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DOuGIiRS BILL DIES 110 l Si: DOESN'T THINK TIME OP PORTIXE TO FIX RAIL ROAD TARIFFS. WAS THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED. VOTE SHOWS THAT SIXTY'-SEVKK MEMBERS WERE AGAINST THE MEASURE. MOORHEAD MAN'S VALIAXT FIOHT Couldn't Convince the Member* That What He Propo*ed Wa« for the People's Interest. The Douglas "distance tariff" bill Vent down to death yesterday in the house with Representative Fred Sny der as master of obsequies, and all hands on deck but five, either absent or excused. The vote was 42 for and 67 against, and by the motion of Judge Littleton to re-consider and lay upon the table, all hope of further action, •was put beyond the possibility of doubt. It is the opinion that the bill which ■was taken up by the house yesterday after a checkered career through the Various committees, as a special order was given a fair consideration with all its friends present, and the house by its action went on record, as either not believing that the legislature can arbitrarily fix rates, or that time has not yet come when the state should fti • k to secure control of the railroad tot porations. The additional question as to whether or not lower rates in Minnesota should obtain, was also in volved one way or the other. The bill •when introduced, was after a small fight referred to the committee on grain and warehouse. It disrupted that com mittee, developed two reports and aft er a little stronger fight was referred to the committee on railroads, where, notwithstanding any feeling its mem bers may have had arising out of the /list reference, the bill was given sev eral protracted hearings, the represen tatives of the roads appeared and pre sented their opposition and the reasons therefore, the employes of the roads submitted a large number of petitions against its passage, and then the rail road committee followed the example of ;the first committee and sent out both 'majority and minority reports. It was an important matter, and the house in stead of adopting the majority report •for indefinite postponement, put the bill Upon general orders where it has rest ed peacefully until yesterday. The de bate lasted until evening. At 6:30 the speeches were all through and a call of the house was had. After half an hrur, several missing members were i rounded to. and it was found that '(Messrs. Hicks, Dallimore, Reiner, fEriggs and Finney, were the only ones absent and unaccounted for. The vote was taken and resulted as *iven above. The roll showed the mem bers voting as follows: Yeas — Jk-lden, Froslee, Mahood, Bergley, Gllbertson, Marin, Iti^elow, Goar. Mattson, Uoutwell, Goas. McGrath, Brusletten, Grondahl, McNeil, Dahl. Hall, Pederson, "Donnelly, Hayter, Poetz, Douglas, Helmerdinger, Samoson, i yy*T, Henderson, Staples, Elgeabrodt, Jacobson, Stoekweil, Emerson, Keiley, Stone. Welt, Larson, Vigen, Fosnes, . Laybourn, Yon Lehe, -*oss, Lee, Wood -_, Nays— Abbott. Johnson, S'-ott, Anderson, Kendall. Scribner, ■ Barta. Kraker, Schmidt, Ita.-tord, Laing, Schroeder, Coe, Leach, Sederberg, Cray. Lellm_n, Severance, Cunningham, Littleton, Shell, Dale, Lovejoy, Simonsoa, D«re, Lloyd, Sloan, Davies. Manchester, Smith, Drommcrbau- Mansfield, Snodgrass, sen. .Martin, Snyder, THinn. Meyers, Soule Ferris, Milligan, St. John, Koell, M unger. Torsos, Gunn. McDonald, Truwe. Hartshorn, McElhaney, Underleak Head, McGill, Vail, Hill. McLean, West, Hoi!; Nyquist, Wilkinson, Holmen, Olds, Yates Janus..!). Parker. Mr. Speaker- Johns, Reeves. ti7. When the matter was called up in Che ni.-rning Mr. Grondahl offered an ' amendment to the schedule proposed It .hieing the rate to be made. The! ! scale of rates in the bill reduced pres enl rates on grain from 17 to 29 per cent. The Grondahl amendment re duced present rates from 7 to 11 per c< nt. and was substituted. The discussion on the merits of the bill was opened by its author. Mr. Douglas contended that it would be good public policy to enact a law along the line proposed. He alluded to the contentions of railroad officials that the rates are already lower in this state than elsewhere, and that the tendency would be to cripple the reads and reduce wages of employes. These contentions were not true, and he proposed to show it. Mr. Douglas compared rates of roads in this state With those of other states, claiming that there was a discrimination that, In effect, was runinous to the agricul tural interests of this state. He dis cussed at great length the rates on serials and coal, charged in different parts of the state, and that all the rates within the state were exorbitant. Mr. Douglas, In the course of his argument, said: "A reduction of rates will make more wheels move and more grain will be grown. Allow roads to establish arbi trary rates and agricultural interests Will be paralyzed, because grain can mot be grown and shipped to market St remunerative prices. Under present rates the railroads are very prosperous. The net eanings last year— not the Cross earnings— on all the railroads in •this state amounted to over $18,0041.000, or about 11 per cent upon the invest ments. This question of freight rates is handled in the same unfair way by the companies as they discuss taxation. I ■want to enter my solemn protest against these concerted petitions, ITCHING SKIN DISEASES Spurdy Ctnas Tse_t__xt for torturing, dtsflg ertag, Itching, burning, and scaly skin and scalp diseases with loss of hair. — Warm baths with Ctj- TicrnHA. Soap, gentle applications of Cuticura (ointment), end fall doses of Cutiovra Rbsol vsst. greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures Is sold throGthCTii the world. Fottb* Db~o - Crem. Corp.. Sole Prope.. Botton. oar " How to Cut* IWhir.i Flue Disease*," free. RE9ROU6H N-S?£&S»_s* which say that freight rates should not be reduced because the railroads pay heavier taxes than do other classes of property. If railroad property were taxed at only one-half its value, and at the rate other property is taxed, the roads would pay annually a tax of over $2,300,000, or about double what they paid last year. The reports of the railroads for last year show that their expenses de creased about 2 per cent, while the re ceipts increased over $9,000,000." Mr. Dougles compared the rates on corn in lowa — its chief cerial product — with the rates on wheat in this state, showing that there was a higher rate on wheat in Minnesota than on corn in lowa. Representative Schmidt, of Duluth, was the first speaker at the opening of the afternoon session, and he opened the ball for the opposition. He felt honored, he said, at the remarks which had come to him in effect that he would be found lined up against the bill. A close investigation of the provisions of the proposed measure, had convinced him that the people should not pass the bill which would be a detriment to the commonwealth. The only argument to b3 discerned in Mr. Douglas" speech, he said, was that the rates on coal, wheat and other commodities, were too high, and were in fact higher than those in other states. To this argument Mr. Schmidt said he had only to point out that the figures submitted by the rep resentatives of railroads showing Min nesota rates to be as low as those of neighboring states, had not been disput ed iv any instance. The coal rates in Minnesota, he maintained, were lower for the most part than in any state in the country. Mr. Schmidt knows some thing of the coal carrying business at the head of the lakes, and quoted com parative rates in favor of Duluth and West Superior, and gave reasons for this state of affairs. Much had been said about the alleged coercion of 16.- j 000 railroad employes, who had signed protests against the passage of the | Douglas bill. Mr. Schmidt had known ; much of these men, and believed that the same spirit of independance, which characterized their work was respon sible for the attitude they occupied; viz., that the employing companies could not stand any material reduction in their revenue without reducing In turn the wages of their employes. Mr. Jacobson for the friends of the bill, arraigned Mr. Schmidt for his po sition that the figures of the railroad attorneys had not been disputed. They had been effectively contradicted, he thought, and their quotation by the Duluth man w.as but part of an incon sistent argument, which first told the house that if the bill was passed the roads would go into the hands of re ceivers, and then in more independent vein, that even if the bill became a law the roads could not be made to suffer the reduction. The statement of the Duluth man, that freight rates in this state had been materially reduced during the last decade. Mr. Jacobson denied in toto, and said the report of i the state railroad and warehouse com- j mission would substantiate the fact. Mr. Jacobson reviewed the rate situ- | ation much in the same way as it was gone over in the hearings on the sub ject, and in conclusion, pointed out that the people of the West and Northwest, had not the machinery to bring con certed action to bear for needed reduc tion in freight rates. Mr. Dahl, after castigating the mem ber from St. Louis, Mr. Schmidt, for his position on the bill from the start, gave it as his opinion that it was the fixed determination of the railroad commit tee to give the bill a definite burial. The statement of Mr. Jacobson that the bill would transfer from the railroads to the people of the state, the sum o£ $1,000 or $5,000, was enough for him for one reason, at all events, to favor the measure. In spite of any opinions to the contrary, he felt when the supreme court had split upon the question, he was entitled to think the state legislature had it in its province to fix reasonable railroad rates. Judge Littleton took up the cudgels in defense of the railroad companies, as against any attempt to unwarrantably reduce their tariffs. This question of railroad rates, the judge said, was a vexed problem, and had been since the establishment of the American conti nent. There entered into the matter, the quest inn of the cost of construc tion, running and equipment, the mat ter of crop conditions, not for one or two years, but for not less than four years. Actions looking to the fixing of rates for the future must be based on part and present conditions, and no legislator was in any sense qualified t » pass upon the matter of rates. Un satisfac tory attempts in the past, had resulted in the birth of first the rail way, and later the railroad and ware house commission. These bodies, to which had been delegated the power to Investigate and then order* rates fixed, could by virtue of this power, get to the bottom <>f such questions, and were thus in a position to stand between the rights of the people and the railroad companies. It was not possible, he said, to tix a "distance tariff" for all roads in the state, which would stand the; test of the courts. This was true for the reason that conditions differed so materially on the various roads. Judge Littleton said he belonged to no cor poration, but stood for the equal rights of all parties. Messrs. (Joss, of Winona, and Cray, of Hennepin, took opposite sides of the question, the former stating briefly that (he move on foot to adjust rates would even have the effect of raising rates in Southern Minnesota in spite of which, he favored the bill. The salaries of railroad employes, had, he said, been reduced many times, with no Douglas bill as a bugbear. Mr. Cray was op posed to the bill, he denied that the legislature had the right arbitrarily to fix rates, and pointed out that nobody would be helped, even if the bill were passed. Mr. Donnelly traced the history of ! the project to secure a reduction in ■ grain rates, from the old Orange move ment, when, after the start was made, ; the railroads packed the legislature and secured the repeal of the only law ever passed by the legislature to fix rates and a substitute for which the | Douglas measure was intended. The I state was now right back to that time I and in the same position as before that ! law was passed and repealed. Mr. ; Donnelly believed the railroad charges should shrink along with the value of the property of the state. Mr. Barta sent up for reading a ! portion of a story on the subject of the I cost of material, labor and transporta | tion now and twenty years ago, show : ing a big margin in favor of the cutting j down of transportation expenses. In] ] remunerative railroad rates, it was set forth, were a curse to those who most loudly clamored for the reduction. Mr. Douglas at this point took oc casion to answer, at some length, state ! ments made by other members on his speech. Mr. Reeves came out emphatically opposed to the bill; the plan proposed, he admitted, was a compromise be tween the long: and short haul and while the rate might be fair for the town on the long haul, it was still not excessive to the short haul town. It would, however, give by its provisions advantage to certain towns over others and by its discrimination would work a hardship in many cases. Except for the amendment made to the bill in the morning, Mr. Reeves stated, the bill would actually increase the rates in several towns which he named. He begged Mr. Douglas to correct this statement if it were inaccurate or un true and Mr. Reeves made an eloquent plea with the members for votes in 1 opposition to a measure which would not accomplish what its freinds wished, if it did pass and which even if it did was not a meritorius measure. This concluded the debate and two votes were taken as heretofore given. St. Marie Port. For the special use of invalids. $4 per gallon, $12 per case California Wine House. St. Marie Port. It makes blood and tones the system. The pearl of pure wince. $4 per gallon, $12 per case. Cali fornia Wine House. .THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL i, 1897. O_ER FIFTY TO PASS SENATE DOES A GREAT DAY'S WORK IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. SHEEHAN ANTI-TRUST BILL IS FIRST HI THE LIST, BUT MANY OTHERS ARE IMPOR TANT. CI -KIN'S ANTI-STL ttC-Mi IDEA. Flax Bounty BUI, Some Pure Food Laws and Others Are Pushed Forward. A tremendous spurt of energy char acterized yesterday's senate session with the result that over fifty bills were taken from general orders, all but one of them going to the calendar for passage. Among the more impor tant of these were the Sheehan anti trust bill, the Dunham bill abolishing the inebriate department at the Ro chester insane hospital, Senator Cul kin's bill making it a felony to en courage suicide, the Douglas bill giv ing women the right to vote for library as well as school boards, and the Dunn bill from the house, changing the num ber of votes required for the ratifica tion of a constitutional amendment. Senator Schaller, who presided in the j absence of Lieut. Gov. Gibbs and Presi- | dent Pro. Tern. Barr.showed a true Dis- j ', raelian diplomacy when the first read ' ing of the house peddlers' license bill I was had. He just referred it to the com mittee on towns and counties, which will no doubt report it favorably, and at once. The Sheehan anti-trust bill was rail roaded through the committee of the whole with a breezy insouciance. When general orders were reached, Senator Schaller called Senator Sheehan to the chair. The First ward senator thrust away the kingly crown, pleading that he had an important bill on the table. But like the maiden in the popular narrative, who "saying she would ne'er consent, consented," he finally, with apparent reluctance, climbed to the chair. Hardly had the senatorial toga i draped its graceful folds over the plush I armchair, when Senator Greer rose and | moved that S. F. 60, be recommended to pass. With a modesty that prevent ed any blushing from the senatorial extolling of his pet child, the Ramsey county man promptly cut off debate. On a viva voce vote, too, Senator Shee han declared that the noes had it. The Dahl bill, to make the time limit for assignees to notify creditors to rile | claims for ten to twenty days, caused I an extended discussion among the sen | atorial disciples of Blackstone. but | scarcely caused a ripple in the rest of j the chamber. The bill was finally I recommended for passage. There was also a short discussion ! over the tax committee's bill relating | to the return to auditors of delinquent j real estate taxes and penalties. It was i I indefinitely postponed. Senator litis opposed the Stockton j | bill to prohibit the use of tobacco by i ■ minors, but he was alone. The bill was i I favorably reported. At this point the committee rose. ! and the senate concurred in the house ! resolution to make the evidence taken i in the bank investigation a public rec- o rd in the office of secretary of state. Senator Sweningsen's bill to license insurance agents and abolish the eom i pact under which the local insurance 1 business is managed from Chicago, was I also combatted. The bill provides that any person ; having anything to do with issuing I insurance policies must first secure a j j license from the insurance commis- | j sioner. In cities of 20,000 inhabitants I | or more, with a privilege of operating ; ! throughout the state, a bond of $2,000 j : and a license fee of $100 are required. I ! In cities of less than 20,000 and more ' j than 5.000 inhabitants the same bond I is required and the license is fixed at ' $20. In towns of less than 5,000 in- j : habitants the fee is placed at $10 and ! | the bond at $1,000. The bill further pro- j ; vides against restriction of competi- . j tion by combination. An amendment offered by Senator I Miller was adopted fixing the license ' in places of less than 500 inhabitants ' ; at $2. Senator Sperry could see no benefit i ! to be gained by the passage of the bill, j , It was not right to prevent any citizen j from soliciting insurance in any county ! of the state if he wished to do so. As | to the proposed prevention of restraint j by combination, the Sheehan bill, which j had just been acted upon favorably, fevered the whole field. Senator Potter said that the license was a very immaterial feature of the I j bill. The entire aim of the measure I ; was to break up the insurance trust j ; which for so many years had the state I of Minnesota by the throat. Senator Greer made an appeal for i the bill after a motion to indefinitely j postpone had been made by Mr. Hene i man. An amendment by Mr. Roverud exempting town insurance companies j ; from the operation of the act was ! j adopted. With the consent of the author, a I motion by Senator Johnson. W. E.. was j ! adopted, striking out all that part of the bill fixing license fees. Progress ; : was then reported to allow the mem- ' bers to study the bill. Senator Dunham's bill to abolish the inebriate departments at the Rochester asylum was discussed at some length. Senator Greer opposed the bill on the ground that it would be a breech of faith with the liquor interests, which ; had contributed to the establishment of i the institution. Senator Stebbins said j he had introduced, a similar bill two ; years ago, but had failed to find sup port for it. Senator Wyman thought i it was wrong to confine inebriates with ! the insane. The bill was recommended to pass. It was then decided to temporarily pass all bills to which there was any , I objection, and, by this means, „fty i bills were called from the list and are ready to go on the calendar. The order then recurred to the Dunn ; bill. S. F. 348, to prevent the defraud | ing of realty owners by forfeiture ; provisions in contracts of sale. Senator ! Sevatson said the passage of the bill 1 would work a hardship on the farmers. Senator Thompson thought the bill I was too stringent. Senator Dunn said the railroads were against the till. It would be a monstrous wrong to defeat this bill. Senator Thompson said if the railroads were opposed to i the bill it was the first time he ever knew them to fight a bad bill. It was six o'clock. > Bronchitis and Sore Throat 2 > So frequently in this climate often « ! j? lay the foundation of disease. No one 9 E having a proper regard for their health • 2 should delay treatment with £ | ALLEN'S I LUNG BALSAM 1 W Ask for and insist on having it, At jj 5 -irugstores. Price, 25c, 50c, and $1.00 3 6 a bottle. * referred to Senators Dunn, Schaller and Thompson. The committee rose shortly before six o'clock*- Senate Routine. BILLS INTRODUCED. S. F. 660 (Sheehan. by. request of Gov. Clough) — To provide for the care and record of official bonds. '■' .1 ■ GENERAL ORDERS. S. F. 60 (Sheehaa)— To prohibit trusts and combinations 1h restraint o£ trade. To pass. H. F. 99— To amend chapter 89, General Laws 1876, and to repeal section 14 of said chanpter 89, General Laws 1876. To pass. H. F. 158 (Dahl) — To amend section 11, chap ter 148, General Laws 188L {relating to the giv ing of notice of the appointment of assignees or receivers. To pass. ' H. F. 206 (Fos_es)-^ro legalize the incor poration of church societies. To pass, H. F. 209 (Cray)— Legalizing past foreclos ures of mortgages, etc. To pass. H. F. 363 (Haxtahorn^p-Tp. make members of the town board of supervisors ineligible to the office of road overseer. To pass. H. F. 540 (Manchester)— To repeal chapter 376, Special Laws 18_>, fixing the time of meet ing of the Lincoln county commissioners. To pass. S. F. 519 (Taxes)— To amend section 1578, General Statutes 1894, relating to delinquent real est*te taxes, penalties and returns to au ditor. Indefinitely postponed. S. F. 497 (Stockton)— To prohibit the use of tobacco by .minor persons under eighteen years and by all minor pupils in public schools. To pass. S. F. 500 (Spencer)— To enforce payment of taxes which become delinquent prior to first Monday in January, 1897. Progress. H. F. 117 (Soule)— For the relief of Ellen Rush and to appropriate money therefor. Progress. S. F. 201 (Pottgieser)— Amending sections 1 and 4, chapter 68. General Statutes of 1878, relating to homestead exemptions. To pass. S. F. 406 (Sweningsen — Licensing and regu lating insurance agents, brokers, eto. To j MM. S. F. 430 (Ozmun)— Relating to corporations. To pass. S. F. 467 (Potter)— To amen* section 2806, i General Statutes of 1894, relating to the capi- ! tal stock of manufacturing corporations. To MM. H. F. 2C2 (McDonald)— To amend section 18, ! chapter So. General Statutes of 1878, relating j to justification of sureties upon bonds in ap- I peal from the district court. Progress. S. F. 458 (Keller)— To amend section 36, ' chapter 6 of General Statutes 1878, as amended ! by chapter 41, General Laws 1885, relating to i the deposit of public funds. To pass. 8. F. 308 (Stevens)— Relating to soldiers' home. Progress. S. F. 531 (Judiciary)— To legalize and vali date the defective execution of deeds, mort gages and other instruments and the record thereof. To pass. S. F. 382 (Dunham)— To abolish special de partments for inebriates in the Rochester hos pital for the insane. To pass. S. F. 527 (Stevens) — To give effect as cvi- j dence to sheriffs' certificates of sale. To pass as amended. S. F. 348 (Dunn)— Making invalid all provis ions or conditions declaring a forfeiture of the rights of any vendee or purchaser or his assigns in or to any contract for deed, etc. Referred to Senators Dunn, Schaller and Thompson. S. F. 256 (Stevens)— To amend section 2, chapter 40, General Statutes 1878, relating to conveyances by husband and wife in certain cases. Judiciary referred. S. F. 472 (Hodge)— To amend section 142, chapter 46, Laws 1889, relating to the appoint ment of guardians of insane or incompetent persons. To pass. S. F. 474 (Smith)— To authorize the boards of county commissioners to issue bonds to fund the floating indebtedness of said counties. Progress. S. F. 499 (Johnson. W. E.)— To provide a fund for thi- retirement of teachers in cities of the state Progress. S. F. 532 (Ozmun)— To amend chap.er 276. General Laws 1895, relating to primary elec tions. Progress S. F. 410 (Howard)— Prohibiting domestic and foreign corporations from subscribing any money for the purpose of aiding any political party, etc. Progress. S. F. 515 (Wyman)— To establish primary elections and to regulate the nomination of candidates for public office thereof in con formity with the laws governing general elec tions. Progress. H. F. 360 (Johns)— To legalize the foreclos ure of mortgages by foreign executors and ■ administrators in certain cases. To pass. H. F. 504 (Staples)— To amend an act to provide for elementary normal school In struction in s* ate high schools. Progress. H. F. G66 1 Douglas))— Proposing an amend ment to section 8, article 7 of the constitution, which relates to the elective franchise of women. To pass. H. F. 372 (Marini— To amend section 35, j chanter 36, General Statutes 1878. relating to I common school districts asd providing for an- j nual reports of school treasurers. To pass as amended. H. F. 139 (Snodgrass;— To amend section 20, ! chapter 4, Laws of 4893, 1 elating to elections. 1 To pass. S. F. 219 (Knatvold)— To amend section 1, I chapter 191. General Laws 1893. relating to | village ordinances and contracts in certain i cases. Progress. S. F. 236 (Young)— To encourage and pro- | mote immigration. Progress. S. F. 559 (Dunn)— To compel railroad com- ■ panics. etc., to accommodate the traveling : public and to prevent unreasonable stop-overs and delays. Progress. S. F. 514 (McHale) — To provide certain state j and other officers with the Minnesota digest of ' supreme court reports. To pass. S. F. 529 (Wing) — To legalize policies of in- j surance issued by township mutual insurance companies in certain cases. To pass as amend- 1 cd. S. F. 517 (Stevens)— To enable counties, \ towns, cittes and villages of this state to use I automatic ballot (voting) machines at all elec- j tlons therein. Progress. S. F. 537 (Stockton)— Fixing the hours for \ opening and closing the polls at township elections. To pass. S. F. 488 (Sweningsenji— To amend chapter 247, General Laws of 1S. V 9, to prohibit and prevent the sale or manufacture of unhealthy j or adulterated products. To pass. S. F. warn 1 Steven-si— To amend chapter 145, ! General Laws of 1895, to revise the laws j relating to banks of dtscoucnt and deposit. 1 Progress. S. F. 491 (Sperry)— To create a board of 1 commissioners of public printing. Referred j to printing and made special order for Sat urday at 11 a. m. H. F. 235 (Dare)— For the relief of Fred N. Oofey, and to appropriate $2,000 therefor. To pass. H. F. 542 (Lovejoy)— To compel the transfer agent of any corporation doing business In this state to exhibit its transfer book or list of stockholders to any stockholder. To pass. H. F. 352 (Judiciary)— Relating to chattel mortgages. Progress. S. F. 486 (Stevens)— To amend section 2. chapter 84, General Statutes 1878. relating to the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in forcible entry and unlawful detainers. To pass. S. F. 156 (Pottgieser)— To amend section 4956, General Statutes 1891. relating to place of holding court and office of justices of the peace. To pass as amended. S. F. 408 (Wyman)— Authorizing county commissioners of certain counties to audit and allow the claims of mechanics and la borers for deficiencies due them from insol vent contractors for work on public buildings. To pass. S. F. 565 (substitute for S. F. 347, litis)— To amend section 103. General Laws 1893, re- j lating to elections. Progress. S. F. 593 1 Vale)— To provide for public print ing of the state of Minnesota. Printing, same as S. F. 491. S. F. 237 (Potter)— ln relation to the label ing and marking of convict-made goods. Progress. S. F. 520 (Sweningsen) — To amend section 1, chapter 2SB, General Laws of 1895, authoriz ing boards of county commissioners In cer tain cases to allow county treasurers and auditors compensation for clerk hire. Prog ress. S. F. 536 (Whitney) — To organize and regu late the medical corps of the national guard. Progress. S. F. 640 (substitute for S. F. 528, judiciary) — To amend section 5, chapter 46, General Laws 1889. relating to judges of probate acting in adjoining county. Progress. S. F. 507 (Fuller)— To repeal an act to per manently establish and 'perpetuate the sec tion corners of the United States government. To pass. H. F. 51 (Johns) — To regulate the practice of barbering and to license persons to carry on the same. Progress. H. F. 182 (Hicks)— To amend sections 5296 j and 52P7. General Statutes 1*94. relating to 1 executions, attachments and other process. To pass. H. F. 515 (Brusletten>— To provide against the manufacture, adulteration or sale of spice and condiments, to prevent fraud and pre serve the public health. To pass. S. F. 642 (Hodge)— To fix the terms of county officers and to amend section 707. General Statutes 1894, being section 129 of I chapter 8. General Statutes 1878. Progress. S. F. 524 (Theden)— To amend section 9 of chapter 131 of the General Laws 1891, relative to building and loan and savings associa tions. Progress. S. F. 627 (Potter)— To amend section 8 of chapter 23, General Laws 1867. to provide for the incorporation of savings associations. To pass. S. F. 449 (Ringdal)— To amend section 4. chapter 143, providing for the creation and organization of new counties. To pass. S. F. 489 (Stevens)— To legalize and regulate cremation. To pass. S. F. 607 (Masterman)— To_provide for the publication of the proceedings of city coun cils. To pass. H. F. 70 (Hicks)— To encourage the grow ing and preservation of forests and creat* forest boards and forest reserve areas. Prog ress. H. F. 7» (One)— To amend chapter 12, title 15, of the penal code, to provide proper pun ishment for malicious interference with tele phone wire, instruments, electric meters etc. To pass as amended. H. F. 177 (Schmidt)— To legalize and validate the defective execution of deeds, mortgagee. powers of attorney and other instruments and the record thereof. To pass. H. F. 217 (Schmidt)— To amend section 6 chapter 28. General Laws 1876, to authorize the formation of corporations for mining and smelting ores, etc. To pass. H. F. 422 (Du__>— To amend section 1. arti cle 14, of the constitution, relating to the method of amending the constitution. To pass. H. F. 574 (Reeves)— To amend section 57, chapter 34, General Statutes of 1894 relating to the liability of a company operat ing a railroad. Progress. H. F. 690 (Stoekweil)— To so provide against the manufacture, adulteration or sale of food Jellies to prevent fraud and preserve the pub lic health. To pass. S. F. 333 (Stebbins)— To legalize the sale of intoxicating liquors by druggists. Progress. S. F. 554 (Johnson, A. G.)— To repeal an act to permit certain parties to retain the water in certain lakes for milling purposes. To pass. S. F. 615 (Culkin)— Amending section 6436, General Statutes 1894, being section 145 of the penal code, relating to abetting an attempt at suicide and mkaing any public advocacy at suicide a felony. To pass. S. F. 616 (Culkin)— To amend section 4472, General Statutes 1894, providing for the ex tension of the time within which the surviv ing spouse may renounce and refuse to accept .the provisions of a will in certain cases. To pass. S. F. 572 (Potter)— To enforce the payment of taxes which became delinquent on or bgff_g the first Monday of January, 1896. Progress. S. F. 562 (Knatvold)— To amend section 11 chapter 1, General Statutes 1889, relating to probate courts. Progress. S. F. 566 (Cole)— Relating to dams used for the purpose of or aiding in driving logs. To pass. H. F. 47 (Hicks)— To promote practical for estry on the open prairie and to make an j appropriation therefor. Progress. H. F. 196 (Dunn)— To amend section 101 i chapter 11, Statutes 1878, etc., relating to . taxes and fixing Ume of redemption from j sales made to the state. Progress. H. F. 477 (Schmidt)— To authorize cities to | acquire sites for public docks for passenger purposes, etc. To pass. H. F. 739 (Schmidt)— Giving liens on stray j logs, timber and other floatahles picked up and secured in another state by any person or corporation. To pass. | H. F. 760 (logs and lumber)— To authorize ! the formation of corporations for securing I stray logs, timber and other floatables, and I to define their powers and duties and the dv- I ties of surveyors of logs and lumber. To pass. S. F. 606 (Wyman)— Providing for the safe keeping of the funds of counties having a population of 100.000 or more. To pass. S. F. 558 (Stevens)— Creating a department of labor, defining Us duties and appropriat ing money for its maintenance. Progress. S. F. 332 (Cole)— To regulate railroad cor porations and other common carriers and to i Increase the power and de-fine the duties of the railroad and warehouse commission. Special order. Saturday, at 2p. m. S. F. 459 (Keller)— To regulate the driving of logs and other floatables in the Mississippi river. Progress. H. F. 702 (public lands)— To amend section 3. chapter 163, General Laws 1895, relating to state lands. Progress. H. F. 606 (Staples)— To amend section 2. chapter 105, General Laws 1895, etc.. relat ing to the sale and lease of mineral lands belonging to the state of Minnesota. To pass. H. F. 6*4 (McGill)— To transfer to the gen eral revenue fund the unexpended balance in the school text book fund created by chap ter 75, General Laws 1877. To pass. H. F. 923 (Laing)— To amend section 94, chapter 36. General Laws 1878, as amended by chapter 13, General Laws 1895, relating to independent school districts. Progress. H. F. 437 (Kelly)— To encourage the pro duction and manufacture of long line spin ning fibers and spinning tows, from flax and hemp grown in Minnesota. To pass as amended. H. F. 466 (Laybourn)— To amend section 2, chapter 189, General Laws 1895. to allow boards of education to elect one of their number treasurer. To pass. S. F. 586 (Greer)— Relating to the equitable adjustment of state land grants. Progress. S. F. 435 (Sheehan)— To amend chapter 33, Laws 1893, by adding thereto one section, making further provision for the publication of legal notices. Progress. S. F. 649 (Barr)— To amend sections 303 and | 304, General Statutes 1894. relating to janitor I of the state capitol. To pass. S. F. 600 (Knatvold)— To permit voters of townships to hold their elections within an incorporated village when such village is lo cated in such township. Progress. S. F. 625 (Potter)— Granting additional pow ers to municipal corporations In regard to the paving of streets. Progress. S. F. 574 (Ozmun)— Relating to the forma | tion and management of corporations. Pro i gress. S. F. 587 (French)— To prohibit mortgagees I from dictating as to whom or through whom j fire insurance that is to be held by them as i security on property on which they are loan- I ing money is to be written. Progress. S. F. 539 (Fuller)— Amending an act author izing Incorporated villages to change their I names and providing for such changes, etc. 1 To pass. S. F. 656 (Pottgieser)— Relating to policies I issued by live stock insurance companies. . Progress. S. F. 65S (substitute for S. F. 579)— T0 re ; imburse the boards of education of school : districts for moneys expended in providing elementary normal instruction, etc. To pass. H. F. 882 (Abbott)— Authorizing the placing I of the national flag over every voting place j on general election and registration days. To I pass. H. F. 528 (Scott)— To amend the insurance I laws of the state relating to the employment | of clerks and assistants by the insurance j commissioner. Progress. H. F. 763 (Foss)— To lay out alter or dis i continue county roads. Progress. H. F. 319 (Laing)— To amend chapter 175 of the General Laws 1895 to revise and codify the insurance laws of the state. Progress. H. F. 337 (Torson)— To legalize certain in surance companies, and to amend sections 1 2, 3. 6. 7. 10. 11. 12. of chapter 83. of Genera! Laws 1875, and section 1 of chapter 117 of i General Laws IML, and to repeal section 1 j of chapter 14. of General Laws 1891, and chap- I ter 177 of General Laws 1895. To pass. H. F. 307 (Vail)— To provide for a Hen for I labor employed in the development and work ing of mines. Progress. H. F. 308 (Vail)— To provide for a lien for supplies and materials furnished in the devel opment and working of mines. Progress. H. F. 16 (Johns)— A bill for the relief of one Jane Ward, and to appropriate money therefor. Finance. H. F. 263 (Kelly)— To allow boards of edu cation or directors of special school districts to fix the time for holding their annual school meetings. To pass as amended. WHERE THE BILLS ARE AT. Summitry Drawn l».v Second An*l»t niil ( lerk Dahle. There are still eighteen legislative days, and t'.e work of the legislature for the re mainder of the session promises to be rm^ full of Interest and hard work. The status of house bills as shown by the summary drawn up by Mr. Dahle, the second assistant clerk I of the house, is as follows: | Bills In committees 2C5 j Bills ready for and on general orders 96 I Bills on the calendar 48 j Bills pessed in the house 130 Bills passed awaiting the governor's sig nature 6 Bills signed by the governor 53 Bills vetoed by the governor 2 Bills on special orders 7 j Bills In conference committees 2 j Bills laid on the table 6 Bills lost on the third reading 13 Bills indefinitely postponed 449 Total house bills introduced 1,017 An Ideal Tonic- -St. Marie Port. Sound and pure. The finest medicinai j wine on the market. $4 per gallon, $12 per case. California Wine House. Senate Hills Signed. Gov. Clough yesterday sent to the senate his approval of S. F. 253, allowing the re organization of insolvent banks upon consent of three-fourths of the depositors and other creditors. S. F. 189— To provide for the dedication of the monument erected by the state of Minne sota upon the battlefield of Gettysburg. S. F. 541— T0 legalize bonds issued by cities under the provisions of chapter 204, General Laws of Minnesota, 1893. S. F. 468— T0 relieve independent school district treasurers and their bondsmen from liability for deposits made under proper in structions- X 11. 1. SEVERAL BILLS. The house committee on municipal legisia | tion met last night and disposed of the fol- I lowing bills as indicated: H. F. 963 (McDonald)— Relating to salaries I of firemen in cities of 50,000 or over. Indefl | nitely postponed. H. F. 1010 (Barta)— To provide for a depart ment of public water works. Indefinitely i postponed. H. F. 677 (McDonald)— To regulate organiza tion and control of police department in cities of 100,000 or over. Indefinitely postponed. H. F. 905 (Schmidt)— To authorize Incorpo rated cities of 1.500 and less to issue bonds for purchase of water works. Recommended to pass. H. F. 957 (Ferris)— To authorize incorpo rated villages to change their names. Indefi nitely postponed. Material for a quart of rich blood In every bottle of it. St. Marie Port Wine. $4 per gallon, $12 per case. California Wine House. I MERCHANTS HOTEL! THOROUGHLY REFITTED, 0 \ Opened under the management of the proprietor, v \ COL. ALLEN, | £ APRIL FIRST. N < The house will be run as formerly when Col. Allen was \J V in charge of its affairs, with the addition of the latest im- ♦? provements and comforts pertaining to modern ideas of O ty hotel keeping. The management will be pleased ir ♦) % entertain its friends of former days, and will make it /£ N agreeable for them when they visit St Paul. V £ Prices Per Day, $2, $2.50; with bath, $3. £ ►♦ ST. PAUL, niNN. 6 STATE YET OWfIS IT JOIXT COMMITTEE'S REPORT OX THE VALUABLE MOUNTAIN IRON PROPERTY. NO RIGHT TO RELINQUISH IT HAS EVER BEEN VESTED IN THE OFFICERS THAT DISPOSED of rr. PROCEEDTNOS ARE SUGGESTED To Employ Counsel In an Effort to Secure Aeeotuitlng and Re turn of the Lands, Chairman Donnelly, of the joint com mittee named by the legislature some time back to investigate the conditions surrounding the pretended relinquish ment of the property known now as the Mountain Iron property, submitted to the house and senate copies of the re port adopted by the committee. The report is a voluminous affair, in which It is set forth that, in the opinion of the committee, the state has never legally been divested of the right and title to this immensely rich bit of land, and the recommendation is made that a joint committee of seven members be named to sit after adjournment, to institute steps looking to the recovery to the state of the land in question, and also the payment to the state of profits derived therefrom during the period it has been illegally witheid from the possession of the state. The substance of the report, the main points of which were printed in the Globe of Sunday, are as follows: Prior to the beginning of this investigation the committee to investigate the Mountain Iron mine property organized by selecting Ignatius Donnelly chairman and Representa tive Hill as secretary. The Inquiry was di rected to examine witnesses upon four ques tions: First— Did the state ever own the said lands? Second— Did It divest Itself of the title to these lands? Third— What were the circumstances under which the pretended relinquishment of said lands was made? Fourth— What steps should the state now take for the defense of Its rights in the premises? The committee calls attention to the fact that a committee of the legislature of 189,") investigated the relinquishment of the lands The description of these lands is: South-half of the southwest quarter, southwest quarter of southeast quarter of section 33, township o», ra»ge 18; and lots 3 and 4 and the south west quarter of the northwest quarter of sec tion 3, and the southeast quarter of the north east quarter of section 4, township 58 range 18. The property is valued at more than $12 - 000,000. which is a conservative estimate. I'pon the question as to the state once own ing the land, the committee finds there can be no question. All lands in the state are orig'nal ly owned by the government of the United states. By the organic act of the state con gress granted it sections numbered 18 and K. m each township, to be applied to schools la the territory and in the state as subse quently organized. This was an absolute grant requiring no subsequent legislation It appears by the grant of lands that the i Mountain Iron property was granted to tho state. The lots mentioned were made a part of the school lands in place of parts of sec tions which had been disposed of. It appears in the records of the land office at Washing- I ton that the state filed upon the school land.s of the s-tate and the selections were note! on tte tract book of the general government. Ou the question of the state having ever I divested Itself of the title to the lands the committee says: "The governor is the legal custodian of all : ..he property of the state not especially en trusted to other officers. He Is the custodian of the public lands. It is clear that the state having obtained possession of the lands in question. It could not have divested itself of the same except by the conveyance of the governor, by his deed, under the great seal of the state." The committee finds that the lands were once unquestionably the property of the state and It has never sold the same-or parted with title thereto In accordance to the laws of the state; consequently the property Is still owned by the state. In 1884 State Auditor Braden filed nine dif ferent lists of selections of indemnity school lands, the ninth list containing the Mountain Iron property. For nearly four years the state remained in undisturbed possession of this property. In January In 1888, Auditor Braden wrote to the land office at Washing ton and asked whether, in consequence of new rules of the department he had not bet ter wipe out previous selections and make new ones. This was a preposterous assump tion made three years after the selection of the lands in question. On Jan. 27 Mr Braden received telegraphic notification fr'oni a friend in Washington that the land office declined to advise him what to do. Mr. Braden then acted promptly and re linquished the lists from I. to 11. and made out a new list, number 12, in which he left out the Mountain Iron property. In conclusion, your committee finds: 1. That the lands In controversy became In 1884 the property of the state as part of th" school lands of the state. 2. That the state could not have been di verted of its title to the same in the manner attempted. If at all. 3. That the state auditor and state land commissioner had no right to relinquish thts lands on behalf of the state, and that any such attempt at relinquishment was null and void. ■4. That there was evidence produced before your committee which tended to show that when such attempted relinquishment was made it had been brought home to the i knowledge of the state auditor, and that the lands in question were mineral lands and j embraced In a region of country of vast i possibilities and great prospective wealth. 5. Your committee is firmly of the opinion i that testimony can be obtained tending to I establish the fact that a combination "was entered Into by certain parties to divest the state of its title to these valuable lands. 6. That It is the duty of the state to take immediate steps to establish its title to his very valuable property. We would, therefore, respectfully recom mend that the two houses unite in the ap pointment of a Joint committee to consist of three senators and four members of the house of representatives to be appointed by the pre sdilng officers of the two houses, respectively, to sit after the adjournment of the present Bession and during the recess of the same, with power to institute in the name of the state such proceedings as may be named necessary and to employ suitable counsel to conduct the same and to compel the present occupants of the lands in question to account for the use of said property and the repayment of the profits derived therefrom, and also for the delivery of the lands themselves to the state. And your committee would, therefore, Neommend the passage of H. F. 671, an act to provide for the establishment of a commu tes of members of the senate and house of representative to prosecute the state's claim U real property as therein provided. The committee finds that there can be no doubt upon the point, that State Audltoi Braden knew when he relinquished the Moun tain Iron property, that It contained iron and was valuable. Nine months before the attempted re linquishment be received a letter from Prof N. H. Winchell, the state geologist, which Informed him of sufficient facts to warrant his knowing the value of the lands. The reports of the state geologist as early as 1881 and 1882 show that there was an extenslvs iron district in the state known as the Me saba range and the Vermillion range and giving descriptions of explorations. The Mountain Iron property was discovered by the state geologist In the fall of 1890. It appears from the testimony of Prof. Winohell that time and again, prior to the pretended relinquishment in January, 1888 that gentleman had notified Auditor Braden. that lands upon the Mesaba range contained great quantities of iron ore, and advised him on behalf of the state, to hold onto them. The state was dispossessed by the act of relinquishment by Mr. Braden. John Helmer In conjunction with a Duluth attorney named Ralph N. Marble, and guided by consultation with Alfred Merritt, filed on the lands in 1887, and in 1888 Joshua Helmer was placed on the land as a homestead settler. The com mittee says on this point: "It was an extraordinary performance for a citizen of the state to attempt to get posses sion of part of the school lands of the state which the state hold without controversy for nearly four years." A PECUUAR FACT. Tliou.HiindN of People Have Dynpepsla, In im Worxi l'orui and Do No* Know It. A weak stomach Is (he cause of about nine-tenths of all disease, yet in most cases the wrong thing is treated and the true cause overlooked. This is because a weak digestion pro duces symptoms resembling nearly every disease because it weakens and disturbs the action of every nerve and organ in the body; poor digestion causes heart trouble, kidney troubles, lung weakness and especially nervous break down or nervous prostration, the nerves cannot stand the wear and tear unless generously fed by well di gested, wholesome food. Keep the digestion good and no one need fear the approach of disease. Mrs. H. M. Lee, of Rochester, N. V., writes: For the sake of suffering humanity I want to say that from a child I had a very weak stomach, threw up my food very often after eating and after a few years nervous dyspepsia resulted and for more than twenty years I have suffered inexpres sibly. I tried many physicians and advertls i ed remedies with only temporary re- I lief for nervous dyspepsia and not | until I commenced taking Stuart's Dys p< psia Tablets last September, six months ago, have I been free from j suffering caused by the condition of my nerves and stomach; in short, chronic nervous dyspepsia. I have recommended Stuart's Dys | pf psia Tablets to many of my friends and now I want in a public way to say they are the safest, pleasante.st and I ; believe surest cure for stomach and nerve troubles. I write my honest : opinion and I will gladly answer any I letter of inquiry at any time and feel j that I am. in my small way, helping on a good cause. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, is not a \ patent medicine, but they contain only the fruit salts, digestive acids and pep tones necessary to help the weak stom ach to promptly and thoroughly digest food. All druggists sell Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets at 50 cents for full sized pack age and anyone suffering from nerv ous dyspepsia, sour stomach, head aches, acidity, gases, belching, etc., will find them not only a quick relief but a radical cure. Send to Stuart Co.. Marshall, Mich., for little book describing cause and cure of stomach troubles and giving symp toms and treatment of the various forms of indigestion. \ The Prince of Wales \ \ orders JOHANN HOJF'S MALT EXTRACT 5 \ Abbrgeldie Castle, Aberdeenshire. S 5 Mr. Newman, Agent for Johann Hoff's Malt Ex- t 5 tract, London, E. C. J Please supply three dozen Hoff's Malt Extract, on § if account of H. R. H., Prince of Wales. J. Cross. 3 5 By goods train to Abergeldie, Ballater, Ab'd'r.shire. J BEWARE OF IMITATIONS \ The genuine Johann Hoff s Malt Extract makes c 5 Flesh and Blood. 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