Morris tribune., 1909-02-06
MINNESOTA. SOL0NS.
PUBLIC EXAMINER BILL PASSED
BY THE HOUSE.
This Official Will Hereafter be Elected
( by the People and Not Appointed
~ by the Governor.

ST. Paul, M:.n., Jan. 28-Gov. ]. A.
Johnson today- sent his predicted spe-
cial message 10 the legislature
house and senate-recommendin leg.
islatiye enactment to provide for a
commission of three, an attorney, an
emp,oye, and an employer of labor, to
make a full investigation during the
coming two years with view to re-
port ag an ideal employers liability
act to the next legislature. The mes
sage is accompanied by petition
signed by representatives Of a number
OF labor. organizations, of the State
Ba., association and of the Minnesota
Elnrl3yers' association. 1t asks for
the commission which the governor
recommends. In the house, the mes
sage was referred to the labor COM
mitt the senate started to debate
the: subject, but was interrupted by
the arrival of the time for memorial
in memory of the late Senator P. Fitz-
patrick of Winona. The senate will
di1 F,>se of the message tomorrow.
Senator McColl of St. Paul today
intro duced measure which carries
out the democratic state platform OF
state guarantee of bank deposits. 1t
provides for tax of one-half of 1 per
cent on the amount of bank deposits
to thereby create state guarantee
fund. A bill for an appropriation OF
$4,000 to aid high schools, graded
and consolidated, public schools, In
establishing agricultural courses, was
introduced by Senator H. s. Putnam.
It provides that the state. pay two
thirds of the expenses of such new de-
partments for, a year.
In the house today there was a.
merry politic;'l: tilt on the subject of
the W.. A., ,>'n'a1 bill to make the Of
flee of state, IN lie examiner elective.
The democrats decried the bill, on the
ground that the examiner should re-
main ,appointlYe SO as to be respon-
sible to some, one, and so the gov
ernor might pict, out a man of special
training for. the place. The repub-
ncans replied through Burdette Thay-
er that it is. wrong to have the exam
liner a dependent of the governor, and
one of his official family; that this is
demonstrated by the fact that there Is
today being wrongfully suppressed
report made by the examiner of an
other department of the governors Of
fetal family lreferring to the board
Of controae.
w. B. Douglas.
The special commission, consisting
of Carl Wallace, ]. H. Dorsey and w.
II. Putnam, which visited Madison,
Wis, to investigate the operation OF
the Wisconsin public utilities law, re-
ported in it's favor and introduced
bill which is practically a copy of the
Wisconsin law.
Some 200 women gathered in the
senate chamber this afternoon and
for, over an hour fred "hot shot, at
the senate election committee in the
shane OF reasons why the Ole Sageng
bill for woman suffrage should pass.
"big" bill of the session passed the
house today-the w. A. Nolan bill to
make, the Office of public examiner
elective. The bill was hotly contest
ed by the democrats up to the very
last, but on the final roll call, eight of
the democrats broke from their party
and voted with the republicans, max
ing the vote 7S in favor of the meas
ure to only 27 against.
Representative Saugstad today ia
troduced resolution limiting the ses-
sion to March 81, and March 10 as
the last day for introducing bills.
John Lennon Of Hennepin gave notice
of debate. so that the resolution will
not be acted upon until tomorrow. 1t
is doubtful If it will pass, as the leg
islature now has nearly two hundred
more bills before it than it had the
same legislative session day two
years ago.
The session in the senate today was
uneventful except for surprising re-
port presented by Senator Swanson
of Fridley, as chairman Of the special
committee which had been named to
Investigate the efficiency of the tuber-
culine test for cattle and horses. The
report severely criticised the state
live stock sanitary board, which
board, according to the report, alb
solutely refused the committees re-
quest for the aid of veterinarian, or
to cooperate in any way In helping
the committee The committee play
ed a clever trick, however, which
seems to demonstrate that the tuber-
culine test for cattle is little to be
depended upon. Nineteen cows which
had passed the test were purchased
and sent to South st. Paul for slaugh-
ter with lot of other cattle. Fed
eral inspectors in post mortem exam
nations condemned the meat of all
nineteen, declaring the animals to
have been injected with tuberculosis
in spite of their having passed. the
tuberculine test. The committee also