Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-03
THE LEGISLATURE.
LARGE AMOUNT OF ROUTINE WORK
DISPOSED OF.
The Senate Passes the Capitol Extension
Bill, Agrees Upon the General Appro-
priation Bill, and Fixes the Salaries of
the State Oficers--Soldier's Orphans
Transfer--Speaker Gilman Announces
the Impeachment Managers

| the State Oflcers--Soldier's ORPHANS
| Transfer--Speaker Gilman Annonncas
the Impeachment Managers.
| If the school text book law is to be forced
upon the people. of the State, it is matter
of congratulation that the fright of it's
| friends led them to recall it from the House
for the purpose of attaching an amendment
giving the voters the right to reject the con-
tract by a majority vote in 1883, and again
in 1883, if the vote of 1883 shall be in
favor of continuance. This is just little
better than nothing, but not much.
Hon. Edmund Rice, of the House, had the
pleasure of seeing his bill for the e1-
tension of the west wing of the
capital put through the Senate
with but six dissenting votes, an
unanimity as creditable to the members as
it was surprising to the friends of the bill.
Senator Morton bad charge of the bill in
the Senate which undoubtedly had some
thing to do with the complimentary vote.
The measure did not pass before the i'm
provement provided for was urgent.
| A bill consuming considerable time was
that proposing to transfer the occupants of
the Soldiers Home, and it's fund, when the
institution is wound up by the trustees as
proposed in June next, to the State Univers-
ity. When it is understood that the funds
of the Orphans Home institution include
n 49,, II, lo 4l,.A;
will aggregate from 30O, 900 to 100000 acres
the Importance of the bill will be under
stood. That Senator j. B. Gilfllan, the local
champion of the State University should be
anxious to get such a bill through is not sur
prlslng, but when he carries that anxiety to
the extent of declining an urgent appeal for
delay to give Senators an opportunity to
! thoroughly examine into the full scope of the
proposed transfer, it furnishes ground for
the charge made in the lobby of ''woodchuck. -
HE GLOBE does not make any such
charge, but it does say chat the transfer of
such al important trust should not be rushed
through the Legislature without the fullest
examination possible. If the Senate should
persist in the rushing tactics displayed
yesterday, it will be the duty of the House
to teach the Senate end of the capitol a
lesson. Other matters of interest will be
found below in the
Routine Report.
BILLS INTRODUCED
ST. PAUL, Feb. 2, 1S7s.-By Senator Mealey-
10 authorize the commissioners of Mile Laos
county to compromise and settle with the
sureties of S. l.. Staples, late treasurer of that
county. Passed.
By Senator G. D. Gilfllan, authorizing the
| board of education of the city of ST. Paul to
issue bonds for $4,000 for high school pur-
poses, only $l5, 600 of such bonds to be issued
and used in the year 1878.
By Senator Page-To amend the general
laws Tor the arrest and conviction of horse
thieves. Requires presentation of certificates
to the auditor of the State.
| By Senator Hall-Authorizing Yellow Medi-
cine county to issue bonds in SIS, OOO Ito fund
its floating debt. Passed.
BY Senator Henry-For free bridge across
| the Minnesota river at Belle PLANE, Scott
county.
By Senator Edgerton-To amend the general
statutes relating to decisions of the supreme
court.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To authorize the city of Winona to issue
bonds for bridge purposes; also, to establish q
ferry across the Mississippi river.
TEXT BOOKS.
Senator Donnelly called up the textbook
bill, returned from the House on Friday, in &C
cordance with the request of the Senate. and
moved that the vote by which the bill was
passed be reconsidered, which was done. On
| the same senator's motion, the Senate recon-
sidered the vote by which it refused to concur
in the House local option amendment, when he
offered the following amendment to the House
amendment:
| Providing that at the annual election of 1888
| the question of further continuing in force the
contract with d. d. Merrill for furnishing the
| books, and If a majority vote against it the
| contract shall be annulled; in case the contract
is continued at this election the question shall
be again submitted to vote Of the people in
| 1888, and if majority of the legal voters vot-
ing upon such question shall vote against the
further continuance of the said contract, then
the contract shall cease; provided, that if the
people shall vote to discontinue the contract
at either of the elections, the contractor shall
not be disqualified from collecting payment
| for books delivered before the holding such
election, md provided further that the inhab-
ltants Of cities, towns or SPECIAL school dis
trIcts, not under the operations of this law
shall not vote at any such election provided for
Senators Edgerton and Nelson raised the con-
stitutional question The proposed amend
ment requires the proposition Of the continu-
ance of the law to be submitted to the people
at 4he expiration of five years, and again in
seven years and ten years. Will not this pro-
vision be unconstitutional, for the reason that
the Legislature cannot delegate it's author
| lty! Will not the amendment be imperative,
and if not, will it not render the law unconsti-
tutional?
Senator Donnelly argued that the objections
would not apply, as it not the act but the
contract which submitted, to the provi-
sions of which contract the contractor had to
give his assent before he could avail himself Of
the provisions of the supplementary law.
The amendment was then adopted, and the
yeas and nays being called on the bill as amend
ed it was passed by the following vote
Yeas-Senators Ahrens, Bailey, Bonniwell,
Clement, Deuel., Donnelly, Edgerton Edwards,
Finseth, Giltillan. c. D., Goodrich, Henry,
Hersey, Langdon Lienau, McHcnch. Mealey,
Norton Rice, Shaleen, Smith, Swanstrom.
| Waite, Waldron-23.
Nays-Senators Armstrong, Drew, Gillian,
John B., Henry, Houlton Macdonald, McNellv,
Morehouse Page, Pillsbury-lO.
/ THE PAGE IMPEACHMENT.
/ Senator Armstrong, from the judiciary com
mittee, made the following report under the
resolution of the Senate:
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives on
the 28th day of February, 1878, by two of
| their members at the bar of the Senate, inn
peached Sherman Page, judge of the tenth jul
dicial district of the State, of corrupt conduct
| in Office, and of crimes and misdemeanors in
Office, and informed the Senate that the House
| of Representatives will in due time exhibit