Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-08

Soon after the House met yesterday after
noon Mr.. w. NJ Campbell, of the House COM
mittee of conference on the text book bill,
submitted the following report, which was
read:
The undersigned, the conference committee
in relation to House file No. 81, "a bill for an
act supplementary to an act entitled AN act to
provide uniform and cheap text books for the
public schools of Minnesota, approved Febru-
airy 23d, 1871" would respectfully report, that
they have met and considered the differences
of the two houses in relation to the pending
amendment of the Senate thereto, non-con-
CURED in by the House, and they would recon-
mend that the House concur in the amendment
of the Senate with an amendment, to-wit: To
strike out all of said amendment, and insert
the amendment accompanying this report.
D. D. Merrill, has the right to
furnish all the books needed for the use Of
the common schools of this State, as proposed
by the accompanying amendment, the people
of the State would have the right to terminate
said contract by majority vote in the year
1880, should the law be proved Instantaneous
to the people.
We are respectfully,
IGNAT1Us DONNEILY,
D. F. GooDR1oH,
J. G. MCCLURE.
G. G.. EDWARDS
J. B. GILFuL4AN.
Managers on the part of the Senate.
w. M. CAMPBELL,
JAMES M. BOWLER
Managers on the part of the House.
THE CONFERENCE AMENDMENT.
The following is the amendment proposed by
the conference committee and sent in with the
report as above noted:
@ NIL
tlnuanCe in force of the said act to which this
act is supplementary and of this act, shall be
submitted to the legal voters of this State at
the general annual election to be holden in the
year one thousand eight hundred and eighty
1880, and if at such election majority of the
electors present and voting at such election
shall vote against the further continuance in
force of the said acts in the manner in this
section provided; then in that case the said acts
shall cease to be of further force and effect,
| from and after the time Of the declaration Of
| the result Of such vote by the board of can
vassers of votes for State officers.
| All electors voting at such election, upon
| said question, in favor of the further con-
tinuance in force of the said acts, shall have
written or printed, or partly written or partly
printed upon their ballots the words g In favor
of the textbook acts, and all electors voting
at such election, upon said question, against
the further continuance in force of the said
| acts, shall have written or printed, partly
written and partly printed upon their ballots
the words, Against the textbook acts.'
The votes 80 cast shall be canvassed and re-
turned in the same manner as votes cast for
State officers; provided, that the electors re-
| siding in districts not subject to the provisions
of the said acts shall not be entitled to vote
upon the said question at such elections.
Mr.. w. M. Campbell moved to adopt the re-
port of the committee.
Mr.. Morse stated that although on the COM
mittee, this was the first he had ever heard OF
| the report. 1t was a sarcasm on the people tC
give them the privilege of voting after they
had suffered the consequence of the introduc.
ton of the books.
Mr.. Campbell denied the assertion, and con.
tended that the only change made was in max
| ing the time of voting thereon in 1880 instead
| 1881 as first contemplated.
Mr.. Colvill submitted the following minority
report:
The conference committee of the House or
Senate file 81 respectfully report that they
have been unable to agree with the Senate
committee upon the question at issue between
the respective houses. Mr.. Donnelly of tn,
Senate committee, submitted a proposition tx
put the law in force in 1880, six months after
the law comes in full force. This committe,
refused to accept any proposition that did not
require the question to be submitted to vote
before the law went into effect. Your commit
tee therefore recommend this House not to re
cede from it's amendment as passed by Thu
House, and to refuse to concur in the Senat,
amendment thereto.
W. COIvIII