The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-24
MINNESOTA IEGISLA AZURE.
Proceedings OF theExtra Session. y

MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings OF tfeEExtra session >sp}'
MONDAY, NOV. IA.
SENATE-A considerable amount Of routine
business wss- transacted, All immense number
OF house bills having been passed through their
tirst reading aud placed in position Tor early
passage, for it is fact that scarcely one bill
ont of twenty that is introduced fails to get
through I,
MI Wilson offstol resolution which sousht
'.limit the time for the introduction OF bills TO
wednesday noon, but some opposition being
manifested to this stoppaee OF tho wheols Of
legislation, its consideration was postponed.
Not far from 600 bills have already been born
in the two houses, and it is q singular fact that
II large proportion Of them entirely repeal or
ular session which st!jo,!sn ned only eight short
>"Yths ago.
Senators aud representatives have special
liking for gettisg up bridge bills, nearly every
member having ono OF more which have either
passed, or are in ths hands OF clerks Or COM
mittees.
HousR.-No less than sixtv-fvo bills ,easkSi
the hOuse and seven new ones were introduced.
Aside from this but little business was trans
acted. OF the sixty-hve large number are
bridge bills, tho whofo amount appropriated
therefor out Of the internal fund being $S, 675,
and q lot Of counties to hear from.
The amendment to the capitol bill, by which
the $lOO, 600 ia made sufficient to furnish the
building, as we'll as to complete it, cupola and
AL, passed without the faintest opposition.
-.,.. TUESDAY, NOV. Is.
SENATE.-The house civil service reform
resolutions. which look to remodellng Of the
federal constitution and an Improvement in
the administration cf the affairs Of the govern-
ment, passed tho house unanimously. The
swamp land grant to the st. Cloud, Manksto
Austin road Was amended to death In the house
and the senate refused to bury the corpse. The
house bill appropriatine 100000 to finish
and furnish the capitol passed through con,-
mittee Of the whole with but slight opposition.
The senate. by an slmoss unanimous vote,
expiration Of 80 days.
dousE-Another day OF routine work and
scores Of bills passed. The bill allowing say
ing banks to invest in Dakota securities was
tabled The usual number OF local bills
% were introduced m and there seems
without questions. II q member ia struck by
curious OF mischfevous provisions, and '.rises
to remark, "his mouth 10 shut at once by some
body shouting ':local BILL"
WEDNESDAY, NOV. Is.
SENATE Among the appropriation bills
passed were $4,000 for the expenses OF the
s.tl. session; $25, eo9 70 pay fer the Cox i'm;
The Wlnona Normal school; $4,000 for grad
ing grounds Of state p1,sc2; So, 900 for clerk
hire in the, adjutant generals Office last year
and the year before, and seven or eight bridge
bills, running from $500 70 81, 500.
: law. This, with $75, ,OOO appropriated ct the
last session, will make very respectable stycc-
cure.
HOUSE Articles OF impeachment, twenty
III number, charging Judge E St Julien Cox
with drunkenness aud }swdness, we're adopted
BY vots Of II to l3. The st. Louis River
DAlles improvement company bill was prac-
1cally l;'led by recommendation fos inded-
ute postponement from committee Of the
whole. A number OF local snd one or two gen.
ersl bills were introduced and seyera! house
and senate bil!s passed The usual routine Of
first and second readings wss carried fhrongh
rapidly.
THuRSDAY. nov. ~.
SENATE-The sena:e organized itseif into
high court Of Impeachment, the articles pre-
pared and adopted by the house having been
daily presented with the ususi forma.ities and
aolemRitiee.
The bill to separate tie ohice CT Lsnd com
missioner from that OF state auditor was then in
definitely postponed By the crushing vote Of
20 to 2 Il yss looked upon as drive at
A large number Of biils were passed and pushed
forward to final passage. The Duluth and
Winnipeg land grant was fayorably considered
The senate refused to concur in the house ap-
preparation bill, which reduces the amount es-
tmpeachiag Cox. The senate decided that $25,-
900 might be necessary, es it required $23, coo
TO try the late Judge Sherman Page, and % not
enough money was available the members and
the ofheers Of the court were
The aenate concurred III the house amend
ments to che bill granting swamp lands to the
81. Cloud, Mankato 4 Austin railroad company
and that bill is consequently again ready for the
governor's approval, at which its friends are
again jubilant after several days OF despond-
ency. A whole raft Of local bills went through.
House The day was devoted to Industrious
york in passing local bills, aud 8 large number
1ere disposed Of. Three sessions were held aud
he cslander was materially ce,luced.
FRIDAY, NOV. IL.
SESATE-This body, acting @ court Of In
peachment, has decided to meet on the 18th of
December ut 10 o'clock, to hear the prelimina-
y arguments on the exceptions or objections
70 tho articles Of impeachment on the part of
tho counsel Of Judge Cox, after which On i'd
aay Of January, when the trisl viii begin. The
house came over gracefully and agreed to vote
Ill the money the senate is likely to require to
sscertsin whether Judge Cox 10 guilty Of u>7
charges preferred against him. Tho Murray
SVuOty 0e8t OH W4a paused IN Tue 4e02t0 10e
senate passed bills appropriating money to
build bridges In from twonty 10 thirty counties.
HousE-Representative Rce's bill which
sought to relieve the settlers in the various
counties whore seed was distributed after the
srasshopper invsaions, from oil claims by the
state, was first lost, lacking three votes Of q
majority. It was soon called up again and q
desperate fight ensued. Nessrs. sanborn
Hicks, Fletcher, Norrish, Braley and
Collins were tho leading opponents Of the bill
on the ground that it was unjust AID
discriminating, and that in the majority OF
cases It would relieve parties who were amply
competent to pay their debts. Those who sup.
ported the btll took strong grounds in favor et
the claims Of humanity, and urged the poverty
OF many poor men, who, from continued mis-
fortunes were unable to meet their obligations
to the state. Messrs. Wilson, Smith, Dunn
Rice and Baxter ohampioned the bill Afte1
hitter and most exciting fight Of tho session
the b1l was finally lost by vote Of yeas 4S
nays 81. Attorney General Hahn Informs til
house that Minnesots viii not be deprived O.
representation in the house should eonereet
fail 70 pass ao apporionment bill Nearly al
the bills before the house Wero pulled through
The forty-day session has been IN induetri
ous one, the house records showing that SO:
house and POI senate bills, total Of 634 ,hav,
been through the mill. At the last regular
session there we're 1,O61 bills, 6s6 ori9inAt
ing in the house and 303 in the senstel
SATURDAY, NOV. 19.
Both bodies met and adopted resolution
complimentary TO officers, to which suitable 70
sponses were made. Committees waited on tn