The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-24
SENATE PASSES THE
HORTON CAPITOL BILL
House Amendments Accepted
Without Debate and Measure
Is Hurried Through


senate yesterday as amended by the
| house.
There was no debate AS soon as
| the bill had been read, as it came from
] the house, the roll was called on the
amendments made by the house. The
chief amendment was the elimination
| of the section providing for the APP
| pointment of member of the capitol
| commission as a resident supervisor or
| superintendent of the new capitol at a
salary of $4,000 a year. The amount
of the appropriation, to wit $4,000 Il
year, as fixed by the senate, was re-
duced to 100000. The bill places the
| new capitol under the control of the
| capitol commission for the years 1905
and 1906.
The bin was passed by vote of SO
to 3. The three negative votes were
| cast by three Democratic senator's
Fitzpatrick, Schaller and Witherstine.
| OF the remaining eight Democrats
Senators MCGOWAN and Everett were
| not present, Senator Dart declares he
voted mo-" but was not recorded,
while Senators Batz, Collier, Du Toit,
Hardy and McNamee voted for the bill.
Two other bills of political signifi
| canoe provoked some debate. They
were Senator Coles measures, one fix
ing the annual salary of the governors
| private secretary at $500, and the
other requiring that official to pay all
| fees received by him for commissions
| issued to notaries public into the state
| treasury.
The bills as recommended by the ju-
dietary committee are to take effect
Jan. 1, 1906, during the incumbency of
Private Secretary Frank Day.
Wilson Says Bills Are Unfair
Senator Wilson wanted to amend the
| bills SO they would not take effect until
Jan. l, 1907. He believed both bills to
be right in principle.
But to make them take effect dur
ing the incumbency of the present Sec
retary, declared Senator Wilson,
would, am confident, strike the Re-
publicans of this state as unfair poll
ties
had conferred with Gov. Johnson over
the matter and that the latter had said
he did not care when the bills went
into effect. Senator Cole cited figures
showing that under the present system
the annual compensation of the gov
ernor's private secretary was practi-
cally $4,000, and this, he thought, was
too much.
Senator Wilson then moved that the
rules be suspended in order that the
bills might be amended so as to take
effect Jan. l, 1907.
Although the motion received forty
one votes to fifteen in the negative, it
was lost, as forty-two votes, or two
thirds of the entire senate were
needed The vote was as follows:
Yeas-Batz. Benson, Brewer, Buck,
Calhoun, Campbell. Collier. Collester,
Cooke, Dale, Dart, Du Toit, Eberhart, Ev-
erett. Fitzpatrick, Gjertsen. Hardy, Har-
McGill. MCGOWAN, McNamee, Naeseth,
Nichols, Peachey, Peterson Pugh Schain
schaller. Schultz; Smith. W. A, stephens,
Wilson, Witherstine-41.
Nays-Barker, Cole Cowan, Dunn,
Frater, Hawkins. Laugen. Laybourn.
E. E. Somerville, Stone-15
Senator Lord then moved that both
| bills be laid over until today, when an
| other effort to secure the amendment
| will be made.
Senate Got Busy
The senate broke it's record for the
session yesterday. 1t passed "a bills,
of them under suspension Of the rules.
The latter were Senator McGilrs bill
No. 2S4, permitting the addition of GER
tain territory in Rosetown to the city
of st. Paul, in order to give the police
supervision over the proposed amuse-
| ment park; a bill by Senator Swed-
back, allowing the issue of bonds for a
court house in Clearwater county; SEN
ate file No 416, by the ST Louis dele
cation, authorizing cities of $4,000 and
more to issue bonds in excess of the
| maximum allowed by law and use the
proceeds thereof to acquire and operate
| a light and power plant, and the Hor-
ton capitol bill, as amended by the
house.
Among the other twenty bills passed
were Senator Wilson's prohibiting the
sale and use of giant firecrackers; the
crQ
drainage Of lands and construction of
bitches; Senator Cowan's bill regulat-
ing the practice of horseshoeing; the
Ramsey county delegations measure
authorizing an increase to $1,000 of the
salary of the city and county physician,
and Senator Horizons bill exempting
from taxation Y. NJ. c. A. buildings and
property not used for gain or profit.
Senator Frater's bill appropriating
$4,000 for fish hatchery to be estab-
lished at Deerwood, Crow Wing county.
was recalled and placed on general or
ders.
In all sixteen new bills were intro
duced, most of which are for the build
ing of bridges in, various counties.
Would Lensthen Governors Term
Senator Wilson Is the author of a
bill, submitting to the people a con-
stitutional amendment extending the
term OF the governor and lieutenant
governor from to years, but rem
dering a governor ineligible for reelec-.
ton.
Another bill by Senator Wilson
makes technical and detailed amend
ments to the Torrens law regulating
real estate transfers.
A bill from the committee on educa-
ton provides for the election in coun-
ties not exceeding $4,000 inhabitants
OF county boards of education, which
shall appoint county superintendent of
schools.
Senator Stephens offered a bill de-
priving justices Of the peace of juris-
diction in cities where municipal courts
exist.
Senator Gjertsen would give the
state board of BARRIERS greater powers
to regulate the practice of barbering.
and introduced bill giving the board
ampler authority to inspect barber
shops to see that sanitary precautions
are observed.
A bill by Senator McGill, should It
become law, would raise the annual
salary of the state auditor from $4,000
| to $4,000, and those of the secretary OF
state and state treasurer from $500 to
| $4,000 year.
The senate adjourned until 10 a. m.
| today.
New Senate Bills
| S. F. No. 403 BY Brower-Appropri-
ating $500 for repair of roads and
bridges in Benton county. Roads.