Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-16
SENATE.

of business was gone through with with
out notable incident until the order of
"messages from the house" was reached,
and then the turmoil commenced. The
occasion was the concurrence of the senate
in the house amendment to the bill reduc
ing the rate Of interest on money due
from the sale of public lands. The house
amendment made its provisions applica-
BILE to past as well as future sales. For
two and a half hours the discussion
lasted without intermission and without
bringing out single argument pertaining
to the bill that was not brought out when
the measure was considered in commit
tee of the whole. At last, when the void
under senatorial vests warned those gentle
men that they must repair to the establish
ments phere they are accustomed to assim-
ilate their regular protoplasm and repair
physical and intellectual waste, they came
to vote and concdrred in the house
amendment thereby knocking the state
school fund out OF several thousand dollars
Of annual income, and helping few really
deserving frou5iersmen, and good many
more wealthy spectators, all with the ex-
c5uent intentionlof lessening the burdens Of
horny-handed pioneers.
DR.. HOLSTERS bill relating to the prac-
tee of medicine was called from the table,
whore it ought to have been allowed to
die q peaceful death, and referred to Sena-
tors HOLSTER and Doran for amendment,
and the senate viii probably pass it out of
consideration TO the doctor with the infor-
nal understanding that it is to be killed
in the house. II the illustrious Jefferson
had only incorporated in the constitution
provision for the enjoyment of personal
liberty as to who shall be our family ply
sicians, as well as liberty of religious opin
ions, what an amount OF trouble it would
have saved.
The next measure to provoke discussion
was in committee of the whole when the
bill relating to the state reform school
came up. Senator HouIton was the first
to cudgel that really humane institution,
which he did on the ground that nearly
half of the commitments we're from Ram
sey and Rennepin counties,
Senator Wilson next took the floor and
gave the bill and the institution a terrible
tongue-lashing, charaoterizing the bill as
unconstitutional and the institution as ex-
traYagant. He said the cost was 81 per
day for each boy and he thought they
could be boarded at our best hotels for
that.
Senator O'Brien took the floor in behalf
of the institution and thought it one of the
most benefcent in the state. Referring to
the statement that half OF the boys were
from Ramsey and Hennepin counties, he
said that was true with reference to the
state prison also, and was one of~the evils
incident to large towns.
Senators Peck and Stevenson also spoke
against the bill, when empty stomachs
again warned the senators that it was a
good time to adjourn.
Routine Report.
Senate met at 10 O'clock and was called
to order by the president.
Devotional exercises by the chaplain.
Roll called and journal read and APP
proved.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Senator ergeant-Requiring rail
road companies to place time cards and
reliable clocks in conspicuous places in
depots, and also to report delayed trains.
BY Senator misunderstanding sec
ton Il, chapter II, general laws of 1881,
relating to banks and banking.
BY Senator Goodrich-Amending chap
ter Go, general laws of 1879, relating to
chattel mortgages.
BY Senator Craig-ApprOpriating 800
TO build a bridge across the outlet of Lake
Elysian, Waseca county.
BY Senator Shaleen-Memorial to cone
gress relative to the construction of a
bridge across the st. Croix river at st.
Croix Falls. Passed under suspended
rules.
BY Senator Chandler amending the
general statutes of 1879 relating TO jails
and prisons.
BY Senator Consolidating and
amending the various acts relating to the
state reform school; changes its name to
that of Minnesota State Industrial
School"
By Senator misunderstanding Canton,
Fillmore county, to Issue bonds to fund its
bonded Indebtedness. Passed under sus-
pended rules.
BY Senator Wheat (from committee on
hospitals for the insane -Appropriating
to St. Peter hospital, for building purpos-
es, S54,40O, and to the Rochester hospital,
for building purposes, $114,O00.
By Senator Notwithstanding the hos
pitfalls for the insane to purchase land,
cost not to exceed $4,000.
By Senator ergeanJ-Authorizing the
commissioners of Freedom county to issue
$4,000 in bonds to build court house
and jail. Passed under suspended rules.
By Senator Castle, from committee on
state prison-To appropriate money for
Improvements in the state prison. Appro-
PIRATES $4,000 annually for ten years to
increase the capacity of the prison so as to
accommodate eco convicts.
BY Senator Notwithstanding Red
Wing to establish a system of sewers.
Passed under suspended rules.
REPORTS OF Committees.
The bills appropriating money out of
the internal improvement fund to aid in
the construction of bridges were reported
back by Senator Blake in behalf of the
committee on roads and bridges. Those
for BRIDGES at Friberg. Otter Tail county