The Princeton union., 1905-03-30

under civil service regulations. The
bill establishes commission, consist
ing of the dean of the State agricul-
tural college, the dairy and food com
missioner and the attorney general, to
conduct competitive examinations, and
preference will be given candidates for
appointment as dairy and food inspec-
tors who attain exceptional standings
in the examinations.
The house passed the Horton bill
giving the present State capitol com
mission supervision over the capitol
building during the next two years.
and allowing for an appropriation of
S6O,OOO for the two years. BY the
terms of the bill the board of control
will purchase the coal and supplies
for the building. The senate has con
Cured in the house amendments to the
Horton bill which was sent to Gov.
johnson who promptly vetoed the bill.
The senate frowns on any legislation
hostile to private banks while the
house favors such legislation. Sena-
tor A. O. Eberhart's bill to abolish
private banks was knocked out for
the second time by the senate last
week. The measure was indefinitely
postponed in committee of the whole
by a vote of twenty-seven to twenty
six. 1t came up again in the form of
an amendment to the bill recommended
by the senate committee on banks and
banking and was indefinitely post
poned by vote of thirty to seventeen.
The house passed the Lund bill, fore
ing private banks to Incorporate.
either as State or national banks. if
they are to continue to use the name
"bank" or to use stationery giving
the impression that they are doing a
banking business. AS the senate has
already killed by vote of twenty
seven to twenty-six the Eberhart bill,
the senate copy of the Lund bill, it's
passage by the senate is regarded as
extremely improbable.
Because the Lund bill prvoides for
change in the banking laws of the
State its passage required eighty
votes. A total of forty-two afirma-
tive votes are therefore required in
the senate.
Representative Joe Mannix of Min
neapolis is a bachelor but neverthe-
less he is interested in divorce meas
ure, the ultimate object of which is a
uniform federal divorce law. His
bill provides for the appointment of a
commission of three, one to be law
yer, they to codify the present divorce
laws, suggest needed substitutes and
present the same to the governor. The
governor, in turn, is to communicate
with governors of other states, sug-
gest similar commission and then
arrange for a stated meeting at Wash
lngton. where a uniformity of laws
shall be agreed upon. The findings
are then to be submitted to the meat-
ing of the next legislature.
A bill by Representative Hogue
prohibits the sale of Intoxicating
liquors to habitual drunkards.
Should a saloon-keeper give such
liquor after having been notified not
to do SO, he is liable to a workhouse
sentence. The victims relatives can
also collect damages.
Another temperance bill, by Ole |.
Opdahl, prohibits the sale of liqours
within the confines of any consolidated
school district and a mile beyond the
limits. 1t is quite drastic.
The house committee on general leg
islation has voted to recommend the
Ware anti-pass bill. Mr.. Ware offered
the amendment striking out the pro-
hlbitiOn OF the use of street railway
passes, and telegraph and telephone
franks, after ascertaining with these
included the measure had no chance
to pass the house. The committees
recommendation was made by vote
of six to four.
Representative Flowers bill reouir
ing the State board of control to open
bids in public was referred to a sub
committee to revise. The portion re-
quiring the board to advertise for bids
in two twin city daily papers was
struck out.
Representative j. A. Gates bill
providing for the transportation of
persons committed to State institu-
tions by employees of such institutions
will be recommended for indefinite
postponement. Representative Adams,
Dorsey and Gandrud will make a
minority report recommending the bill
to pass, amended to apply only to per-
sons committed to insane hospitals,
so that they will be taken to the hos
pital by nurse from the institution
instead of by the sheriff.