The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-05
MEMBERS DEFEND
CAMPAIGN GIFTS
Nineteen Republicans Fight
Bill Preventing COntribu.
tons of Corporations

Nineteen Republicans protested
against the passage Of the Dorsey bill
prohibiting corporations organized fol-
profit and under state supervision from
contributing to campaign committees
| and candidates, in the house yesterday
After being amended by its author to
conform to an opinion by the attorney
general the bill was passed with 10
votes in the negative.
Gen. NJ. ID. Flower of Ramsey led
the fight against the bill. He stated
that his experience as a member of the
Republican state central committee
when he had been compelled to raise
$4,000 for the entertainment of the
last Republican state convention, had
convinced him that corporation money
was needful. He said his experience
with corporations had taught him that
they were as honest as individuals and
. If the Dorsey bill was right it should
also apply to individuals.
w. G. Washburn, ]. T. ManniX and
Elias all spoke for the BILL while John
G. Lennon made the principal speech
against il. He declared the Dorsey
bill was populiSt measure. Both Re-
publican and Democratic committees,
he said, had received contributions
from all sources since their existence
and had a perfect right to do so. He
said that transportation in the last
campaign was free TO both parties and
that the bill stigmatiZed members of
the corporations as felons.
All Day on Calendar
The house worked on the calendar
nearly all day yesterday and passed a
total of twenty-nine bills. The Dorsey
bill giving the state superintendent
supervision over the construction of
new school building. and the Fraser
bill preventing the doping of horses
for the purposes of sale, were the only
two bills which failed of passage.
Among the more important bills was
the immigration bill. It provides for
the compilation of statistics relating
to the states resources and the ad-
vertising of the state and state lands
to induce settlement. The work will be
carried on in the state auditors Office.
and the appropriations committee is
expected to give some $4,000 a year to
the work
The Cole bill for a comprehensive
system of state drainage, the Lemon
bill to make the Ramsey county as
SCISSOR elective instead of appointive,
the Rachie bill for a per cent gross
earnings tax on private car lines, the
Hammergren expert printer bill for
Ramsey county, the Mannix loan shark
bill and the Hammergren bill relating
to the salaries and office force of the
Ramsey county auditor were among
the important bills passed. The list of
bills passed follows:
Bills Passed
II. F. No. 493: BY Dorsey-Prohibiting
corporations organized for pecuniary ben
etlts, from contributing TO campaign funds
OF political parties.
II. F. No. 7OS:-By immigration Com
of public land sales for the purpose of
promoting immigration to Minnesota.
II. F. No. PA: BY Perley-Providing
for the erection and equipment of SAN
Ii. F. No 449: BY Nolan, w. Ito
better promote the safety of employees
and passengers by requiring three years
experience for locomotive engineer.
II. F. No. 613: BY Hille-To authorize
cities of 10000 or more to issue bonds.
II. F. No. 227: BY Vollmer-To author
lze cities OF 10000 to 10000 to repair and
rebuild bridges and 70 issue bonds for
such purposes.
S. F. No. GAG: BY shell-Giving county
boards authority over ditch outlets in GER
H. F. No. 500: BY Hammergren-Fix
ing the salary and office hire of the Ram
Sey county auditor.
II. T. No 564: BY Dowling-Making
abandonment and neglect of a wife by a
| husband a gross misdemeanor.
II. F. No. 446: BY Nolan, W. A
Amending the county road and bridge law
H. F. No. S25: BY Lemon-Making the
! office of county assessor in counties OF
more than So 900 elective.
H. F. No. Z: BY Cole-To create a
| commission for comprehensive system
/ of state drainage.
H. F. No AZ: BY Johnson-Legalizing
| the action OF a village council in certain
| cases.
H. F. No. SIT: BY Fulton-Providine
| for the compensation of county commits
| sioners in Ramsey county.
| II. F. No. 554: BY Selb-Giving the
Ramsey county surveyor $500 annually fol-
| carriage hire.
| H. F. No. 55s: BY Chamberlain-Mal-
| in the University OF Minnesota a de-
| pository of state publications.
III. f. No. 621: By Cole-To provide fol
/ the payment of certain expenses of the
sheriff of Cass county in the execution Of
/ William Chounard.
| II. F. No. ga: BY Misunderstanding
for 4 per cent gross earnings tax or
| freight line companies.
H F. No. 300: By Fulton-To provide
| for the disposition of unclaimed money
/ left at state institutions
II. F. No. $50: BY Handlan-To re
quire public hospitals TO admit relative:
and friends of patients during certain
hours on Sunday.
thorize the appointment of assistant coun-
| ty superintendent of schools in HennepiI
| county.
ii. F. No. ESQ: BY Dowllng-To provide
| for public parks and park boards in cities
| OF not more than 10000.
II. F. No. 49S: BY Bouck-To prcven
the adulteration Of meat products.
H. F. No. Gas: BY MeGll-To provide
| for the renewal OF certain records in tbs
4 Ramsey county auditors Office
H +. No. Coz: BY Otterness-To amend