Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-04-17
Monday, April is.

But little attempt was made in the
| senate to keep up the fight over the Du-
luth and Winnipeg land forfeiture bill
The friends of the measure had the re-
port of the committee of the whole
adopted and seemed satisfied to let the
matter stop there, for there was not a
full senate and they had not enough
votes to carry it through 10 final passage.
There was quite q lively debate in the
senate over MIR. Hoard's county option
bill. The amendments excepting certain
counties from the provisions of the bill
were all voted down. On the question
there were Is ayes and Is nays.
The bill increasing the annual appro-
priation Tor agricultural societies from
10000 to 1924 900 passed the committee
of the whole after being amended by
Senator Clark SO as to shut OFT the South
ern Minnesota Agricultural society from
an annual appropriation of $4,000, to
which it has been entitled heretofore
under the law.
The bill providing for the erection of q
monument on the New Tim battle field
was passed under a suspension OF the
rules after the blank left in it for tho aD-
preparation had been filled in by insert
ing the sum 5000.
Mr.. Pope's railroad bill, including the
distance tariff provision, passed the SEN
ate finally, with only three votes against
it.
Mr. Crandalls bill, proposing a consti-
tutional amendment limiting sessions of
the legislature to eighty days, passed
the committee of the whole unanimously.
HOUSE.
The house spent most of the morning
ON the calendar, Among the senate
bills were the bill recognizing the Third
regiment, which was passed by a vote of
81 to II, and Senator Scheffer's bill to
punish drunkenness, which was also
passed, 63 to 3. The bill provides the
following penalties: For the first offense
a fine of not less than so nor more than
$40, or imprisonment for not less than
ten days nor more than forty days: for
the second offense fine of not less than
$50 nor more than $40, or Imprisonment
for not less than thirty days nor more
than sixty; for the third and later Of
fenses imprisonment for not less than
sixty nor more than ninety days.
The Red river drainage bill was de-
feated by q vote of 70 in its favor to 80
againstlt.
Among the house bills passed were
Mr.. Forbes bill relative to the employ
ment of children under ii years of age;
Mr.. Morgans bill compelling the use of
safety switches; Mr. Smiths bill relat-
ing to the mode of inficting the death
penalty.
In committee of the whole Mr.. Steb-
bins bill to give CoronerS power to col
lect fire statistics was recommended to
indefinite postpOnement and then Mr..
Diments bill to fix freight charges was
taken up. The motion Of Mr.. Diment
that the bill be recommended to pass
was carried by large vote.
The senate appropriation bill was then
taken up. Mr.. Hompe made a strong
appeal in support of the appropriation
for the Fergus Falls hospital for the in
sane and the bill was recommended to
pass as it came from the senate, The
committee then arose and took a recess
till 8p. m.
The house spent the evening on gen
mended to pass were the following: Re-
lating to section, quarter section and
meander posts; allowing county COM
missioners to appropriate $3.50 every six
months for incidentals; to add the word
"villages to the road, cartway and
bridge act of 1888; relating to proceed
ings of condemnation of lands by the
state.
The following bills were recommended
to indefinite postponement: To amend
the penal code relating to rape and
seduction; providing for the sale of
vegetables, fruit, poultry and eggs by
weight; to prevent the clipping of horses
between Oct. and April /; to provide
for an informal vote on the question of
constitutional prohibition at the next
general election; to amend section l,
chapter 30, General Laws of 1870.