Willmar tribune., 1909-04-07
MINNESOTA SOLONS
SENATE TO VISIT THE IRON
RANGE COUNTRY.
House Psoses Trading Stamp BilI-A
Lengthy Argument on the Iron
Ore Tonnage Tax Bill.

St. Paul. March 29.-Bills for Sun.
day closing of theater, for new en-
ployers' liability schemes, for making
the railroad commissioners appoint
i've, for a midnight lid for large city
saloons, for constitutional reservation
OF state mineral properties, to permit
members of the present senate to en-
ter the next gubernatorial race-these
are a few Of the titles in brief Of the
batch OF bills which occupied the en-.
tire time of the senate this morning
for their introduction. This is the
last day, under the constitutional limi.
tatfon, for the introduction of new
bills without special consent of the
governor, and the senators made the
most Of it.
L. O. Thorpe of Willmar was the
man to introduce the measure to let
down the bars and permit the sena-
tors to gambol in the gubernatorial
field. The bill is innocent in it's verb.
age, simply providing that the salary
OF the governor beginning with the
next administrator shall be $4,000.
This reduced the salary from $1,000,
and fixes it as it was previous to two
years ago, when the increase was
granted.
The public accounts committee in
troduced bill which prohibits any
part of the salary of state official
or employe from being paid out of a
department contingent fund.
Frank T. White of Elk River had a
measure to permit women to hold DO.
sitions as deputies in any state office.
M. J. Sullivan and E. F. Sahler joined
in introducing new bill for a new
state board which provides for ap.
pointment of board CT three men by
the governor to have supervision OF
all machinery for the manufacture
and keeping of carbonic acid gas
products. K. E. Conley would cut
down the expenses of the house by
fixing 1925 as the maximum salary
that may be paid any employe of the
house for a 80 day session.
William Dover has a reapportion-
ment measure for the 51st legislative
district, giving one representative
each for Wadena, Hubbard, and Todd
counties. Two general reapportion-
ment bills for the entire state put in
an appearance. The predicted bill by
L. H. Johnson Of Minneapolis in
creases the senate from 63 to G5 men,
bers, and the house from 119 to 127
members. Herman Nelson and S. B..
Duea have a bill to reapportion the
state so that senate and house retain
the same number of members as at
present.
The house passed several bills to-
day. These included the following:
BY Anderson, providing for the manu-
facture of farm machinery at the state
prison; by Opsahl, authorizing the
state forestry board to make con.
tracts providing for the payment of
certain taxes on additional lands for
Itasca state park
F. H. Peterson had bill to prohibit
the granting of liquor license to wom-
en-, and another by the same author
holds that the holder of a license and
his sureties shall be jointly liable for
damages resulting from any indivi-
dual becoming intoxicated. A. D.
Stephens tried to slip in new normal
school for CrOOkstOn, with a bill that
provides that the normal board may
lease quarters at Crookston, not ex-
ceeding $25 per month per room, for
normal school to accommodate not
to exceed SO students. The senate
committee on taxes introduced a bill
for county assessor system through.
out the state.
In committee of the whole this af-
ternoon, the senate after considerable
discussion, recommended for passage
the J. NJ. Hackney bill to establish q
correspondence school and corps of
field instructors in agriculture, with
headquarters at the state agricultural
college. The appropriation, on motion
of Ole Sageng, was cut from $4,000
ia. $4,000.
A bill for regulation of officers of
the state fair was introduced by
Messrs. Johnson, J. T., Killing, Chris.
tensen, Rineland, and Phillips. 1t
fixes the salary of the state fair presi.
dent at 81 900; vice presidents at $500,
treasurer at 5000, and secretary at
$500, and members of the board Of
managers at $500 year. D. Robert
son offered bill requiring 80 weeks
of training in the theory of teaching
as an essential for teachers certifi-
Gates. F. T. White desires that in
1914 candidates for the senate in even
numbered districts be elected for four
years, and in odd numbered districts
Tor six years, and thereafter for four
year terms, thus having half the sen.
ate hold over at each election. The
same author has a bill making reap.
portionment compulsory after each
federal session and optional with the
legislature after each state census.
St. Paul, Mimi, March 3O.-Gov. ].
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