The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
BILLS THAT FAILED
Unusual Number Of Important Measures
Fell In the Massacre.


In the great slaughter of bills from first
to last nearly 1000 went to the waste bas-
ket. Among the more important ones
were the following: -*...
The highway commission bills in the
senate and house. These were backed by
the good roads people, who fought for
them They provided under the constitu-
tion for state highway commission and
a direct tax levy for the improvement OF
country roads. But the time-honored
grab for road and bridge appropriations
will continue for another two years, and
the present hap-hazard method Of road
Improvement is continued.
The garnishment bills asked for by the
retail merchants passed the senate and
were killed in the house. One reduced
the limit Of exemption to So week. and
the other permitted Judgment to be taken
for any small amount where exemption is
claimed. a... --.-
Representative Coles bill to. tax logs
In the counties where they are cut passed
the house, but was killed by the senate
committee. =. ....s
railroads to get the consent Of the rail-
road and warehouse commission before
raising rates was the only measure the
railroad companies had to fight hard II
was adversely reported by the house com
mittee, but the house reversed the com
m1ttee and passed. the bill. The senate
committee reported against the bill, and
here the wholesale merchants made their
protest with effect. for the senate sus-
tained the committee.
Mr.. Hugo of Duluth introduced bill
to have the state refund the cost of spe-
ciaI improvements ordered by municipali-
ties along railroad property out Of the
gross earnings tax, but the country mem
bers united against the bill.
George w. Wilson of Worthington pre-
sented a bill that was an echo of the
controversy between the public examiner
and the railroad commission over the col
lection OF back gross earnings taxes. His
bill took authority OF this sort away from
the public examiner and gave it to the
commissioners The railroad committee
sent the bill out, but the house killed ii
at the first opportunity.
N. 3. Rosenwald introduced distance
tariff bill for grain, fixing maximum
rate between points within the state The
house railroad committee killed the bill
and an effort to overturn the report
failed.
Both houses spent considerable time
early in the. session with q drastic anti
trust bill submitted by the National Live
Stock association The more members
studied the more they felt the bill would
injure independent dealers within the
state faIner Inan the trusts, ana they
killed the bill.
The house passed bill by Frank Carl
SIN Of .Meeker county to prevent destruc-
tive competition by compelling dealers
who sell at various points within the
state to charge uniform prices every
where, adding only the cost of freight
The senate killed this bill, which ap.
peared to many q useless experiment.
The Mark bill to compel railroads te
furnish passes to state officers and en-
ployes and members OF the legislature
was killed by the committee.
]. "A. Anderegg's $ bill to nullify con.
tracts with agents which prohibit thei,
carrying q side line was given the same
treatment
The house passed a bill to substitute
electrocution for hanging but Saltwater
citizens rebelied against being made the
headquarters for legal deaths, and the
senate killed the bill.
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