Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-21
MINNESOTA SOL0NS

MINNESOTA SULUNS
SENATE PASSES HOUSE INvES.
TIGATlNG COMMITTEE BILL.
House Passes the "Pork Barrel Bill
Giving $500. 900 to Counties for
Roads and Bridges.
st. Paul, MIMI, April 1.-THE
Bjorge house bill for tonnage tax on
iron was reported in to the senate
today and was then re-committed to
the tax committee for the scheduled
hearing on the measure Tuesday
evening.
The bill legalizing Sunday baseball,
in which Representatives Gartside,
Grant and Wolhuter join as sponsors,
was recommended for passage on mo-
ton of George H. French of Winona.
F. H. Peterson of Moorhead, in
troduced new phase of the pack
ing house plant fight in the senate to-
day, by resolution calling upon the
! encouragement to Investigate as to
whether the packing plant proposed
for the midway district will be men,
ace to the state university; and If
he finds it is, to bring Injunction pro-
| ceedings to prevent it's elimination or
continuance. The resolution re-
ceived notice of debate by A. L. Han
son, and hence went over for the day.
Ole Sageng of Otter Tail made an
| endeavor to resuscitate his bill to
! give local option to towns of the
fourth class throughout the state. He
reminded the senate that the bill has
been sleeping for nearly three months
! in the hands of the senate commit
tee on temperance; and it was time
the measure awoke. w. w. Dunn of
St. Paul, told the senate that this
| same bill (the Ware measure) was a
few days ago killed in the house, and
that it would be but waste of time
for the senate to consider it. He
also called attention to the fact that
the chairman of the temperance COM
mittee was absent and suggested the
| matter therefore be laid over. The
suggestion was accordingly adopted
senatorial courtesy"
The A. X. Ware bill to prohibit
brewing companies from owning re-
tail saloons or controlling them, was
killed in the house today on report
of the judiciary committee which held
the measure to be unconstitutional.
Two bills were recalled from the
governor for amendment. One is the
firemen's pension bill, applying to all
cities outside of the first class, which
have fire departments. The governor
stated he would veto the bill in it's
present form making a special pen
sion tax mandatory; but will sign
the bill if it is amended to make the
tax optional with each town. The
recall is for the purpose of making
this change.
On motion of F.. B. Wright, the
house recalled from the governor the
bill to legalize sale of coal by a
Litchfield school director to the To-
cal schools. The bill was too gen.
eral in it's terms to suit the governor,
and is to be amended Gf possible) so
that it will apply only to the Litch-
field case.
The Carlson bill for the regulation
of the sale of mining stocks was
killed in the house today.
The house passed the public health
committee bill, giving the state board
of health the power to establish rules
and regulations for the proper SAM
tation and safety of hotels and lOdg-
ing hOuses-a bill which takes the
place of the L. H. Johnson measure
which met death some time ago be-
cause of it's drastic provisions.
Senator w. A. Hinton of Martin
| county also introduced a bill with re-
quest of the Governor to permit the
state board of health to establish
rules for sanitation and public safe
ty in hotels and lodging houses The
public health.
The House this afternoon indefinite-
ly postponed fun-maker, in the
shape of the bill prohibiting "any fe-
male person to wear red, white and
blue tights, or other unseemly ap-
parel displaying the national colors at
any public performance" There was
no ado over the measures demise.
st. Paul, April 13.-The house to-
day re-passed the anti-cigarette bill
which the senate passed several days
ago. The bill had been amended by
the senate so as to take effect Aug.
instead of on enactment.
The house suspended it's rules and
passed the bill to permit of special
election at Saltwater for election of a
new mayor, to succeed ]. G. Armson,
who resigns to become member Of
the state tax commission. This same
bill has already passed the senate.
Burdette Thayer of Spring Valley
succeeded in getting his anti-discrim-
ination bill passed by the house, G.
ayes, "A nays. This is the bill which
the house while ago killed, then re-
considered.
The house adopted the recommends
ton of it's judiciary committee recon-
mending for passage the Sullivan sem
ate bill permitting an increase from
five to eight in the Justices of the