Daily globe., 1878-03-08
the part of the State, or while serving a.
jurors.
Amending the statutes relating to asses
ments for school purposes
WM. s. KING.

ments for school purposes.
wM. s. KING.
| Senator Pillsbury offered the following reso-
luton, which was adopted without debate.
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Mime
sofa on the 5th day of February, A. D. 1878.
the Hon. VIM. s. King, then member elect of
Congress from this State, respecting certain
charges of corrupt conduct then made against
him; and
WHEREAS, No action was ever taken in Con-
gress or elsewhere to test the truth of such
opportunity to vindicate himself from
such such charges and be discharged
his duties in Congress during his full term ac-
! ceptably to his constituents and
| WHEREAS, 1t seems unjust that such charges
| as are contained in said resolution should re-
main on record, resting on rumor, and not
made good by any trial or investigation; there
| fore
| Resolye0, That the aforesaid resolution passed
as aforesaid, and the record thereof be, and the
same is hereby ordered to be removed and ex-
| plunged from the records and files of the Senate
of the State of Minnesota.
CONCURRENCE.
| The Senate concurred in the House amend
ment to Senate file, devoting the fines of fallen
including st. Paul Also Senate file for rail-
| road from La Crescent, Houston county, via
Caledonia to the State line.
House.
Yesterday was stirring and eventful day
in the history of Minnesota legislation. The
House met at $3.50, and shortly after Mr..
McBroom moved to recall from the Governor
the bill which passed the day before, increas-
ing the salaries of State officers. In adyo-
eating his motion Mr.. McBroom said men
are sometimes influenced by desire to
please those high in public office by using
their salaries. This is too often the case
when indeed an increase of salary is not
prudent, and neither looked for nor expect
ed. His Excellency, the Governor, he said,
certainly would not accept any increase of
his salary these hard times, if we were to be-
about retrenchment. He asked the House
to rise superior to the desire to please at the
expense of the public purse. Prudence and
principle should guide the Legislature, and
for this reason he should oppose the bill.
Mr.. McBroom's motion to reconsider pre-
~
reached the Governor the bill had already
been signed and sent to the secretary of
state.
When the bill relating to the old railroad
bonds was about being voted on, very in
teresting discussion arose in which Kinds,
Rice, Bowler and others participated. Bow
ler contended that the passage of the bill
would be unjust to the frontier counties in
which the lands, to be given for the bonds,
were situated, by withdrawing them from
settlement and sale, and by exempting the
lands from taxation for the period of seven
years. If the State owned anything on the
bonds, the burden of the payment should be
made to bear upon every part of the State
alike. But by the terms of the bill the
frontier counties pay an undue proportion
of the debt. He hoped the bill would not
pass. Mr.. Kinds contended that the bill
was the best settlement thai could be made
and that it should by all means be accepted.
The bill was finally passed and with two
votes to spare.
In the afternoon session came the final
struggle on the text book bill which lasted
until nearly o'clock. From the time the
conference report was submitted until the
final declaration of the vote the contest was
bitter, exciting, and i'll some respects the
most fiercely contested of the entire session.
Mr.. w. NJ. Campbell, the chairman of the
House conference committee, took charge of
the measure, and to his able persistent and
energetic championship the bill is indebted
to the vitality it to-day enjoys. No one less
persistent, less adroit, less persevering, could
possibly have forced the passage of the bill
through the House against the combined
skill, energy and practised knowledge of re-
cognized leaders of the House and we'll
known as some of the best men in
the body. But despite the wary tactics
of his opponents, Mr.. Campbell sue
| ceeded in keeping his forces we'll in hand
and on the final test vote came out with the
requisite number to make the bill law.
Throughout, the ontest was exciting, and
at times the excitement rose to dramatic
intensity which stirred the House from CEN
tire to circumference. With the exception
perhaps of the Scott county fight, in which
| Mr.. Kinds showed such admirable general
| ship, the book bill contest, which closed last
evening, wasthe the harde st fought legisla-
tive encounter that has taken place in the
old capitol building for many years. In the
contest Mr.. Campbell was ably assisted by
Messrs. Rice, West, Bowler and others, but
to the fiery zeal of Mr.. Campbell is due the
fact Of it's becoming a law, On the other
side were arrayed many of the ablest and
| best men of the House, among whom we're
Messrs. Colvill, Morse, Feller, Purdie and
Cole. The struggle is memorable one in
the history of legislation, and while The
GLOBE is opposed to and deems such legisla-
tlon pernicious and dangerous, it still
cannot withhold the need of praise to which
| the friends of the measure are entitled for
the able and persistent championship given
the bill.
During the entire evening the House re-
NAMED in its best humor, and the process
of legislation went on without any serious
drawback. The second penitentiary bills, of
which there were two before the House.
were ''sent to grass sans cerenuo71Se, after
however quite a lengthy discussion by
Messrs. Kinds, Gilman, c. A., and others.
When the Senate joint resolution for the
borrowing of $4,000 upon the State audi
tors warrants was under consideration, Mr.
Dresbach, of Winona, made a spirited
speech in opposition to the measure. The
friends of the resolution charged upon it's
opponents that it was but another attempt
to defeat the operation of the Merrill text
book bill, but this suggestion did not have
the desired effect, and the bill was, on mo-
ton of Mr.. Purdie, indefinitely postponed.
At exactly Is minutes to midnight the
House clock mysteriously stopped, and in
that condition remained until the House ad
journed.
ECentM0 House Routine Report.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To amend section l of chapter 1876 of the
1 of
corporations to aid in the construction of rail.
roads,.