Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-19

government lands, and therefore subject to
homestead or -emptjon fling. These
lands have been, of course, improved and
it would evidently be great hardship if
these lands and the improvements were lost to
the settler. Under the circumstances it is
but an act of justice to these poor people
not to deprive them of the fruits of years of
toll, on account of the mistakes of other
parties than themselves, and In introducing
bill to relinquish the technical hts of the
State in and thereto, Major Bruler
has earned the gratitude of many
q poor and deserving toiler upon
the broad acres of the Western frontier.
According to the late report of the State
auditor, these lands number nearly 10000
acres, and not being, in reality, swamp
lands, would never have been set apart to the
State, but for the mistake above referred to-
The title of the State being therefore tech
meal, no injustice is done it in the passage
OF the bill and the restoration of clear title
to the settlers who have occupied and i'm
proved their lands.
An effort was made last evening, for an
evening session, but the indisposition of the
House to enter thereon, in its present mood,
was too palpable, and accordingly an ad-
JOurnment was carried.
To day is likely to be more interesting
than any preceding, or subsequent period OF
the session. The report of the Page i'm
peachment committees the Brandt investi
cation, the Cox investigation resolution
the supplementary text book bill with one OF
more special orders-all these are on the
tapis and will doubtless be taken up during
the day. Altogether it is likely to be an e1.
citing one, and is altogether liable to be
fraught with important and interesting con
sequences,
ST.. PAUL, Feb. 1s.-The House me-
promptly at three o'clock, and afte
corrections in Saturdays journal, Mr.. Hind
| moved to correct the journal of Friday which
showed by actual count that upon the amend
| ment to the amendment to the Scott count,
seat removal bill, 40 members bad voted in tn
affirmative instead of 4s. as given at the time
The amendment, it will be recollected Above,
Shakopee to offer bonus of 81, 900 for tn
repair of county buildings and the erection
of new ones, and was declared los
upon tie vote, 48 for and 48 against. TIL
original record referred to, and thi
showed that in printing the journal, the nam
OF MIR. Holland has been recorded as voting i
| the affirmative, while the original recor
showed that he did not vote at all. Mr.. Hn]
land, Oh being appealed to, could not recollec
that he voted at all ON the amendment, and O
course the journal was left unchanged, excep
| that the name or Mr.. Holland was ordered t
| be stricken from the list of those voting affirm
atively. Mr.. Hinds's motion was also under
stood to include the further correction of tn
| journal 80 as to show that the repol
of the committee of the whole ha
not been adopted, but the origins
record having disproved the printe
] journal, the matter was allowed to drop. TIL
House then went into committee of the whole
Mr.. Muir, of Steele, in the chair, and by
o'clock had disposed of AZ bills out of a list Q
about 80. These, however, were mostly of
local and unimportant character, and the CON
mittee having risen, the House adjourned, ate
having spent an hour in squabble relating t
the organization of savings banks, which ha
been excepted from the report of the commit
tee, and to which Mr.. Colvill had offered a
amendment