The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-03-05

IN the order or buslness, the secretary reported
mat ne! the house had amended the senate railroad
Dill and requested concurrence in the amend
ments. Senator c. D. Gilfilian moved that the
senate do not concur. Senator Hall moved to
amend that the senate do concur. The ayes
and noes were called on Senator Halls motion
which was lost. Yeas IL; nays 81. Tho nays
were Senator's Clarke, Knudson, Van Hoesen,
Craig, O'Brien, Yollmar, Hall, Severance,
Wells, Hickman, Stevenson.
Absent Pillsbury and Ward
Senator Blake, chairman of the senate road
and bridge committee, introduced in the senate
the omnibus bridge and road appropriation
bill which passed the house under suspension
of the rules, and in tho afternoon
The bill consolidates 145 bills into
one and appropriates to roads and bridges the
amounts by counties mostly in the newer por-
tlors Of the State
After many delays the grain and warehouse
bills Of both house and senate came up for
discussion again in tho senate committee Of
ton explained that the main points of differ
ence between the bills was chat the house
bill made bonded warehouses of those only
at terminal points st Paul MINNEAPOLIS and
Duluth) while the senate bill made all houses
whel Elm grain was stored or handled for pay
public warehouses and to be bonded, but the
senate finally agreed to stick to their own bill
as the better of the two.
The house bill allowing women to vote for
county superintendents Of schools passed the
senate by vote Of u to II. A call OF the
senate was necessary to secure full express
sion of opinion.
The bill appropriating 100000 for perman-
ent buildings for the state agricultural society
now buildings, on the new state fair grounds,
was passed by the senate by vote of yeas 81,
opposed the bill on the ground that it would
increase the taxes but his speech was void Of
effect Those voting no was Senators Clark,
Compton, Hall, johnson, Rico, Severance,
Shaleen, Steenerson, Volmar, Wilkins and
Wilson.
HoUsE-Mr. Turrill's high license bill, fix
ing the license at the uniform rate of $500,
was reached in committee of the whole in tho
house and Mr.. Daniels of Olmsted moved the
bill be recommended to pass which motion was
adopted after a long debate
The bill proposing to abolish the contract sys-
thin of convict labor was reached on its third
reading; and DR.. Pratt of Washington county
presented series st facts concerning the man.
agement CT the Minnesota prison. and some 9TH
er state prisons Tho question recurring on
the passage of the BILL and the roll being called,
there were 81 yeas and rs nays.
renee was hurried into the house by message
and all day there was expectation that re-
quest for committee of conference would
come back as reply. None such appeared,
however, and the senators freely cx-
pressed the opinion, Don't believe the
house wants to pass any railroad bill this ses-
SION" At 10 p. M. the house took up the
senate's message, refused to recede from it's
amendments, and asked for committee on
conference. The chair appointed as the house
committee Stordock. Pattee, Brown, CT Hem
nepin Myers and Snider.
Mr.. Evans had made the state park project
his pet measure, and much to the surprise of
even the members of the Hennepin county del
egation succeeded in securing the passage of
the bill for the appointment Of a commission
to select two hundred acres surrounding Min
nehaha falls for a state park. The bill was
amended so that the sum appropriated for the
expenses of tho commission is but 81 Coo in
stead Of s., GOO, as the bill was originally drawn.
MI: d. Downs Of Henderson introduced q
bill providing for the application of license
ranging from s225 Ito s33:3, and second section
makes it felony punishable by fine OF from
$25 to 500 for the owner of any roller rink to
permit a male and female to skate together.