The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-18
ANTI-PAss FIGHT
Opening Battle Mustered CONSIDERABLE,
Strength for the Measure.

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Strength for tho Measure.
The railroad pass question was
brought up in the state campaign last
fall, and both candidates for governor
declared themselves in favor Of legisla-
tion abolishing the pass entirely. This
subject had not been much agitated
in Minnesota, which watched the Wis
consi9 struggle years ago without catch
Minnesota is q sign of a quickened pub
lie conscience, which is leading poll
ticians as well as private citizens to
take a different attitude on such ques-
tions. = E5'.N~
At the opening Of the session several
republican senators got their heads to-
gether and decided to push an anti-pass
measure, and to put with it reduction
OF passenger fares, SO the general public
tion Of the pass. They secured many
pledges for the bill, some Of which were
not redeemed. Senator F. H. Peterson
introduced the first bill, as Senate File
6, and followed lit few days later with
a substitute His bill abolished all
passes and made two cents mile the
maximum railroad fare. The railroad
committee held hearings at intervals on
the bill, at which railroad counsel pre-
sented figures to show that passenger
business does not pay, and that passes
tic. Only one road, however, gave any
figures as to the amount of free trans
portatlon. The committee Rugged the
bill tight and did not report until
March "a, when it recommended indef-
mite postponement. Twelve senators
signed this report, while three, Cole,
Thompson and Jepson, signed minority
report asking that the bill be put on
general orders. On the adoption Of this
report the vote was 26 to "a, and the bill
was killed. The vote. stood as follows,
these favoring the printing of the bill
and placing it on general orders for
considerations: ~.
Alley. Barker, BATE, Benson, Brewer,
Cole, Dale, Eberhart, Fitzpatrick, Jep-.
son, johnson, Lord, McGill, McGowen,
Naeseth, Nichols, Peterson, Putnam,
Schaller, Somerville, Sundberg, Thomp-
son, Thorpe, Ward, Wilson: and Wither-
slime '-.-...s., H.,
These voted to kill the bill:
Buck, Calhoun, Campbell, Collier, Col
lester, Comstock, Cowan, Dart, Dunn,
Du Toit, Durant, Everett, Frater,
Gjertsen, Hardy, Harrington, Hawkins,
Horton, Laugen, Laybourn, Mausten,
McNamee, Morgan, Peachey, Pugh''
Rieke, Schain, Schultz, Shell, E. E.
Smith, W. A. Smith, Stephens, Stone
and Torson. s-'..~
Senators Cooke, swedback and Wood
were absent. = e>*5,r
That meant the death of the bill at
this session, but meanwhile A. X. Ware
had introduced bills of the same sort
in the house, dividing the subject into
two bills, one of which abolished passes
while the other made q rate of two
cents and a half. This latter bill ran
the mill and was passed April 6 by 81
to 80, but speedily killed in the senate
times but rescued and put on the calen
dar. There it came up April II and was
voted OH when several members were
out in conference committees and Others
had left the hall. It was lost, 40 tc
49, 60 votes being necessary. The roll
call was as follows:
Ayes--Adams, .Bjorge, Carlson, Cole
l Dale9 peLaa atre Rorsey; Fosseen Fra
Haskell, Hetland, Hille, Kinds, Hogue
Hugo, jacobson, Jefferson, Landeen
Larson, Mannix, Mork, Morse, Murray
w. ]. Nolan, o 'Laughlin, Rachie, Rams
land, Rockne, Rowe, Saari, Smith
Stone. Teigen, Thundale, Ware, Wash
burn, Wohlhuter, Wyman, Mr.. Speaker
] Noes Armstrong, Bardwell, Bouck
Bowling, Ekman, Erickson, Flower
Handlan, Juliar, Kelly; J. B., Kelly, NJ.
Lewis, J. T., McGon, Mark, Meyer
Miller, Morley, Nelson, Nolan, W. A.
Oleson, Bitterness, Palmer, Pehler, Per
ley, Peterson, O., Peterson, s. D., Put
nam, Rosenthal, Selb, Simons, Skinner
Stock, Thayer, Timberlake, Wells
Wichman, Wood, Zelch.
/ The agitation given this question
made q good start for another fight, ant
it will undoubtedly be kept up unit
q law. is passed on the subject, as it wa
in Wisconsin.
/. The only passenger rate bill passed
was a senate bill, by III. w. Stone O.
Benson. It requires all mileage book
to be transferable. This does not appl,
to interchangeable mile credentials, bu
to books sold that are good over onl,
one line, which is as far as the legisla
ture could go. The act does not re
quire such books to be issued, and it j
predicted that. mileage will either b
withdrawn from sale, or some other wa,
!. found to evade the law. Il.
VALE BUCKET SHOPS
4 Important Measure Passed with Littl
semblsnce to Struggle.
The efforts Of Senator Henry Giert
sen and Representative Gustav Erick
son to enact legislation for the sur
/ preston Of g bucketshops or concern
where grain. and stocks are dealt i
merely as: a. cover for gambling, wer
i successful at this SESSION. Two year
laao they failed because Of the power
full fight organized by the bucketsho
/ interests, which got a counter bill ]
the house aholishing all option trading
and had il take the place Of the res