Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-19
Routine Report.

Senate met at 10 o'clock.
Senator McCrea presented the petition of
citizens asking that the counties of Traverse
and Wilkin be consolidated
Senator Kinds presented five circumstances
from citizens of Scott county against the pass
age Of the bill prohibiting the catching Of fish
in the waters of said county.
Senator Rice called up Senator ]. B. Gilfl-
lan's resolution asking for the Punishment of
the Pioneer Press reporter from the State, say
ing lie wished to amend the same by including
the retromingent author of the article which
appeared in Saturdays Pioneer Press, and also
the reporter of the Minneapolis Tribune. He
then made speech in the nature of personal
explanation. He said that he had been unjust
ly treated by the author of the article entitled,
'Rice's Steal, and by the little squirt who
dishes up fulsome praise of the Hennepin
county delegation in the Tribune. Both of
these papers had stigmatized as steal the bill
whereby he had sought to endow with small
land grant high school for poor, grasshop-
per-ridden county, while neither of those Jour
nails had made any criticism whatever upon
Senator J. B. Gil6llan's bill to gobble the
swamp land grant known as the soldiers
orphans asylum lands for the State university.
His bill had hardly been read first time in the
House before Mr.. Hicks, the duke of Henne-
pin, rose and paved the ground and beloved
like the duke of Tyndale and forthwith the
Tribune came out in terms laudatory of tho
achievements of Colonel Hicks in defeating
Rice's steal. He was utterly unable to see why
one of these propositions was steal and the
other meritOriOus measure.
Senator Adams said that inasmuch as per-
sonal explanations were in order, he took this
occasion to denounce the unwarrantable lib
critics taxed by certain gentlemen of the press,
who, skulking behind the columns of a news
paper, uttered accusations against every man
w w oil ocfo loo hal s,lc
they would not dare to utter to their faces. In
this mornings Pioneer Press appeared letter,
purporting to come from Duluth, criticising
his remarks concerning the cruelties practiced
IN the insane asylum and abiding, in connec-
tion Herewith, to the fact that during his term
OF service he had caused man to be tied up
by the thumbs. The general said that during
term of over five years service in the army
he had never had charges preferred againt him,
and such illusions as this were intended to les
sen the influence of members of the legislature.
He said he had caused a man to be punished
for grave ofense, deeming it more humane
to punish him severely than to have hin. court
martialed and probably shot.
On notice of debate by Senator Rice, the res
olution went over.
o RAILROAD TARIFFS.
Senator Page called up his resolution relat-
ing to Determinations practiced by railroad
companies.
The resolution was discussed by Senators
Page, McCrea, Mealey, D. Buck, 81. B. Wilson
and 9; F. Buck, and was adopted, with an
amendment requiring the committee to report
by the 1st of March.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Senator Miller-Proposing an amendment
to the constitution relating to the terms of
State officers. Fixes the term of office at four
years.
By Senator Wheat Relating to railroads in.
eorporated under the laws of Illinois.
By Senator Hinds-To amend the general
laws Of 1872 relative to commitments to the
Reform school.
By Senator withdrawing the general
laws of 1866 relating to legaoies.
BY Senator Swamstrom-To incorporate the
village of Lamberton, in Redwood county.
By Senator McCrea-To change the bounda-
rleS of the counties of Carver and Wilkin
By Senator Adams-Authorizing the auditor
OF Dakota county to levy tax for special pur-
poses.
By Senator Reaney-Appropriating money
from the State treasury to Averill. Russell Il
Carpenter.
By Senator Officer Amending the charter of
the city of Austin.
By Senator Mills-To promote forest culture
in the State of Minnesota.
BY Senator Pillsbury-To amend the general
laws of 1874 relating to salaries.
BY Senator Buell-To regulate the salaries of
officers of Houston county. Passed under sus-
pended rules.
By Senator Perkins-Relating to the time for
holding terms in the district court in Cotton
wood county.
BILLS PASSED UNDER SUSPENDED RULES.
Memorial to Congress for the relief of set
tiers on celtain lands in Renville county.
To authorize the commissioners of Mower
county to issue bonds for the building of a
court house.
A COMMUNICATION
was received from the Governor, enclosing a
joint resolution passed by the legislature of the
State of Alabama, requesting the delegation in
Congress from that State to urge the enactment
Of such laws as may be necessary to prevent the
exercise of jurisdiction by the federal courts in
proceedings in certain cases against municipal
corporations in the several States, and request
ing that the legislatures of other States take
action upon thiDsubject.
FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS.
To extend the corporate limits of the town of
New Richland.