Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-03

the State of Minnesota, articles of Impeachment
against Sherman Page, Judge of the 10th Judi
cial district of the State of Minnesota"
After which the articles shall be exhibited
and read, and then the presiding officer of the
Senate will take proper order on the subject of
the Impeachment, of which due notice will be
given to the House of Representatives.
Upon such articles being presented to the
Senate, the Senate shall at such day or hour as
may be ordered by the Senate, proceed to or
ganize as high court of impeachment for the
consideration of said articles. And that the
chlef justice, or any of the associate Judges of
the supreme court of this State be invited to
oe present and administer the usual oath.
Inc report was adopted and the notification
sent to the House.
GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL
IN committee tee OF the whole the general ap-
preparation bill was considered item nv item
and recommended to pass
CAPITOL EXTENSION.
On Senator Mortons motion the rules were
suspended and the House file appropriatinp
Sl5OOO for extending the west wing of the
capitol, was taking up and put upon its pass
age, and it was read second and third time
and it was passed, yeas 25, nays 6. The mega
tive votes were. Page, Price and Waldron.
Recess to 3 o clock
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session after passing through
with the first and second reading of House
bills the Senate went into committee of the
whole, with Senator Rice in the chair. The
first bill on the list was for paving the oft-pre-
sented claim of Mr.. B. A. Froiseth for $780,
Senator Henry not understanding the title of
the bill asked for information.
The Chair-The Froiseth claim.
Senator Henry-Oh, that's a h,lmbug
The Chair-Such will be accepted as the
sense of the committee unless objection is
made.
SALARIES OF STATE OFFICERS.
The bill, reported by the finance committee
proposed to increase the salary of the auditor
and attorney general $500 each the same to be
deducted from the salaries of the treasurer and
railroad commissioner. The bill being under
| consideration, Senator Horton read letter
from Railroad Commissioner Marshall explain
ing the duties of his Office and calling attention
to the fact that the clerk, authorized
by law at salary of $1,000, had never
been employed Senators Edgerton, Armstrong,
Nelson and j. B. Gilfllan, all spoke strongly of
| the Importance of the office, and on motion of
| the first named Senator, it was voted to retain
the salary at SO, 900. On motion of
Senator Lienau the Senate also declined to en-
dorse the recommendation of the committee as
to the treasurer, and the bill was amended to
retain his salary at the present figure. AS
amended the bill was recommended to pass.
SOLDIERS ORPHANS.
In addition to this the only bill which created
any discussion was that transferring the soldiers
orphans, upon closing the home as proposed, to
the regents of the University. Inquiry develop
ed the fact that there is large swamp land
grant connected with this institution and
Senator Waite and others sought to have the
bill laid over to give them opportunity to
examine into the full scope of the proposed
transfer, but the friends of the measure would
not listen to further delay and it was recon-
mended to pass.
At half past FIVE the committee rose and the
Senate adjourned.
Throughout yesterday, the House was en-
gagged in the consideration of bills in the
committee of the whole. The list uDon
which the committee entered shortly after
sure long and tedious days work, with but
little hope of getting through even with an
afternoon and evening session. Many of
the bills acted upon were of a general char
acter, and not few possessed unusual in
terest and importance.
The first bill to come to grief was MIR.
Brainard's bill relating to interest on money
and which reduced the rate thereof from
twelve to ten per cent. The bill had been
previously amended to such an extent that
the author had pretty well lost all interest
therein, and having no friends to look after
it, no opposition was made to its indefinite
postponement.
Some time ago Mr.. w. M. Campbell did
f111 in To, CT
tribute to the memory Of the early pioneers
of his county by the erection of a suitable
monument to the five persons who were
massacred July 18th, 1872 by the Indians in
the town of Acton, at the beginning of the
Sioux outbreak. Their names are Robinson
Jones, Howard Baker, Mrs. Ann Baker,
Uranus Webster and Miss Clara d. Wilson,
and the circumstances of their brutal massa-
! ere are within the recollection of all who are
at all familiar with the terrible scenes of
those days. The bill which was recommend
ed i'll the committee Of the whole yesterday
to pass, appropriates $500 to the erection of
a suitable monument in the Litchtleld Gem
etery, and should be enacted into law with
out opposition.
Among other bills which received the ia
fO1eAO1O e@ooC1AC VI lA1S SoAuiil1llCC WC1c MI.
Christensen s bill to aid in the reclamation
of swamp lands by exempting the same from
taxation for definite period; Mr. Fowler's
bill for the protection of wool-growers, and
Senator Edgerton's bill relating to fore
closure of mortgages. The latter encoun-
tered severe opposition, and a most deter
mined fight ensued. The bill re-enacts the
law as it existed previous to the law of last
winter, and with it, restores the mode of
foreclosure by advertisement which had been
supplanted by the act of 1877. Before the
decision of the committee was arrived at a
spirited debate ensued between Messrs.
Campbell, West, Kinds, Colvill, Purdie,
Muir, McDermott and others. and when the
committee rose the bill was excepted from
the report, and an effort made to lay it on
the table. The struggle lasted till nearly
1:30 O'Clock, when the report was finally &C
cepted.
During Friday afternoon the House perpe-
trated practical joke which for the time
occasioned considerable merriment and
good feeling. Some weeks ago Mr.. Evenson.
a worthy Scandinavian from Houston coun-
ty had introduced bill for the location
of State road from the village
of Houston to the town of Nor
| way in Fillmore county. From the day of
| its introduction to it's passage yesterday, it
had been buffeted around and knocked over
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