The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-03-28

HousE.-The house committee on grain
and warehouse met yesterday afternoon and
decided to report iavorably Col Brush 4 bill
to regulate the furnishing of cars and the
shipment Of wheat and other grain or prod.
uct OF the state in carload lots, nnd the in.
specti ion and weighing Thereof and also fix
ing the liabilities OF common curriers'
Mr.. Smout will shortly introduce bill oil
unique provisions. 1t Is designed to secure
an informal expression OF the people of the
state on the questions of prohibition and
high license, so that the next legislature may
have pointer" in acting ON such legisla.
ton. 1t provides that at the next general
election. Mt each polling place, there shall be
provided an extra ballot box and ballots
marked prohibition" and high license. 4"
Each voter is to be given n chance to ex.
press his preference as between the two sys,
tens. The expression of opinion thus oh.
tanned is designed to be purely informal,
and not in any way binding on the legisla
ture.
SATURDAY, MARCH %.
SENATE-The senate put IN another pool
ILL. 1t permits pool selling on horse racing
within and without the state, and prohibits
it SO lar as all other contests of skill speed,
endurance or political ambition are con-
Cerned.
Mr.. Edwards presented in the senate the
report of the Joint committee on final ad-
iOurnment. The committee has fixed as the
date of adjournment Tuesday, April 10,
and recommends that the time for intro.
ducing bills be closed next Saturday, March
30, The gentlemen also introduced q rPSO.
luton providing for final adjournment on
the day named, and it was adopted unani-
mOusly. The same resolution was also
adopted without objection in the house
Among the bills introduced into the senate
l1xyA Inl, l. !
the manufacture, sale and secretion of dyna,
mite bombs. Any person making or having
in their possession the deadly missiles, or
dynamite in any form, with the intent to
destroy human life Herewith, the bill de.
cares, shall be guilty of murder in the third
degree in case the death of any human being
results from having the stuff around, and
will be punished accordingly.
HOUsE.-The house spent most of the one
session of yesterday on the general orders,
with Mr.. Stebbins i'll the chair. House bills
were first taken up, but when consideration
o. the first ten had been postponed for one
reason or another, it became evident that
not much could be accomplished, and the
senate bills were taken up. Here they had
better luck, disposing OF some thirty o.
them,
Quite lively debate sprang up in com
mittee of the whole of the senate over the
house bill eXemptmg from process the wages
of working men to the extent offs 25 for any
one month. Mr.. Keller opposed the bill
quite strongly, claiming that it is not in
favor but against the interests of the work
ingmen. 1t robbed them of their independ
ence, to have their wages exempted, he
claimed. and also it lowered their credit. Il
a man acted rightly in his dealings that was
enough. He would thus be able to keep VI
his credit without the aid of Legislative
enactment He was opposed to the exemp
ton of any mans property, too, as wrong
in principle. Mr.. Crandall also considered
the exemption acts as wrong in principle
whether they exempted the property of /,
man or of a newspaper. Mr. Goodrich
championed the bill