Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-29
LEGISLATIVE 'D|IOINGSS,
BILL IS PASSED ADMITTING
WIVES AND WIDOWS 70
SOLDIERS Ho16E.ss
SENATE BUSY WITH CODE.

' SOLDIERS . HON o & E.as
SENATE i BUSY WITH CODE.
Z; The End in Sight Time for the IN
PRODUCTION Of Bills 70 Cease {.
Now Reached. B %. 81. 81 ].
ST. Paul. March 2o.--Both houses OF the
!oglsiature are at sea regarding the ex-
cover the election of state officers, and
althoush many joint meetings of the com
wh tses on slseiens have eS as
been thoroughly discussed. it has been
impossible to secure; a. favorable report
upon any proposed plan from a majority.
Yesterday. when Chairman Adams Of the
election committee. stated the existing
condition ~ 70 BE- "a. as outlined above: M,
vote that all the bills before the COM
mittee had been saved from indefinite
postponement. Only one OF the bills that
,snsen Of the system reee FASHION Is
: the election Of state officers, and in order
to get test vote In the house he. offered
This motion precipitatea a flood OF ora
; tory and protests came in thick and fast.
The motion was finally withdrawn and
a ;,;T' offered by MIR. Hugo, that the
Of ten. This was voted down as, tending
to delay. and-sit was finally agreed that
I'll the hills should be made a special or
ger for Thursday next. and that all. save
the Selb bill. be printed The latter bill
is to be amended by the author and acted
thas The If IT is PAN
ors amendment OF the present law. there
is no indication that a majority can be
brought to favor any OF the plans yet
presented. - " -.
Reciprocal Demurraoe ~ -
sion of the legislature has provoked the
expression of more interest than the No
Ian reciprocal demurrage bill. The meas
a ans was Sad EARLY IN ts Session
house railway committee, at which both
shippers and railway attorneys appeared
to , argue its merits and dement's The
it should be killed and by a small ma
jority reported it for indefinite postpone
ment. This report vas turned down by
the house and the bill put up as special
order for last Wednesday,. After three
hours Of heated debate it was passed by
a, vote tSe s ST los to The bill Is BACKED
vigorously pushed in the upper house.
: The house has passed the Anderson bill
recurring the Insurance commissioner to
his department. This bill fixes the salary
OF the insurance commissioner at $500
annually. and was opposed by many. who
The Dale anti-cisarctte Bill. after be-
ing amended to suit the author, was
voted down by the senate in committee
at es 1S
slime to have the vote reconsidered failed
Two bills Of interest passed by the sem
ate ate are the i.aybouSn measure: abolishing
tablishinE 4 chiropractic school. Both had
a comfortable working majority. n
House e. File No l. by Mr.: Roberts. re.
tional amendment establishing. what is
Doie1 Is dse Pi
the. senate. that body, on motion OF Sem
ator Lord gave it a forward shove by
having it read the first and second time
and placed on general orders. s. y
. = Public Expenditures. X
IT The house committee on public accounts
the -, Charges of the late public examiner:
tie state auditors office under &C.
spicy sessions have resulted. Messrs.
Dunn and Iverson have had opportunity
to go oyer the report and point out alleged
latter is appearing daily to prove the
correctness Of his; allegations. In con-
Quoting the work, the committee has be-
ords from the auditors Office and the
services of several clerks are required to
handle those documents. !;1 -
for s pss
WEDNESDAY, afternoon se Without Coming suf to
ment was strongly against it.:
I The special Insurance Investigating
committee Of the house finds. itself un-
less be. made. One viii recommend the
creation OF the: Office Of state fire marshal
and the passage of an anti-compact BILL
alleging 1 that sst the inysstisation has shown
an increase of rates. The other report
win agree to the fire marshal bill. but
The appointment OF George w Knox
OF Aitkin, as a member of the state
equalization board, which was held up for
stem. was finally confirmed by the senate
during the absence of the objecting sem
at9r. ~
al amendment the present limitation OF
the amount which can be recovered for
death by accident and practically giving
has emerged triumphant from the house
judiciary committee. The existing law
limits the amount which may be recovered
+ BY a vote Of q to &c the senate, in
committee of the whole sustained tho:
report Of the majority of the banking
committee killing the Eberhart bill, which
provided that private banks should be
banks. > - -
The senate. game and fish committee
has recommended favO1ablysSth Cook bill
regulating fishing in Lakes st. Croix.
Pepin and the mississippi river. 1t per-
mits the use of seines under certain re-
trictions. The bill prohibiting the use Of
magazine guns for bird shooting was
turned down. 1t was decided to make a
uniform open season for all small game,
SdEtnning Sept Land 3,aI the Hawkins bill
In a joking spirit the senate passed the
Laugen bill, which provides that a boun-
ty Of se be paid by the state for each
bill will be killed in the house Or that
the amount Of the bounty will be- 1na-
Road Engines.
The house committee on labor has re-
ported favorably bill requiring sengi-
neers OF road engines to have had at least
three years experience as practical engi-
neers and firemen: which was supported
strongly by, lobby of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive F1remen; also a. bill
strengthening the state board of barber
examiners. which requires BARRIERS to re-
new their license at least once in each
fed with the terms of the Bennett bill,
which prohibits the employment Of WON.
en- in stores for more than eight hour,
daily, and the bill was laid over for fur
Their consideration. - ~. a: :. -
Once more the house has gone on rec
ord as favoring an inheritance. tax by
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