Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-13
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE:

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MINNESOTA LEGISLATURES
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st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 5-The house
held short session last night, long
enough to permit the presentation of
over a dozen bill. E. w. Gates of
Garden City wants Minneopa Park,
near Mankato, enlarged II acres, and
a bill he introduced appropriates
$4,000 for this purpose. g. L. Sawyer
OF Minneapolis introduced a bill for
summer sessions at normal schools,
similar to measure pending in the
senate. Killing of prairie chickens
and quail during 19O7-190S is prohi-
bited by measure by J. A. Gates of
Kenyon. J. B. Murphy of Minneapo-
lis presented measure to make pay
ment of wages at least twice a. month
by corporations compulsory. II. w.
Libby of Winona introduced a bill
which will find favor in the country
but not with residents of cities who
are largely the auto owners. 1t per-
mits any town to prohibit autos to
pass over any designated road by
placing sign SO stating. The viola
ton of the order is made q INSIDE
meanor.
The house committee on railroads
held a meeting late yesterday on the
Nolan (of Grand Meadow reciprocal
demurrage bill, and after a lengthy
hearing and debate, recommended
the bill for passage. There were II
committee votes for the bill, one
against, and six members were alb
sent.
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. "a distance
tariff railroad bill, said to have been
drawn by George s. LOTUS, president
of the Minnesota Shippers associa-
ton, was introduced in the senate to-
day by Senator Garfield. The bill
establishes classification of ten
classes of freight for less than car
load lots, and twelve classes for car
load lots. The bill provides a distance
tariff charging in five mile steps, the
greater the distance, the less the rate.
The rate in total shall not be more
than 1917 cents per 100 pounds first
class freight up to ~ miles, II cents
~ to 12119 miles, and so on. The bill
was referred to the railroad commit
tee.
A proposed law to make state Off
ces come under the primary election
law, and to fix the date of the cleo
ton the last Tuesday in June instead
of in September, is the feature of a
lengthy bill introduced by Senator
Garfield.
The senate today passed bill in
troduced by Senator j. M. Hackney.
It provides for transfer of one acre of
the state agricultural farm at St.
Anthony park to the federal govern
ment, on which "Uncle SAM will
erect weather bureau building to be
headquarters for the northwest.
A new judicial district, to be known
as the Twentieth, is created out of
Kanabec, Pine, Chisago and Wash
ington counties by a bill by Senator
Sullivan.
The Higgins bill for woman suf-
frage" came near getting a death
blow in the house today when the
judiciary committee reported it back
without any recommendation - al
most equivalent to an adverse recon-
mendation. Things looked bad for
the future Of "woman's rights'' when
the speaker suddenly>discovered the
bill had been wrongly given to the
judiciary committee: that the order
had been for it to go to the elections
committee and it had been switched
around by mistake. 1t accordingly
was turned over to the tender mercies
of the elections committee, and
George w. Higgins, it's author breathes
the easier for a while longer.
No friend of Towser, but true
friend to humanity, put in an appear.
ance in bill by J. R. Randall requir.
ing all dogs be muzzled from May to
Oct 1. G. L. Sawyer presented bill
for a registry tax on mortgages, one
half of one per cent.
Resolutions of respect to the
memory of the late Gen. Mark D.
Flower, postmaster of St. Paul and
member of the house two years ago
were presented by Ambrose Tighe Of
st. Paul and adopted. No session Of
the house will be held tomorrow in
respect for his memory.
The house will consider the Nolan
reciprocal demurrage bill as a special
order Feb. IA, and friends of the bill
predict the house will then pass it as
Valentine for the public.
St. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 6-The most
important action of the legislature
today was the passage by the senate
after considerable debate of the Col.
Ter bill to increase judicial salaries.
Senator Ole o. Sageng, the lone pop.
ulist in the senate, desired to speak
against the bill but the chair ruled
a bill is not debatable when on the
calendar of the day awaiting passage
and that the senator. only had the
privilege of explaining his vote. The
bill as passed by the senate provides
the salaries of supreme court justices
shall be $1,000, and judges of the dis
trict court 5000. In Hennepin,
Ramsey and St. Louis counties the
district judges are each to receive an