The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-02-08
Legislative Gossip.

shls week the l. agislature may ne" sala 10 o5
or,ndiuo work out to order. Committees airs
pouring in their reports and many PET
Measure receives its quietus while many !
others are quietly as passed
! Nauv bills of Importance are now before
| them. among which is general schooi law
/ fha repeal of the lnebriate Asylum law, IN
eraasinr the annual appropriations tor Norma
Schools. the punishment OF murdefel5, exc,
etc
In the House ON a resolution of Mr.. Muir to
reeau from the Senate the bill appropriating
A. 200 to repair the Normal school building at
Msnkato, Mr.. Buck alluded to Mr.. mar az
.ba treat director and likened him to the worn
anf story Of Inc darke told at the battle OF New
Orleans that had to be killed to stop his Tight
, ING Mr.. Muir made spirited reply saying
, tb.t he had a constituency TO represent and
4 nronosed to do it and not to be killed OH by
ssolan iokss.that was not his idea OF approprla-
!, ,;ons bu, on the contrary this money now be-
y inc winfully squander-d had to BE- paid by a
: | much i'm poverishsd people, and as isr as NJ
: wac concerned he was fully convinced that It
e was high time to CRY stop on these thievisl
L institutions. and alluded to the fact that the
e whole system OF appropriation Tor these lnsll,
e tutions was done CD tae y sseAa VI it'SAi7 yO~
s and you tickle me.
20 +, co,,rnittee of the whole in the Senate, MIR
= I,uaan's bin repeating the Inebriate Asylum
n law and turning over the property 10 the III
~ sane ASYLUM was considered
81 Mr. Smith favored the transfer. Mr.. Butte
Is impugned the motives Of the board in purchas
he ina the land and III the foundanon Tor III
ty building for he asserts thai IL IL very svloei
- that Il was intended for another lnstitutlo
d. entirely
Mr. Daniels said he did not propose to mai
III q sp.ach on this subject but was ready for
ny vote on the direct issue, viz: the destruction
be the Insbriats Asylum, but he could see r
III, evident intention IS to kill the measure III
Ii vote being taken the bill was indennlieiy pos
nonsd hy q vote OF 10 to is, but this bill "
=, | excepted from the report that its friends mig
-ae hare another dash at It.
ne Mr.. Nelson's bill Offering bounty for t
III construction Of a machine to take the place
ted horses Oh our roads, after creating food
ion merriu,eut and at opportunity to restore
Az. eouanamity which was few hrninuses DsiS
tho disturbed bv the settlement OF MI Ain-a-
- baby was indefinitely postponed
~ r.sDonlelly's school bill was repor
siaA hack with instructions to s0rsport tls Dill.
ter the Office fof county Superintendent VIII
I'M elective.
owe 4 discussion in the House occurred that |
of monstrated that the Mortified bank ROOD
:. l. has had its eiect vet there were few tend
footed phianthrophists who are Opposed
one hanging In any event. IL Was evident hover
tor that. there were none.of these parties II
that Mortified; and perhaps those opposed TO
item death penalty would nave very Inucn 1noci
t.,s opinions If they could be placed IN the shoe
&c. CO the wife Of the Iamented Haywood
= - During this discussion Representative In
cur remained IN stolii indifference feeling wei
aea. sured that no rope could be manufactured
the he need fear.
Mr.. Linean's Inebriats Asylum naii that
AFTER recommended to be indefinitely postponed
the called ND In the committee OF the Hnor
effort oil Mr. Lineaa to get the member
record SO that they may so before their cor
nents. Mr. Doanelly made Apore1
s,,~.~ gumsnt in favor of the bill followed OF
Wilkinson Mr.. Hall looked upon the
iect from different stand pcins from the
lnter- speakers. he thought the sale ana use OF Il
show ras much greater sccurge tnAn srsssnoI
,ns;er he believed the saloon keepers should pe
ora-. to support their victims, and ne Knew ne
ohss> serwsy OF doing this than BY the neasur,
provided by law Mr.. Folsom claimed
there was . ring formed for repeal OF tn
Justice and Quoted from the r. r 70 show To
thar ores nization existed In this city with tn
N glad Jet in view.
= now Mr.. Donnellv Was in favor OF eollecfii