Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-04-19

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mittee, This was lost-yeas, l6; nays,
19. a motion to indefinitely postpone
was also lost--yeas l6, nays IL. Mr..
Pope then moved reference to the iu-
dietary COMMITTEES to inquire into the
constitutionality Of the bill. This was
carried yeas 20, nays, lS. .s
| SKNATE BILLS PASsED.-To authorize
the commissioners Of .Hennepin county
TO establish and maintain q certain level
Z Of water in Lake M,nnetonka. 5
To change the boundaries of the town
ship of Nioollet, in Nicollet county.
Relating to the railroad and warehouse
commissioners in defining their duties as
to common carriers. sr'5 $:'s1 15 81
HOUSE Bulls PASSED. Ito authorize
the town Of Two Rivers, Morrison county.
to issue bonds for building bridge over
the Mississippi. y '.s7l 6r]5<''@ y, st!5s
+, - " Saturday. April IA. y...,. )"
l%Sr-...: sss % SENATE. q. st3;.ttt>4 z. s,ss8
The contest over the Duluth & Win
nipeg land forfeiture bill resulted in a
deadlock on accoant4of seven Icing ab-
sent. The bill was on geneEalOrders; and
when the senate went. into COMMITTEES OF
the WHOLE Mr.. Buckman, who opposes
the measure, moved 70 take il up out OF
isTegular order, aphicA ,waa carried NO
tion to indefinitely po6tpCae waasiosk by
q tie yote-19 to ~: and immedia the
motion to recommend the bill for passage
was carried by one majority, the vote
standing twenty In favor and nineteen
against. Then the friends Of the bill who
were intent. on forcing It 70 passage with
all possible speed, moved that tie com
mitfse arise, which motion was carried,
~ TO 12. Their opponents tried to force
an adjournment, but could muster only
nineteen votes; while the friends at the
measurethad twenty on: . vote; and the
senate; therefore, continued in session.
Mr.. Pope again moved the indefinite
tpostponement Of the bill and called
for the previous question: but the
senate was at q tie : on the
ordering OF the previous question.
Then tilibustering tactics were resozted
to, and several motions to adjourn or: to
take recess were lost in deadlock. >. The
senate then settled down to while away
the time as best it could. It was some
time utter noon before il was announced
that the leaders Of the oontending forces
had agreed on truce. An adj journment
Was taken till Monday with the question
stu pending. - -:
The Keyes election law then came up.
That most important measure occupied
less than an hour in, actual discussion,
and was finally passed By the same
vote as it would have received had it
been voted on as soon as reported back
by the COMMITTEES. The bill as it now
stands confines the action of the original
bill to cities Of 10, 900 inhabitants, rs
shOwn nv the laak.coytai1o II. &<,.'
After the passageIof the Keyes election
law the house went into the committee
Of the whole. The civil service bill was
first considered and was indefinitely
postponed.
The next bill was Mr.. NICK usick's bill
to reimburse John Dean for expenses
incurred in contesting Mr.. McKusick's
election four years ago. It was indefi-
nitely postponed.
Dir. Young's bill to amend the General.
Statutes relating to witnesses went the.
same way. Mr. Brusll's bill to regulate
the furnishing of cars and the shipment
OF wheat was recommended to pass. ~
At the request of MIR. Smith, his bill
relating to the method of infiicting the
death penalty. was taken up. The bill
embodies some Of the provisions Of the
present law, section Of the Ohio law
and part of the New York law Its
provisions are that after the death war
rant. .isrsigned, the: prisoner is to be kept
in solitary confinement, allowed TO eee
but one minister, his immediate rela.
tives or his counsel. The executionsis to
be before sunrise, and no one is to be
present but the necessary officials, rela-
tives. one minister or priest and one doc
tor. No reporter or newspaper repre-
sentative is to be admitted. It was rec
commended to pass almost unanimously.
The committee then arose and recess
was taken till evening. :, F..
In the evening the house went into
committee of the whole.
The first three bills were recommended
to be indefinitely postponed. They were
Mr.. Ives bill relating to witness fees,
Mr.. Lanes bill relating to annuity, safe
deposit and trust companies, and Mr..
Anderson's bill to repeal the forestry
law. MIR. Morgan's bill to compel the
railroads to adopt. a so-called safety
switch was also recommended, MI.
Comstock's bill relating to banks and
banking was also recommended. -
The senate bill recognizing tho Third
regiment was taken up and recon-
mended to pass; also Senator Scheffer's
bill to punish drunkenness; to protect
occupants Of real estate: to define the
rights aud liabilities Of subscribers Of
newspapers.