The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

| more or less Of political tinge in some
| of the proceedings heretofore, but there
are indications that the closing DAYS will
| witness one of the most bitter political
battles OF the year.
| The contest has been brought about by
| the friends of former State Auditor Dunn,
| who has lust been acquitted by the Iegis-
| lature of the charges LOGGED against him
| nv former Public Examiner s. T. John
| son Mr. Dunn. had his acts investigated
| by the house committee on public ac-
| counts and expenditures. After that in
| yeStisation had been concluded the COM
| mittee turned about and began investi-
| lie examiner The result as embodied in
| the report made to the house Friday, is
| salon was conducted by a subcommittee
| of the public accounts body. consisting of
Chairman Bowling and Messrs Timber
| lake Thayer, Bouck and Mork.
Public Examiner.
! Tho ranort is quite lengthy covering a
| great many points in detail. 1t alleges
| that Mr.. Johnson. while public examiner,
was negligent in the discharge of the du-
| ties Of his office 1t is found that hardly
an officer of the state was subjected to
an examination during his term in office.
| A long list of names of state banks are
submitted with the assertion that they
| had not been examined during the wears
named Vouchers examined in the de-
partment have the appearance of having
Charges are said to have been made by
Mr. Johnson and collected by him from
the state for his personal expenses, and
| he is accused of having approved illegal
Charges made by his employees.
The report was listened to with great
interest and ordered printed in the jour
| examiner and his friends will vigorously
| contest the adoption of the report
| Owing to the considerable increase
found necessary in the making of appro-
priations this year the subcommittee on
! appropriations decided that for the COM
ing year an Increase of y mill in the tax
| the customary tax levy bill introduced
| provides for a lexy of ! y mills, as COM
| pared with l mill during the past two
| years 1t is estimated that this will bring
! in 81, 200 900 during the coming year. In
| 1907 the rate is again reduced to / mill
| and the revenue is estimated at 81, 900, 900.
| the advisability Of purchasing or con-
| structing a mansion for the use of the
governor of the state has reported in
favor of the purchase OF the residence Of
the late Gen. Stone, at a price of S25, 900.
! 1t is not expected that the legislature will
! find time to give any further considera-
| ton to the subject, however.
| Once more the senate has gone on rec
| ord as opposed to any legislation calcu-
lated to abolish private banks in Minne-
sofa and by vote of "a to 25, eight less
than necessary. for passage. killed the
| Lund house bill. An attempt to amend
the bill so that 1t would not affect exist
The Stone senate bill, making inter-
| changeable mileage books good for the
use Of any party holding them. is now
| up to the governor for his signature.
| The senate has appointed a committee
! of conference on the bill fixing the SAL
| airy of the insurance commissioner. The
| senate originally fixed the salary at SIS, 900,
| but the house amended to make it $500
| after the expiration of the term of the
| present incumbent.
| Gov. johnson sent in his second veto
| message, disappearing the Gjertsen bill
establishing a state board of chiropractic
| examiners.
Revised Code Law.
The revised code is at last the law Of
| the state, or rather, 1t needs only the
signature of the governor to make it so.
That Gov. Johnson will approve the bill
no one doubts. The passage of this i'm
portant measure through both houses was
| forced by the argument that there was no
time for delay. 1t was pointed out that
the enrolling of such an enormous legis-
| acted into law in Minnesota, in fact,
would require the services Of as many
persons as could be employed and that
several days would be necessary, The
need for speed was therefore self-evi-
dent, inasmuch as the session comes to
an end tomorrow. The passage in the
to 2, but there We're many who voted for
| the bill after putting up a strong fight
! for delay of twenty-four hours in which
senate there was no discussion and it
went through by vote of 81 to 8. 1t
will take effect March ], 1906. ,,-
l
] post punishment for men who beat or as
| sault their wives, after passing the lower
house, came to grief n the senate, where
| the zunfavorable report Of the judiciary
| committee was adopted without dissent
The Rachie bill, abolishing fraternities
or sororities in high schools, was killed
| in the house when it came to the final
| vote.
Both houses have passed the Flower
bill permitting the city Of st; Paul to
| issue bonds to the amount Of $4,000 for
| the purpose of constructing new bridge
| across the Mississippi river at Fort SHELL
ing gF,s no,.s has rossad the Johnson hi,
! imposing a gross earnings tax of per
! cent upon business done by express COM
panies in Minnesota. The bill provides
that the tax shall be paid upon the pro-
| portion Of interstate business done and
| will add considerable to the revenues of
| the state.
The house has killed Senator Alleys
| bill which was intended to do away with
capital punishment in the future;
The tge Of the Dill abe
senate was one of the surprises of the
| past week.
The amended Nolan reciprocal demur-
| Saturday as a special order. The attempt
| Friday to have the original bill in,
Guided in the special order, which failed
been made by the friends of the original
measure for the purpose of testing their
strength. The effort will be made
TO strike out jill d1lSI Tic cldCIlnS CLAUSE
| OF the substitute bill and amend by sub
| shutting a bill more satisfactory to the
| friends of the measure.
Road and Bridge Bill.
The regular omnibus road and bridge
| appropriation bill was introduced in the
house Friday. 1t carries about $4,000
| and will be the last measure of the kind
to come before the legislature. owing to
| the fact that at this session a new law
has been adopted establishing a state
highway commission, which in future will
have charge. of such expenditures. The
present bill carries appropriations for
each county in the state. as follows: Ait
kin, $1,100; .Anoka, $500; Becker: $1,000;
stone. $3.50; Blue Earth s1,O5O; Brown,
$500; Carver, $500; Cass. 5000: Cass and
Morrison, s1.7O0; Chippewa, $3.50; Chippe-
wa and Lac qui Parle, $3.50: Chisago, $500;
Clay $780, Clearwater $500; Cook, $500;
Cottonwood, $500; Fillmore, 1925; Crow
Wing, 5000; Crow Wing and Morrison.
$1,000: Dakota, 1850: Dodge, $500; Doug
las. 5000; Faribault, $500. -F1reeborn, $500;
$500; Houston Gst; $500; Hubbard, $1,000:
Isanti, $500: Itasca, $1,000; Jackson. $500;
Kanabec, $500: Kandiyohi, 5000: Kittson,
$3.50; Lac qui Parle. $500: Lake, $500; LIE
Sueur, $3.50; Lincoln. $500; Lyon $3.50:
Mcleod. $500; Marshall. $500; Martin,
$500; Meeker, $1,000; Mile Laos. s1.4O0;
Morrison. $3.50; Mower. $500; Murray, $500;
Nicollet, $3.50; Mobiles. $500: Norman. $500:
81, 900; Pipestone. $500; Polk $1,000; Pope,
$500; Ramsey. $500; Red, Lake: $1,000:
Redwood $500: Renville, $3.50; Rice, $3.50;
Rock $500; Roseau. $1,000; St. Louis,
$1.4O0; Scott, $1,000; Scott and Sibley,