New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-02-13

clerk long to report that the total expense
J amounted to $67.25, which looks rather
| small beside the 1896 sent in by the senate.
1 Mr. c. r. Davis sent up a bill which makes
i railroad tickets good either way between the
/ points named in the ticket. The reform school
committee introduced the billproviding for
! the plating and sale of the lands now occupied
! blythe institution. Mr.. Vollmer was the author
i OF a measure to prevent calling man on a
/ jury of any kind more than once in one year.
The joint committee on reappolntment had
I a meeting and made preparations for going
/ forward with it's work. For chairman the
/ senate members and the representatives each
/ had candidate Senator Marcus johnson
/; being favored for the position by the sena-
! tors and Mr. Comstock by the representa-
| tive AS the house has thelarger representa-
/ ton in the committee the representatives
were victorious in the ballot Representa-
tive Brush was chosen secretary.
Thursday, Feb. Z.
SENATE.-A gentle breeze was sent in mo,
ton in the senate yesterday over the subject
| of reform school removal, which comes over
/ to this session as a sort Of heritage from the
1 last. The reform school has been s.located''
i at Red Wing under legislation carried through
/ two winters ago, but no provision has been
made for disposing of the present reform
school site in the Midway district to the be
| hoof and benefit of the state aud to provide
funds for the erection of neces-
sary building down at Red, Wing
bill for selling the reform school proper
/ ty came up, to which Mr.. Hoard offered an
/ amendment to the effect that ten acres of the
tract be reserved for new capitol ground,
which was lost. The bill was then made
the special order for next Tuesday.
/ Among the bills introduced was one put in
i by Mr.. Truax which is designed to work re-
form in political conventions. 1t provides
that all nominations of state, congressional
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/ voce vote, and that an officer of q conyen-
! tlon declaring q person nominated when the
/ votels not SO taken is guilty of misdemeanor
and punishable with a fine of 500 for each
| ofense.
| Mr. Whiteman introduced a bill extending
/ the term of office of railroad and warehouse
commissioners from three years to six years,
and raising the salaries attaching to the
office from 30, 500 to So ,OOO
Mr. Edwards introduced an amend ment to
! the election law, by which it is propo sed to
relieve towns and villages from the burden
elections in the spring
I HoUsE.-Mr. H. F. Stevens introduced a
bill into the house yesterday, charging the
powers of the labor bureau 1t increases
materially the power of the commissioner.
giving him power to enter factories and
other places where labor is employed to
make inspections and the like 1t appropri-
ates $4,000 a year for the expenses gives
the commissioner 50, 600 year, three depu-
| ties l,5OO apiece and a clerk ST. 900; com
pels the county attorney to prosecute com.
plants made by the bureau, and places all
tines imposed to the benefit of the school
| fund.
Mr. Lane introduced bill providing for
new lien law. The new law oddities and
supplies the existing laws, protecting the
| laboring men and material men as lar as
possible. The bill was drawn up by some
minneapolis lawyers, and embodies a num-
Der OF suggestions of Judge Lochren and
Judge koon There will probably be no
! question as to it's constitutionality if it is
passed.
Mr.. Elmquist made another addition to
the temperance mi legislation before the house
by a bill to raise the license in the cities to
1900 instead of 81 900, and in the coun-
try to $500 instead of 5000.
ID. F. Stevens introduced bill yesterday
authorizing the governor, the state auditor
and the president Of the state agricultural
society to appoint board OF immigration.
1t appropriates ST 500 year for their ex-
penses, authorizes them to employ secre-
tary at $l25 per month, and to issue o.
pamphlet descriptive OF the advantages of
Minnesota in every respect.
Friday, Feb. s.
SENATE.-The newspaper again came in for
a small share ofthe senate's attention yester-
day, when Mr.. Days bill amending the libel
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the bill was II for and 10 against its pass
age; and as there was not majority of the
i entire senate on either side of the question
it was declared lost.
Mr. Hixon called up his resolution direct
ing the committee on railroads to inquire in
to alleged irregularities in connection with
the elevators at Minneap polls and Duluth, and
asked to have the investigation ordered He
remarked that there would be no expense in
Cured in the investigation. 1t was simply
proposed to ask those inspectors who travel
about to come before the committee and
make some explanations.
| The senate bills respectively providing that
a savings bank shall not loan to any one
person an amount exceeding III per cent of
the entire amount on deposit in the
institution, and giving judges in countries OF
population not exceeding 900 discretion
We're among those passed.
Enthusiastically was railroad day in the
/ house There were no less than three meas
ules introduced or discussed bearing on rail-
| road questions. 1t began early when Mr.
| Smith introduced resolution calling for a
| special committee of five, to be chosen from
the Ramsey and Hennepin delegations to
! whom should be referred all matters relating
! to fares on short-line trains between the cit-s
| les. Mr.. Morgan thought that other parts of
| the state were also interested in this matter
| but did not press his objection, and the reso-
! luton was adopted.
| When the hour of noon was reached the
/ house went into committee of the whole TO
consider as special order the resolution
| calling for the special committee to investi-
! gate the cost of railroads.
| After the usual routine business both houses
| adjourned till Tuesday.
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