Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-13

so small that action was not demanded.
Mr.. Hompe moved that when the commit
tee rise they recommend the bill to pass.
Capser, of Stearn, and Lane moved to
amend by recommending that the
bill be indefinitely postponed. The
question was put and the COM
committee recommended by vote of 50
to 80, indefinite postponement 1t Is safe
to say that this action leaves no question
Of temperance legislation being dead for
two years. While the discussion was
going on. the secretary of the Senate an.
nounced the passage Of Senator Days bill
placing the oil inspector on a salary and
regulating the inspection Of Illuminating
oils. The friends of the measure tried to
suspend the rules and have the bill placed
at the head eft general orders. This would
take the measure away from the oil CON-
mittee and precipitate action, something
that its opponents did not desire. The
friends could not get tn, necessary two
thirds to suspend the rules, so the bill had
to take its regular course. The house con-
Cured in the Senate bill appropriating
81, 900 to pay the expenses of e ght legisl Ia
tors to st. Louis to attend the anti-beef
H..
bill amending the law for divorce.
The session Of both houses on the 9Th,
were entirely of the routine character, dull
and embarrassing, except for little
while when the house was in q committee
Of the whole with Rep. Underwood in the
chair. In the Senate the only measure
that elected debate of any consequence
was Mr.. Durant's bill repeating the alien
law. The law was passed by the last leg
islature and prohibits foreigners from
buy ing and holding real estate unloss
they had at least declared intentions of
becoming naturalized citizens. This dis
cussion was general but tho bill was
iually referred back to the committee on
judiciary for amendment A resolution to
appoint an assistent postmaster was lost.
Mr.. SIMPSONS II appointing clerk for
the committee on towns aud counties went
over under notice OF debate. Senator
Edwards presented b IL appropriating
$25, 900 to purchase plant for prison con-
victs to labor on State account. Senator
Scheffer presented two bills, one provid-
ing for local meat inspectors, the other
amending the laws providing for damages
in cases of seduct on.
The house was occupied all of the morn
ing with introduction of bills, most of
which were local and passed under sus-
pension of the rules. Forbes presented a
bill the same as Scheffer's senate bill pro-
viding for meat inspection. Mr.. Elmquist
to prevent the formation of combinations
and trusts; also to legalize deeds executed
out of the State. Mr.. Ives to pro-
vide for railroads to issue stock
to redeem bonded indebtedness. Mr..
Young believes that palace and
sleeping cars should be taxed, so he pre-
sented bill to that effect. After intro
duCtion of bills the house Went into COM
mittee of the whole with Rep. Underwood
in the chair. Everything moved along in
quiet, nice, easy manner, until the bill
Of Mr.. Kries was taken for consideration
The bill seeks to abolish billiard and pool
tables from saloons. 1t is the s:me bill
that was killed before, only it
apples to the whole state instead
of the smaller villages. Mr.. Kreis said
the city members dofeated h m before be-
cause his bill did not apply to the whole
state now his present bill remcdied that
defect and he hoped for their help He did
not get it, At tn $ juncturo the house de.
veloped into a first-clas, circus with me-
nagerie and side show combined The
chair got badly ratified and the members
bowling like Comanche Indians, helped to
make matters worse to the r fullest ex-
tent. Amendments, motions and yells
were made so thick and fast that not a
man in the house knew whether he was
voting on the Kre bill or motion to
abolish Christmas. 1t was fun for the
boys and nothing else. Finally Speaker
Graves was found in the chair and the
house learned that somehow the Kreis bill
had been indefinitely postponed. The
house adjourned.