The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-02-01
Minnesota LEGISLATURE.

Mr.. Lenau's resolution. Mr.. Lenau's
preamble was finally rejected
snd s,+o. ,;,t,' second ID, resolution m offered 6y
solutions as passed were as follows:
Resolved, That our Senators and Represent
atives in Congress be and the same are here
BY requested to give their hearty support to
the bill presented by the select committee Of
Congress. which is Ito provide for and re-
gulate the counting OF the votes for President
and Vice President, and the decision Of
questions arising thereon"
ators and Representatives in Congress be re-
quested to favor the passage of some measure
providing tor and facilitating aspeedy review
and determination by the proper courts Of the
United States of any and all questions that
may grow out Of or arise from any canvass of
electoral votes or the declaration Of the result
thereof, or the installation in Office OF any
President or Vice President in pursuance OF
such canvass or declared result or pursuant to
gress.
The following was the vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Brown, Conkey, Deuel.,
Ronms1,y' s%aSay Edse.ton' Einsscth, F0liS% a.'l'
Mayo, Morton, Nelson. Poehler, Kenmore
Schoenbeck, Smith, James, Jr:,, Smith, R. l.,
Stacy, Swanstrom, West, Wilkinson. Willis
ton, Yale-26.
Nays1Messrs. Bailey, Butler, Gilfllan, Rob-
bins, Wheelock-5.
Not voting-Archibald, Armstrong Daniels,
Doran, Durtee, Edwards, Henry, McNelly,
Page and Waldron.
In the House. on the 23d, the resolu.
ton introduced by Mr.. Magofin the previous
Kensie introduced bill to reimburse LIE
Sueur county for expenses in the search of the
the Northfeld robbers; another bill was in
troduced to pay $500 each to Manning and
Wheeler for shooting the two robbers killed
in Norihteld. The bill for the annual appro-
priation Of $l5, 600 for the support Of the Nor
yeas 81, nays 36. MIR. Child's usury bill
coming up in committee Of the whele, was
discussed at length, and after amending 80
that the law would allow 12per cent interest,
but when person shall charge more than
that he shall forfeit the entire interest. The
bill was recommended to pass. Messrs. Child,
and Messrs Comstock, J. NJ. Gilman, Server
and G. R. Hall opposed it. The bill reducing
mileage from 16 cents mile to ten cents was
Indefinitely postponed.
The Senators on the Oath, had up
the memorial to Congress for constitutional
amendment for the election of President by
popular vote, instead of the electoral system.
The bill was opposed by hessre. Daniels,
Donnelly and James Smith, and was indedn-
CAME % up, and was suppoltsd by It's suthor @ rim in
= strong speech. The bill was also favored
by Messrs. Wilkinson, Folsom, and Hall, and
opposed by Messrs. Daniels, Williston Butler
and Wheelock. The bill prohibiting the
sale Of liquor in Kanyon, G0odhue county
was passed.
In the House on the 24th the bill fix
ing the mileage OF physicians was indefinitely
postponed. A bill was introduced relating
fences. Mr.. Magofin's resolution endorsing
the Presidential compromise measure coming
up, the joint resolution which passed the SEN
ate the previous day, was substituted in its
place, and supported in running discussion
by Messrs: John N. Gilman, Crooks. Wilson,
finney Fl Mot i;% Nelson and Others and ePp"s:
two others. The bill was defeated.-62 to
39, not quorum voting in the Affirmative.
Mr.. Mills then presented a substitute for Mr..
Magof6n's resolution, as follows: Resolved,
That the Legislature of Minnesota approve OF
the bill reported by the joint committee of
the two houses OF Congress tor the counting Of
the electoral votes for President of the United
States, and that copy Of this resolution be
telegraphed to each Of our Senators and Rep
resen. n.atives." The word Photographed" was
stricken out and the substitute adopted by
vote of 49 to IL, and further action postponed
for the day. The Senate bill relating to incor-
porating parishes Of the Episcopal church was
passed. The Senate bill allowing women to
Practice law in the courts was lost because
less than a quorum voted for it; the vote
stood 48 to "a, and was reconsidered and laid
upon the table. The biennial sessions bill
was passed. Bills were introduced relating
to fish culture and to prohibit the sale of pro-
value.
Bills were introduced in the Senate,
on the 25th, to appropriate $4,000 for the
the charter Of the village Of Wilim.r; relating
to roads, cartways and bridges, and several
unimportant local bills. The memorial to
Congress for IN extension of time tor the com.
pletion Of the Hastings & Dakota railroad
was passed: The bill providing general law
tor tor the hRnu punishment Of in hunting
ator Gilallan introduced bill making IN i'm
portant amendment to the law tor recording
deeds and other instruments affecting real
estate.
In the House, en- the 25th, Mr..
SERVER offered the following resolution
as . substitute for that Of Mr.. Mills up
on the Presidential question: "That our Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress will re-
ceive our united and hearty support in the
fore Congress, presented by the select COM
mittee, or any constitutional measure that
may lead to An equitable and peaceful solution
Of the so-called Presidential question" The
substitute was supported by Measrs. Server,
Child, Webb, and Bently, and was opposed
Gilman, Finney and r. Rice. The substitute
was adopted and passed as concurrent res
olution. Mr.. Finney introduced bill pro-
hibiting the sale Of Intoxicating liquors the
bill was prepared by leading men in the
rule and license the exception. Mr.. Camp
bell introduced bill amending the constitu-
ton relating to grand juries the bill was pre-
pared by the judiciary committee, and is in
tended to satisfy the growing demand for do
ing away with the present grand jury system.
Mr.. Crooks introduced q bill transferring the
Inebriate asylum property to the board Of di-
rectors of the hospital tor the insane, and e.
tablishing hospital for the insane 1t Roches-
ter: Both houses adjourned 70 Tuesday the