Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-08

an opinion PM by aye and nay vote as to the adj
VISIBILITY "a, OF bringing in such bill.
Inc vote desired was taken and the report
was adopted, only Senator Rice voting in the
negative.
HASTINGS DAKOTA h. R.
The House bill extending the time for the
completion of the Hastings & Dakota railroad.
coming up for the first reading, Senator Hall
moved TO suspend the rules, and put the bill
on l.s passage, explaining the necessity exist
ing Tor prompt action. The bill, he said, had
passed, met with the approval of the people of
the sectlon to be traversed by the road.
In answer to an inquiry by Senator Henry,
senator Ahrens. representing constituency in
terested in the building of the road, said he was
satisfied u, with the action proposed.
Inc rules were suspended and bill passed by
unanimous vote.
SCHOOL TEXT BOOK BILL.
:. The e, school text book bill being read third
to otfes an amendment Objection was made
when Senator Doran moved that the bill be re-
terred to Senator Mealey for amendment
winch motion prevailed, and that Senator made
the following amendment to section Z:
Iy0,7aed further, That whenever any district
clerk shall have ordered less number of books
than Is actually needed by the pupils in said
DISTRICT the said clerk or any citizen of said
district shall have the right to order such books
as needed directly from the contractor at the
State list price; and the said contractor shall
designate at least one person in each organized
county or TINS State, the county commissioners
OF which shall, by the vote of the majority of
all the members thereof, demand the same, and
SAID persons designated shall act as deposit
tory, to whom the said contractor shall furnish
supply of said text books at the State list
prices, and said repositories shall be entitled
10 charge commission not to exceed 10 per
cent. for handling the same.
Provided further. That the period of Zone
year" named in the first line of section 2 of
the act to which this is supplementary is hereby
amended to read two years.
Senator Donnelly said the amendments offered
were offered IN the nature of a compromise, to
remove some of the objections offered to it, and
hoped that parliamentary tactics would not be
made. He therefore moved suspension of the
rules to put the bill on it's passage.
Senator Nelson opposed the motion, and
enumerated some of his objections to the
measure made yesterday
Senator Wheat also made his protest.
Senator Armstrong rose to explain his vote,
which he said would be cast in reference to
what he considered the feeling of his constitu-
ents. This feeling, as shown by the petitions
presented here by letters, and in consultation
with people from different sections of the
county was decidedly opposed to the bill, and
In favor of its repeal. As this could not be
done now, he should so cast his vote as to keep
the bill in its present shape.
A vote by yeas and nays being taken resulted
IN the adoption of the amendment by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Bailey, Clement, Clough, Deuel.
Donnelly, Doran, Edgerton, Edwards, Gilfllan
Q. d., Goodrich, Hail. Jersey, Lienau, Nc
Hench, Mealey, Morrison, Morton, Remore, Sha-
leen, Smith, Swanstrom-23.
NayS-MeSSrs. Drew Gilfillan John r Hem
ry, Houlton, Langdon, Macdonald. Mcclure,
McNelly, MOorhouse, Nelson, Page Pillsbury.
Rice, Waldron, Wheat-15.
A yea and nay vote was then taken on the
motion to suspend, and the motion was lost,
yeas rs, nays IA.
On Senator Donnelly's motion the Senate
then resolved itself into committee of the
whole, when he moved that when the commit
tee rise, it recommend the bill to pass as
amended.
Senator Wheat briefly spoke against the
measure, claiming that the contract with Mr..
Merrill, as made by the Governor, was illegal.
The committee then rose and Senator Nelson
excepted to the report of the committee, on
which he called for the yeas and nays, but the
exception was not sustained, the bill being
ordered to third reading by yeas %, nays 16.
1t requiring suspension Of the rules to act
go over.
THE BONDS AGAIN.
Senator Wheat moved to reconsider the vote
by which the recommendation of the commit
tee In reference to the railroad bonds, stating
that while willing to devote the lands to the
payment of the bonds, he did object to the rec
ommendation in reference to exempting the
lands from taxation for period Of years as
provided for.
The Senate refused to reconsider and re-
cess was taken to 2:3
AFTERNOON SESSION.
| At afternoon session the Senate went into
committee of the whole on general orders, with
twenty Senate and four House bills on the list,
| all of which were acted on favorably, and most
Of them without discussion. An exception
was Senator Wheat's bill requiring all medical
practitioners to be regular graduates, Senator
Llenau advancing the proposition that with
diplomas purchasable at 1926 each, the bill
| would not prevent quackery. Senator Rice also
! thought the bill inadvised, and mentioned two
successful practitioners in his section who
would be debarred. Notwithstanding these OBJ
| jectlons, the bill was recommended to pass.
| 10 the bill from the judiciary committee, pro
yiding for foreclosure by mortgage, Senator
Donnelly offered an amendment providing fo,
a stay of proceedings by affidavit of the mort
gagor, charging that the mortgage was fore
closing for an amount greater than the sum
actually due. The amendment was lost, Is
| to 8.
| An amendment by Senator Rice, postponine
the taking effect of the act to Nov. LIST, 1878,
was adopted.
Among the other bills recommended to pass
was that locating the second hospital for insane
at Rochester and repeating the inebriate asylum
act, and also providing money for seed grain
| Upon the report of the committee being
made, the mortgage foreclosure bill was &C.
cepted from the report, and the amendment
liking the date of Nov. for the bill going into
effect was stricken out. and April LIST substi
tuted by the following vote:
| YEAS.
Armstrong Edwards, Mealcy,
BAILEY, Finseth, Morehouse,
Clement, Hersey, Morton,
Deuel., Langdon, Page
Doran, Macdonald, Kenmore,
Drew, Mcclure, Swanstrom,