Willmar tribune., 1909-03-24
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SENATE KILLS RESOLUTION TO
ABOLISH RuLEsssusPENsIoN.
Another Nail Driven in the PROPOSE
ton to Hold Down the Eleven
O'clock Lid.

tnaL from now on the rules shall not
be suspended for the passage of any
bill.
Senator J. F. Calhoun of Minneap.
oils today revived the legislative sal
ary bill which the senate on Saturday
indefinitely postponed. His motion
for reconsideration prevailed. This
Is the bill which aims to permit the
lawmakers to draw their. salary of
$1,000 each the Legislative session
year, instead of $500 each year. The
senate today also passed the house
bill appropriating $4,000 additional
for legislative expenses.
The senate decided to consider the
eastman distance tariff bill as a spe.
cial order next Friday.
r. j. Wellsy who made the motion
for indefinite postponement the other
day, was the member to move for re-
consideration. He stated he was &C.
tuated in SO doing by numerous let
ters and petitions from leading men
of Duluth, Minneapolis and st. Paul.
He presented petitions and several
hundred letters from wholesalers,
merchants, business men and city Of
ficfals. A petition from Duluth bore
the names of so leading business men
and citizens, including Mayor R. D.
Haven, Comptroller w. C. McCor-
mick, Sheriff w. J. Bates and Fest
master Guy A. Eaton, all favoring the
"12 o'clock lid"
The bill was discussed at length.
and was voted down, even Wells, WIN
made the motion for reconsideration
because of his petitioners, voting
against them and for his own con
victions.
A. K. Ware of Mortified today in
trcduced two bills on referendum
basis. One proposed submission to
the voters of the question as to
whether the primary system should
not be abolished, and the second, sub
mission of whether the primary sys.
tenn should be extended to nomina.
tion of state officers.
This afternoon the legislature took
special Northern Pacific train and
visited the proposed site for the new
Armour packing plant at New Brigh.
ton. A delegation from the Minneap.
oils Commercial Club was on hand to
tell the lawmakers they should kill
the Rowe bill which aims to prohibit
the plant, and delegation from the
St. Paul Commercial Club was busy
explaining that the plant would be-
the ruination of st. Paul's midway
residence district.
Other bills recommended for
passage by the senate committee of
the whole today included the Wilson
bill, to allow city officers to expend
$500 for appropriate observance of
Memorial Day; the bill by the labor
committee, requiring public service
corporations to pay their employees
at least twice month; the health
committee bill authorizing the state
board of health to establish sanitary
regulations for all wage earners in
their places. Of employment, and the
Durment bill for $250,000 for exten-
sion of the capitol grounds.
st. Paul, N1inn.. March 16.-After
an oral fight lasting all morning, the
house today re-referred the Nolan
bill to the judiciary committee. This
is the bill which is strongly favored
by the country delegations, and aims
to place all street railway systemsy
city and rural, under control of the
state railroad commission, as are
steam railroads. The motion for this
reference was made by Representa-
tive Burnquist of st. Paul. This mem
ber' charged, that under supreme court
decisions, the railroad commission
would not have power to control and
regulate the electric lines of the
cities, even if the legislature enacted
the Nolan bill having this in view.
The entire morning was then occu.
pied in thrashing the question out.
Messrs. Nolan, Thayer, and Lennon
spoke at length in favor Of the pend
ing bill. Messrs. Kneeland, Camp
bell, L. H. Johnson, and others fa-
vored the proposed committee refer
ence. On final vote, the bill was re-
ferred to the judiciary committee, u.
in favor, to 36 opposed, to report by
Saturday.
The subcommittee of the house
committee on taxes, this morning filed
its report with the house relative to
its investigation of the plans for the
proposed steel plant which the United
States Steel corporation contemplates
for Duluth. The report asserts that
the steel plant at Duluth will ulti-
mately represent an investment of
$25,000,000, and employ 10000 hands.
and that already the preliminary