Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-27

MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE

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MINNESOTA l'l :. LEGISLATURE
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/; st. Paul, March 19-Half a million
dollars in appropriation for a new
prison is provided in bill introduced
Ex-senator George H. Sullivan today,
to be erected on the site purchased
at Saltwater short time ago by the
state board Of control. The approp-
ration is divided into two allowances
OF $3.50, 900, one for the year ending
July 81, 1907, and one for the follow
ing fiscal year. The state board of
control is framed as having full au-
thority to prepare plans and let con-
| tracts.
The senate settled the question to-
| day that there will be no new normal
schools established in spite of the
| fact that bills for two such institu
lions have been pending for some
time. One bill by Senator D. M.
Gum of Grand Rapids, provided for
normal at Cass Lake. The second
bill, by Senator A. L. Hanson of Ada,
called for normal to be located by
the normal board at some point along
| the Great Northern line between Du-
luth and East Grand Forks. Both
measures came up for debate this
afternoon. Each of the two named
| senators spoke in favor of his bill and
quite a wrangle started. Senator P.
Fitzpatrick of Winona made a speech
which was the death blow of both
bills, and which seriously questioned
| the need of any new normal at any
| location at all. The senate took the
Winonian's suggestion to heart, and
motions to indefinitely postpone both
bills were then carried by large
majority.
The house today killed the bill re-
curing locomotive engineers to have
three years experience as fireman, by
vote of 81 to "a. Elmer Adams of
Fergus Falls called attention to the
fact that the enforcement of such a
law, would mean at times of strikes,
railroads in the state would be abso
lutly tied hand foot and unable to
move a train.
| E. A. Orne of Faribault introduced
a bill which aims to repeal all laws
relating to primary elections in this
state. The bill, however, does not
re-establish the old convention system
and would leave the state without
any means of making nominations.
Both senate and house are now
spending nearly all their time con-
sidering bills on general orders in
committee of the whole, to advance
them to the calendar where they may
be finally acted upon. This is tedious
routine work, but absolutely neces-
sary to get the pending business
moving. The senate when it adj
journed late yesterday, had caught up
with it's work. The house is still
considerably swamped, but in better
shape than two days ago.
St. Paul, March 20-A statistical
bureau to be devoted especially to
reports relative to farm products, is
provided by a bill introduced in the
senate today by George H. Sullivan
of Saltwater. The state auditor is
made superintendent, and allowed
$4,000 year for the payment of
assistants and such other expenses as
it may be necessary to incur.
An interesting bill is one presented
by Senator D. NJ. Gum of Grand
Rapids. It makes state park of Star
Island in Cass lake, to be under sup
ervision of the governor who may
appoint a superintendent and caretaker
at 500 month. This island is heavily
wooded. In it's center, is forest
hidden little lake, which is consider
ably higher in water level than Cass
lake which surrounds it. How it is
possible for the waters of this lake to
remain higher than those of Cass lake
is mystery which no one can solve
and which caused the state auditor to
recommend the very action by the
legislature which this bill proposes.
Senators Canestorp and Representa-
tive w. @. Bicknell both introduced
an amendment of the existing inheri-
lance tax law which is important. 1t
extends the tax to the transfer of
any and all properties within the
state where such transfer is in the
settlement of an estate. Thus a tax
would be secured from non-residents
who now escape.
The Iauly bill requiring corporations
to pay labor wages at least twice a
month, was indefinitely postponed by
the senate today after lengthy debate.
1t was contended the bill was unfair
to farmers, to operations in the woods,
and to mining interests.
A blow at the liquor monopolies
which are said to exist in many of
the large centers of population in the
state, is made by bill introduced in
the house today by Representative
James S. Spencer of Rochester.
Spencer says that in his town a local
brewery has practically obtained con-
troll of all the available property for
saloons, and thus secures monopoly
of the business. The bill prohibits
any brewery, person, firm or corpora
ton from taking out more than one
license in any one town. The penal
ty for violation is 500 or 80 days in
Jail.
Messrs. Bjore and Jefferson today
introduced in the house their third