Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-17

The judiciary recommended the indef
mite postponement of the bill making the
legal rate of interest 10 per cent, but by
the effort of its author, Mr.. Rahilly, it was
rescued and sent to the committee of the
whole.
The bill relating to commitments to the
Reform school was indefinitely postponed
by recommendation.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
A motion making the pay of ub-officers
and clerks of committees So per day was
adopted.
Mr.. Collins offered a resolution provid-
ing that that part of the governors mes
sage relating to the new capitol be printed
in to-day's journal. Adopted.
Mr.. J. E. Child offered the following:
WHEREAS, Mark H. Dunnell, a represent
alive of this state from the First congress
sional district, has, for nearly three weeks
last past, absented himself from the ma
tional house Of representatives, and from
the committee of ways and means of
said body, of which he is a member, which
said committee has had under considera-
ton during his said absence, the subject
of tariff revision, matter in which the
people of this state are deeply and vitality
interested, and has been spending his
time in this city, in connection with many
of his federal appointees, with the evident
intention of influencing and controlling
the votes of members of this legislature in
their choice of an United States senator;
therefore,
RESOLVED, That, in the opinion of this
house, such absence from his post of duty,
and such conduct are highly injurious to
the best interests of the people of the state
and nation, and tend to the Generalization
OF public officials. and are alike reprehensi-
bic because of gross neglect of public and
official duties, and of unjustiiable efforts
to interfere with the free and Gnttammeled
action OF the representatives of the people
in the discharge of a high public trust.
Mr.. Child stated that he offered the reso-
luton from the most honest motives, as he
felt that the people were amply competent
to attend to their own business. He thought
the board of federal oficeholders would
not be here electioneering if the example
was not set by the men from whom they
get their living. He said that he knew
Dunnell was here and was doing much
work.
Mr.. Hicks moved that the resolution be
indefinitely postponed and expunged from
the journal. He alluded to the snub which
the state received some years since through
Bill King and reminded the legislature
that it did not make congressman, but that
the people of the district from which Mr..
Dunnell was sent alone had the rights to
reprimand. If the legislature was to be
censor the law would have provided for it.
He thought it was out of taste for any man
to vent his personal spite in such way.
Mr.. James Smith, Jr., said he agreed in
the main with Mr.. Hicks, and held that
such resolution ought never to be pre-
sented to respectable body. He was not
a supporter of Dunnell, bnt if it was prop
er to adopt such measure, it should be
made broader and include other and wors g
parties.
Mr.. Child said he did not mean any dis
respect, and had no personal feeling. 1t was
the first time he ever heard that legisla
ture had not the right to criticise mem
Der of congress. In his humble opinion a
man who would neglect his public business
and electioneer like low politician de-
served censure.
Mr.. Smith remarked that perhaps public
interests could be better subserved now If
all members of congress were to absent
themselves.
Mr.. Child-If ne represent is he,First dis
trict he must represent the state. 1t
makes no difference who it is, Window,
Strait or Dunnell, if they can neglect their
duties and come up here to influence an
election by promise Of Office, let US under
stand it. He did not believe in backbit