Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-01
legislative DO| I'M
THE BOARD OF CONTROL BILL
MOE HAVING EASY TIME i.
By ANY MEANS.
RAILWAY MEN INTERESTED.

Advocates of Good Roads are Getting
Together and Favorable Re-
suits may be Attained.
st. Paul, Feb :0.--After weeks Of con-
| passed what is known as the Horton bill.
the new state capitol building. Az the
measure came in from the senate the
appropriation was fixed at SIS. 900 annual
Of one OF %t the members Of the
capitol commission as resident director
at a salary OF $4,000 yearly: 1t gave
about the length Of time which that body
should have In which to complete the
building. The result Of the fight in the
ure. The appropriation was trimmed
down to $4,000 annually, no salaried resi-
dent director tH Is proy;dsd tor and 1t is di;
| so out Of existence August. LIST. 1906 At
the bottom of this contract was tho feel
ing on the part Of those Sc, who We're op-
drafted with view to placing the pat
ronage involved in other hands than
those. Of the governor. This sentiment
! was freely expressed by them and the in
supporters OF the measure. The oppo-
, nents wanted want to ADOPT plan which
mcnt Of the large number Of laborers re-
quired. The bill. as finally adopted, di-
reefs that the board Of control shall pur,
chase all coal and supplies. The bill will
be returned to the senate to concur in
| the amendments.
The senate has gone on record as fav-
| oring the repeal Of the Nelson bankruptcy
act. though quite respectable minority
| opposed favorable consideration Of the
Collier resolution memorializing congress
upon the subject.
Interesting the Railways.
Railway officials are greatly interested
IN several t Of the measures nov pen Fn;
| the large attendance Of railway lawyers
at the hearing given Thursday last on
the PETERSON biil. which provides YES, TOR the
| ton Of passenger rates to cents q mile.
Senator Peterson, author of the BILL was
the only spokesman in It's favor; and his
law such as proposed would cost the rail-
ways little. if anything. and that the loss
of income occasioned by the reduced rate
| would be more than made good by the
increased returns paid in by, persons now
travelling free. His argument was strong
afSs iy sd the attf for The nne
apolis & st: Louis, declared that the rail-
ways could not earn enough to grease
their wheels at the 2-cent rate. He gave
transporting passengers on his line was
2.99 cents per mile and said that the
average rate now being. received was
from mail. and express carried on pas
senger trains: All the attorneys declared
that very little free transportation was is
BUT little tie effect It was the general opin-
ion of the attorneys that the issuance
of passes was a matter Of little import
anee. though all of them We're apparently
willing to have that feature of the bill
enacted into law. The hearing occurred
before the senate committee on railways
A petition sent to both houses Of the
legislature by the Minnesota Municipal
and Commercial League asks for q ma
terial reduction of local DISTANCE freight
warehouse commission. whether addition
al power be given them Or not. should
make an. order which would give Mime
| sofa business and shippers rates which
are fair and reasonable and at least as
af thoss sn29yS IN
asks: Legislation which shall give the
railway and warehouse commission bower
facie just and reasonable and be in force
until set aside by the courts: placing tele
graph, telephone and electric lines under
control Of the railway and warehouse
commission; that it be made the duty OF
| the commission to prosecute before the
| Interstate commerce commission COM
| ~
Of violations of the interstate commerce
| laws, when such claims seem proper and
Just to the commissions; legislation, wip..
eogny owashp gagt the scSo past ct
taxation: that the railway and warehouse
| commission have their attention called to
the sections Of existing laws which direct
them to visit each station in the state
each year, and to institute proceedings
of their own without waiting for a COM
~ md a9,1l r.
| ments to the state constitution be SUBJ
| mitted permitting the legislature to re-
wise the whole field Of taxation; the pas
A bill has been introduced by Repre-
sentative Flower which provides that the
board Of control shall make public the
terms of all contracts accepted by it for
| the construction of public buildings. This
IS directly antagonistic to the wishes Of
the board, which contends that by keep
ing such prices secret it secures better
terms.
Accounts and Expenditures.
The house committee on public ac..
counts; and expenditures has decided if
timber trespass and laxity in the admin
istration Of the laws relating to the grant,
ing Of mineral leases and has, decided to
It is said that the committee viii make
a thorough examination Of several de-
Guiding the Office of public examiner and
the state fish and game commission.
The house committee on elections has
expressed itself as opposed to any extern
sion of the primary election system which
would do away with party conventions
and a subcommittee has been appointed
to draft a measure which will provide
for the election Of delegates at the .regu.
lar primaries. There is much division of
sentiment evident among the members
generally regarding. this problem, how
ever, and it would be impossible to pre-
dict what manner of bill will be the out
| come.
The resumption Of the fight to take edu-
cational institutions from under the ju-
risdiction Of the state board Of control
which was scheduled for the afternoon of
Feb. IS. was postponed on account Of
the light attendance caused by the alb
sence Of many senators on junketing
trips. 1t is to be considered again Tues
day next.
Educational Institutions.
st. Paul. Feb. 23.-Those members of
the legislature who are working hard to
secure the passage of the senate bill d.
vesting the state board Of control. Of jur-
isdiction over the educational institu-
lions Of the state are having a hard time
Of 1t. It will be remembered that when