The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-29
6be legislature.
Items Of Interest from
Minnesota So1ons. -

. The legislature is fast approaching
the general orders stage and the
early bills are beginning to come from
the committees which are now settling
down for work. By next week the leg
islature will be well in the harness.
During the past week there has been
little legislation Of any particular con.
sequence and no sensations worthy OF
note. The pass inspection resolutions
fell flat, and a resolution for the in.
spection of the fuel supply has taken
its place. A house member wanted tc
have the State capitol commission in.
vestigated, and his resolution was
adopted. The committee on public &C.
counts and expenditures will look into
the commissions work. In the senate
the Cuban reciprocity will be on the
boards for this week.
The house adjourned last Friday I'M
til Monday morning while the senate
decided to adjourn until Tuesday morn
ing.
Last Friday morning the house was
confronted with the dilemma of not
having any speaker. Speaker Babcock
was i'll with grip at his hotel and he
sent word that he would not be able to
be present to preside, and did not
designate any member to act. The re-
suit was that the chief clerk called the
body together and appointed a presid-
ing officer. 1t is said that there are re-
corded in Cushing's manual just two
instances where chief clerk ever
called body together. One of these
cases was in the house of commons and
the other in the national house of rep
resentatives.
Representative Rosenwald has failed
to make any kind of record so far in
his "watch-dog' role, and Represent
alive Burns has shown quite little
faculty in manipulating Legislative
reins. Both bodies have become pretty
we'll acquainted and as chaotic condi-
tions disappear the mountains and
plains of the legislative body are to be
seen in striking outlines.
=. Representative Dorsey Dem.) of Nc
Leod county introduced two bills last
Monday relating to taxation of foreign
corporations, and one providing for a
constitutional amendment relating to
taxation. It provides for an income
and a franchise tax
A bill has been introduced making
eight per cent the maximum rate of in
terest in the State.
Senator Horton explained to the
senate last Friday the reasons why the
s.aaimiIhf the tax for the State capitol
should be extended to S4,5O0,O00, and
the senate bill will meet with no OBJ
lection.
Senator Wilson has asked for an ap-
preparation of So, 800 for the publication
of 1000 copies of the annual report of
the State horticultural society and also
AoA Gull c11A1udl 8 IdIlU VI DOW lOI UIlc
needs of the society.
Senator Thompson of Preston has in
PRODUCED bill increasing the State
aid to high schools from 81, 900 to 81, 900.
The amendment Senator Thorpe
would have made to the primary elect
ion law is one that would place all can
didates on one ballot under proper poll
tical heads and voter would simply
have to enter the booth and mark the
name of the party he desired to affiliate
with and the names of such candidates
as he wished to vote for
According to the terms of bill in
troduced minors who misrepresent
their age to bar-tenders will have to
pay the penalty.
A patriotic law maker wants all
school houses to have flag which
shall be displayed on certain occasions.
By the provisions of bill all tele-
graph messages are to be sent any,
where in the State for Is cents
If one of the bills introduced last
week becomes law county commits
sioners in all counties of less than So
600 inhabitants and having an assessed
valuation of $1,50O,OOO shall receive
the sum of SIS per day for all meetings
they attend and So a day for all work
on committees and looking after the
poor and roads and bridges.
A bill has been introduced submit
ting the matter of a constitutional con.
vention to the vote of the people at the
next general election.
The judiciary committee of the house
has framed a constitutional amend.
ment in lieu of the one introduced by
+ Representative Stevenson, and the
bill will be before the house this week.
& Senator Barker and Representative
Mark have introduced bills making fit.