Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-04
To legalize deeds and conveyances to the Ma
,pleton Cemetery association.
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pleton Cemetery association.
HOUSE BILL LOST.
Relating to the altering, vacating and open
ing OF highways. Reconsidered and referred to
special committee.
Bulls INTRODUCED.
By Senator Pillsbury-Appropriatin money
for legislative expenses. Passed under sus-
pended rules.
Also to authorize the Lyndale Railway COM
psny to connect m Lakes Calhoun and Harriet by
canal. Passed under suspended rules.
resolution appropriating 800 TO the Senate
reporters was opposed by Senator Powers in
nays, 2. a
Recess till O'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED UNDER SUSPENDED RULES.
Relating to the altering, vacating and OPEN
ing of highways
of LIE Sueur count to rearrange the papers in
his office.
To increase the time for holding sessions of
the board of commissioners of Washington
county.
TO amend the charter of the city of Still
water relative to the municipal court.
To provide for submitting to vote of the
people the question of continuing the munici-
pal court of Saltwater.
To amend the charter of the city of Still
water.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Senator Bonniwell- To extend the time
for the completion of the Minneapolis & st.
Cloud railroad.
By Senator swanstrom-To legalize the or
ganization of the town of Oneota, st. Louis
county. Passed under suspended rules.
By Senator Johnson-Relating to the in
corporation of Winnebago City, Faribault
county. Passed under suspended rules.
RxyS tori 10 k1ns
corporation Of the Monitor Plow works. Pass
ed under suspended rules.
By Senator Castle Prohibiting the trans
portation of game out of the State
By Senator E. M. Wilson-To grant 500, 900
acres of swamp lands for the support of the
State university.
By Senator 6. D.. Gilfllan- amend the
general laws of 1876, relating to estates of in
testates.
Also, to amend the general statutes relating
to the descent of real estate of deceased per-
sons.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE,
Senator Rice in the chair, the bill relating to a
by the public examiner, was indefinitely post
poned; the bill consolidating Big Stone and
Traverse counties was recommended to pass:
the bill relating to railroad combinations was
taken up.
Senator Castle moved to indefinitely postpone
the BILL saying that the law already on the stat
utes was sufficient, and that anything further
would be repetition of the old granger leg
islation which was universally deplored, and
had resulted in stopping railroad building in
the State.
@. D. Gilfllan moved by striking out thepen
atty of $500, and making it three times the
damage suffered.
Senator d. Buck advocated his bill in a stir
ring speech, and said if the Senate wanted a
good, practical railroadllaw they should vote for
his bill; and if they did not, let them kill the
bill, but he did not want any railroad attorneys
to come in here to load the bill down with their
amendments and sharp practices. The law on
the statutes imposed such small penalties that
no one could afford to bring suit against rail
road corporations. and said that was lust where
Mr.. Castle and Mr.. G. D. Gilillan wanted to
hold the people. The railroad companies were
| always represented by the ablest attorneys, and
that they never stopped with the first trial in
sible for ordinary men to litigate them. He
believed that railroad men were combined with
| wheat buyers, and that by determinations ex-
torted money from the people. This bill made
! operative constitutional right.
Senator Page claimed that the bill contained
nothing but what was contained in his bill and
his bill went further in its provisions.
Senator E. M. Wilson wanted a bill strong
enough to secure the object. He did not be-
| lleve that granger legislation had anything to
DO with the stopping of railroad bailding but
that it was due to the iniquities of the railroads
themselves. The object had been not to build
railroads as cheaply as possible. but as dearly
as possible, and railroad officers were in collu-
sion with contractors. He believed that gran
ger agitation had been of great benefit to the
people and the railroads.
Senator H. B. Wilson had not sympathized
with granger legislation, but he believed in the
enactment Of wholesome legislation preventing
fforn from oGxy,rr
| ing them to carry freights at reasonable rates,
and he believed that Mr.. Bucks bill was good
one and ought to pass.
Senator Castle was opposed to tinkering the
laws, but If one was to be passed he was de-
cidedly in favor of Mr.. Bucks bill
| Senator Thacher believed that the railroads
were the salvation of the State, and he feared
that more harm than good would result from
this railroad legislation and favored MIR,
Bucks bill as the one likely to do the least
harm.
Senator Powers was proud of the railroad
system Of the State, and would be sorry to
prosecute the railroads, and he did not believe
his constituents wanted him to. He had con-
versation with one of the principal railroad
men of the State, and that with one exception
Mr.. Pages bill was satisfactory to him.
Senator Williams said that there was no pref
udice against railroads by the agriculturalists.
| which was proven by the hearty reception re-
ceived by railroads and the bonds issued to
them. After roads had been operated few
months there were complaints, and these com.
plants were made in consequence of companies
not serving all alike. IT the railroad companies
would be content to carry the freight and let
anyone buy wheat and other articles there
would be no trouble.
Senator Pages motion to substitute was lost.
Senator E. M. Wilson moved to amend by
making the penalty five times the damage suf-
fered and reasonable attorneys fees.
Senator Kinds hoped the amendment offered
by r. NJ. Wilson would not prevail, because he
considered the penalty the very life Of the law.
These suits were either not defended at all or
defended to the utmost. A fine of $500 was
not q large one, and if any penalty was thought
expedient it would be better to double the
penalty than to cut it down.
Senator n. B. Wilson said that the millers of
Red Wing were Disseminated against, and that
they said that they had to pay IS cents per
barrel more to ship flour from there to Milwau-
kee than millers did from Minneapolis. He
favored the $500 penalty as means of stop
ping these determinations.
Senator G. d. Gilfllan said that the COM
plants of the Red Wing Millers arose from the
fact that they were further from Lake Superior
than Minneapolis. As to Mr.. Bucks bill, he
said that not dollar Of money could be pro-
cured to invest in this State under such a law,
and that lawyers and pettifoggers would spring
up at every station to prosecute these cases on
speculation.
Senator Pillsbury said that the rates for the
transportation of -four was so cents from Min
neapols and As cents from Red Wing.
Senator Castle said if there was fixed pen
atty it would have the effect to produce dis
crimi nations that would be large enough to
make it profitable to pay the $500. He be-
ieved that the provision for the collection Of
damages was ample.
Senator Kinds said that the error of Mr..
Castles argument was in the assumption that
actual damages was renumerative, whereas in
the large majority of cases actual damages or
five times that amount was M rennma rarion at