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at Grand Rapids. and $3.50 for Sherman
| Smiths contest.
w. A. Nolan made a gallant fight for
restoration from $4,000 to 1000 of
the appropriation for printing the ses-
sion laws in the weekly newspapers of
the state, but lost. j. A. Anderegg, IA
ther of one of the girls training school
bills, tried to get an appropriation of
$4,000 to purchase an so acre site for
| a girls school, but failed, while s. D.
Peterson had equally poor luck with a
$4,000 item for monument for Mime
sofa soldiers at Shiloh.
An effort to defeat a 5000 item for
the new Crookston agricultural college
was lost, along with L. II. Johnson's
attempt TO include a $1,000 appropria-
ton for the support of county agri-
cultural schools authorized in his bill
which had previously passed the house.
A. K. Ware tried to insert a $4,000
item for governors mansion in the
bill. He coupled with his proposal a
plan to take the money to be used for
the Nicksburg monument, but this
proved unpopular and he withdrew it,
His motion was killed independent of
any other appropriation.
The action of the house was slow in
elimination. Several attempts at mi
nor changes in the items had failed
and members of the committee, after
placating the friends of the Anoka and
Hastings hospitals by putting appro-
priations for their cottages in the BILL
were confident that the bill would pass
the house without material change
They were doomed to disappointment
As result of a caucus of the oppo-
nents of the bill held Friday night, at
which 1t is said representatives of the
board of control were present, the real
fight opened when the university
schedules were reached.
Wells Starts the Trouble
r. ]. Wells of Breckenridge sent up
the amendment, reducing the appropri-
alton for the main building for 1907
by 100000. He followed the amend
ment with a speech, in which he charg-
ed that the board of controls recon-
mendation had been ignored by the
committee. He declared that the Re
publican party could not afford to go
before the people with an increased tax
| levy to explain away.
w. p. Roberts, chairman of the COM
mfttee, defended its action as to the
university appropriations. The debate
became general. A. ]. Rockne and NJ.
! j. O'Laughlin both spoke for the Wells
amendment. w. b. Anderson of the
committee made an impassioned speech
| in which he said that the new building
would be large enough to care for the
oOO BlIl SluuSnlS WHO were attending
school under conditions disgraceful to
the state. b. II. Timberlake and James
r. Hickey also spoke for the original
| appropriation. The vote on the Wells
amendment. which was the test of the
whole question, resulted Sc to 40. 1t
| stood:
Yeas-Anderegg. Bjorge. Block. Bondy.
Denzer, Dorsey, Erickson, Tanning
Fraser, Gandrud, Hammergren, Hanaford.
HandIan. Haskell. Haugen. Hayes, Het-
| B., Kelly, M, Klei. Krostue. Lauritsen.
Meyer. Mork, Morley. Nelson, Nolan, W.
A., o'Laughlin. oleson, opdahl; Bitterness.
land, Rider, Rockne, Rosenthal, SeIb.
Swanson, Teigen. Thayer, Thundale,
Xo9llmer. Wells, wichman, wOhlhutter.
Nays..Adams. Anderson. Armstrong.
| Bardwell, Bennett Chamberlain, De Lait-
ire; Dowling. Ekman, Flower Fosseen,
Hickey, Kinds. Hugo. johnson. Larson,
Lemon, Lennon, Lund, Lewis, j. t.
Lynch, McColl. Mannix. Morse, Nolan. w.
/, Ofsthun. Perley. Peterson, o., Putnam,
Roberts, Rowe. Saari, 'Simons, Smith,
Stone. Timberlake. Thompson. Wallace,
Washburn, Speaker Clague-i5.
Amendments in Showers
The result was received with ap-
| plause by the winning faction, and
appointments showered in at the clerks
desk. Mr.. Wells offered an amend
ment to strike out the $4,000 appro-
priation for the auditorium at the
state agricultural college. T. c. Full
ton protested, but by a vote of AZ to
| SS the auditorium went by the board.
| Ole Opdahl offered an amendment to
reduce from $4,000 to $4,000 the ap-
preparation for the women's home at
| Minnehaha.
Go ahead" shouted Chairman Rob-
erts; well see whether the old SOL
diers have any friends left in this
house"
Opdahl withdrew his motion.
b. s. Bennett was forced to defend
his Crookston farm school appropri-
ton of $4,000. c. n. Haugen tried to
have it struck out. The vote was 40
to A, and the appropriation remained.
James r. Hickey had an amendment
attached - to the bill requiring the
board of control to report to the next
legislature as to the feasibility of the
state carrying its own insurance.
Mr.. Wells next assaulted the model
school appropriation at st. Cloud.