Warren sheaf., 1907-01-31

state mipera leases until further
authorized by the legislature. G. B.
Miller fathered a house-fle duplicate
of the Fitzpatrick senate bill for the.
initiative and referendum. !" The
big stick'' for giant fire crackers is
offe. ed in a bill by Elmer Adams tc
prohibit their sale. Representative
Vollmer introduced bill providing
that a number, not to exceed 10 per
cent OF men in any line of work in
the state can be used in the state
prison in like labor. @. M. Bendixen
requires in a bill be presented that all
agricultural products except such as
are sold by the dozen or bunch, shall
hereafter be sold by the averdupois
pound weight.
Thirty bills put in an appearance in
senate session today lasting less
than an hour. Senators Canestrop
and Works introduced new Inherit
ance tax bills. The Canestorp bilf
calls for per cent tax on Inherit
ances of over $4,000; the, Works bill
for 5 per cent on all inheritances over
100000. Senator Works also intro
duced bill requiring the state rail-
road bill to establish a distance tariff.
The senate today suspended the
rules to pass finance committee bill
appropriating $233, 900 for state insti-
tut1ons to make good standing appro-
pr1ations which had been unknowing-
" repealed by the passage of the
code two years ago.
st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 2e-Both SEN.
ate and house today took action to
endorse Edward T: Young, attorney
general, in his legal battle against
the railroads, both in the matter of
that officials attack on the legality of
the Manitoba charter now held by
the Great Northern, and that of the
injunction brought against the state
by the ten railroads operating within
it to prevent the putting into effect
of the new lower rates ordered by the
state railroad commission.
In the house L. @. Spooner, chair
man of the railroad committee, today
introduced a bill to grant the attor-
ney general $4,000 a year for the en-
ployment of additional counsel and
for entering into such expenses as are
necessary in important itigations.
Spooner gave notice that he would
ask next Tuesday. for passage of the
bill under suspension of the rules
which usually tie bill down to a
number of weeks before it is passed
after it's introduction. Spooner be-
lieves that no red tape should hamper
the state in legal defense of the rights
of the people at this time.
In the senate, B. E. Sundberg in
troduced lengthy resolution calling
for the appointment of committee of
five senators to make special inves-
tigation of railroads, freight tonnage,
etc., in Minnesota, the committee to
engage for a clerk an expert on rail-
road matters. The author Of the
resolution said that at the present
time the temporary injunction grant,
ed the railroads against the state
railroad commission, in part ties the
hands of the commissioners from
immediate further action and inves-
tigation of railroad matters; but that
the state senate is free to take up the
fight for the people. The resolution
will be actedupon next Tuesday when
according to another resolution by
Senator Putnam which passed, the
state railroad commission is asked to
report on what information about
railroads it has on hand and what
further date it desires.
The session of the senate today was
marked by the Introduction of nine
bills for reform of life insurance
companies. The bills regulate the
salaries of insurance company Off
cials and employees, disbursements and
Investments of companies, provisions
relative to agents, prohibition of non
participating policies, prohibition of
Determinations, and methods for
election of company. directors by
policyholders. The bills were intro
duced by Senators eastman (two),
Glotzbach. (two), Collier (two), Works
and harrington (two).
Senator J.. F.. Calhoun, of Mimi
eapolis introduced a bill to appropriate
$4,000 for a silver service to be
presented by the state to the new
Battleship Minnesota, the governor to
name a committee of three to pur-
chase the service and present it to
the secretary of the navy.
A new county option. bill, to take
the place of the one now pending
was introduced in the upper house to.
day by Senator Thorpe of Willmar,
and in the lower house by Represent
ative Rachie of Madison. The new
bill is endorsed by the prohibitionists,
Anti-Saloon league, and several Scan.
dinavian temperance organizations
which are interested in the issue.
The new bills call for a petition of 25
per cent of the voters to have the
matter voted upon. The district
court receives the petition, and is
authorized to order special election
on the subject instead of having the
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