St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-26

members, thanks to the architect, will con-
tinue TO breathe foul air.
Mr.. Durant introduced bill yesterday pro-
posing to cut down the rates of surveyors of
logs from to 3 cents per 1000.
In the interest of a full vote and true
expression of public opinion, Mr.. Lienau
proposes 20 make election day a legal holiday
The bridge bills, proportioned under the
act of the finance committee between the
legislative districts so as to come within the
$40. GOO available, have begun to come in, in
the house Mr.. Fiddes of the sixth district
putting in the first His bid calls for $1,000
for jackson county and $500 for Martin
county.
The Office of public examiner is evidently
not appreciated in Houston county, Mr.. Nc
Laren, representative from the county, having
introduced a bill to abolish the Office.
Capt. Snider got through a concurrent reso-
luton Yesterday, urging congress to pass the
bill placing Gen. Grant on the retired list of
the army. 1t was ordered that copy of the
resolution be sent Gen. Grant and Speaker
Carlisle, as well as the Minnesota delegation
in congress.
EAlEhMlNA11NU MI kDOGh-
As a question of privilege, Mr.. Durant
sent to the clerks desk and had read the fol-
lowing letter:
Saltwater, Mimi, Feb. %, 1Ss5.-Hon.
E. W. Duraut, Dear Sir: You can Judge of
my surprise and dismay at reading the title
Of the bill ''to provide for the destruction of
Murdoch, - introduced by Mr.. Haraldson. /
had not had the least intimation that any
influences of that kind were at work. l don't
| know Haraldson, and cannot understand his
motive. l have doubts of the constitution
| atty of an act which singles out a citizen for
destruction. l think you had better get it
| referred 10 the judiciary committee, and l
will have it argued before them by the ablest
/ counsel of the state l rely upon your Wig
lance and friendship to defeat so Ubiquitous
a measure. If you find there is an apparent
majority for it which you cannot change, l
! trust you will resort 10 parliamentary tactics
/ to delay and throw it over the session, if,
possible. Life is sweet, and 1 do not propose
/ to be destroyed without a struggle. / do not
know the details of the bill, nor whether the
destruction is proposed to be immediate
without benefit of clergy, or whether some
! future date is to be fixed, nor whether by
/ dynamite or some more gentle means.
! What kind of a bloodthirsty Scandinavian is
/ this Haraldson, anyway! Please confer freely
with DR.. Pratt Senator Castle and the rest
Of the Washington delegation. / shall be
! panied and disappointed if you by any neg
/ ligence allow this to pass as a mere local
/ bill. / see that Murdoch is spelled with a
small en-" perhaps in the hope that it
would be more likely to slip through without
attracting attention. This is far more
Ubiquitous than any blackbird bill. 1 can
/ get large petition circumstance against it.
/ Relying on your zeal in my behalf l re
main yours very truly,
H. r. MURDOCK.
| P. S.-If it should appear that this act is
directed against the village of Murdoch in
Swift county, it is no less unprecedented and
unjust. The Roman empire promulgated
the celebrated decree, "CGIfhGgo delelda eSt, !"
| but that was for the destruction of the city Of
a deadly enemy and not against an unof-
Tending town in its own borders. 1t would
be an act of savage barbarity to destroy a
peaceful village. H. r. NJ.
WEST SIDE LEVEE.
| The substitute for the West St. Paul levee bill
passed by the house provides that the Union
| Transfer company, or any other company
the council may contract with, shall grade
the whole levee, 200 feet In width, and rip
rap same The south 40 feet shall, after be-
ing graded, be used as 4 street. A strip so
feet wide over three blocks above Dakota
avenue shall be reserted for levee. a like
strip of so feet between Eaton avenue and
State street. and two similar strips of land
on the river front below State street shall be
reserved for levee or steamboat purposes.
The whole levee between Dakota avenue and
Wyandotte street below shall be built in one
year, and between Dakota avenue and the
bluff above a substantial embankment to
keep out the water shall also be built the
first year. The levee between Dawsons adj
dition and Amb's addition must be com
pleted in two years After that the council
may order one-half mile to be built every
year. and the whole must be completed in
five years. The conditions as to other roads
using the levee are the same as in the other
bill. Later in the day the vote by which the
bill was passed was reconsidered and bill re
ferred to the delegation
THE FIRST VETO.
Gov. Hubbard returned house file No. 242,
an act to amend section 100, chapter s, gen
eral statutes of 1873, relating To pay Of
county commissioners, without his approval
He says: 81 think the passing of acts Of
special legislation under the guise Of amend
ments to the general statutes so objection
able that We ought TO concur in checking the
practice. But a more serious objection ex-
lists to the legal effect Of this bill than to its
form. By the general law now sought to be
amended a rule and limit OF payment is pro-
vided for the county commissioners of every
county in the state. By the bill returned,
the general law is 10 be confined in its ap-
nlication, after amendment 10 Fillmore
county, leaving all other counties without
any law in that regard applicable to them"
The bill aud message were laid on the table.
TIE MENDOZA ROAD.
The Ramsey county delegation to which
was referred the bill Of Mr.. Licnau, author
izing the city to appropriate $40, 600 for the inn
provement Of tine Mendoza road, reported back
a substitute yesterday, reducing the amount
to $1,000 and making the appropriation de-
pend upon the towns Of Mendoza, Egan and
Burnsyi.Ie, Dakota county, devote 81, 900 to
such Improvement which sum shall be in
cluded in the $1,000 as above
Mr.. Daniels of Olmsted Yesterday by re
quest introduced a bill proposing 10 reds
trict the city Of s.. Paul into nine aldermanic
districts. The bill went to the delegation.
THE RAILROAD BILL.
The house railroad committee held a meet
ing Immediately after the noon recess yes
teriay to consider the senate substitute for
/ the house committees bill The proceedings
were lively and developed a wide difference
Of opinion In the committee as 20 the proper
aud wise course to pursue with reference to
the senate substitute. NessrS Durant,
Warner, Suidcr, Knox, Martin aud Sadlev
urged the house concur in the senate amend
meuts. arguing that the bill contained many
beneficial features, and that disagreement
between the two houses at this late DAY would