The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-03-24
LEGISLATIVE A .DOINGS.
BILL - PASSED ADMITTING
WIVES AND WIDOWS TO
= SOLDIERS HOME. :.
REVISED CODE IS ADOPTED.
Nolan's Reciprocal Demurage Bill il
Finally Passed by the House =
After Hard Fight.

st. Paul, March Ex-senator Somer-
VILE. chairman of the senate judiciary
c9mmittee: to which the new code code "a, as
ferccd; announces that the committee Will
nave its report upon the bill ready in q
very few days, Monday next at the out
made by the lower house
is comparatively simple. owing to the
fact that the senators have closely fol,
lowed the proceedings Of the house. and
freely with the house sub
committees. 1t Is likely that the code
VII! be adopted by the senate with very
be offered may require a great deal OF
time at the hands Of conference commit
tees.
Commissioner Staples Of the state. rail-
way commission. was the principal adj
mlttee Of the Thorpe bill, which prohibits
railways from raising rates %ith ho;d con- Con-
one, Of the best points about the bin was
that it would bring about closer relations
between The commissioa and the rail-
was present to oppose the meas I
ure on behalf Of the railways. The COM
mittee also devoted some little time to
ish passes and establishing 2-cent per
mile passenger rate: but no definite ac->
ton resulted in either case. The COM m;
MlLLec OlO approve senator stone Oil
making railway mileage books transfer
The senate has passed, without opposi-.
ton: the bill permitting admission to the
mothers OF old Soldiers. It also has
passed the following: BY Senator Stone.
making mileage books transferablei by
code; by Senator Thorpe, making it a
penitentiary oifcnse for person to be
convicted three times in two years for
selling Liquor without a license e.,
propriate the sum of SIS 900 for the
purpose Of erecting statute of Former
Governor Alexander Ramsey in statuary
A resolution introduced by Representa-
tive Smith calls for the appointment of a
committee Of five to investigate the adj
Of s or 1nefns BY
Representative Flower calls for the APP
pointment Of a committee of five. three
from the house ana tW0 from t the
inc. Of the battleship Minnesota April
at Newport News.
Election officials.
Representative w. p Roberts is the
author of a bill which provides, that
election officials shall maintain primary
registers. which shall be a complete
psrtS tieet voteS Ths reeora
to Be retained for public INSPECTION for
two years and four months. Each voter
is prohibited from participating In the
direct primary or at conventions. unless
general election. The bill is intend ed to
Voters of f' opposite political faith. 49,
Representative ]. r. Morley has intro
duced in the house a copy of a law en-
s sySs under 'v Which the LIQUOR business
Is to be conducted by municipal authori
ties and the profits turned into the public
funds. The Bill, leaves it optional with q
maintain dispensary. and provides that
only liquor In unbroken packages shall
A biz by Representative Hickey en-
larges the membership Of the state fair
association by permitting the governor to
appoint three delegates from counties
which have no agricultural societies.
Text Book Bill Lost.
The Perley free text book bill was lost
by an overwhelming majority. when it
Tuesday. The bill was one in which great
interest was manifested by the public
and large STACKS Of petitions , in its is! favor
position came principally from the friends
Of the parochial schools of the state, and
a tinge of religious discussion was no
Another educational bill lost in the
house the same day was that by Repre-
sentative Anderegg providing for con.
solda 0 Of oI rural ate schools no This n
to pass and as the attendance was light
the author gave notice. of1reconsidera-
ton.
Speaker Clague has named the follow
Ing committee to look into the matter
farm machinery at the state prison:
tae " f Helan Hinds and 3eerson oS
The senate committee on roads and
bridges has reported favorably bill in
creasing the tax levy for road and md, bridge
all taxable property. No county Is to re,
in any one year, or less than one-half
Under suspension Of the rules the SEN
vides that persons under Indictment may
the a saS II
have had to await the action Of the grand
jury. Other bills passed by the senate
inc ter the Of RfaRns
son. increasing personal property exeInp-
ton from 500 to 5000; by Senator cal.
drafts or acceptances and making ne
gotiable instruments falling due on Sun
days or holidays payable the following
day.
District Judges.
The bill increasing the salaries Of dis
truct judges has been amended by the
senate Judiciary committee tee 50 that in
raised from $4,000 to $4,000. Larger
counties are to paysan additional $500.
This leaves the salaries in the large
counties unchanged.
The senate judiciary committee recon-
mends the passage Of Senator wilson's
bill abolishing the sale Of the giant fire
cracker after July, l. 1905:
Two years ago the legislature passed
a bill authorizing: the appointment Of q
to supervise the erection Of
a monument at Vicksburg National Park
to COMMEMORATE, The services Of the
ments and the. First Minnesota battery
in the siege OF vicksburg. but provided
work This session Senator McGfl in
troduced bill appropriating $4,000 to
cover the expense, and the senate has
already passed upon it favorably in COM
mittee Of the whole. a. t.,
Quite a little humorous discussion arose
in the senate over the Laugen bill, pro-
vidingt a bounty of 81 for each rattle
snake killed in the state, but the author