Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-24
the vote stood yeas so, nays %, SO the bill
was arain lost.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.


was again lost.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Mr.. Hicks in the chair, MIR. Child desig-
mating thirteen house and seven senate bills
purely local or bridge bills moved they be
recommended for passage, which motion
prevailed.
The proposed constitutional amendment
authorizing the removal of district judges
by joint resolution of the legislature in
stead of by impeachment, introduced by
Mr. Collins by request, was indefinitely
postponed upon motion of Mr.. Child, the
mover himself favoring the action.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Hick making
legal publications now required to be pub
lished in paper at the capital, legal if
published in any paper in the state, was
antagonized by JAS Smith, Jr., and after
a brief discussion was passed by with a
report of progress.
The bill allowing school district clerks
to subscribe for the Journal Of Education
out of school funds was antagonized by
Mr.. Brown, who considered the authority
granted dangerous innovation upon the
school fund. Mr.. Thayer, by whom the
bill was introduced, spoke earnestly in
support of the measure, in which he was
joined by Mr.. Turrell, after which the bill
was favorably recommended.
A practical temperance measure was ia
vorably recommended. It was introduced
by Mr.. Brown, OF Blue Earth, being file
No. Z, and has been dragging
along in committee until the
present time. It Incorporates upon our
cto{,,4a boozs tho NTocsonbn.o++S lon, -,
operation in that state for thirty years, for
Furnishing public drunkenness, imposing
nominal fine for the first offense, and in
creasing the fine for subsequent offenses.
The bill making the small appropriation
of $4,000 for the state board of immigra-
ton was indefinitely postponed, the senti-
ment of the committee evidently agreeing
with that of Mr.. Brown, that
SO long as the railroads were
doing so much to encourage immigration,
it was not necessary to employ the ma
chinery of the state to that end.
Upon the bill originating with the
finance committee, appropriating $4,000
to the city of st. Paul for the use of
market hall since the burning of the old
capitol, Hon. Jas. Smith, Jr., moved
to indefinitely postpone. Messrs.
Hicks, Beck, Fletcher, Grimshaw and
Emery opposed the motion, and it was
voted down, and then upon motion of Mr..
j. E. Child the bill was recommended to
pass.
Mr.. NJ. JohDson's bill for exempting
from taxation overfowed lands was
amended to apply to the whole state and
then indefinitely postponed.
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constitutional amendment prohibiting
voting bonds in aid of railroads except by
a two-thirds vote of the people, was favor
ably recommended.
Senator Castles bill intended to amend
the law SO that judgments against home
steader, subsequently deceased, shall not
die by virtue of the statute of limitation,
but be kept alive and become lien
upon the property of his minor heirs
when reaching their majority, was in
definitely postponed.
Something like week ago, after a full
and free discussion in committee of the
whole, the house recommended for indef-
mite postponement the bill introduced by
Mt Plummer affixing the death penalty to
the crime of rape upon child under ten
years of age One objection raised to the
bill at the time was that in the absence of
the death penalty for murder, fixing that
penalty to this case would in effect act as
an inducement to the perpetrator of the
crime of rape to follow it up by murder,
not only for the purpose of silencing his
victim, usually the only positive witness,
but to secure the miIder punishment
should he be convicted. Finally at
the request of friends of the measure
the vote to Indefinitely postpone was re-
considered that it might be taken up and
considered with Senator O'Brien's bill
restoring the death penalty for murder.
Instead, however, of the two bills coming up
together, Plummer's bill was put in among
the batch of fifty eight house bills in
general orders yesterday, and when it was
reached, being merely read by the title
amending section so, chapter "a, general
statutes 1879," which did not remotely
hint at its purpose, it was recommended to
pass.
At $50 the committee rose and its re-
port was agreed to after excepting house
files 242 and 1919, which lay on the table.
The first of these relates to uniform index
ing of the books of county officials, which
was amended in committee to require an
order for the work from the county COM
missioners, after being recommended by
the district judge. The other was the bill
indefinitely postponed, making an appro
pr1ation of $4,000 for the state board of
immigration.
In all the committee passed upon fifty
bills, upon six of which, however, progress
was reported. Of the more import
ant bills recommended for passage,
not specially mentioned above was that
creating class of the Scandinavian Ian
guage in the state university; protection
against fire and fire escapes in hotels and
public buildings; general law for the relo-
cation of county seats; general revenue
bill, and appropriating $4,000 additional
in aid of higher education.
At 6;45 the house adjourned to o'clock
this morning, having been insession 8
hours during the day.
ANOTHER SUMMONS.