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


tonight; the senate judiciary bill, a
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 a 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 a 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 per cent of earnings:
by drainage committee, to authorize
Typographical survey of the water
sheds Of the state to establish state
drainage system; by Stuart, to re-
| duce the mortgage registry tax to
10 cents per 500 of face value; by
Rodenberg, providing uniform system
Of accounting and reports for COM
panies paying gross earnings taxes;
by Mackenzie. to grant pensions Of
$12 a month to citizen soldiers Of
the 1862 Indian uprising (similar to
Wright bill which was vetoed yester-
day.; by Illuminating oils committee,
providing for gravity test Of oils, in.
spection Of gasoline, and permitting
$4,000 to be used in salaries of in
spectors; by Lobeck, the so-called
anti-white slave bills to prohibit
bringing immoral women in the state
or holding them for unpaid debts;
house substitute for Elwell senate
bill, to appropriate $4,000 for each
of the coming two years for univer-
sity campus extension. These were
all house bills and but await action
by the governor to become laws.
In the house, important bills pass
ed tonight include: by Hackney, to
appropriate $4,000 for establishment
of correspondence school of inspec-
ton at the state agricultural college
and to send out instructors to the
farmers; by Pugh, to permit the
town of Duluth to vote on refunding
$4,000 of pioneer day bonds illegally
given as bonus to certain. parties;
judiciary committee, to permit the
secretary of state to secure bids for
publishing supreme court reports; by
Putnam and Dale, to permit towns to
vote on whether they shall demand
road taxes to be paid in cash; by v.
L. johnson, prohibiting the use of
false statements to obtain credit.
H. H. Witherstine opposed the pas
sage of a bill on the calendar to
place teachers certificates of the uni
versity and agricultural school prac.
tically on par with normal certifi-
Gates, but the bill passed just the
same, 80 to 16.
The Clague bill, to prevent fraud
by the publication of false financial
statements, was killed in the senate,
Moonan denouncing it because any
party made defendant could be taken
to any place where the circular in
question happened to be. Peterson
declared the measure one for the
benefit of collection agencies.
In the house, much of the after
noon was devoted to university mat
tiers. On motion of c. A. Congdon,
the Allen bill giving the university
$3.50 for each of two more years
for campus extensions measure In
definitely postponed-was reconsider
ed by a vote of 60 to So, then re.
passed the bill by vote Of g. to 81.
Allen, in appreciation of the nice
piece of pie handed the university,
then moved indefinite postponement
of his bill for a five-tenths of a mill
special levy for the university, which
motion prevailed, and caused Bob"
Wells to arise and remark, "Mr. Al
len, in the name of the people Of
Minnesota, thank you"
Other bills passed by the house
this afternoon include the follow
ing: by Hall (senate bilD providing
for the return transportation Of
shippers Of livestock; by Thorpe
(senate bill) to prohibit future use
by railroads Of the so-called bob
tall cabooses;a by White (senate
bilD. to permit suspension of SEN
tence and placing Of criminals on pro.
| baton by district judges: by dairy
committee (senate bill to prohibit
sale of pure bred cattle unless &C.
companied by health certificates; by
Moonan (senate bill, making rail-
roads responsible for fires set by To-
connective sparks; by labor commit.
tee (senate bilD to establish wo.
mems department in the state labor
bureau: by Pugh (senate bilD, ad.
justing the rank of naval reserve
Offices and providing for service pay
by Thorpe (senate billy, fixing the
salary Of the public examiner at
| $4,100.
Both house and senate repassed
the general appropriation bill, its
amendments, several of a minor ma,
ture, being agreed to. The senate
also naSsod tho a&ofo &ox lou,z liM