St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-17
A DULL DAY IN THE HOUSE.
The Grain and Warehouse Bill Made the
Special Order for Thursday Morning.
4 Session Devoted Mainly to Routine Bus
mess of Minor Importance.
Dolncs of the Day.

Several of the house members who de-
posted their in vitations TO the reception this
evening in their desks are now mourning
their confidence in the honesty OF their
fellow-man, their desks having been rihed
and the Invitations absuaeted. Among the
sufferers are Messrs. Wear and Reese.
The fact that the floor from the rotunda of
the senate and house chambers has devel-
oped a decided sinking in the centre, is
causing some fear in the minds OF perma-
nency as TO the safety OF the building, es-
peciallv with such a mob as is expected this
evening.
The house chamber was so cold yesterday
morning that many members were forced to
wear their overcOats in self-defense- Per-
haps such 4 condition Of affairs
is not a disgrace 10 the state,
but there is no question that it is
to the person planning the building and the
heating apparatus. The disgust of members
was voiced by Mr.. Canning after freezing
half an hour by a motion to take a recess
until , p. n, but the majority argued that
fatal freezing would be prevented by the use
of overcoats and rubbers, and the recess was
not taken.
STREET GRADING ASSESSMENTS.
Mr.. Lienau yesterday introduced and had
passed a bill providing for graduated assess
mcnts for the grading Of Ducas and Eaton
streets, and the approach therefrom to the
Robert street bridge, and also for grading
State street, which will be made necessary to
shut of the backwater in connection with
the levee scheme. The bill provides that
one-quarter of the assessments for these i'm
provements shall be made within sixty days,
the remainder 70 be paid in equal proportions
in one, two and three years.
Devotional exercises were passed in the
house yesterday, Chaplain Harrington being
almost y~oiceless from a cold, received attend
ing an evening service Sunday.
Speaker Gibbs yesterday appointed c. G.
Bryant Of Steele county clerk Of the com
mittee on education in accordance with the
resolution adopted 4 few days since.
When the warehouse and grain inspection
bill was reached in committee Yesterday, it
was made the special order for IL a. III.
Thursday.
The bill Of Senator Clements prohibiting
the hunting OF wild geese, ducks and other
aquatic fowl in Rice county by the aid Of
electric and other lights was amended to
apply 10 the whole state, and in that shape
recommended to pass.
One Of the few bills that created discus
sion in committee Of the whole Yesterday,
was that Of Mr.. Coulter, apPropriatiug $500
10 reimburse the village OF Crystal Lake,
Blue Earth county, for the expenses incurred
in the care Of nonresident smallpox pa
tients. Opposition was made TO the bill that
manv other localities in the state were being
subjected 10 ike expenses from time to
time, and that the recognition of one such
claim would open the door to a general raid
on the treasury, which would swamp
81. Finally the bill vas sent 10 the finance
committee Tor report. Another bill that led
10 q little discussion was that Of Senate
DOran 10 prohibit con spiracies TO control the
price OF grain. II was alleged that the bill,
rather than being IN the interest of the pro-
Queer, favored the operations OF gamblers in
the product. To settle this point the bill was
referred 70 the warehouse and grain COM
mittce for report.
4 till authorizing st. Paul to issue S15, 900
bonds for retaining walls on Oaklandastreet
WAS introduced in the house Yesterday and
passed under suspension Of the rules.
when the house meets for business
Wednesday IL will be confronted with 4 cal
endar Of nearly one hundred bills on third
reading and passage.
Unit FOR BLACKBIRDs.
The bin Of Mr.. Leland authorizing boun-
ties for killing blackbirds Is having a partic-
uiariy checkcred existence. When first
brought up in committee of the whole, the
committee voted 10 eindedinitly postpone it,
butit was given a lie at the earnest request
Of its author. Since It has been up twice,
and kept alive out Of courtesy, the author
being absent. Yesterday it came up again,
and Mr.. Evans moved a report Of progress"
which motion was seconded by Mr.. Durant,
and the motion was adopted.