The Tomahawk., 1903-04-30
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Thirty-third Session of awmakerS
Closes with the Usual Hurrah and
Confusion.

| st. Paul. April 21.-EXtreme cOnSefNd-
tism characterized the thirty third ses-
| sion of the legislature which came to a
close last night, and while over $50 bills
became laws, the net results OF the seS-
| sion have not been great.
| The cost Of the session was $170,0o
| and the total number Of bills considered
| by the two houses was 1,4O7, OF which $40
were introduced into the house ana 5e3
! into the senate.
Of this record breaking number over
| $50 have either been signed or will soon
be signed by the chief executive OF the
state OF these new laws few have any
more than a local Importance.
| Yesterday will be remembered by the
senators and representatives as the busl-
est day Of the session. Both houses We're
in session morning, afternoon and even
ing, with short recesses for luncheon at
noon and dinner at 6. Each house had
large general order list and a fair sized
calendar and many committee reports
were submitted. A good many of the
measures were important and We're killed
or passed after long discussions.
AS bills began to accumulate in the
| morning session the house and senate
each adopted a resolution allowing each
| member to call up local bill in which
| he was particularly interested and move
| the passage of the measure under suSpen-
| sion of the rules. More bills were dis
| posed Of in this way than were passed
| under suspension of the rules during the
| preceding days of the session. Later a
resolution was adopted by the house pro-
! viding that a collection of forty bills,
generally agreed upon, should have the
| right of way.
While the houses were at work con-
| ference committees were intermittently
| in session during the entire day. Five
different committees met and coflsid
| the disagreement over the tax amend
| ment without avail. A conference COM
mittee considering the senate amendment
to the inheritance tax law increasing the
exemption from 81 900 to $4,000 like
wise failed to agree.
Most of the important bills. with the
exception Of the tax amendment and the
inheritance tax law, were disposed of at
II o'clock at night. Then it was that
the senators and representative aban-
doned their usual dignified mien. Some
lay back in their chairs and threw paper
wads at their neighbors. Others tore up
their Journals and bills and hurled
them at a speaker who was labOrOuSly
working for the passage of local bill
Among the important bills passed by
the senate were Representative l.. c.
Stevenson's measure creating a state
board of osteopathic examiners; Repre-
sentative J. r. Morley's bill establishing
a state live stock sanitary board; S. A.
Nelson's measure imposing tax on
freight line companies; j. D. Budd's
measure providing for a bounty Of 10
cents for dead crows; Representative T.
T.. Ofsthun's bill prohibiting the use Of
trading stamps; Senator Henry Morgan's
measure creating a state bureau of child
and animal protection; Representative
Frank Clague's increasing the state aid
for graded, semi-graded and rural
schools.
Several important bills were killed.
Among them are Senator George P. Will
sons bills facilitating state prosecutions
against conspiracies in restraint Of trade;
Representative J. A. Shephard's bill re-
quiring strawberries. blueberries, rasp-
boxes Of uniform size; Representative p:
w. Stark,s bill creating new judicial
district to have jurisdiction over Chisago,
Perley's measure removing the university
and normal schools from the board Of
control.
Among the bills that died in senate
committees or in general orders are Rep
resentative ]. o. Haugland's bill provid
ice corporations; Senator George P. Will
sons measure creating state board of
charities and corrections: Representative
taxed in the counties where they were cut
and Senator l.. o. Thorpe's bill prohibit
ing corporations to combine in restraint
of trade.
The house yesterday threw down the
bars that had been closed SO assiduously
for ten days and suspended the, rules
bills. Most of them were senate files, be-
cause there was little hope for house files
frivolity that made it's appearance several
days ago was kept pretty well in control
until late hour
The principal features Of the day in the
house was the passage of the trading
stamp bill and the deadlock between the
senate and house over the tax amend
and fish code was called up and passed
by the house and sent back to the senate
for its concurrence in the house amend
ments.
The day was more remarkable for the
bills that failed than for those that got
through: Among the more important bills
that failed in the house were the follow
g. w. Morleys bill providing for civil
service for the dairy and food department.
The senate good roads bill, providing
for a state highway commissioner.
The serate bill creating an immigration
]: F; Rosenwalds maximum grain
A large crowd. including many women.
session. though the proceedings were not
marked with more than the usual amount
of pyrotechnics. The house set it's teeth
silently. The program laid out by the
steering committee provide to be a good.
solid days .Os work % and there was s little
up less favored measures.
The senate just before fe ad{ournmsnt ;
TeCOnSlOeTeU lle vote Dy WHICH kllloQ
Representative A. l.. HelHwelrs inheri-
tance tax law and passed the bill with
the original senate amendment fixing the
exemption at $4,000: The exemption in
the bill which was killed was placed at
| SIS. 900.
The senate refused to suspend the
rules and pass Representative W. A. Hin
tons bill prohibiting. the sale of kero-
sene of greater density than As degrees
Beaume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
The state university and normal schools
will not be removed from the jurisdiction
of the state board of control during the
next two years.
The senate passed under suspension of
the rules. the house judiciary commit
tees bill regulat ting the speed of automo-
bies.
Free text books for independent school
dis tricts. if the voters want them, are
provided in a bill passed by the house.
The bill is by Senator A. F. Ferris, Of
Brainerd. and it provides for the sub
mission of the proposition to the voters
for their approval.
The house passed a bill by Senator F.
H. Peterson designed to give shippers of
farm products ample time in which to
load them. 1t provides that cars must be
left long enough to give the shippers
thirty-siX hours in which to load their