Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-30
House.

The attendance at the House Yesterday af-
ternoon was pretty full, there being but few
members absent.
The report of the committee on tree-plant-
ing to which was referred all of the many
bills in reference to the growth of timber on
the prairies, was made yesterday afternoon
and shows that the committee have acceded
to the views of the State Forestry Associa-
ton on that subject, and in their report
recommend the adoption of the Senate bill
which memorializes Congress, to SO amend
the law as to require only ten acres instead
of forty to be planted to trees, and to fur
ther allow of their being planted four feet
instead of twelve apart. The proposed change
is eminently desirable, and if enacted into
law by Congress it will go far towards pro-
noting a healthy and vigorous advance in
that most necessary field of labor, and SO
essential to the prosperity and development
of the State.
The old Scott county. county seat removal
fight which has ragged for two years past, in
the House, again reached it's :. horrid crest -
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Giles gave notice
of his intention to introduce bill for the
removal of the county seat from Shakopee
to Jordan, and within five minutes there
after, Mr.. Kinds had sent up notice that
he would introduce bill for the removal
to Lydia.
This is an old fight, and, as above stated,
has been fercely waged for two years, and,
perhaps, many more. At the session of the
Legislature, two years ago, bill passed the
the people, but was smothered in the Senate.
Shakopee is in the northern part of the
county, while Jordan is in the southern sec
ton. The people of the latter place crave
the honor of the county capital, and to gain
it propose to erect all necessary county build
ings at their own expense. The southern
section of the county numerically outnumbers
the northern part, and of course is willing to
submit the matter to the vote of the
people, well knowing that the verdict will be
in their favor. Mr.. Kinds, from the upper
part of the county, endeavors to affect this
inimical preponderance by having the county
seat transferred, as Shakopee must lose it,
to small town named Lydia, which, it APP
pears, is almost exactly in the center of the
county, and in this respect at least more eli
gibly located than its rivals. But the place
has no railroad, and in this respect is at a
great disadvantage, as it is alike inaccessi-
bic to both of the contending parties, and
for this reason, if no other, is not likely to
gain the coveted prize.
The bridge bills are not all dead by any
means, but still continue TO thurst them
lcaI h. oAk :"
There is one surprising thing in connection
with the introduction Of a bill of this nature
and that is, the remarkable similarity of the
language and context of them all. No mat
ter where situated, or rather proposed to be
situated, a change of name, location and
board of examiners is all that is observable
or could possibly enable the student of this
interesting style of literature, to distinguish
one from the other.
They are all evidently drawn from the
} same model, and an acquaintance with the
legislative proceedings of the State of five
years, enables the writer to say that during
that entire period they have all preserved
the same relative sameness and phraseology
Unquestionably the legislator who drafted
the first bridge bill in the Minnesota legisla
ture, builded wiser than he knew, and hat
found willing imitators through successiv,
years and generations. But he could hardl,
have realized in its full enormity the magni
tude of the infection he was putting upol
1 those who were to come after him, or hi
conscience would have smitten him, and hi
work would have remained unfinished.
Mr.. Giles introduced bill to amend til
law relating to divorces, the material poin
' of which is that which authorizes the judg
0 to send the case to referee to take test
}, mony and report the evidence thereon.
= Saturday afternoon the House will in
: body visit the State Penitentiary for the pu
pose of inspection.
The following is the report of the day
doing's:
Routine Report.