The Princeton union., 1905-03-30
Minnesota Legislature

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The present session of the Minnesota
legislature is coming down The home
stretch. The time limit for the intro
duction of bills expired last Saturday,
and no bills can now be introduced
without the consent of the governor.
But two weeks remain for the legisla-
ture to complete it's work; and already
preparations are being made for the
grand legislative consummation of
1905.
The joint subcommittee which will
draw the omnibus appropriation bill
has been selected. Senator Il. B.
Brewer announced the FIVE senate
members. They are the same as two
years ago-Brower of St. Cloud, Ward
of Alexandria, McGill of St. Paul,
Lord of Kasson and Comstock of
Minneapolis. The house committee,
named last week, consists of Roberts
of Minneapolis, Anderson of Winona,
Fulton of St. Paul, Putnam of Red
Wing, and Adams of Fergus Falls.
This committee will hold daily ses-
sions to frame the omnibus bill.
With the code in the air in the SEN
ate loaded down with amendments, al
terations and criticisms, no one can
predict the outcome.
The house has been hustling the last
week and has placed up to the senate
some important bills. The few impor-
tant bills of the present session are
still quite a ways from the goal, but
there is yet time to enact them into
laws.
The bill for the establishment of
county school board and the non-po-
litical election of county superinten-
dents has been introduced in the SEN
ate. The bill provides that each men,
ber be elected by not less than fifty
voters, the board to consist of one
member from each county school
board district. The qualifications for
county superintendent are also
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the department of pedagogy of the
State university, or a graduate of an
advanced course of State normal
school, Or the holder of State pro-
fessional certificate. He shall hold
office for a term of two years. This
removes the Office from the circle of
politics and places it upon an educa-
tion basis.
The house has passed the Bennett
bill providing for the establishment of
a branch school of the State agricul-
tural college at Crookston. No ap-
preparation is made in the bill, but it
is expected that an appropriation of
about s35: 900 will be necessary.
The Perley bill removing the State
university and the normal schools
from the jurisdiction of the board of
control has been recommended to pass
by the house committee On general
legislation. There were eleven men,
bers of the committee for the bill and
five against it. Representative Perley
had the measure amended so as to
have new buildings erected by the
State board of control, and at the sug-
gestion Of S. W. Leavitt Of the board
of control also provided that the plans
and specifications shall be prepared
by the board Of control after consulta-
tion with the school authorities. An
attempt was made to include the
schools for the deaf and blind at Fari-
bault but the committee would not
listen to it, and hot fight is prom
ised when the bill reaches the house.
There are poor prospects for the pas
sage Of the bill.
The bill by Representative J. Il.
Dorsey of Glencoe, prohibiting cor
porations, either domestic or foreign
from contributing to party campaign
committees, or making any contribu-
tion of money or anything of value to
any person for political purposes, was
taken from the house calendar and re-
ferred to the judiciary committee for
an opinion as to it's constitutionality
Representative Dorsey objected to the
motion, asserting it was merely an at
tempt to kill the measure but Chair
man Anderson of the judiciary COM
mittee pledged Representative Dorsey
that the bill would have proper atten-
tion and secure speedy report.
Representative Hogue has intro
duced bill prohibiting the sale of
liquors on Decoration Day, and all
kinds of noisy amusements are pro-
hibited within one-half mile of a
Memorial Day meeting.
Representative Roberts, bill to pro-
hibit the circulation of printed matter
within three hundred feet of any poll
ing booth was defeated in the house.
The bill forbids the giving away of
marked sample ballots, and a good