Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-04-08

The senator further said that Congress
would probably be called in extra session early
an the fall especially to consider two PROPOSE
lions, first, railway rates regulation, and second
the tariff. He thought that the bill finally
passed would extend the authority of the Inter
state Commerce Commission interstate
business as the Minnesota Railroad and Ware
house Commission controls rates in this state.
On the tariff, the senator frankly declared
She tariff to be "1ocal issue"and that great
task was before Congress in drafting tariff
law which would be satisfactory to all sections
of the country. The farmers Of Minnesota are
interested in the wheat tariff, and nearly every
section of the country has some similar matter
IN which it is interested
Friends of the University and Normal
Schools all over the state pleased with the
action of the Legislature in passing the Perley
BILL which provides for taking those schools
from under the Board of Control except as to
the construction of new buildings, insurance
and coal. The Board of Control has lacked a
proper appreciation of the needs of these higher
Constitutions, and their administration has been
unsatisfactory
The Public Accounts and Expenditures
Committee have made report of their findings,
(which report is receiving considerable criticism
an certain quarters, while by others it is swa-
lowed whole with much gusto. The report
nnds that the state lost money from the set
elements which Mr.. Dunn made with trespassers
and yet it finds that Public Examiner Johnson
was correct in his criticisms founded on the
record, but say that Mr.. Johnson should have
consulted with some having practical
knowledge of timber matters. The report is
called "whitewash' of all concerned, and yet
: the wash is spread very thin in places.
There many matters that are lightly
touched on in the report which may later be-
come the subject of litigation and it is just as
we'll that the Legislative committee should not
resolve itself into jury to try these cases. AS
all these matters are now officially in the hands
of the Governor and Acknowledgement anyway
there is no great need of the Legislature vast
ing it's tinae on the matter
Special Committees have been quite theI
order in the Legislature this winter. The speci-
Al committee investigating railroad rates have
5ust made their report-or rather reports-and
recommend additional legislation extending
the powers of the Railroad and Warehouse
commission. The distance, distributing and
commodity tariffs are discussed at length, and
he committee recommends for this state the
distributing tariff rather than the distance
ar1tt but believes there should not be more
han five per cent variation between the two
Che majority and minority reports both have
he same recommendations but the minority
eport drafted by W. D. Washburn Tr.-goes into
he question much more exhaustively His re-
,ort is one of the best articles we ever read on
he various railroad questions, and it is to be
aoped that the report will be printed and thus
Je accessible to all who are interested in the
questions He considers all the questions in
Tolved very fairly, and at the same time his
exclusions are clear cut convincing.