The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-20

ZION thoroughly and made strong efforts
to have the measure made special order
Tor the 9th or some other day the follow
ing week. The majority of the members
present agreed with the friends of the
bill; but as it required a two thirds vote to
change the rules and make special or
der OF any bill the opponents Of the meas
ure were temporarily successful and the
matter was assigned at the foot of general
orders to await the regular order of af-
fairs. The rest of the work was purely
routine and of no special Importance.
THE senate met at 3 p. m. of the 9Th.
Documents relating to the sale Of Seeding
fruit trees from the experimental fruit
farm at Lake Mlnnetonka were laid be
fore the senate, but action was deferred
at the request Of Senator Pope, who de-
sired more time for investigation. Lieut..
Gov. Rice in response to kilograms and
communications appointed committee of
five in the matter of aid to sufferers by
Dakota prairie fires. The bill relating to
the engrossing and enrolling of bills was
taken up but no conclusion was reached.
The game law came up again and after a
brisk debate was placed upon the calendar
with the recommendation to pass after
being amended by Senator Edwards,
making the opening OF the season for
shooting prairie chickens Sept. 1st instead
OF August 18th. The following bills were
forwarded to the house: To amend
chapter 43, General Statutes relating to
uses and trusts. To repeal chapter 1884,
General laws ofL5s5, relating to the publ
cation of notice of the expiration of time
of redemption from tax sale. To amend
section go, chapter II, General Laws of
1887 relating to the assessment and col
lection of taxes. To legalize the execution
and record Of certain conveyances. To
establish a uniform system of accounting
for public funds. To provide for the pay
n limo fhn
qualifications of county and town officers.
To prohibit the use of firearms by children
under fourteen years of age. TO fix penal
ties for the violations of the liquor law, The
house bills passed We're all local.
Upon request of the governor, in view
or the fact that there are grave doubts of
OF the constitutonality of the bill already
passed making the grand jury to II,
Rep. Hay introduced a bill amending the
law making the grand juries notices. than
bill. Upon going into committee of the
whole upon general orders the first bill
taken for consideration was Willrich's
bill relating to employment of convict
labor. The bill provides that the convicts
shall be utilized in the manufacture of
such articles and goods as the state re-
Quires for it's different offices, establish
ments and institutions as far as. possible
and the state shall be the first-hand
and direct customer of the state prison
that prisoners shall be employed in the
erection, maintenance and repair
of state buildings and works. The
bill further provides that whenever there
Is no further demand upon the prisoners
then the labor shall be sold to the highest
bidders upon the piece price system. After
a short discussion the house took up and
considered in connection with the Willrich
bill the bill presented by the committee on
prison labor. The latter provides that
one-half of the prisoners shall be en-
ployed on state account and the other
half shall be let at contract labor, It was
evident that the members, nearly, all be-
l1eve that both bills were experimental in
effect. The prisoners must be employed,
but how was the question. A vote was
committee bill for the Willrioh bill,
and the motion was lost 19 to %
The vote to recommend the Willrich bill
to pass was lost, "a to rs. Mr.. Barr moved
to indefinitely postpone, and this was lost
Upon Hays motion the bill was placed on
the calendar without Recommendations
Estes then moved that the committee bill
be placed upon the calendar with recon-
mend alton to pass, and this was done by
vote of rs to sa Sevatson's bill relating
to the fraudulent use Of money in elections
which was killed on Saturday was recon
eral orders.
Mr.. Hixon's bill to take the control of
the agricultural college away from the
university regents and place it in charge
Of a board to be known as the agricultural
college board, came up in the senate on the
9th. The bill is similar to the one killed
two years ago. tn was special order in
committee of the whole 1t was heartily OPP
posed by Senators Eaton and Clark, but
on final vote was reconnfn ended to pass BY
o vote Of 81 to 16. This result was a surprise
to the friends Of the measure The anti
pool selling bill bobbed up again
only to be sent back to the Ramsey couu-
ty deleg-t on for amendments. Pope's
bill designed to prevent the manufacture
{ OF paper railroads was passed. The SEN
ate judiciary committee decided to rec
B land grants of the Duluth & Winnipeg
railroad. The following house bills were
passed: To authorize the village Of Mon
ticello to issue bonds to purchase an
electric light plant; 70 amend section 81,
chapter 36, General Statutes, relating to
the issue Of school district bonds; To CON
firm certain deeds given by the regents OF
the state unlversity; To fix the amount of
wages of laborers which shall be exempt
from process 70 repeal the act abClishing
the act relating to punishment as applied
to the wages of worhingmen.
In response to appeals. for aid from the
Dakota fire sufferers, Speaker Graves
appointed Williams, Hopper, Durham,
Smout and McGrath as committee to act
with the Senate committee. The special
committee appointed to revise the Keyes
Australian system election bill reported
back substitute which apply to cities of
0,00O Inhabitants and over Election pre-
cincts are to tain not over 400 voters.
The registry provision of the Reyes bill is
stricken out. The polls are to open at 6
and close at 5. The white, blue and red
ballots are retained, and they are to be
printed by the state county and city. For