Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-08
legislative DOINGS.
THE BOARD OF CONTROL BILL
NOT HAVING EASY TINE
BY ANY MEANS.
MEMBERS WORKING HARD.

The Revision Of tho Code is Proving
Very Difficult Proposition
for Settlement.
st. Paul. Feb. 27-Once more has the
state board OF control come out victori
GUS In the legislature in the face of a
furious tight made TO divest it OF jurisdic-
lion over the state university and the state
normal schools Saturday the senate,
after carefully amending the bill offered
6y the committee on education: known as
the measure: Notice was given that an
attempt would be made at later date to
secure reconsideration, which inspired a
motion by the enemies Of the bill for i'm
rejected almost unanimously and the bill
Is therefore absolutely dead for this ses
sion OF the legislature. The bill was taken
forenoon and in anticipation Of an cxcit-
ing session an unusually large attendance
OF visitors was on hand. Senator Peter
sideration OF the vote whereby the Peach
ey amendment, which includes the OWa-
tonna and Faribault schools in the scope
eme to a %ss Soed rn do~
however. Other amendments were then
offered and after all had been adopted
the bill was put to vote and killed, 90
senators who had been favorably inclined
toward the original measure, in the end
voted against it, alleging, as the reason
doubtless marks the end of attempted
legislation of this kind for the present
and will leave the board of control in
charge of all institutions.
High Priced Supplies.
The house committee on legislative ex
hoe hao tl,o
charged by certain St. Paul firms for sup
plies furnished the legislature in the
shape Of stationery and. as a result.
state has been enormously overcharged.
Figures have been obtained by the com
mlttee for purposes Of comparison and
shown that on one bill which amounts to
about $1,000 the 0vercharge was fully 100
per cent; Unfortunately this bill has
carry the matter to the limit and RECOVER
the excess charge for the state II posi-
The Carlson bill. which provides that
and lightning rods shall bear a red ink
line making them non-negotiable, which
has caused quite a bitter war among
indefinite postponement by the legislative
expense committee. AS a substitute. the
committee will introduce measure along
ions oaes nrdH adE bst to
an approval bond OF 100000 with the Sec
rotary Of state the notes given can be
made negotiable. It is clai lined that the
the larger dealers in blooded horses.
Two election bills have been passed
one Is by Mr.. Adams. and provides that
petitions for the nomination of independ-
ent candidates cannot be circulated until
after the primaries have been held. The
other. by MIR. Juliar. provides that in
townships, where villages are separate
| at 9 o'clock in. the morning.
Representative Opdahl is the author OF
bill! which is intended to do away with
the, dangers of operating corn shredding
| compulsory upon all firms selling them to
provide safety appliances.
The bill offered by Mr.. Adams for the
repeal OF the horse thief bounty law has
| been smothered by the house committee
| on legislative expenses.
Normal Schools.
An appropriation of $S204S5 is provided
Tor the support and MAINTENANCE Of the
s I'VE normal schools in blu offered by
usually large In view of the increased
expense made necessary by the recent de-
struction Of the girls dormitory at St.
Cloud. and the need Of a dormitory at
Duluth: The bill provides an increase of
$500 annually in the salaries of the presi-
dents of the schools. The amounts asked
s1o4. rs; St. Cloud. ss1,7oo; Moorhe ei
$500; Mankato, s$s,3oo: Winona, ;s7,-
c One Of tn the recent surprises in the SEN
yldlng for appropriating $4,000 annually
for the establishment and maintenance Of
a naval militia at Duluth: which shall
general and a part Of the national guard
system of the state. In this connection
Senator Eberhardt has introduced a bill
increasing the salary of the adjutant gen
eral to 81 500 annually He is now raceix,.
ing $4,000.
Senator Johnson has introduced bill
ment Of a tuberculosis hospital at St.
Peter for patients committed to the asy-
lum there.
Novel Measure
One Of the novel measures of the ses-
sion is that introduced in the house by
Representative S. D. Peterson. 1t pro-
vides that all common carriers shall file
within As hours after an accident, with
the town. village or city clerk, a report
Of any accident which occurs on its lines
The report must include the names of
those injured and of all witnesses 1t
further provides that no person not named
testy in Of the 0e dn
whose property the accident occurred. An
other bill by the same author prohibits
telegraph }h companies from limiting in the
The Zelch-Durant bill. allowing the
DOar0 or cOnCrOl 10 devote One-haIf the
earnings Of prison industries to building
a new prison met its death in the house
last Thursday. The farmer members OBJ
jected against having to pay for the cost
Of a new prison. claiming that the ma
city, anyway: Another bill will be intro
duced providing straight appropriation
for the purpose OF enlarging the prison.
a vote Of 10 to s. refused to kill w A.
murrage. A special subcommittee has
been appointed to give the bill careful
reconsideration.
The first hearing Of the Ware commit
tee to investigate rates of insurance has
been held and has developed the fact
that Minnesota is paying more than it
should for insurance and more than other
states in the Union are paying Figures
prepared for the committee showed that
In this state the insured had to pay 81 40
per 800, as against an average Of 81 16
in other states. The discussion brought
out the fact that it is almost impossible
to regulate insurance rates by law, though
Mr.. Rockne declared that an anti-com-
pact law, properly enforced, would do
much in that direction. In Minnesota In
1908 there were 100000 paid in pre-
nliums, with losses of $1,5S4445
The bills in the house introduced BY
Messrs. Cole and Flower providing for the
creation of an immigration board, have
both been indefinitely postponed by the
MINNESOTA HAPPENINGS
State Art society plans a permanent