The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-24
minnesota Legislature
In the House on the 18th. afte

IN the House on the 10Th, after the
submission oil several petitions, bills were in
| mills anaualIyfor the support fpublic schools;
to reduce the mileage rates of members to 10c
| a mile; and amending the game laws. The
| resolution Tor printing the Governors mes
| sage In severallanguages was indefinitely post
poned. In committee of the whole an inter-
| esting discussion was had on the bill to reduce
| the exemption OF labOrers' wages, and it was
recommended to pass. A bill permitting wo-
men to practice law, was ordered amended SO
| as to relate only to Mrs. NJ. A. Dorsey. When
| the committee arose Mr.. Child moved to ex-
cept the bill relating to laborers' wages from
the report, and spoke at length upon the in
justice of exempting the rich man whose only
property that could be found a mansion and
OF not allowing the poor laberer a mean fifty
dollars exempt from the clutches of whoever
wishes to prosecute him. The discussion be-
came quite general aud ended in adopting the
report OF the committee in favor of the reduc-
ton.
The Senate on the 10th passed the
:he -. House grasshopper appropriation bill for
T. l. Smith, Nelson, Poehler, J. Smith, Jr., land
Archibald were appointed committee on State
railroad bonds. The only other business done
was the election OF United States Senator.
In the House on the 10th bills were
introduced to incorporate the villages of Kel-
logg and Delevan to legalize conveyances in
certain cases to appropriate S26, 900 for the
deaf, dumb and blind; locating hospital for
the insane at Red Wing. House bills passed
aitors OF assignors, and repeating the law ex-
empting laborers' wages.
SENATORIAL ELECTION.
The principal work done by the leg
islature, on the 10Th, was the election OF U. S.
Senator which rocI1lfoN in favnr 1f HO,, VIM
Window, to be his own successor. In the
| Senate, MIR. Robbins nominated Mr. Win
dom, and Mr.. James Smith, Jr., nomi-
| mated Morton S. Wilkinson. The Repub-
lican members al voted for Mr.. Win
dom except MIR Deuel., who voted for Hon
J. B. Wakefield TIE Democratic members
all voted for MIR. Wilkinson. Mr.. Donnelly
voted for Hon. VIM. L. Banning. In casting
| his vote, Mr.. Armstrong spoke at length, re-
! viewing his course in the last Senatorial can
vass, when his support was given to Gov.
Davis, and he referred in strong terms to the
course of the St. Paul Press at that time in
cOndemning men for not adhering to the Re-
publican party then called attention to the
editor of that paper who abandoned the party
| when it ceased to contribute to his income.
| He noted the rapid ascendency of that party
in the State since the said editor lett it and
dead and rotten. Mr.. Donnelly explained his
vote as being for the Greenbackers.
In the House Mr.. Edmund Rice nom.
mated Hon. M. S: Wilkinson tor Senator and
Mr.. c. A. Gilman nominated Hon. VIM. Win
dom. All Republicans voted for Mr. Windnm
| except Bertrand and Pugh for Hon. J. B.
Wakefield; Eberhard and Rogers for Hon. NJ.
| H. Dunnel, and Wing for G. NJ. Start. The
| Democrats all voted TOR Mr.. Wilkinson except
Campbell, Dilley and Fredericks, who voted
for Hon. f. Rice.
Bills were introduced in the Senate
on the 18th as follows: To authorize the erec-
ton OF wire fences for the city Of Austin to is
sue bonds; amending the law relating to in
| sane people. A bill was also introduced Civ
| ing two years further time to complete the
St. Paul Il Pacific railroad to Glyndon and
Brainerd, and five years to complete the St.
Vincent extension. The question of reappor-
was submitted to the judiciary committee
| The bill admitting women to practice law in
| the courts ELECTED an interesting discussion in
which Senator Wilkinson and Gilfllan oppos-
ed the measure and Senator Williston very
forcibly advocated its passage, and it was
recommended to pass in committee OF the
whole. Senator Wilkinson called up his res
olution to inquire into the eligibility of Sena.
tor Finseth to seat on the floor, but accepted
a substitute offered by Mr.. Yale that special
committee Olive be appointed to enquire into
the eligibility of all or any members OF the
| UOuI xAc 1SoOAutAOA was aOOpIcu.
Among the bills introduced in the
House, on the 18th, were the following ::
regulating the salaries OF county officers to
authorize the State Auditor to abate interest
on school and other State lands in certain
cases; to grant swamp lands tor building a
railroad from Duluth northward; to exempt
debts from attachment in certain cases to
encourage the planting of trees. The mem
bers voted themselves each $40 for postage.
In committee of the whole, Mr.. Wilson sup
ported his bill for an annual assessment of
liz mills tax for school purposes with a
lengthy argument, and Mr.. ). M. Gilman ex-
planned at length the reason for desiring the
repeal of last years law requiring all insur-
lanoe companies doing business in the State to