The Ely miner., 1905-03-24
LEGISLATIVE DOINGS.
BILL Is PASSED ADMITTING
WIVES AND WIDOWS TO
SOLDIERS HOME.
REVISED CODE is ADOPTED.
Nolan's Reciprocal Demurage Bltfas
Finally Passed by the House
After Hard Fight.

AFTER haru c1SAC'
st. Paul. March Ex-senator Somer-
ville chairman of the senate JUDICIARY
committee. to which the new code as
adopted by the lower house has been re,
ferred, announces that the commltiee VIII
have its report upon the bill ready In a
very few days, Monday next at the out
side. The task of passing upon the
amendments made by the lower mouse
fact that the senators have closely fol,
lowed the proceedings of the mouse, anu
in its consideration OF the measure Is
consulting freely with the mouse SUP SUP
will be adopted by the senate with very
little delay, although the amendments TO
be offered may require great deal Oh
time at the hands Of conference commit
tees. ,
Commissioner Staples of the state rail-
way commission. was the principal ad-
mittee of the Thorpe bill, which prohibits
railways from raising rates without con-
sent of the commission. He said that
one one OF the best points about the oii was was
between the commission and the rail-
ways. Attorney Root, of the Milwaukee
railway, was present to oppose the meas
ure on behalf of the railways. The COM
mittee also devoted some little time to
consideration of the Peterson bill to abol-
ish passes and establishing a 2-cent per
tion resulted in either case. The COM
mittee did approve Senator Stones bill
making railway mileage books transfer
able.
The senate has passed, without opposi-
ton. the bill permitting admission to the
soldiers home of the wives, widows and
passed the following: BY Senator Stone,
making mileage books transferable; by
Senator Eberhart, amending the military
code; by Senator Thorpe, making it a
off or a n hn
convicted three times in two years for
selling liquor without a license.
The senate has approved a bill to ap-
propriate the sum of $15, 900 for the
purpose of erecting a statute of Former
Governor Alexander Ramsey in statuary
hall at Washington.
A resolution introduced by Representa-
tive Smith calls for the appointment of a
committee of five to investigate the ad-
visibility of purchasing or erecting a
mansion for the governor. Another by
Representative Flower calls for the an.
pointment of a committee of five three
from the house and two from the senate,
to represent the legislature at the launch
ing of the battleship Minnesota April 8
at Newport News
Election Officials.
Representative w. P. Roberts is the
author of a bill which provides. that
election officials shall maintain primary
registers which shall be a complete
list of voters and record showing which
llCkel was NOteu. lnlS RECORD IS
to be retained for public Inspection for
two years and four months. Each voter
is prohibited from participating in the
nomination of party candidates, either in
he affiliated with that party at the last
general election. The bill is intended to
prevent the participation in primaries of
Representative J. r. Morley has intro
duced in the house copy of a law en-
bodying the South Carolina dispensary
1I1,.
is to be conducted by municipal authori-
ties and the profits turned into the public
funds, The bill leaves it optional with a
maintain dispensary. and provides that
only liquor in unbroken packages shall
be sold.
A bill by Representative Hickey en-
larges the membership of the state fair
association by permitting the governor to
appoint three delegates from counties
which have no agricultural societies.
Text Book Bill Lost
The Perley free text book bill was lost
by an overwhelming majority when it
came up for consideration in the house
Tuesday The bill was one in which great
interest was manifested by, the public
and large stacks of petitions in it's favor
and against it We're received. The op-
position came principally from the friends
of the parochial schools of the state, and
a tinge of religious discussion was no.
ticeable in the debate.
house the same day was that by Repre-
sentative Anderegg providing for con-
solidation of rural schools. This bill
came within five votes to having enough
to pass and as the attendance Was light
the author gave notice of reconsidera-
ton.
Speaker .Clague has named the follow
ing committee to look into the matter
of the advisability of manufacturing
farm machinery at the state prison.
Messrs. Teigen. Rockne, Vollmer, Kros-
tue, w. /. Nolan, Kinds and Jefferson
The senate committee on roads and
bridges has reported favorably a bill in
creasing the tax levy for road and bridge
purposes to one fourth of a mill upon
ceive more than per cent of the fund
in any one year, or less than one-half
of one per cent.
Under suspension of the rules the SEN
ate passed the Schaller bill. which pro-
vides that persons under indictment may
plead guilty at any time upon request to
have had to await the action of the grand
jury. Other bills passed by the senate
include: By Senator Brewer, appropriat-
state census this year; BY Senator Gjerta
ton from 500 to 5000; by Senator Cal
houn, abolishing days of grace on sight
gotiable instruments falling due on Sun
days or holidays payable the following
day.
District Judges.
The bill increasing the salaries of dis
truct judges has been amended by the
senate judiciary committee so that in
counties of less than $4,000 salaries are
raised from $4,000 to $4,000. Larger
counties are to pay an additional $500.
This leaves the salaries in the large
counties unchanged.
The senate judiciary committee recon-
mends the passage Of Senator wilson's
bill abOlishing the sale of the giant fire
cracker after July l. 1905.
Two years ago the legislature passed
a bill authorizing the appointment of a
commission to supervise the erection of
monument at Vicksburg National Park
to commemorate the services of the
Third, Fourth and Fifth Minnesota regi-
ments and the. First Minnesota battery
in the siege OF Vicksburg, but provided
no funds. for the carrying out of the
work. This session Senator McGill in
troduced bill appropriating 1000 to
cover the expense, and the senate has
already passed upon it favorably in COM
mittee of the whole
Quite a little humorous discussion arose
in the senate over the Laugen BILL pro-
viding a bounty of 50 for each rattle
snake killed in the state, but the author
MINNESOTA HAPPENINGS.