The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-05
DIVFSTS BOARD OF
CONTROL OF POWER
Senate Passes House Bill Re.
Iieving University and
Normal Schools

Nothing but Gov. Johnson's sigma
ture is needed now to divest the state
board of control of its jurisdiction
over the university and the state nor
NAL schools. The Perley bill, which
passed the house last week, was pass
ed by the senate yesterday by vote
of 46 to 8. There was no debate and
no attempt by the opponents of the
bill to kill it with amendments.
1t was anticipated by friends of the
measure that the same tactics that
were employed to defeat it early in the
session might be resorted to again by
incorporating amendments, including
the Owatonna state school and the
schools for the deaf and blind at Fari-
bault in the bill, but no attempt to do
so was made.
The bill does not entirely divest the
board of control of all authority over
the university and normal schools, as
it gives the board authority over the
erection of buildings, the placing of fire
insurance on the property and the pur-
chase of fuel.
The bill came before the senate as
special order at noon, when Senator
Ward, chairman of the education COM
mittee. moved it be given its second
and third readings and be placed on its
passage. The roll was called at once,
and the vote was as follows:
How They Voted
Yeas-A ny Barker Batz; Be4 3;02n
Collier, Comstock, Cooke, Cowan, Dale,
Dunn Durant. Eberhart, Everett Fitz-
patrick Frater, Gjertsen, Harrington,
bou7;p. Lord. Mausten, McGill. MCGOWAN,
Naeseth, Peterson, Pugh. Schultz. Shell,
Smith, E E., Stephens. Stone. Sundberg,
Swedback, Thorpe, Torson, Ward, Wilson,
Witherstine-46.
Nays-Collester, Hardy, Laugen. Nc
Nance, Rieke, Schaller, Thompson,
Absent and Not Voting-Dart, Du Toit,
Morgan, Nichols, Peachey, Putnam,
Schain, Smith, w. A. Somerville.
To prevent a reconsideration, Sena-
tor Brewer of st. Cloud moved to re-
consider, and the motion was deciSiVely
voted down.
The announcement of the passage of
the bill Was greeted with applause by
the spectators in the galleries.
Morgan Becomes Wrathy
Early in the session Senator Nor
gan's ire was aroused by Senator Nae
seth's attempt to have the formers bill
establishing state training school for
girls, which is on general orders, re-
ferred to the finance committee.
Il protest against this attempt on the
part of the senator from Goodhue to
play football with this bill. l am going
to charge the senator again with being
absolutely unfair. l resent this kind of
a performance This it not Red Wings
bill. 1t belongs to the whole state of
Minnesota. If the senator wants to kill
this bill he will have to do it on floor
if he can. The bill must first be con-
sidered on general orders, and then go
to the finance committee"
Senator NaeSeth denied that he in
tended to be unfair and announced
that at the request of several senators
he would withdraw his motion, which
he did.
Banking Bill Survives
Much to the surprise of it's oppo-
nents the Lund banking bill was placed
on general orders, Notwithstanding the
majority report of the committee on
banks and banking recommending its
indefinite postponement. The bill is a
duplicate of the Eberhart bill, already
killed by the senate, under three diff
ferent guises. The bill abolishes pri-
Vate banks.
Senator Thorpe of the committee
presented the minority report signed
by himself. and Senators Benson, Buck
and Harrington. 1t was adopted by
vote of 80 to IS, as follows:
Yeas-Benson, Buck. Calhoun. Campbell
Cole. Collier, Collester, Cowan, Dale Eb-
erhart Gjertsen, Harrington Jepson.
johnson. Laybourn, Lord, MCGOWAN, Nc
LNdhSe, NdeSetn, Peacney, peterson, Pugh,
Schaler Smith. e. E., Sundberg, Swed-
back Thompson Thorpe, Torson, Wilson,
Witherstine, Wood-32
- NayS-Alley, Barker, Batz, Dunn, Du
Toit, Durant, Everett, Frater, Hawkins,
Horton, Laugen. Morgan, Putnam, Shell,
Schultz, Somerville, Stephens, Stone-1s.
BY consent Of Gov. Johnson, four new
bills were introduced yesterday, bring
Ing the total number up to an even 500
Senator Schaller is the author of a
measure authorizing the state railroad
and warehouse commission to prose-
cute before the interstate commerce
commission cases Of alleged discrimi-
nation by railroads against Minnesota
citizens.
A bill by Senator McNamee provides
that fire department relief associations
may put out of their funds pensions
not exceeding $40 a month to retired
members reaching the age of so wears.
and who shall have performed fifteen
years active service
Senator Calhoun Cby requesD intro