The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14

In the Senate on the 9th, the bill amend
ing the libel law came up for final passage
Senator Edwards favored the bill wLik
Senators Brown and Hixon opposed the
same. The vote on the b i slowed there
was not quorum present, and it was de-
clared los. TIE bill res; ricting loans by
savings banks to one party, to 11o per cent
of total deposit, and the bill giving judget
in certain counties discretion in caliins
grand jurlss together We're pass cd NE
Nachbar introduced a bill providing thas
legal notices may be published ID
weekly papers that Ihave been established
six months Mr: Crandall introduced bill
appropriating $lG5, 337 for the state pub
lie school. Mr. Hixon called up his resoln-
tion to investigate the Minneapolis and pu-
luth elevators. Ali the Senators present
voted for it but there not being quor,1n
! 1t Was declared logt
The manual question bobbed up seres ely
again in the House Rep Dunn reported
the bill back without change and advtca-
ted its passage. The bill appropriate II :
600 for 3OaO manuals 1he bill was
passed under suspension OF rules owing en-
tirely to the vigor of Mr. Dunn. in behalf
of tn, measure. Smith of Hennepin in-
troiuced resolution asking that u COM
mitsee of five from the delegations Of
Ramsey and Iennepin counties be ap-
po nted to which all b lis relating to rail-
road fares between st. Paul and
Minneapolis be referred Nix
S,ni.h, stated that several bills looking to a
of ho&,u %bo 80.
were being prepared and would soon be In
troduced The resolution met with some
opposition but finally obtained Rep.
Morgan introduced bill regarding prop
erty omitted from the assessment lists. By
Keyes, making railroads liable for damages
to property aDutting on railroad tracks in
towns and cities By ForLes, regulating
changes of Venne
By Wilt lms bill regulating fares on
railroads. This bill is intended to reduce
the fare between St Paul ind Minneapolis,
as it provides that r; ilroads running short
line trains be -wecn cities Of over 100, 900
population, anl not more than rs miles
apart, sha be allowed to charge no mcxe
than one and one half cents per mile for
single TRIP By Davenport, repeating the
law giving bounty for arrest OF horse
thieves BY Ives, regulating the sale Of
poisons by druggists By Dunn, establishing
the office Of Site printer and binder and
fixing charges foc work BY Capser re-
peal ng the l.w applyi e to garnishment
of working mems wages
At II N. upon motion OF Fleming the
House went into committee of he whole
for the consideration of the special order
relative to the appointment Of special
committee 1oinquire into the cost of con-
struction of railroads and as certain if any
of the railroad companies had wa,ered
their stock
The committee argued the question and
presented I'm End menJs until the Origina,
text OF the resolution bee me loss md no
one on the floor knew ex .ctly where the
matter stool. Every member WAS in favor
OF investigation. but the question was, as
| % the manner In which It suonld be made
The Chi objection III sed was the ed IL
tiOna expense of special committee. At
ter rguing the question for Two hours, the
house found tn, y had gone into comm tt e
of the who., Without au, hority and all of
their conclusions were of no no avail, so
they, resolved themselves back
to the house Of representatives an
passed the resolution for a spt cial co.nmi :
the to make the invest;g rion, and adjourn
ed unul 2 p. m. of the 1lth