The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-02
BILLS THAT FAILED.


+ County Option. 4
+ Woman Suffrage. 4
+ Tonnage Tax. Z
+ County Assessor. I.
II Restoration of Capital Pun I.
! ishment. r
+ Court of Recall for Judges. +
+ Fixing Working Hours for /
+ Women and Children. +
+ Semi-monthIy Payday Bill. 4.
+ Reorganization of State De- +
+ partments. ,m +
+ "FuIl Crew" for Railroad +
E Trains. 4
+ Public Utilities. +
!, 4 4. + 4. = J. i i. /. + i. 4. + + =
/ ST. Paul. April 24.-That skilled
crew Of paper wad shooters which
the state constitution designates. as
the Minnesota house of representa-.
tives, passed it's last bill of this ses-
sion Of the legislature some little
time after midnight this morning
amid fitting scenes of disorder.
At about the same hours, the very
sedate and gentlemanly senate, not
one of whom has demonstrated this
session that he could clip a fellow
members ear with pea blower or
even nip colleague over the eye
with wadded newspaper, quietly
answered to the last roll call on
passage of a bill and as quietly dis.
persed.
Today, both these houses gathered
to pass few resolutions, appropri-
ate a little money and lick each
others wounds in token Of repair
of broken friendships. and pledges
of eternal devotion to one another.
With that, this session Of the legis,
ilature is history.
House Members Frisky.
The house, as expected, had IA
beauteous time last night Bills
which meant nothing jim particular
were allowed to pass, but q mostly
the members ,oceupiedls themselves
with kittenish capers learned i'm the
nations public ischoolsj
i The superlative ofisnpaper wad
craftsmanship practiced from time
to time during thet session, was dem
! onstrated to the huge delight of an
immensely pleased gallery When the
members grew tired Of rolling the
wads, they wadded up newspapers
to-, toss ait friends and enemies, or
obtained more formidable weapons
! in the shape of books. Those of a
nature not SO blood-thirsty, amused
themselves by tearing papers into
! some thousands of pieces and tossed
the same up into the air, giving the
gay appearance of. confetti-throwing
Like a Circus Parade.
| To add to the poys of the houses
manner of celebrating the last night
for passage of bills, stenographers,
/ some fair, and some, "a lap or two
! outside of the beauty class, pages,
sergeants-at-arms, and other employees,
formed a miniature parade with a
mandolin, banjo and mouth.organ, to
say nothing of fife in the vanguard,
and proceeded to march around and
around the house chamber All in
all, minus the wet goods, the house
scene, much resembled New Years
eve in a fashionable restaurant.
For its part, the senate would have
none of this gay festivity. It was on
the job, grinding out bills every
minute of the time and the house
would have adjourned half an hour
earlier had not the senate sent a
couple of persuasive persons to the
front with words of pleading that
the house stay in session long enough
to concur in some few bills passed
by the senators
Some Did Not Join.
Let it not be understood that every
member of the house was armed
with a pea blower, tin horn and
piece of chewing gum. There were
few persons present who insisted
upon being serious, but they were
distinctly in the minority.
Especially as the hour. grew apaoe
did those of more frivolous mien re-
fuse to take their neighbors seri-
ously and the few who were intent
on work generally found their heads
the center-piece of substitute con-
fetti showers and their ears the
marks for paper wad shooters.
Probably, the legislature never has
seen such aist day for passage of
bills The fact of the matter was that
the boards had been wiped clean of |
every very important bill before
either body met yesterday morning.
The congressional reapportionment /
bill was finally. passed. 1t creates a |
tenth district. The second includes
the present second district and Red.
wood and Lincoln counties added
Pass Bill Protecting Women.
The bill regulating the working
hours of women and children in
factories. which was thought killed
in the senate last week, was picked |
up last night and passed 1t had
been amended in the senate and it !