Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-04-17
Wednesday, April 10.
HOUSE.

e.
The Day libel bill was the occasion of
hard fought battle in the house. The
champions of the bill urged but the one
argument Of justice, that there might be
no discrimination in favor of the daily
these lines that the battle was fought,
though it at times wandered far from
them. into personality, or the realms of
pure inventive imagination.
When the bill was reached Mr. Nor
gan offered an amendment providing
that the act should not apply to any
SANDERS upon females This was &C
Cepted. 4 vote was taken on the bill
which resulted in its passage, II to IS.
Speaker Graves. with some able assist
ance, won a big victory for Duluth in
the passage of the famous riparian rights
bill by vote of 50 to Is.
The house went into committee of the
whole, with Mr.. Smith in the chair. The
SevatsOn bill to punish the corrupt use
of money at elections was killed the sec
ond time, and then Mr.. Dunn moved
that the Schetfer meat inspection bill be
taken up, which was done and the bill
recommended.
The committee then arose. Mr.. Se7at-
son called for the ayes and noes on his
bill and it was put under the sod by a
vote of 50 to 30.
The banking committee sent in two
reports on Mr.. Poes bill reducing the
legal rate of interest from 10 to per
cent. The majority report recommended
the bill to indefinite postponement.
SENATE BILLS PASSED. Relating to
weights and measures.
To enlarge the state normal school
board.
To amend the General Statutes in rela-
ton to change of line between Beltrami
and Cass counties.
Town of Vincent to issue bonds.
Relating to actions for libel.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.-To regulate
grain and warehouses.
Relating to interest on money and
usury.
Relating to actions in municipal and
justices courts.
To punish the counterfeiting of labels
and advertisements.
SENATE.
When the Duluth and Winnipeg for
feiture bill was reported on favorably in
the senate by the judiciary committee,
an attempt was made to Summarily kill
it, Mr.. Buchanan moving its indefinite
postponement. The motion was lost and
the bill goes on general orders.
The bill bringing country elevators do
ing business for compensation under
control Of the railroad and warehouse
commission and providing for their IL
censing was recommended for indefinite
postponement. Notice Of consideration
was given.
The house bills at present in the hands
of the senate committee number sixty
nine, of which about forty are on the
files of the judiciary committee.
Another bill was put in under the
sanction of the governor. 1t provides
that the St. Cloud reformatory board
may employ the inmates of the institu-
ton at such trades and employments as
they are best adapted for, and prohibits
the board from establishing a system of
contract labor.
SENATE BILLS PASSED. TO provide for
the taxation of telegraph and telephone
companies.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED. To provide ior
the publication of the military history
IF the Minnesota volunteer regiments in
the late war.
To amend the charter of Duluth to au.
thorize the appointment of railroad
commission by the mayor.
To amend the charter of MINNEAPOLIS
with respect to the police commission.
Thursday, April IL.
HOUSE.
The house was in session two hours
and fifty minutes IN the forenoon and
when the noon recess was taken it re-
quired very close investigation to find
out in what respect the business of the
session had been in the least furthered.
The house worked on the calendar in
the afternoor.. The Red River drainage
bill was the first on the list. The bill
was lost by vote of &c to At, but Mr..