Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-30
M]inneSOt legislature.
Proceedings Vt the Minnesota State Capitol Tor tie
Past Week.

esota State Capitol for the
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dtxen. O'Neill. Hopkins, Tiegen and
H Schwartz a committee to investigate
the ls state grain inspection board and
the methods OF Twin City buyers Of
grain and live stock. ia q, Il a55B5
Ssh The state board OF health came Id
Tor scoring when Senator Marden'a
bill to restrict the use Of common
! drinking cups came up for considera,
ton in the senate. The bill gave the
board OF health discretion to say IL
what public places common drinking
cups should not be used. II would
like to ask the gentleman, said Sen.
ator Putnam, IL he has had any ex.
perience with our present state board
OF health. ! think If he had his con
fidence in the board might not be 50
implicit If there is any institution
in the state that needs watching said
Senator Works, who opposed the bill,
1T is the state board OF health. ( The
bill was advanced to the calendar by
q divided vote.
st. Paul, jan 24.-The house YES
terday considered for the first time
this session bills in a committee OF
the whole house. While some pro.
gress was made the measures ad
vanced were of minor Importance
The bills which really matter are
still in committee and it is improbable
than any important measure will be
reported out before the latter part of
next week. .t3
The house decided by unanimous
vote to co-operak with the senate in
evolving plan for the reorganization
of the state departments. The pres.
ent committee directed to investigate
the departments with view to such
reorganization will be recalled and
joint committee of both house and
senate selected.
Although the seven-senator amend.
ment was defeated at the general cleo.
county has sought to revive it by limit.
ing the representation of the more
populous counties to that number
This is provided also in a reapportion.
ment bill in course Of preparation by
DR.. Stone of Park Rapids. According
to the provisions of this bill this
limit would be reached by Hennepin
county alone, while Ramsey and ST..
Louis counties would have five sen.
ators each. The total senate member.
ship under the. provisions Of this bill
would be As.
State Architect Inquiry.
1t appears, according to the pre-
amble Of resolution offered by Sen
ator Works, that large sums have been
paid in recent years for the services
OF state architect. An investigation
will be made to see whether the
amount Of work done warranted the ex-
penditure. It is understood that the
state architect has general super
vision of all structures erected. wheth-
er at the state capital or elsewhere.
st. Paul, Jan. 23.-If the present
plans of the reapportionment commit
tee prevail, there will be SO senators
and 1872 representatives in the next
legislature. OF these the counties Of
Hennepin, Ramsey and st. Louis will
have l26 senators and So representa-
tives. = a
Lively Debate in House.
Yesterdays session of the senate
was without incident. In the house
there was lively debate over the
report of the elections committee
which recommended the indefinite
postponement of Mr.. Lundeen's bill
providing that hereafter senate and
house elect their own committees.
Mr.. Lundeen moved in amendment
that the bill be printed and advanced
to general orders. He protested
against the Progressives of the house
! 'strangling the infant and darling Of
their own BRAIN" To defeat his meas
ure would be ~ reject the corner
stone of the very building the friends
of reform were trying to erect. He
pleaded for an opportunity for full de-
bate. .5
Mr.. Nolan said the bill was "abso-
lutely without merit The movement
for committee on committees which
he favored two years ago is, Mr.. No
Ian said, "a progressive measure in
the hands OF progressives and reac-
tionary measure in the hands Of re-
dictionaries" and in that respect, is =
mighty dangerous proposition.
A dispute having arisen between