The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-01
IMMIGRATION BILL
MARKED FOR PASSAGE
Northern Minnesota Repre-.
sentatives Score Another
Victory I'm House

Northern Minnesota's representa-
tives in the house yesterday won an
other victory from the members from
southern Minnesota in a recommends
ton for the passage of the immigra-
ton bill. The bill is a compilation of
the Cole and other immigration bills
introduced at this session. The COM
mittee on immigration had spent days
and nights on the bill. and shorn OF
its appropriation feature the bill was
as it came from the committee.
A. l. Cole of Cass led the fight,
making an extended speech, i'm which
he dwelt on the value of advertising
the states resources and of the bar
gains still on the states counters in
the shape of state lands. He told OF
conditions in Northern Minnesota, es-
pecially where there are large areas
of lands awaiting the coming OF the in
telligent settler. He called attention to
the advertising campaigns that are be-
ing carried on by other states to Sc
cure the development of their vacant
lands. George E. Perley of Clay, L. C.
Simons of Red Lake and j. T. Mannix
of Hennepin participated in the debate
in favor of the bill.
j. A. Anderegg of lie Sueur and r.
H. Jefferson of Cottonwood protested
that the state was expanding too
much money in advertising lands that
should bring their own purchasers o.
L. Ramsland of Redwood offered an
amendment that the limit of expendi-
ture for any one year be made $4,000.
This was voted down and the bill rec
commended for passage. 1t originally
provided an immediate appropriation
of $4,000, with $4,000 to be given the
state auditor annually thereafter for
the work of compiling statistics of the
states resources and advertising them
properly. The appropriations commit
tee will settle the question of the APP
preparation.
-'- Bowling Bill Recommended
Husbands who abandon or neglect
their wives are branded as felons by
the terms of the Bowling bill, recon-
mended for passage by the house yes
terday. Courts are permitted to sus-
pend sentence where the circumstances
justify it. The argument against the
bill was that the punishment is so
severe that convictions cannot be Sc
cured under it, and the bill, if il be-
comes a law will be nullified by its
. own provisions.
Among the other bills recommended
for passage was the Hickey-Lennon
bill providing for penalties for de-
frauding hotel and lodging house
keepers. A number of enabling acts
for cities to purchase water works
plants and to enable Saltwater to re-
pair its storm wrecked bridge over the
st. Croix were favorable reported by
the house in committee of the whole.
New House Bills
II. F. No So: BY Simons-Giving land
lords a lien for rent on crops grown by
the lessee. judiciary.
Bills Passed by House
H F. No. Sal: BY Lewis, r. ITO au-
thorize cities of $4,000 and more to issue
bonds for the purpose of taking up bonds
which were lien on gas and water plants
purchased by such cities.
II. F. No. 523: BY Lewis, r. ITO
authorize cities of $4,000 and more to ac-
quire by condemnation lands to be used as
Sins or waterways.
II. F. No. COO: BY F1ower-Authorizing
cities of 10000 and more to issue $3.50, 900
in bonds for bridge purposes.