Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-06
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE

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st. Paul, MINI, Feb. 25-Action by
the senate late today assures the peo-
pie Of Minnesota two cent per mile
railroad fare from now on. The sen
ate passed the Peterson 2-cent mea-
sure by a vote of 81 to s., and as the
mouse declared itself the other day,
the passage of the bill by each body
formally endorsing the measures of
the other, is simply a matter of a few
days; There is also no question but
what the governor will sign the mea-
sure; Not only did the senate today
pass a 2-cent fare bill, but at the
same time passed the Peterson anti
pass bill, 81 senators voting in it's IA
vor and not one against.
The two bills were special order
during the afternoon. The import
ance of the measures and the promise
OF a wordy combat, attracted large
number of people, the galleries being
full and the wall aisles in the senate
chamber being occupied by onlookers.
Senator Hardy, democrat, of St.
Paul, opened the 2-cent fare bill ball
with an amendment to make the rate
21a cents. This amendment gave a
test vote. The amendment failed, 81
to 10. Senator George P. Wilson
made lengthy speech against the
bill. He said he supposed such atti-
tude would place him in some odium
with certain class of people, but
that he believed it right to stand by
his convictions and sense of justice,
and that in his opinion the two cent
fare is two low a rate to be reason
able for some of the roads in Mime
sofa. He reminded the senate that if
it can be proved to be confiscatory
for single road, it is demonstrations
al for all the roads. Senator Lay
bourn wanted an amendment to ex-
empt from application of the bill the
Duluth Belt Line, which he explained
is but two miles in length climbs a
200 foot hill. This company cannot
even do a profitable business on a
three cent rate. Senator Laybourn
was voted down. The bills both went
to vote shortly after this and were
passed amid much enthusiasm.
One of the most interesting events
OF the day in the senate was the re-
port of the finance committee recon-
mending for indefinite postponment
the J: M. Hackney bill for a semi
centennial exposition at the fair
grounds in 1908 and providing for use
of the states credit to raise 81 ,OOO, 600
to be paid back from future fair pro-
fits. The committee further recon-
mended, however, the bill be ad-
vanced to general orders where it
will be considered by committee of
the whole. Friends of the measure
claim to have 40 out of the 63 votes in
the senate pledged for the bill.
Senator s. F. Alderman today in
troduced another girls training school
bill. He would have the legislature
get out of it's. squabble on this subject
by establishing the institution at his
home town, Brainerd. The bill appro-
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Senator Henry McColl of St. Paul
provides for very limited sale of car
bolic acid, only on order of physicians
and no one prescription to be filled
twice.,
The house today killed the county
board of education bill. The bill had
been drafted and introduced by the
house committee on. education. w.
L. Case of Cloquet; introduced bill
aiming to do away with temptation
in part for murder, providing that no
person who unlawfully causes the
death of another shall be permitted
to inherit allv of the property of the
one murdered. G. w. Knox of Aitkin
introduced bill placing all scales on
railroad tracks and right of way,
under Jurisdiction of the state railroad
and warehouse commission. w. H.
Wescott of West st. Paul, introduced
a bill prohibiting ''hay'' to be used in
cigarettes and providing that all
cigarettes sold in Minnesota must be
of pure tobacco.
St. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 27-These are
days when committees are springing
into Importance in the legislature and
doing more interesting work, some
times, than is accomplished through
the routine grind of the sessions. The
special committee which is investi-
eating ore lands and taxation has
hurried a lot of officers of the law to
Duluth armed with subpoenas for
men prominent in mining operations
in northern Minnesota. The commit
tee recently returned from iunket
over the range, on which trip they
were feted and banqueted. Now that
they have had their fun, the commit
teemen are going to settle down to
real business and make a thorough
investigation. Rumor goes that the
committee is after evidence to show
that the $70;00e; 900 at which.St. Louis
county mines are assessed, is not q
drop in the bucket compared with
their real value. -
The so-called Knutson committee,
which is investigating the J. J. Hill
ore land deal, has demanded that
Louis w. Hill, son Of the magnate,
produce all the books and records OF
the Superior company which holds
the lands at present for the Great
Northern stockholders. There is an
opinion around that the records will
not be produced. - J.. 49,
An interesting bill which put in an
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