The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-12
WARES ANTI.PASS
MEASURE is KILLED
House Jumps Hard on Bill
Aboiishing Members Free
Transportation

After amending the Ware anti-pass
bill to make its terms Immediately eff
fective, the house yesterday killed the
| measure beyond hope of resurrection.
| The vote on the final passage of the
bill was AZ for and 40 against. The
absence of members of the house con-
| ference committee on the code and on
the appropriations, il is said, kept
half a dozen votes from the bill. Mem
| bers of the house demanded that the
absentees be called for but it was not
insisted upon.
| M. l.. Fosseen of Hennepin, who later
| voted for the bill, proposed the amend
| ment that necessarily lost it votes. He
| sent up an amendment that the provi-
sion making it illegal to accept a rail-
| road pass by state or county officer
be Immediately effective. Originally
the bill was intended TO apply after Jan.
l, 1906. The amendment was on the
theory that if ii is wrong for the sue
| cessors of present members of the
| legislature to accept transportation il
| is equally culpable for present MEM
bers to accept favors from the rail-
roads. There was no objection and
| the amendment was attached TO the
| bill Then il came to a point where
| the members We're put to the test of
voting away their own transportation
and not more than AZ of the 119 could
be found who were willing to do it.
Members Explain Votes
There was no debate on the bill, but
! several members explained their votes
| in more or less caustic speeches.
| Marcus Lauritsen of Lincoln denied
that the possession of pass influenced
the vote of a member and cited the
Nolan demurrage bill vote in the house
to prove his position.
George E. Perley of Clay said that
the only argument for the bill was that
| the possession of pass corrupted
member and that the representatives
were made incapable of judging fairly
between the people and the railroads.
| This he denied and said that vote for
the bill meant that a mans conscience
had been tempered with.
] In explaining his vote A. K. Ware Of
| Northheld, author of the bill, replied
TO his critics at length. He was inter-
rupted several times by cries of
| "Votei" but insisted that he had the
| right to speak, as his motives had been
impugned and he had been attacked by
| other speakers. He said that both r
| G. Dunn and John A Johnson had
stood for an anti-paSs plank In the
| last campaign, and declared that Gov.
! Johnson had kept faith by refusing to
use any of the passes sent him by the
| railroads since his election as gov
ernor. He read from the inaugural
| message of Gov. Folk of Missouri and
| was making some comparisons when
| NJ. j. O'Laughlin of Wabasha protested
| that the Mortified man was attacking
| the motives of house members in his
| remarks. Mr.. Ware denied any per-
| sonal feeling and concluded his re-
marks while under fire. The vote by
which the anti-pass agitation has been
removed from the present session was
as follows:
Yeas-Adams. Bjorge, Carlson, Cole,
Dalen, De Laittre, Dorsey, Fosseen, Fra
ser. Hammergren. Harden, Haskell, Het-
land, Hille Kinds. Hogue, Hugo, Jacob
son, Jefferson, Landeen, Larson, Mannix.
Nor M9rk, Morse, Murray; Nolan, w; l.,
| Rowe, Saari, Smith, Stone. Teigen, Thun
dale, Ware, Washburn, Wohlhuter, Wy
man, Speaker Clague-42.
| Bowling. Ekman, Erickson. Flower. Hand
Ian, Juliar, Kelly. ]. B., Kelly, NJ, Klein,
Lauritsen, Lemon, Lennon, Lewis, j. T.,
| Nolan, w. A, Oleson. Bitterness Palmer.
| Pehler, Perley, Peterson, O.. Peterson, S.
D., Putnam: Selb: Simons. Skinner, Stock,
| Thayer, Timberlake, Wells, Wichman,
| Wood. Zelch-4O.
| New House Bills
II. F. No. $50: BY Rachie-Authoriz-
| ing the county commissioners of Lac qui
| Parle county to issue relief to sufferers
| H f. No. ISL: BY Lemon-Authorizing
the transcribing of certain records of
Ramsey county.
| thoriZing the county commissioners OF
| Hennepin county to make certain repairs
in sewer matters without advertising for
| bids. Passed under suspension
Bills Passed by the House
S. F. No. Sic: BY Cole-Relating to the
charges of the register of deeds of Otter
Tail county.
| judge of probate of Otter Tail county $500
clerk hire.
county superintendent of schools of Otter
Tail county $500 for travelling expenses.
| H. F. No. SCI: BY Dowling-To pro-
| vide for the establishment in cities of less
than 10000 population of water and light
H. F. No. 776: BY Hammergren-Re-
lating to the clerk of the municipal court
H. F. No. 755: BY Roberts-Proposing
constitutional amendment TO section 4,
article 5. of the constitution. relating to
| the abolition of the state board of par
dons and to make the state librarian ap-
pointive by the supreme court.
| II. F. No. $50: BY Adams-To prevent
| wrongs to children and dumb animals
and to establish bureau for child and
animal protection.
n F. No. sos: BY Notwithstanding to
the admission OF evidence OF entries in a
book or other permanent form in certain
| cases.
II. F. No. SIG: BY MISUNDERSTANDING
to the poor laws of the state and making
live in another town from that where the
expense for the care of poor person is
| incurred
H. F. No. 372: By Anderson-Relatin
to the duties and powers of the attorney
general and his assistants.
II. F. No. 6S9: BY Fanning-Providing
for the taxation of sleeping car COM
H. F. No. ss7: BY Cole-Prescribing
terms and conditions on which lands
granted to the state by the United States
be sold.
H F. No. GIL: BY Selb-Providing for
| the payment in certain cases of expenses
by the county surveyor of Ramsey county.
Railroad Rates Special Order
Railroad rate regulation will be a
special order in both houses of the leg
islature today. At IL o'clock in the
senate the Eberhart majority report of
the joint transportation rate investi-
eating committee will be a special or
der, along with the accompanying
Washburn minority report At the
same hour both reports, accompanied
by the bills presented in the senate and
two additional transportation bills re-