itS present figure,
and the new codihed dairy and food law
has gone through a similar course, all
the salary increases provided for in the
bill being cut out. .. D. .5
The legal warrant necessary for the
! mutual fire Insurance company proposed
I by the state editorial association is now
included in II. F. Al, OH general orders in
ally drawn to authorize mutual creamery
4 and mutual retail hardware insurance
companies. The senate committee added
paragraph authorizing the Publishers
Insurance company. 1t provides that sucl
company shall not write policies unit
70 100000 worth of Insurance. in 200 or more
" separate risks, has been subscribed and
entered on the books. The insurance is
limited to printing material. machinery
and stock in trade. on the building con-
taining the same if owned by the same
person, and OH the dwelling house Of the
same person, with it's contents.
Before the legislature gets through
tinkering the wolf bounty law, it will
fix it SO that hunters will have to catch
the animals alive and register their pedi-
gree before they can get a bounty. This
might be hard to do; for the law can't
compel the wolf to testify against him
self. z -Charles B. Cheney
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