The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-04-04
Minnesota Legislature.
SATURDAY. MARCH %.


SENATE-The senate put IN another pool
bill. 1t permits pool selling on horse racing
within and without the state, and prohibits
1t 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-
journment. The committee has fixed as the
date of adjournment Tuesday, April 16,
and recommends that the time for intro.
ducing bills be closed next Saturday, March
80, The gentlemen also introduced reso-
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
was one put in by Mr.. Halverson to prohibit
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-
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 in the chair. House bills
were first taken up, but when consideration
of the first ten had been postponed for one
fSueoH III duoIHcIf ~ lhup
not much could be accomplished, and the
senate bills were taken up. Here they had
better luck, disposing OF some thirty OF
them.
Quite a lively debate sprang up in COM
mittee of the whole of the senate over the
house bill exempting from process the wages
of working men to the extent of $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. 1t
q man acted rightly in his dealings that was
enough. He would thus be able to keep up
his credit without the aid of a 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 II
man or of a newspaper. Mr.. Goodrich
championed the bill.
MONDAY MARCH 25.
SENATE.-In the senate there was barely
quorum of members present. and the body
did not remain very long in session. few
bills were introduced. including some of a
local nature, but the senator's who put in
the local bills wisely had them referred in
stead OF attempting to put them through
unuef q suspension OF fuleb. MI hSlleT seub
to the clerks desk q series of resolutions
adopted by a meeting OF the farmers of Sank
Center denouncing in unmeasured terms the
Ubiquitous trusts and asking for legislation
against them.
HOUsE.-The judiciary committee has rec
commended that the bill relating to hote
and boarding house keeper and the protec-
ton of their guests be passed, but minority
report recommends its indefinite postpone
~ nrrixr Ion, 6n do ut
permanent boarders like that now applying
to transient guests.
The bill to tax mortgages has been report
ed adversely by the judiciary committee on
the ground that it is unconstitutional
bill was introduced by Mr. Ives provid-
ing for q constitutional amendment regard
ing the sessions of the legislature. 1t stat S
that no session shall exceed ninety days, in
stead of ninety legislative days, as in pres
ent constitution.
The scheme to obtain an informal ballot
on submitting constitutional prohibition
amendment to the people was submitted by
Mr.. Smout in the shape of a bill providing
for q separate box for that purpose at each
voting precinct at the election in 1890.
TUESDAY, MARCH &c.
SENATE-The measure for which the pray
eTs and petitions of prohibitionists have
been coming in since the session opened was
submitted Ill the senate. MT brown intro
duced bill proposing to submit to the peo-
pie the question of constitutional prohibit
ton to be voted on at the next election.
A bill was put in by MI Scheffer which ex-
empts homesteads to the value of 5000
from seizure for debt. 1t provides for the
appraisal OF the debtors homestead by duly
appointed appraisers, and if they find it is
worth less than $5, 900 it need not be sold.
ii it is worth more than that amount the
creditor Is entitled to the surplus after q
sale has been made.
Mr.. NJ. JOhnsons bill amending the cleo
tion law prescribes that where vote is to
be taken on constitutional amendment
the BALLOTS shall either contain both the
words Eyes" and "No," so that the voter
may scratch out one or the other, or shall
be entirely blank.
The senate, having kicked itself out over
the bill of expenses OF the Doodle inyeStiga-
tion committee decided in committee of the
whole that the secretary may draw his war
rant for the amounts named therein.
HOCsE.-The House declined to concur with
the senate in it's resolutionto adjourn on April
16, only 33 representatives passing the res
olution and So standing out for the last
day allowed
The house railroad committee decided 10
| recommend for passage the bill subecting
union depot companies to the same laws as
affect common carriers. Mr.. Diment's bill
fixing the maximum freight rates to be
charged on all railroads in the state was
| considered, and it was agreed to report q
substitute.
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