The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-31

nauSuVe report TO the insurance COM
missioner. He is also to begin the ac-
emulation Of a complete record of con-
ditionS prevailing in every community of
the state SO that in the end the state
will have set of records for the benefit
of the general public which will be just
as complete as those possessed by the fire
underwriters. The measure imposes an
additional tax of of l per cent on fire
insurance premiums collected in the state,
for the maintenance Of the department
Last Day on Bills.
st. Paul, March 27.-Saturday was the
last day on which bills may be introduced
is So Never in the history of the state
nave more bills of importance been in
troduced, even if consideration of the re-
yised code should be passed over, and
the latter in itself is almost enough to
Keep the members busy for ninety days.
owing to the fact that the house rid it
been in better position to attend to other
business and today 1t has disposed of
nearly half OF the more important meas
ntes, ana prospects are fair that very
little will be left unconsidered when it
adlournS. The senate, on the contrary,
will not be able. with the best of inten-
tlons TO begin to take care of the bills
with which it will be flooded by the lower
house. The judiciary committee will not
complete its report upon the code in time
to have anything done with it before
TUESDAY next, at the earliest. and it is
likely that the date for its consideration
VIII be set for an even later day, and
when that does come to the front the
indications now are that debate will be
almost unlimited, and an attempt is like
~, IN certain quarters, to prevent it's
final passage by tactics of delay. There
are divergent opinions expressed by we'll
posted senator's about the chances of
passing the code at this session. Many
quoted as saying that they doubt its pas
sage, while floor leaders like Senator
Somerville, chairman of the judiciary
committee. and Senator Lord, chairman
n IN hali low
that 1T will get through. Gossip has it
that In case opponents of the bill resort
to dllatory methods and succeed. the
governor will call an extra session to be-
gin the day following Adjournment This
is mere rumor however, for the governor
~ Ennwn is not Rot SAYING word though It
that the code can be adopted at this ses-
sion just as well as ever
In committee of the whole the house
recommended for passage the Wells bill
prohibiting option trading and bucket
shopping generally. The bill is the most
stringent of all it's kind considered by
the legislature and it is claimed that II
enacted into law it will drive the Mime
apolis chamber of commerce out of BUSH
ness
Quite a breeze was created in the SEN
ate over the report of the finance COM
mlttee'S report on the Cole bill. The bill
originally provided for a salary of $4,000
Tor the insurance commissioner, the en-
ployment of an actuary and the turning
of all fees received by the insurance de-
Par lHleHI INTO the state treasury. The
majority report of the committee made
the salary of the commissioner 81 800 and
cut off the actuary. Hot words were
passed and Senator Laybourn; who pre-
Sented the majority report, alleged that
chairman Brewer, who handed in the
minority report, had tried to juggle with
the committee. The latter became angry
and after the report of the majority had
been sustained by the senate, Br Brewer
gave notice that he would move for the
appointment, of special committee to
w ch hn rnf oil hill f1Nn
increase of the salaries of officials.
Divorce Problem.
Representative Joseph Mannix, of Hem
nepin, himself a bachelor, has a solution
Of the Divorce problem and has intro
duced bill in which his ideas are en-
bodied. He would have commission of
three, one learned in the law. appointed
by the governor, to examine divorce laws
governor in four months. The governor
is then to confer with other chief ex-
ecutives of the union by calling con-
gress to meet at Washington, D. c., to
consider uniformity of divorce laws. The
governor and his commission are to be
M M mes delegates: An appropriation
The house COMMITTEES on general legis-
lation has finally decided to report favor
ably the Perley bill removing the state
university and normal schools from the
jurisdiction of the state board of control.
AS amended the bill leaves the matters
of fuel and insurance in the hands of the
to let contracts for new buildings
After strenuous session of more than
two hours, at which the house considered
the Johnson Dill establishing county
special order, the bill won out with II
votes more than necessary for its pas
sage; The bill carries an appropriation
AntI-Pass Bill.
The senate railroad committee return
ed an unfavorable report upon the Peter
son anti-pass bill, which also prohibited
railways from charging more than cents
mile for passenger traffic but Senators
Cole, Thompson and JepSon brought in a
minority report recommending that the
bill be placed upon general orders and
considered by the senate. The bill had
been amended to make the rate 21A cents
mile. but that failed to save it. Some
of the senators went SO far as to at
tempt to Justify the custom of giving
passes, while others explained their hos
tility to the measure by saying that they
were in favor of the abolition of passes.
but that they thought it unjust to the
railways to ask them to reduce passenger
rates. The author of the bill made the
point that by wiping out deadhead bust
a reduction, but the senate supported the
majority of the committee by vote of
"a to &c, and the bill was killed
The house committee on public accounts
and expenditures. which has just com
pleted an investigation of the charges
made by ex-Public Examiner s. I. John
and Auditor Iverson, has completed that
work and will find. so it is said. that
while a change in bookkeeping methods
is desirable in the office of the state
auditor, no wrong doing can be alleged
against either Dunn or Iverson, and that
the state lost no money by any transact
ton of those two officials.
The special committee appointed to in
vestigate the matter of railway rates.
headed by Senator Eberhart, has con-
eluded the work of investigation and is
now trying to agree upon report. 1t is
said that an agreement is impossible, and
that possibly three different reports will
earthed by the committee.
Increased Pay
House members are having a merry
time with the Smith bill which increases
the pay of legislators from a per diem of
SIS to $500 annually. 1t is generally felt
that members do not receive sufficient
recompense, and although the bill pro-
vides that it is not to take effect until
after the expiration of the terms Of the
fear criticism if the bill should get
through. Thursday the bill came up for
passage and lacked three votes. Friday
it was up again on a motion to recon-
slider and lacked but one vote. Repre-
sentative Smith gave notice that he would
again move to reconsider, and the end
is yet to come.
Senator Wilson is the author of a bill
which makes the term Of the governor
and the lieutenant four years and makes
both officials ineligible for reelection.
Senator McGill is the author of a bill
raising the salaries of the state treasurer
state auditor and secretary of state to
So, 900 annually.
The house has passed the bill intro
duced by Representative Lennon at the