St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-06
Inc Minnesota Legislature Holds its
Last Session for the Transac-
tion of Business,
and Adjournment Finds Some Meri-
torious Bills and Many Wood
chucks Among the Dead.
The House High License Bill as Amended by
the Senate Meets its Fate in the
Former Body.
The Duluth & Iron Range to Select the Swamp
Land Where it Wills-Fifth
Ward Parks
Doin gs of the Day.


the usual hour for the opening of the session,
and promptly after prayers started in upon
The routine. The first thing up was resolu
hon asking an investigation as 10 what had
been done with the money derived from the
sale OF the Cannon River improvement Mt COM
pany's swamp lands, and that was followed
by the modest request of j. P. Williams to
have the senate vote him 500 to pay his ex-
penses in contesting the election of Senator
Fletcher The first was adopted. but the last
vas sat down upon by notice OF debate.
The governor cannot but be gratifed by
The action OF the senate in sustaining unani-
mously his veto of the bill rearranging the
school districts Of Hennepin county.
The vernal equinox is to be celebrated at
New Orleans by making the 2lst of March
s'MinL esota Day at the exposition, so the gov
ernor informed the senate by communica-
ton. On that day more than ordinary cour-
test is to be shown Minnesotians throughout
the city.
The senate in its wisdom sat down upon
the house attempt to invade the domain of
Undine and her nymphs by remaining the
lakes of Minnesota. Had the bill passed it
would have furnished fine field for the dis
play Of versatility upon the past Of the three
commissioners VINO we're to be the nomen-
claturists.
For several days the grave senators have
been engaged in filing their ''plunder
boxes" In view of the dynamite scares
which have been so prevalent the past few
months the reporter did not venture to ex-
anime the contents of the boxes. They are
Rll heavy and are doubtless valuable to their
owners. The labels upon d few of them were
noted, however, for the information of the
readers of the GLOBE. The first box noticed
was the largest of the lot and belonged to
Judge Wilson. It had green chrome upon
1t with the legend ''Irish soap inscribed
thereon. Tue next one belonged to Senator
Houlton and the motto embazoned thereon
was "Old Crow-1S66." Senator Rice's box
contained ''canned tongues" aud that
circumstance probably accounts for
the senator's habit OF working rather
than talking. Senator Pillsbury had
''No Hardn in his box, and Senator Peck
had Temperance Tracts and High License
Documents Senator Steenerson carried
off box Of Congress Water.3' Senator
Wheat's box contained several state land
woodchucks, and inquiry from the doctor
elected the information that he intended to
take the little rodent "stffs" bone with him
and dissect them at his leisure. He says
there can be no state land woodchucks
skinned in the senate while he Is there with
out fight. Senator O'Brien had box of
"Fresh Dairy Butter" He wants no oleo-
margarine in his. Other senators carried
away with them numerous articles coveted
bY and useful to them, full inventory of
which would probably be too lengthy for pub
licatfon
The bill proposing to tax telegraph, tele-
phone and express companies gave rise to
discussion on its third reading. Senator
Doran took the ground that those companies
escaped taxation upon their incomes almost
entirely, and paid but little upon the prop
erty in the state. Senator Wilson looked at
the matter differently, and argued for some
minutes 10 show that the passage OF the bill
would work great injustice. Senator Gil
fllau stated that these companies paid taxes
upon their property wherever It is and this
bill in addition proposes to tax their
earnings. The senator thought the bill un-
constitutional and if passed and enforced
would do very great injustice.
The house high license bill passed the SEN
ate after having been amended so as to
make it really the senate sliding scale license
bill.
The house measure proposing n constitu-
tional amendment allowing the Legislature to
sit ninety days was voted down-ayes 16,
nays Il.
The Duluth 6c Iron Range railway got per-
=, 10, .ae a. - 70
Louis, Cook and Lake counties by q hand
some vote. Dr. Wheat saved the senators a
good deal Of talking 10 on the subject, how
ever.
The bill providing for $50, 600 bonds for a
park in the Fifth ward was indefinitely post
poned at the request OF the Ramsey county
delegation, the honorable senators believing
they bad asked for as many bonds as pru-
denee would sanction.
The ventilation of the senate chamber is
simply abomnable. Open windows are not
relshcd by senators when the weather is in
clement.
IN THE SENATE
the evening session was uueveuttul, the
proceedings favorng strongly OF the "dont
particularly care" style. Everybody seemed
good. humured, and when the Fecess OF thirty
minutes was taken the lunch tables in the
hall were well patronized slip OF the
tongue perpetrated by Lieut.. Gov. Gilman
after the senate rcassembled was made the
occasion Of special interest,th entire senate,
speaker aud all, indugiug iu a hearty
laugh over solemn direction by the chair
for every senator to ''vote aye' on a certain
measure when his name was called. There
were several house bills In the hands o. the
clerk when Senator Pillsbury put the motion
for adjournment, but plte the apparent
desire OF the speaker to clear up for the even
lug the senators concluded TO quit business
Tor the night at 12:45.
IN THE HOUSE.
There was nothing specially startling or
even specially exciting in connection with
the proceedings yesterday, the last day Of
the session. During the day the only break
il the mouotony Of reading bills AMI calling
the roll thereon was caused by the graded
high license bill, and this did not prove
nearly so exciting as was expected, a half
hours rather tame discussion without any
show Of BAD blood ending the talking, while
the roll call put an eud 10 the bill in defeat.
In the evening, passage OF bills started
up sluggishly. members generally having set
their woodchucks out OF the way mauifcsting
but little interest. By 10 o'clock members
began to vary the monotouy OF answering to
their names by throwing pauer balls at each
other, aud much Of the time the confusion
was so great II wss impossible 20 hear re-
s9ousss to the roll call. At II O'Clock the
house went into committee Of the whole. in
which there was ten minutes Of fun on the
bill to regulate skating rluks, ana prohibit
ing males aud females skating together
The fifteen house bills on the list were quickly
disposed, seveu by indefinite postpone
ment. while the balance were rec