Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-26
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HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Authorizing Ramsey county to issue bonds
for bridge at Fort Smelling.
Adjourned.
House.
Contrary to general expectation, the
House gave, yesterday morning, the Page
the go-by, and took up it's
regular order of business.
The substitute reported by Mr.. Colv'l,
from the select committee, provides for an
appropriation of $4,000 annually for four
years, for general geological survey OF the
State, and in it the Colonel also takes occa-
sion to retract certain statements made
several weeks ago in reference to fro1.
Winchell of the State University, and his
connection with previous surveys OF the
State under his superintendent.
The House also enjoyed yesterday morn
ing brief section of the Scott county seat
war. The set-to was not exactly upon the
county seat removal, but upon bill author,
izing the village of Jordan to issue bonds
for court house purposes. With the view
of cutting off this wing of the
Jordan forces and thereby weakening and
putting to rout the main forces, Mr.. Kinds
moved to the attack with his accomplished
parliamentary javelin, but owing to the very
thin House present, with no very effective
result, further than to leave the bill in com
mittee of the whole, from which it had been
previously favorab]y reported, but which by
Mr.. Kinds strategy had been excepted from
the report and laid on the table. The result
of yesterdays skirmish was that the bill was
taken from the table and now goes to the
committee of the whole, there to again run
the gauntlet of the Shakopee champions
deadly onslaught. In one sense, the taking
of the bill from the table and referring it to
the committee of the whole, Mr.. Giles was
the victor, as the bill has been thereby re-
moved from dangerous locality and placed
in the way of advancement.
The next business transacted was
making the text book bill the
special order for this afternoon,
at three O'Clock, after which the House en-
tered upon the order of introduction of bills
Among the more important bills introduced
was one by Mr.. Ladd, from the ways and
means committee, providing for the appro-
priation of funds to purchase seed grain for
grasshopper sufferers, and authorizing the
State auditor to borrow of the st. Paul
banks the sum of $4,000 at not more than
measure was introduced by Mr.. Mills to
regulate fare and freights on the railroads of
this State. The bill provides that no greater
rate than 1 q cents per ton per mile shall be
charged for the principal agricultural pro
ducts, and that terminal charges be added to
equalize as to distance. The bill also provides
for transferring at intersecting points, and is
SO arranged that double local rates cannot be
charged, when carried by two OF more COM
panies. 1t also increases the duties of the
rates of fare for passengers shall not exceed
four cents per mile.
The afternoon session was entirely devoted
to the consideration of matters in committee
of the whole.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Rice, appropri
ating $4,000 for the enlargement of tn
west wingof the capitol, elected considerabl,
discussion. Mr.. Rice, in an able argumen
in advocacy of the bill, gave succinct &C
count of the building of the present structure
under the territorial government, and how tn
present hall has been pieced out to meet tn
increasing demands of the State, as it grey
| i'll population and Importance. He ais
: dwelt upon the Importance of providing fire
g proof vaults for the safe keeping of tn
records and papers of the historical society
, which were of inestimable value, and if one
lost could not be readily restored. He spok
of the recent hiring of the Opera House in
= this city on the occasion of the Governor
Inauguration, and dwelt upon the necessit
of the State having some building Of rs owl
where ceremonies of like chara ter could tax
e place.
Mr.. Purdie made some very cogent an
sensible remarks upon the same bill. II
would rather see the capitol enlarged tina
y the number of members reduced, and agree
e with Mr.. Rice that one or the other had I
Il be done.
. Messrs. Morse, Hicks and McDermott O,
l. posed the bill-the former having his oil
&c jections principally on the ground that if IL
', appropriation were made, defcient
Il would certainly ensue which the succeediu
a. Legislature would be called upon to NAL
,ee good.
t. Messrs. Wiley, Teller and Kinds advocate
:. the measure in temperate and well-consi
in cred terms, and after some further discussio
ne the bill was recommended to pass.
n ro Altogether a fair days work was COL
he through with, but the Page impeachme
ne hangs like an incubus over the House, al
ea prevents its entering upon the discharge
10 its business with its usual vigor and spir
Let that be gotten out of the way as soon
on possible.
of Routine Report.
sc: ST.. PAUL, Feb 25.-The House met pursua
III to adjournment, at 10 o'clock this morning, a
er the attendance being decidedly slim not mu
en- more thru a bare quorum being present. it "
no agreed unanimously to proceed with the regu
order of business.
Ia Mr.. Colvill from the special committee
In ported back a,substitnte for House file No. Il
m to appropriate money for geological survey
&c. the State, which read the first time a
er- placed on file for the second reading. The /
provides for general survey of the Sta
~ and appropriates $4,000 year for that D.
'rs pose.
Ter THE SCOTT COUNTY WAR.
MIR. Giles moved that House file No. 275,
1ss ing the bill to authorize the village of Jorc
~ to issue bonds for court house purposes, be t.
III III en- from the table and placed on file for
'A11 third reading,
49, 49, Mr.. Kinds moved to amend by referring
tbo bill to the committee of the whole. Lost, e