Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-19

II. f. No. 263, an act to amend the char
ter of Brownsville. TO be passed.
The Committee then arose, and reported
the above recommendations. The report
was accepted.
BILLS READ A THIRD TINE AND PASSED.
II. +. No. 26l, bill to establish Town
ship Organization in Goodhue County
Ayes 27.
ii. +. No. 263, an act to amend the char
ter of Brownsville. Yeas "a.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
III. +. No. No. 2l5, bill to incorporate
the town of ZumbrOta, was,
On motion of Mr.. HUDSON, taken up
ard read first and second time.
The Senate then adjourned.
HoUsE.-The House was called to order at
the usual hour and opened with the custom
ary preliminaries.
PETITIONS.
BY Mr.. BALCOMBE- OF citizens Of
Shakopee, for the repeal of the act of Incor-
porations. Referred to the Committee on
interpretations.
By Mr.. TEFFT-Of citizens of Elgin
Wabashaw County, demonstrating against
the legalising of the State road to Plainville,
Olmsted County. Referred to the delega.
tion from Wabashaw County.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. WATROUS: A bill appropria.
ting $4,000 for the payment of the per diem
of officers and members of the present Le-
gislature. Rules suspended and bills read a
second time.
By Mr.. OTIS: A bill to provide for a
State seal for Minnesota. Rules suspended
and bills read second time.
SECOND READING.
A bill for the protection of laborers and
Railroads and other public works.
10 amend an act providing for laying out
certain Territorial Roads.
La Crescent.
HOMESTEAD BILL.
On motion of Mr.. PIERCE, the House
went into Committee cf the Whole and took
up the special order of the day, viz: the re-
ports OF the majority and minority of the
Committee of Conference on the Homestead
Bill
The majority report recommended the re-
ceding of the House of their amendments to
the BILL
Tie minority report recommended tEat the
House not recede.
Mr.. SHEETZ moved that the minority re-
port be adopted.
Mr.. STARKEY moved to amend by adop
ting the minority report.
Mr.. BRAY moved that the reports be re-
committed to the SAME Committee
-Messrs. SHEETZ and STARKEY with.
BRAY was adopted.
A NEW MEMBER.
Mr.. TALBOT presented the credentials o
J. A. DEMMON, member elect from St
Anthony in place Of L. G. WALKER re-
signed; and
Onmotlon of Mr.. TALBOT, that gentle
man was invited 10 receive the oath of office
and take his seat as member of the House
ANOTHER VETO.
A message was received from Mr.. SIBLEY,
returning the bill for the incorporation O
the town of Mount Vernon, without his sig
nature, for the reason that there was no pro
vision made in the bill for the future election
of the town officers the effect Of which
would be to make the officers first appointed
hold for life
STILL ANOTHER.
\ further messase was received, returning
the bill establishing the county of Caledo
mia, without his approval, because said pro
posed Act, controversed portion O
the Cons tuition in dividing the organic
ed County of Todd, without submitting tn,
same to 4 vote Of the people of said coun ty
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Mr.. WILSON in the Chair had under con
sideration the House file of bills, and made
the following recommendations
A bill to amend an act laying out certain
territorial roads. 10 be engrOssed.
10 amend the act Incorporating the towr
Of LaCrescent. TO be engrossed.
An act to facilitate the conveyance of rca
estate. To be engrossed.
TO amend the act Incorporating the Min
nesota Central University. To be ergros
sed.
An act for the protection of labcrers or
Railroads. To Select Committee, consisting
Of Messrs. Otis, Gibson and Poeher.
70 incorporate the City Of AnoAa To b.
cngrosscd.
THIRD READING.
An act to incorporate the city of Hastings
and to repeal the former charter. Passed
ayes As.
An act to authorize the Trustees of Schoo
District No. /, Steele County, to raise money
for certain purposes. Passed.
PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS MEETINGS.
Mr.. WILSON from the select commtte,
to whom WIS referred the bill for the protec
ton of religious meetings, reported the sam,
back with a substitute. The substitute diff
fered from the original bill, in the fact that i
provided more effectualiy fer the prosecution
and collection of fines from offenders agains
the act. The House accepted the substitute
QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE
Mr.. TEFFT rose to question of privilege
He found in the report of the remarks ht
made in the House on Saturday to the ques
tion of privilege of Mr.. Starkey, as published
in the Pioneer and Times, language that he
never used, and sentiments put into his
mouth which he had not given expression to
and which were rot his own. The whole re
port from beginning to end was misrepre
sentation of his language and the sentiments
which he then expressed, and it was singu
lar fact that two reports should appear idcn
teal in two papers, and at the same time SC
grossly wrong.
Mr. SHEETZ called the attention of the
House to the fact that on Saturday, members
got excited over the fact that the reporter oil
the .Uianesotian had refused in his report to
recognize Mr.. Sibley by the title of Govern
Or Now this was merely question of taste in
which that reporter differed with certain
members about, that they had been disposed
to censure him for. But in the case of the re-
port of the speech of DIR. Teft as made by the
reporters Of the Times and Pioneer there was
real cause for complaint. A member had been
made to utter sentiments which he never ex.
expressed-a clear violation of the privileges
of the House on the part of the Reporters
of those papers. He hoped that some of the
Democratic members who were so Mortified
at the report in the Minnesotian, and were
ready to eXpel the reporter of that pauer