The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-30
the passage of the bill,

the passage of the bill.
Minnesota is already achieving marked
success in its methods of taxing min
eral properties without any change.
The assessments of the mines have
been increased from $6,000,0 900 in 1898,
to $1S0,000,000 for 1908 If the north
ern part of the state were fairly rep
resented in the legislature according
to its population, the Bjorge bill could
never have passed The tax proposed
would be a punishment to the indie
pendent mine owners and the steel
trust would be the one to benefit. There
was no attempt to pass the bill over
the veto.
Both senate and house spent large
part of today in considering the omni-
bus appropriation bill, which carries
the general appropriations of the ses-
sion which, with the standing appro-
priations of over 100000 total $751;
600. 0O0
Two amendments were attached to
the bill in the house, and one in the
senate; none of them important. AL
bert Pfaender of New Ulm, in the
house, succeeded in adding an appro-
priation of $4,000 for a poultry school
at the state agricultural college; and
L.. Virtue of Blooming Prairie, an
amendment adding $4,000 for heat
ing and ventilating plant at the Owa-
tonna state public school. S. F. Al
derman of Brainerd, in the senate,
tackled on an amendment adding $4,000
for pike hatchery building at the
Deerwood state fish hatchery. The
house bill was cassed with practically
ne Ssiection, and hustled over TO the
senate, where it was amended by add
ing the Alderman amenGTaent. 1t then.
went back to the house. The house
declined to concur, and conference
committee was ordered appointed. To-
morrow morning will see the matter
adjusted and the bill re-passed.
The state tax levy bill was intro
duced in the house this afternoon by
the appropriations committee, and
passed without objection. 1t fixes the
state tax levy at one and two tenths
mills-five tenths mills lower than it
was two years ago, which fact the leg
islators sincerely hope will "help
some" The bill went to the senate,
but was not acted upon before adjourn
ment of that body for the day.
st. Paul, April 21.-The legislative
session of 1909 drew to a close early
this morning, the house adjourning
to avoid vote on the bill to have
the state fair annually examined by
the public examiner, the senate ex-
pending it's final energy on hot fight
over the so-called club hall, house
measure to permit private social
clubs to dispense liquors without a
license.
]. M. Hackney, Of Hamline Ca re-
publican senator from largely pro-
hibition DISTRICT, led the fight against
the bill, making a stirring speech in
which he declared the bill as OPP
posed to square deal, one that
would stir the country against the
legislature, and a measure that would
permit of blind-pigging and evasion
of the liquor laws in all towns where
the mayors stood for a wide-open
policy. ]. F. Calhoun defended the
measure Hackney offered several
amendments, as did Elwell and Pet
erson. But they were all voted
down. Then Ole Sageng, of Otter
Tail, arose to point of order; that
the hour was 12:40, being the morn
ing of the last days of the session
and that under the constitution the
legislature has no right to pass bills
the right day, and demanded rul-
ing on the point from the chair. and
an explanation Of whether "some law
less man can turn back the senate
clock'-for the time piece had been
showed back to 10:45. The chair said
to rule on the question might imperil
all pending measures which should
be considered On roll call for final
passage of the bill, it failed, 80 nays
to but 26 ayes.
In the house, Messrs. Nolan and
Zelch started fillibuster as soon as
the bill for examination of the state
fair by the public examiner was
reached. They made various mo-
lions to kill time, and proposed sew.
eral amendments. The final result
was the carrying of motion to adj
journ.
One veto came from the governor
tonight; the senate Judiciary bill,
substitute for the Pugh bill to re-
lieve the lie Sueur and Rat Portage
Lumber companies from certain judy
ments secured against them on tim
Der for which they had fully paid
the state, but failed to remove from
state land on contract time. The
substitute bill established COM
promise commission consisting of the
attorney general and two justices OF
the supreme court to be named by
the governor, to consider all requests
for such settlements. The veto de-
clared it dangerous principle to
permit state judgments to be com,
promised in such manner.
Important bills passed by the SEN
ate before adjournment included the
following: by Duea, providing the
county shall get 10 per cent of liquor
license moneys; by Rosenwald, to tax
freight lines 6 per cent of earnings;
by drainage committee, to authorize
Typographical survey of the water
sheds of the state tn establish state
drainage system; by Stuart, to re-