Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-03
THE LAW MAKERS.
HOW THE r4sr WEEK W4s ENDED.
Draining Lakes in the Senate--The School
Book Question Postponed Until Wednes-
day--Avalanche Of Petitions In the House
Temperance and School Books the OBJ
jectiye Points--County Seat of scott
Senate.


Gov. Pillsbury, yesterday, sent to the Sen
ate communication endorsing the inven-
| ton of Mr.. M. j. Adams for deepening river
channels. and recommending that Congress
be memorialized to appropriate sufficient
sum to give the invention practical trial.
This is good recommendation of the Gov
ernor's. model of the invention, on a
small SCALE has been tried in the vicinity of
Wabashaw, and found to work well, while two
distinguished old world engineers, who have
been experimenting with the same principle,
pronounce it both practical and economical.
The memorial, if made at ALL should be
passed and forwarded at once so that it's
presence in Washington may be known
while the river improvement executive COM
mittee is still there
The subject of draining or lowering lakes
is perfect nightmare to Senator Donnelly
and other honorables, and such proposition
is sure to bring them to their feet with pro-
test more or less vigorous. Thus, when
bill of Senator Nelson's came up yesterday to
lower a so-called lake in Pope county
for the purpose of retaining land along
the shore, the protest was made, though it
was made mild upou the statement that it's
waters were void Of fish and that slough
would be more appropriate as a designating
title than lake. Rather unexpectedly, too. it
brought out the fact that all our law-ma-
kers are not lake preservers, Senator Derrel
going so far as to assert that perhaps the
people living along the shore of the lake
knew even better than others four to five
hundred miles away, as to the policy of low
ering that particular lake, while Senator c..
| ID. Gilfllan absolutely Mortified the advocates
| of wholesale water preservation, by announ-
cling as his unbiased opinion, that no lake in
the State would be injured by drainage to a
foot below low water mark. Finally, Mr..
Nelson's bill was allowed to be recommend
ed to pass, in consideration of which he an
nounced that he would as soon as possible
prepare bill for regulating the lake lower
ing and draining business, with the idea of
placing the matter in the hands of county
commissioners.
Yellow Medicine county, few years
ago, acted the good Samari
tan, by taking in charge two
men who, overcome by cold on Dakota soil,
had laid down to die. The care of these
unfortunates involved a total expense of some
Sl,1 100. Being grasshopper poor, and the
hand of charity being extended to persons
found dying on foreign soil, it was held that
it was proper for the State to reimburse the
/ county. With this view, Senator Hall intro
| n oclyI
for 20 per cent of the expense the
county had been to. Yesterday the bill
came up in committee of the whole.
and though the principle of the State max
ing returns to counties in cases of expenses
incurred in the care of unfortunate and des-
| tltute humanity was pronounced faulty and
dangerous by Senator G. D. Gilfllan, it was
recommended to pass with great unanimity.
1 In general orders, Senator Halls bill
amendatory of the text book law was reached,
but the Senators being in no humor for a
war OF words, its consideration was made the
special order for Wednesday forenoon next.
The following is the
[ Routine Report.
/ BILLS INTRODUCED.
ST. PAUL, Feb. BY Senator Clough, to al
low joint school district No. 80, in Mower and
| Fillmore counties to pay certain moneys to
iquidate Indebtedness. Passed under suspen-
sion of rules.
By Senator smith-To authorize the commits
sioners of Murray county to issue bonds to
fund its floating debt.
By Senator Rice-Relating to chattel mort
cages.
By Senator Nelson-Relating to the embezzle-
ment of crops by tenants.
By Senator j. B. Gilfllan- Relating to cleo
tions in Isanti county. Rules suspended and
bill passed.
By Senator J. B. misunderstanding the
county of Isanti from the law regulating the
fees of county officers Rules suspended and
bill passed.
BY Senator DEMONSTRATING name.
By Senator Drew-Allowing the city of Winona
to establish public library in that city.
| Passed under suspension of rules.
RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
A communication read from Gov. Pills
bury calling attention to the invention of M.
j. Adams for deepening the channel of rivers,
and recommending that the Legislature memo
rialize Congress for aid to give the invention a
| thorough trial. The communication was re-
ferred to the committee on federal relations.
BILLS PASSED.
Amending the charter of Austin to allow a
! popular vote upon the question of license
Memorial to Congress for an extension Of
time to the Hastings and Dakota railroad.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
President Wakefield announced the following
| special committees On the bill of Senator Rice
| for State manufacture Of school furniture
Senators Rice, j. B. GilflEan and Morton. On
| the resolution of Senator Lienau in regard tc
the purchase by the State of the ST. Paul &
Duluth NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nelson, Edgerton
Pillsbury, Lienau and Doran.
| TEXT BOOKS.
The bill of Senator Hail. amending the text
book law by fixing the expense of transmission
of books upon school districts, was made the
special order for Wednesday next in committee
of the whole.
Adjourned to Monday at 10 a. m.
The morning session opened yesterda,
with regular avalanche of petitions in favol
of the passage of the bill prepared by the
Temperance Union for the suppression O.
taxation, pauperism and crime resulting from
the use of intoxicating liquors. From almos
every section of the State-North, South
East and West, poured in the petitions show
ing that the Union had been industriousl,
circulating its petitions with the view of in
fuencing the legislature in behalf of the bill
presented for its consideration What effec