The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-29

special order, taking the place O
the senate bill to the same effect
and while there was a fight on the
subdivision seeking to reimburse
Chisago county to the amount oil
81, 900 for expense incurred IN muir
der trials, it was finally passed
without a dissenting vote.
1t was bill that the strong Re-
publican majority could we'll be
proud of, and on which the party
can again 90 before the people of
Minnesota and ask them for the
continuance of the party in the ad-
mnistration of the several depart
ments of the State
] The senate would not stand for
the house bill taking the university
aud normal schools out from under
the board of cOntrol, with the Burns
amendments providing that new
| buildings be erected under the sup
erviSion of the board. This was a
thrust at the governor, who realizes
that it means another fight to get
out the university, the normal
schools, and the two institutions at
Faribault ard the one at Owatonna
two years hence, and that the same
combination is likely to be made,
and a vicious fight continued, This
year it was the house that saved
the board of control, and when the
majority of the senate realized that
it could not have it's own way it
turned down the house proposition
and the Governor. What the fruit
of this act will be remains to be
seen.
The Haugland tax bill, seeking to
levy franchise tax, and also to
reach public service corporations of
all kinds, was killed in the senate.
An attempt was made to pull it out
of the senate committee on taxes
and tax laws on Thursday before
the session closed, but the attempt
was overwhelmingly defeated. The
senator's hold for four years. May
be they will be better at the next
session, and here's hoping that the
house will be just as good-which
was the best house eyer convened.
Legislative sessions may come;
legislative sessions may go, but it
is extremely doubtful whether those
that have gone, or those. that are to
come have ever or will ever wit
ness another such day as that of the
last Saturday before the final ad-
journment of the thirty-third SEES
sion of the Minnesota legislature.
1t was indeed a black Saturday.
The feeling among the members
was rampant, ugly and disagree
able. The old members, or some of
them, determined that any attempt
to railroad through legislation would
be checked, remained in their seats
all day and objected to every mo-
ton to suspend the rules, whereby
certain bills could be advanced and
given their final passage. So ugly
was the feeling that these members
would not even allow the rules to
be suspended for local measures,
despite the pleading for assistance
and relief that came from some of
the members that really needed
some Legislation for their towns and
counties.
The sore feeling engendered ear
ly that morning. 1t arose from an
attempt of T. T. Ofsthun of Pope
county to get suspension of the
rules and have the anti-trading
stamp bill advanced from committee
of the whole to it's third reading
and final passage. The fireworks
commenced. The opponents of sus-
pension fought every inch of the
ground with the friends Of the bill,
the former contending that the let
ting down of the bars at that time