The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-08
The AnL1-AlonopO1lst
Legisl alive Gossip.

The Legislature has come and gone.
aud we predict that the people OF the
State viii. be able to say well done good |
and faithful servants.
Many amusing incidents OF course |
transp ired during the last night after The |
business was transacted, but nothing OF |
that coarse character that some nre in |
the habit of doing.
| 4 Joke was perpetrated on Senator |
| Daniels that produced q good deal of
merriment. a bottle OF the ardent was
nlaced in his desk, and then resolution
offered to search the Senators desks
which OF course had but one result.
whereupon an effort was made to organ
ganIzelha Senate into temperance 40
cety with Senator Lienau Is President
and Daniels rs the lawful example"
thus Fastening the time prophecied when
the lion shall lie down with the lamb.
Many pet measures were Of course
quietly put through. while AS many more
we're strangled.
Everything was in perfect harmony
AMI ths utmost good feeling prevailed
among the members.
In discussing bill in committee OF the
whole which provided D candidate for
Judge oil Probate should be u man versed
in law---Senator Stacy said that this bill
paid nigh compliment to the legal
profession. The lawyers on this floor
had charged that members OF the Senate
had cast reflections upon them, but TO
prove that he respected them he would
say that in putting up at hotel in the
country several ears ago the landlord
stated that owing TO an unusual arrival
IF customers he would be obliged to give
him room either with u lawyer or
crazy III 4n-and with due respect to the
crazy man he chose the lawyer.
. Two bills passed the House changing
the name Of several parties and one 81
; them making several parties heirs 81 law,
, out when they came in the Senate they
: were pretty roughly handled on the
; grounds that it was bad policy 10 spend
Tue time Ut the Legislature In such spec
! ial leg station, the law Simply changing
The names passed the one making heirs
+. at Ian Was defeated.
D a bin delras,ug the expenses Of l.. ID.
l Edwards TO Tue amount OF 81 800 passed
: 10th houses
Mr.. Dsnuelly's usury bill has fiualiY
= become Law by striking out ali after
4 the enacLing clause Oh Mr.. ChIld's snd
:. substituting Lac substance OF Mr. Don
: neily's bill
: The House OF Representatives wa:
# opeaed with prayer Tuesday morning
e by Mr. Beecner; he draws a. well there
u as elsewhere Tor al hour before the time
q arrived The gallery and lobby WAS
:. crowded. any one under the gallery wa
i constrained to reflect on the probabilit,
"a h..it, far u
ceipL OF his insurance policy.
= Tue DILL appropriating money 10 DE-
=. fray the expenses of the suit agains
= McIlrath had only four friends 10 th
u Senate.
Ut Representative Lunkenheimer perpe
"a trated COOK Joke on his colleagues b
,f moving an Amendment TO pending res
IA oiution instr ucting the sargeaat-at~arn
on 10 destroy all liquor found about til
n capitol. 10 refer such destruction 10 tn
~. - delegation from Ramsey county.
~ - bill providing Tor biennial session
,al passed, it now remains for the people
say whether that is what they want c
rs not.
VI Mr.. Bentley's woodchuck the removl
". oil the Mile L &C Indians, came up, w i
III. assaulted the measure vigorously and al
{ serted mat tt.ere was some sinister IA
om tives behind all his and il was onl
as another atte npt 10 get possession OF II
.ns Pine Lands t,y the old Rings.
~ Dir. Folsom Re PEELED tho insinu,tic
and asserted that the settlers were BEN
troubled to II great extent BY their dc
.ng relations
uer Mr. Donnelly was sorry the India
fe- were not represented in the Legislatul
ex- he was very sure we would hear gu
res. another story.
rwo the bill was passed.
ut. Senator Yale In order 10 satisfy
TACT grudgs he has at newsp pers attempts
ON To srike trsm the general appropriate
20, "a oil. the item ots9 ZOO for printing lax
~ in the several newspapers vf The Stat
gold this,proposui N diinot receive much Az
sssu 1t was claimed by many members Ii
s'ed this was the only way the people had
Ian get po>ses.i ion OF the laws. III
nh little tilt took took place between u
!. IL ale and MIR. Donneliy, MIR. Yale
Niil sinuated that Mr.. DJnue.ly was lea
anis ny to advocate steals very last, 4
i"N. DJnneliy remarked that ii this was
= i the tour years Of experience he had
this bodF had not bee. without lruif.
j resolution expuneiug irons the m
sb1a utes Ii reSu utiou that was adopted I
/ by Years ago while he was in Canada, @;
stock ing upon Nm. S. King 10 appear at
= u oar vi the House OF Representatives. I
0s'1 demand IN investigation into
fact charges that were IN circulation refe
have lug upon his good name, was voted Ill
other thus leaving William in worse fix I'll
5, i'll eyer.
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