The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-04-07
Omnibus Bill.

Saturday last Chairman Roberts. Of the
house appropriations committee. intro
iuced the regular omnibus appropriation
it carried much smaller amounts than
had been hored for by the various inter
ests interested. The condition Of the
keeping down the appropriations; Any
increase in the tax levy Among the
items, carried: by the bill were:
Home for wives and widows Of old
,rs Gdiers &c s,ne ne,: 1900 1900
Maintenance of soldiers home Gin ~ nm
Park ................... 10000
1tasca State Park $4,000
To state drainage commission. 0O0
Aaotine asy asylum 1855
Fergus Falls asylum. ............. 5,000
st. Peter ASYLUM ............. 10000
Governors contingent 5fund....... II 200
Auditors office .................. $4,000
sn ali~;1y c conrt ~ ESQ
Publication Of the laws. .......... 10000
In addition the sum Of sis. 900 is given
the Glenwood fish hatchery. and 5000 is
appropriated for the co1nipletion Of the
$4,000 is appropriated and each Of the
presidents of the state normal schools Is
allowed an increase Of $500 annually
First Veto.
One Of the chief topics Of interest IS
SON, The bill provided that the state
capitol commission should have charge
OF the state capitol during, the next two
fore, had this matter under his charge,
and in his veto message Gov. Johnson
practically says that the passage OF such
pability or his honesty. The dispute has
brought about considerable partisan feel
wants control of the building for the
petty patronage involved. The veto
message was read in the senate yester-
ton.
Senator Peterson's bin providing for
ti9n has passed the senate A similar 4aia
and one Of the other will doubtless be-
come law.
Another important bill passed by the
senate was the somerville inheritance
tax bill 1t differs from the house meas
ure in that it imposes twice as high a
The Stone bill: recurring railways to
killed in the house. The bill did not at
tempt to regulate the. price at which
the books should be sold and the argu-
1nent was made that under such regula-
lions the railways would doubtless charge
the full rate Representative Ware has
:, couple Of bills along the same line, one
of which after being referred to the ju-
dietary committee, was declared uncon-
stitutional in that it was impossible to
compel one road to sell transportation
over another.
The house committee on appropriations
has decided that it is worth while to ex-
rcriment with the state free employment
bureau idea and recommends an apprO-
nriation of s1.7HO for the maintenance
If one in one of the large cities during
the next year. The labor commissioner
asked an appropriation OF $4,000
Unconstitutional.
The house judiciary committee has de-
cInred unconstitutional the Dorsey bill,
which prohibits corporations from con-
,r;buting to campaign funds. It was held
that such a law would absolutely deprive
the Minneapolis Voters League Of its
charter rights.
REPRESENTATIVE Ofsthun would create q
separate office Of the state superintendent
OF banks, limiting his duties to the ex--
animation Of state banks, building and
loan associations. savings and loan COM
panies and railroad corpora tons.
A bill by Mr. Roberts would abolish
the state board Of pardons
Representative Adams fathers a bill to