St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-23

foreclosure of personal property mortgages,
with an unfavora5le report.
The temperance committee held It's first
session yesterday afternoon, and Chairman
Leland is correspoudlnglY happy.
The committee on federal relations reported
back the senate memorial to congress for an
appropriation for the improvement of
the upper Mississippi, recommending
as a substitute concurrent resolution max
ing the same recommendations, which was
adopted.
The house spent some thirty minutes in
chatting over resolutions to vote postage and
bin binders to members and officers, finally
defeating that for postage and ordering the
binders. There was q good deal Of levity
exhibited while the resolutions were being
considered, and q good deal OF lodging
when the vote was taken. Though the post
age resolution was defeated, it will undoubt-
eddy again bob up serenely ere long.
At the meeting of the temperance COM
mittee it was decided to ask the house to-day
to limit the introduction of bills on that sub
ject to February 2, the same as has been
done In the case of bills In the case Of ware
houses, grain inspection and railroads.
The railroad com mittee held another secret
meeting yesterday afternoon, at which they
took up ani considered the several bills be-
fore 1t for regulating these corporations. The
provisions prohibiting railroads from charg-
ing higher rates TO interior than they do to
terminal points, was combatted very strongly
by Mr.. Drake.
The bill of Mr.. Mason relating to the la
bilitics Of insurance companies, dictates that
In all cases where fraud Is not proven, the
amount of value written in the policy shall
be accepted as the true loss in the liquida-
ton Of loss.
If the bill of Mr.. Becker becomes a law
county attorneys will hereafter file their
bonds with the register of deeds, where
other bonds are filed, instead of the clerk of
the court
The bill Of Mr.. Lienau relating to the
Knife Falls Boom company requires that
company to pass logs for mills below its
booms without hindrance and free of charge.
Mr.. Pratt, Of Washington, proposes that
the clerk Of the city of Saltwater shall serve
four years and that his salary shall be in
creased from $500 to $500.
Hereafter, if the bill of Mr.. Lee becomes
law, as 1t probably will, school district clerks
will be required to file bond with the regis
ter Of deeds.
The bill Of Mr. Turrell amending the char
ter of Baldwin school, now McAllister col
lege, St. Paul, provides that two-thlrds of the
trustees shall belong to the Presbyterian
church.
Mr.. Griffin, in his bill, proposes a general
law governing damages for street grades,
where the same is not already provided for in
city charters.
The bills of Mr.. Becker and Mr. Cornish
relating to taxes, Introduced yesterday, en-
brace the communications of the public ex-
aminer as to uniformity OF accounting by
county trcasurers and checks upon that office
by county auditors.
The appointment Of E. P. Wall as clerk OF
the enrolling committee, aud Of w. +.
Thompson, of the engrossing committee,
were announced by the speaker.
Mr. Lienau does not want to see the Sixth
ward levee monopolized by any one copora-
ton, and he therefore proposes to prohibit
the city council from granting the right to
use and occupy such levee exclusively TO any
one person or corporation.
PROTECTING ELECTORS.
Mr.. Knox, Of AitHin, proposes TO make 1t
dangerous for person to attempt to deceive
an elector as TO the composition Of his ballot.
His bill on the subject recites:
Section | That sec ca, oh. /, genera
statutes OF 1878, be and the same is amended
so as TO read as follows: Whosoeyer shall
furnish or cause TO be furnished 10 an elector
4 ticket or ballot informing him personally or
by any artifce or device whatsoever con-
tanned in oron such ticket or ballot in respect
to the name thereof, or the arrangement OF
the name or names Of the candidate or Office,
attem pting thereby 10 induce him 10 believe
that such ballot or ticket contains names diff
ferent from those which do appear thereon,
or candidates for office representing other
OF different political principles or parties
from that which they do really
represent, with intention to deceive,
thereby inducing him to vote
contrary TO his iuclinations, Is guilty Of
felony. The finding OF such tickets or bal
lots in his possession snail be deemed cons
elusive evidence, and upon conviction there
OF shall be punished by . dne.i in the sum OF
not less than 500, nor more than $500, or
shall be imprisoned in the state prison not
less than sixty days nor more than ono year.
The said fine shall 90 70 the general school
fund Of the county wherein such felony was
committed.