Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-04-03

the passage OF the bill Mr.. Lane intro.
duced another bill, which was passed nm \.
der suspension Of .rules, transferring ithe
park to the city OF Minneapolis, FOR the
SUN named, the same to he maintained nv
the city as q state park. This secures the
famous falls Of Minnehaha ito the people
forever as . public ground and resort,
The rest Of the bills that received finni
action were unimportant ..
In the Ser ate, the 9th, the revived bill
prohibiting the selling of pools and pooI
rooms was defeated by one vote It was
expected that Sohefter's meat inspection
bill would come up, for consideration In
committee Of the whole, as it was on gen-
eral orders. After short wrangle it was
made special order for April ID Mt II a
IN. Senator Crandail received q letter
signed white Caps' warning him to have
the bill passed to allow1the bonding of
Crookston for, the building of q local rail
hibit the use OF fire arms by minors and
punish the same. Senator Hoard. present.
ed bill authorizing each county to deter
mine by vote the question Of licensing the
sale OF 1ntoxicants, and Senator Crandall
proposed constitutional amendment
limiting the session Of the legislature to
80 days. There were no important bills
passed
At II O'Clock the house went into com
mi tee OF the whole for the consideration
Of the bill introduced by Comstook, pro-
viding for the reapportionment Of the
state. Stebbins moved that the 18th Sec
Senator and representative be stricken
out and the law Of 1881 as relates to Ohm.
stead Co., be adopted Mr.: Hoyt opposed
the bill as unfair and cited as
an instance tho fact that Rice Co.
with a population OF $4,000 was
while Winona county with about 5000
moro population was given senator and
Representatives, and Blue Earth county
with only 1000 more than Rice was given
representatives. Benson of Anoka,
thought the bill was unfair and poorly
recommitted to the reapportioment COM
mittee, but this was not agreed to. The
question reverted to Stebbins' motion
Temple moved to take one each from Wi
non and Blue Earth and add one each to
Olmstead and Rice This was offered as a
substitute. Capser tried to have a men,
Der taken from the 18th di strict and added
to the 4th. This being lost Temples motion
came up and was promptly thrown over
board. Stebbin's amendment was voted
down. Then he moved that when the
committee arise it recommit the bill to
the reapportionment committee. Amend
ments kept flying up to the Speakers
desk Pending all the committee arose
and the house took q recess until 2 p. m.
After concurring in Senator Days resolu-
tion ordering 600 more manuals the house
went into committee of the whole for the
consideration Of the reapportionment
The discussion was long and at times
personal. The objective points seemed to
be Winona county with 5 Representatives
and Blue Earth with 4. Finally it was de-
cided to take one from Winona and give it
to Washington and one from Blue Earth
and add one to Rice. With these changes
the bill was recommended to pass The
committee rose and the house adjourned
The Senate was busy all Of the 2Sth with
regular work and wasted little time in de-
b .te The special order of the appropria.
Ii a. m. The longest de bate of the S' morn n.
ing was upon the question whether the
cat bird was a singer. It came up on the
house bill amending the law proven ting
cruelty to animals. It was not decided
and the bill was sent back to the judiciary
committee. Mr.. Goodrich presented u
bill amending the oil inspecting law. 1t
reduces the fees for inspection about Que
third. Mr.. Burkhardt presented bill
providing for a permanent encampment
ground for the nat onal guard in Waba-
sha county The rest OF the work was
were local.
The house has got into the condition
where it has to have little spat about
some thing or another every morning IN
order. to get into good humor and good
working conditi n. On the 2Sth it arose
over motion of Hay, of Hennerin, to pass
the resolution excluding outsiders from
the lobby. The motion was lost and tho
house went to work 1t seemed as though
every member on the floor had bill in
his pocket and was anxious to introduce
the same. The round up at night showed
that IS bills had been sent up to the
speakers desk. Most Of them were local
of course. The surprise of the day was
was the bill by Savage to locate the state
capitol upon the reform school lands.
ney general a building commission. The
work to commence within year and tho
total cost to be two millions. To cary
this bill into effect the constitution would
have to be amended. Mr.: Kelly introduo.
SD biz BIZ pispe to that paw NO fRe S:'0a
newspaper unless he has ordered
or subscribed for the same, and he shall
be liable only for tho time ordered, Mr..
Haven reported back favorably the bill in
creasing the salary Of tn oil inspector
rly bill npobibitius sn the sale Of
liquor within 800 feet OF any school or
church, while Vollmer of Washington
sent up bill prohibiting the importation
of foreign brewed or malt liquors into tho
state. Mr.. Ellingson's bill allows women
to vote at all municipal elections and on
the liquor quest on. Mr.. McKusick, pre-.
sented a bill taxing express companies 1
per cent. on their gross earnings. c.. r.
Davis had a bill amending the liquor law
Of 1887 whereby county licenses may 60 in
to the town fund and be ransferred. The
prison labor committee had long bill re-
lating to the employment of convict
labor An important bill was offered
by Morgan at the request OF
of the governor authorizing the issuance
of state bonds to the amount Of $500, 900
to cover extraordinary expenses of the
state.
The Senate the Goth had the iveliest de-
bate over local bill author zing the vii.
lage OF White Bear to grant rebate on
the license OF certain liquor dealers who
had under tine law pa twice for a period
of three months It. was finally referred
to the Ramsey County delegation. The
judiciary committee reported a bill abol'
lshing pool rooms and pool selling very
much similar to the one that was killed
Mr. Goodrich presented bill making the
second ofrense for illegal selling of liquor
punishable by imprisonment. Mr.. Bowen
introduced measure that proposes tc
abolish all fees and inspect1on Of illumi.