The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-04-18
SOME HORSE PLAY
Legislature Fails to Make Good
on Anti-PaSS Bill
CLOSING DAYS OF THE SESSION
In the Rush of the Wind-uD OF the
lawmakinQ Body Many Meas
ureS Will Fail
Especial to The Hereld)

Especial to The Herald)
ST. PAUL, April 16.-The legislature
is still playing horse with the anti-pass
bill. Several efforts were made early
this week to make it special order,
but all failed, the last one lacking but
one vote of the required two.thirds.
A few minutes later, when the house
had heard that the senate had passed
the bill raising the members salaries
to 81 900 session, there was quick
change of front, and the anti-pass bill
was taken up in the afternoon and
passed in the hurry, 1O3 to 3. Now
there is promise of the same sort OF
horse play which narrowly escaped
ultimately beating the two-cent fare
bill. Senator Peterson, who was the
author of both, objects to the house
taking from him the credit of the
anti-pass bill, just as he did in the
case of the two-cent fare bill, and may
succeed in blocking the bill during
the closing hours of the session so
long that its enemies will encompass
its defeat.
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1t now seems that the reciprocal
demurrage bill is ready to become
law, although it has not at this writ
ing been delivered to the governor for
signature. 1t was supposed when it
had passed the house the third time
that it was in ship-shape, but when it
was discovered that the commodity
rate bill had also been tinkered with
by some of the clerks in the legisla-
ture. it was decided that no chances
should be taken with the reciprocal
demurrage measure, and it has been
checked and re-checked until it is
now believed to be fire-proof.
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The accident OF these railroad bills
would indicate suspicion that inn
proper influences might have been at
work, but it now turns out that the
bill for separate training school for
girls, behind which at least no money
has been used, has been similarly
botched up. and the general opinion
is that the mistakes in the bills are
due to incompetence rather than to
design. In the case of the training
school bill, Chief Clerk Adolph E.
Johnson of the house made an almost
successful effort to slough off his re-
sponsibility by sending the bill,
hodge-podge as it was, to the senate.
The senate, however, refused to
assume the responsibility, and in
sisted on publicly requiring the house
to clear up the evident mistakes in the
bill before requiring the senate to
act upon it.
The capitol approaches can see
their finish. It is true that the senate
has passed bill creating capitol
approach commission, but it carries
no appropriation, and there will be
little that it can do except to draw
pretty pictures of the hopes that
future legislatures may provide.
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The semi-centennial is in little, if
any, better shape. The exposition
has gone by the board. Rep. Elmer
Adams bill for semi-centennial
purchase in every county in the state
seems to have little show with the
pruning committee cutting every
possible corner, and all that the
state will have for the semi-centennial
will be the usual state fair, with an
appropriation of from $500 to $1,000 to
each county to make a special ex-
hibit on the new ground which is to
be acquired north of the race-track.
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One of the liveliest scrimmages of