Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-04-28


sion which, with the standing appro-
priations of over $4,000. 900 total $13.-
100000.
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 poultry school
at the state agricultural college; and
L. Virtue Of Blooming Prairie, an
amendment adding $4,000 for heat
ing and ventilating plant 1T the Owa-
tonna state public school. 8. f. AL
derman of Brainerd, in the senate,
tackled on an amendment adding 81, 900
for pike hatchery building at the
Deerwood state fish hatchery. The
house bill was passed with practically
no objection, and hustled over to the
senate, where it was amended by add
ing the Alderman amendment. It 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. It 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.
The senate late today passed two
other important bills. One was the So
called "pork-barrel' bill which appro.
pirates 100000 for distribution to the
various counties for road and bridge
betterments. There was not word Of
objection to the bill. The second meas
ure Of importance, was the L. H. John.
son house bill, appropriating $4,000
as state aid for the first four coun-
ties which vote to establish county az
ricultural schools-each to receive
$500 from the state. There were sew
eral unsuccessful efforts to amend the
bill, but it was steared clear of the
rocks by A. D. Stephens of Crookston,
and passed by vote of Sc to is.
The Bjorge tonnage tax bill was not
the only measure which today received
veto. The Wright pension bill. for
Indian war citizen soldiers of 1862.
was also vetoed in q communication
sent to the senate late this afternoon.
The governor objects to opening the
state treasury without limit, for pen
sion purposes.
The senate killed all hopes of a re-
apportionment, by indefinitely postpon-
ing the L. H. Johnson house bill.
Senator A. D. Stephens today intro
duced his predicted reapportionment
bill which has no chance of passage
at this stage Of the game. 1t creates
a senate of Is members, house of Sc;
all to be elected by popular vote and
to receive $4,000 each a year, serving
in continuous session except July and
August each year. The senate mem.
bers would be elected for twelve years,
the house for six. The bill was re-
ferred to the reapportionment commit
tee.
The governor made glad the hearts
of sportsmen by attaching his sigma
ture to the bill to permit Of Sunday
baseball measure which many
thought might be vetoed.
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 its final energy on hot fight
over the so-called club hall, a house
measure to permit private social
clubs to dispense liquors without a
license. =
J. M. Hackney, of Hamline "a re-
publican senator from a largely pro-
hibition district), led the fight against
the bill, making a stirring speech in
which he declared the bill as op-
posed to a square deal, one that
would stir the country against the
legislature, and measure that would
permit of blind-pigging and evasion
of the liquor laws in all towns where
the mayors stood for wide.open
policy. J. 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, % nays
to but 26 ayes.
In the house, Messrs. Nolan and
Zelch started a fillibuster as soon as
the bill for examination of the state
fair by the public examiner was
reached. They made various mo-
tiOnS to kill time and nr0nosed aov.