Willmar tribune., 1909-03-17

ton be engrossed and signed BY the
president and secretary of the SEN
ate, and copies forwarded to the Hon.
Knute Nelson and the Hon. Moses E.
Clapp, United States senators 1T
Washington, D. c.
The resolution was seconded BY
Julius Collier Of Scott county, and
adopted without an opposing vote.
This means a contest over the con-
irmation of Judge Purdys appoint
ment by the United States senate.
E. S. Durment of st. Paul intro.
duced a re-draft of his employers liza
bility bill in the senate today. It now
permits contributory negligence to be
entered as defense. It also materi-
ally reduces the scale of damages al
lowed for various injuries, the death
allowance being $500. Elwell of Min
neapolis introduced a bill increasing
the rate of the general tax levy for
the university from .23 mills to one
half a mill, which will increase the
standing tax allowance 100000.
S. A. Nelson introduced a bill to
declare state Office vacant when the
holder thereof is incapacitated to dis
charge the duties of such Office for a
period of six months by reason of
sickness or other cause. 1t is under
stood this is especially aimed at L. A.
Rosing, whose long illness has kept
him away from the state board Of
control most of the past year.
Senator Gum offered bill to per.
NIT towns and townships to levy a
three mill tax for libraries, museums,
art galleries and reading rooms. Geo.
P. Wilson introduced a bill to deny
legal recognition in future to common
law marriages. S. A. Nelson had a
bill to require a political candidate
| in filing his statement of expenses to
also include statement of all money
and aid received, the amount and the
contributors.
The bill for abolishment of capital
punishment in Minnesota was killed
in the house today by the close vote
| of 35 for indefinite postponement to
81 in favor of the measure.
The principal address for the bill
was made by Representative MacKen-
zie, former prosecuting attorney Of
Sibley county.
T. ]. Greene introduced an "old
timer" today, to appropriate $4,000
for w. H. Temple, to pay for certain
state bonds which Temple holds.
These were issued by the state in
1859, and only redeemed in part. The
payment asked has been rejected by
several legislatures.
St. Paul, Minn., March 10.-The st.
Paul petition against the proposed Ar.
mour packing plant in the Midway
district, within the limits of Mime
apolis, was presented to Speaker A. ].
Rockne at noon today. Mayor D. w.
Lawler and Representative Cal Stone
of st. Paul, made the formal presen-
tation to the speaker on the steps in
front of the capitol. The petition,
rolled on large reel, was then car
ried up to the house chamber, on the
second floor, by the detail of police.
The house this morning, on motion
of Representative Bjorge, author of
the iron tonnage tax bill, agreed to
make that measure special order to
be considered next Wednesday at 1870
p. m.
The senate occupied the entire
morning fighting over the new normal
school bills. BY vote of 35 to s25,
the Daniel Gum bill, for new nor.
NAL at Cass Lake, was advanced from
'the table," where it has rested for
several days, to the calendar The
vote was the test between the friends
Of Cass Lake and those who stood
for bill to permit the normal board
to select a location in northwestern
Minnesota.
The senate busted itself with con.
sideration of bills in committee of the
| whole this afternoon, while the house
worked with it's calendar.
The bills passed by the house, in
cluded the following st. Louis county
| delegation bills: to create a county
public examiner; to create county
court house and city hall commission;
to authorize the county commissioners
to publish the time when real and
personal property taxes become de.
linquent; to increase the clerk hire
allowance of the county auditor to
$4,000 year, and that of the coun.
ty treasurer to $4,000. Other bills
passed included one to authorize the
purchase of federal reserve in Carl.
ton county for university work in for.
estry; to permit local school boards
to employ truant officers; and to
require record of all logs measured
and fees received by surveyors gen.
eral of the state.
On motion of Ole Sageng of Otter
Tail county, the senate this afternoon
killed the Rowe bill providing special
vengeance to descend on the heads
! of chicken thieves.
A number of new senate. bills ap-
peared. These included the following:
by Putnam and Dale, to permit coun-
ty commissioners to establish agri.
cultural experiment stations and
schools on county poor farms; by Sa.
geng, to establish a wheat-testing lab
oratory under the state railroad and
warehouse commission; by S. A. Mel
son, requiring a record to be kept OF
all saes of firearms; by Campbell,
requiring railroads to clean and fumi.
gate livestock cars at the end of every
trip.