The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-20
ADOPTS HORTON BILL
HOUSE PASSES CAPITOL CON-
troll MEASURE WITH MANY
I AMENDMENTS.
NEARLY ALL OF THE ORIGINAL
FEATURES OF THE BILL ARE
ELIMINATED.

ST. Paul, rep. lS.-lue T1OICOu cap
itol bill, shorn of all it's original fea.
lures, was adopted by the house Frl
| day, sitting as a committee OF the
| whole.
The outcome was really a victory fol
| the Putnam followers, whose bill tc
vest the control Of the new building IN
the governor, after August, 1905, was
laid on the table Thursday.
Following nearly two hours OF par
| liamentary tactics, in which the Put:
nam followers, known as the minority
| showed consummate skill, with mo-
tons. counter motions and a heavy
| line of debate, the Horton bill was
adopted and then amended out OF all
resemblance to its original shape.
The provision for resident super
intendent, at salary of $4,000 year,
was stricken out.
| Two years was placed as the time
limit for control by the commission
| and, after that date, the building must
be turned over to the governor.
The proviso was also added that, ii
the building should be completed be,
fore the two years limit, then the gov.
ernor should assume control.
| The annual appropriation for main
tenance was cut from 100000 to S4O,-
600. The original figure asked by
Senator Horton was $4,000.
AS concluding feature, an amend
ment placed the purchase of all needed
supplies for the new building in the
hands Of the board of control.
General orders for the day carried
two capitol control bills-the Horton
bill, giving the capitol commission
complete control, and the Mork bill,
creating a new commission, with the
governor shorn of all power.
| The Vote on the Mork Bill.
A vote was taken direct on the
Mork bill, which named a commission
to be composed of the heads OF the
various state departments. 1t was
lost by vote of SIS to so.
A motion to substitute the Horton
measure for the Mork bill was offered
and the house adopted it by vote of
Sc to SO.
| Here the amendments followed, and
at the finish, the Horton bill came out
frightfully mutilated The amend
ments came thick and fast and these
were each voted on in turn and passed.
While the Horton bill was adopted
by the house, the fight over who shall
be the custodian is by no means over.
The Putnam compromise bill is still
on the table and may yet be taken up.
The vending of milk will be profit.
able industry if bill introduced in the
house by Representative M. L. Eos
seen Of Hennepin county becomes law.
Under the terms of the Fosseen bill,
the standard measure for milk is re-
dnced from a gallon of 282 cubic inches
to one of 231 cubic inches.
The annual appropriation to the
state Horticultural society, to aid in
the printing and distribution of the
reports and bulletins, by bill offered
by Representative w. w. Bardwell,
Minneapolis, is fixed at $4,000.
The new naval reserve is accommo-
dated with an appropriation of $500,
in bill introduced by Representative
n. F. Hugo, Duluth.
Representative j. A. Gates offered a
bill giving villages the right to re-
quire by ordinance the maintenance Of
f1agmen and general safety devices at
dangerous railroad crossings.
WARM DISCUSSION IN SENATE.
Memorial to Congress on Bankruptcy
Act Causes the Debate.
An innocent appearing memorial by
Senator Collier, asking congress to re-
peal the national bankruptcy act,
threw the dignified senate into a
wordy spasm. Evidently some Of the
senator's believed the act itself was
under consideration, from the fervor
of their utterances.
In the midst of the discussion Sena-
tor Daniel Shell, who rarely speaks,
got the floor and provoked consider
able merriment by saying:
..I think we had better let congress
attend to this matter"
Senator Albert schaller thought the
memorial was hastily prepared and
should not pass. Other senators
spoke both for and against the meas
ure, but the upshot was that the me-
mortal was recommended to pass, al
though large number Of the senators