Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-03-20

srinary examination was lost. Senator
Iruax presented measure whereby il s
carried man has his name changed, ii
hall have the effect OF changing the name
of his wife and children.
{, me temperance committee OF the house
maue two reports upon Maland's local
.ptlon bill The majority reported ia
ftvor Of in lefinite postponement and the
adoption of the Hoyt resolution, Lane
wanted the minority report adopted
Mr.. Smith favored the majority report
upon the ground that local option was en-
tlrely different from constitutional pro-
hibition or general prohibition. After
spending half an hour or more on call Of
the house. 1t was finally decided to make
both reports a especial order for Wednes-
evening the Goth at 1880 p. m.
Speaker Graves presented set Of reso.
system OF coast Notifications; com, lete q
competent navy and appropriate sufficient
funds to enable American shin builders tn
place American ships upon the high seas
and compete in foreign commerce. The
resolutions were adopted. Mr.. Vollmer
introduced Till regulating the rates Of
Ways. The ties are: for distance
not exceed ng us miles, 7 cents per hun.
dred weig.. tor any distance more than
us miles and not exceeding 200 miles,
cents per 100 lbs; for any distance. more
than 2oO miles and not exceeding ESQ miles,
than 25O miles and not exceeding 800 miles,
ID cents per 100 lbs; for any distance in
excess of 300 miles, but not exceeding $50
miles. ID cents per 100 pounds, for any dis
lance more than $50 miles and not exceed
ing 4N miles, IL 1-2 cents per 100 pounds;
n Yf.Nv
1or each 50 miles or major fraction thereof
of such excess, an additional l cent
per cwt. Mr.. McMiilen's bill. pro.
yedes that eggs, poultry, vegetables and
fruit shall be sold by weight e. 81. Davis
introduced strong bill to tax telegraph
ana telephone companies, and Mr.. Sevat-
son proposes to license persons and corpo-
rations engaged in the express business.
In the afternoon the members were kept
busy answering to their names to the roll
call upon passage of bills, Four
Senate file and thirty four House files
were passed among which were Poe's bill
election days an memorial days and
Fleming's bill prohibiting saloon keepers
keeping open after II O'Clock at night and
allowing minors to drink or play billiards
or any other game at any time, Stevens
bill establishing bureau Of labor sta
tistics and aprropriatng 1000 was passed
after narrow escape: from defeat.
the l4th. Most of the day was occupied
In discussion of reapportioning the
state, and the anti beef trust in commit
tees. The Senate after long debate
passed the state park bill by a vote of Is
to la The house bill making Washing
July and Thanksgiving day holidays, was
adopted In the committee Of the whole.
After finishing up the routine the Senate
The house had very long list of gener-
al orders to attend to but there was no dis
chamber. Every representative felt that
he mu t look after his fences in the mat.
ter of reap ointment so out he would skip
to consult with other fellows who were
interested in his old district or prospec-
tive new. AS IA result there was less than
q quorum present when the passage Of q
Gsaaeouea o v wa, t asked nn.d for
was '' done. Mr.. ' Key e'0 lnt nSslnssd
a bill amending the divorce laws 50 that
married couple who have voluntarily liy-
ed apart for five years may be granted q
divorce. The house after going into COM
mittee of the whole found it impossible to
and the house adjourned.
The Senate on the 15t killed the bill
making the superintendent of public IN.
structlon an elective Office when it came
up upon the the third reading Keller,
Ives and Durant opposed it upon the
ground that it Was rot political Office,
and should be kept out of politics. and they
succeeded in convincing the rest Of the
CHI, .mber that they were right. A heated
debate sprang up when the committee on
public land' made their report in favor Of
lndepently postponing the bill waving the
forfeiture II the grant to the Duluth &
the opponents of the bill met in commit
tee and adopted the report which they
submitted. The bill in question is the
house bill which extends the time for
of the road until 1898 The
friends of the bill made a hard fight
against its strangulation, and finally sue
ceeded in having the whole matter re-
ferred to the committee of the whole Thu
next thing was Jacobson's county seat bill
which pa 'sed the house a week or two ago.
Tue representative from Lac qui Parle
thought he he had scored quite q victory
when he succeeded in send ng the measure
to the senate practically as he wanted it.
After the Senate had finished the carving
procese4 Mr.. Jacobson cou i not recognize
the re ut of his efforts. Twelve different
amendments were proposed eight of which
were adopted. It now goes back to the
mouse 1Or concurrence. what will become
Of IL then is one of the problems. Senator
Hlverson introduced bill directed
against dynamitards. Any person who
sells or places a dynamite bomb or explo-
sivo with intent to kill shall be guilty Of
murder. No person shall purchase dyaa-
mite except upon an application signed
by six freeholders.
Besides local bills the Governor notified
the house that he had signe the Stevens
bill proposing an amendm snt to Section
of article / of the Constitution. This
measure allows fve-sixths of q jury to
to render verdict in civil cases. The
people of the state will vote upon the
matter at the next general election.
When the committee on >gislative ex.
enses made their report establishing the
nay Of clerks at $500 per day and door
keepers at 800. a debate began that last
ed for an hour or more. The report was
put to vote and carried by "a to 49,
81 edeman raised point Of order that the
report as amended changed the former
rules of the house an effect which a two
thirds favorable vote was required. The
i hair, Mr.. Crossfeld, ruled that the adop-
tion of the report was lost. There being
70 bills on general orders the
house took recess until 2 D. M
Upon reassembling the house went into o
committee of the whole on general orders.