New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-02-20
Minnesota 7 Legislature.
Monday, Feb. IL.
SENATE.-Not in session.

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peace and harmony as they should, but are
continually quarreling oversomethng There
is a majority and an unterrifed minority on
nearly every measure affecting local
measures.
After the introduction of bills an other f1ght
arose over the question of fares bstween the
Twin Cities. Friday a special committee
OF ilVe was ordered, to consist OF mem hers of
the Ramseyand Hennepin delegations.
yesterday Mr.. c. Fl. Davis moved to recon
slder this vote, which was done. long ar
gument then took place, during which it was
proposed to enlarge the committee to niue
by adding four from the country; to refer the
matter to the railroad com nittee; to put all
questions of railroad fares along with it; to
refer to the railroad commissioners
Tuesday, Feb. 10.
SENATE.-One of the most important
measures that has been placed before the leg
islature is the bill introduced in the senate
yesterday by Mr.. ScheiTer providing for the
calling OF a constitutional convention The
Dill is very comprehensive, making provisions
tor all the machinery of the convention
from the organization of the body down to
the appointment of the doorkeepers and
pages.
The star-eyed goddess of reform lowered
about the cham bersotbot branches ofthe leg
islature yesterday, and seemed to fill the at
mosphere with the fever of retrenchment
Her presence seemed to permeate the entire
building and every department was m ore or
less effected. 1t was said that she
must have felt very much out of place in
view Of the lavish distribution of places by
the two branches since the session began.
But at all events the reform moveln ent was
vigorously pushed by both senate and house,
and an effort is going to be made to reduce
the number OF clerks that are now hanging
ABOUT the legislature, many OF whom do
nothing except to draw salary of IS per
day.
Among the important bills put in was one
introduced by Mr.. Day providing that the
railroad and warehouse commissioners shall
be elected as are the general state officers,
at the regular election, for a term Of years.
A bill introduced by Mr.. Scheher in amend
ment Of the law relating to the restriction of
real estate ownership in Minnesota declares
that it is unlawful for any persons not citi-
zens of the United States, or for any corpor-
atlon more than twenty per cent. OF which
IS owned by forei gners. to buy Ia nd adapted
for grazing and agricultural purposes.
HoUsE-The Underwood bill, making it a
mis-demeanor to refuse old soldiers preference
for places public works, was passed, Il
to 81
Hon. Jared Benson, of Anoka, gave econ
omy another Whirl yesterday by the intro
duction Of a resolution to have the commit
tee on Legislative expenses examine into the
necessity Of the committee clerkships and Of
ficers notprovded for by law, with a view
of reducing the number of clerks already ap-
pointed and of cutting down the expenses of
the session. He said that he had had con-
ference with the governor and auditor of the
state and they both expressed themselves
very strongly against employing an unneces-
sary number of clerks and running up the
expenses of the legislature beyond actual
necessity.
The resolution was passed, 81 to 1, Mr..
Dunn. of Mile Laos, voting in the negative
Mr.. Benson was shrewd enough to demand
the ayes and noes so that none of the mem
bers dared to go on record as opposing the
measure.
Wednesday Feb. Is.
SESATE.-Several more important bills
went into the senate files yesterday. but aside
from the introduction Of bills very little was
done One Of the measures is q municipal
election law, introduced by Mr.. Schefer, and
is an almost exact copy Of what is known as
the Sexton bill, recently printed in full by
the Pioneer Press. Mr.. Halvorson intro
duced bill IN amendment of the timber
culture land. 1t provides that
any person who shall plant from one
to ten acres of land with any kind of forest
tree except black locust shalfreceve from the
state $3for each acre so planted; but he must
plant at least 2,700 trees to the acre in the
first nstance cultivate at least 500 durin Q.
the first and second years, and for three years
thereafter cultivate and maintain at least
800 trees. This law will not apply to rail-
roads or to persons who plant trees under
the Under States timber law.
The bills prepared by the dairy commission
to amend the dairy law and to prevent the
adulteration of certain articles of food and
drink were sent to the presidents desk by Mr..
Trllax. The dairy bill is quite extensive re-
vising and amending the old law in many
particulars.
HoUsE.-In making a plea for adjourn
ment on Tuesday, Mr.. jacobson remarked
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good time, just as much as the committees, y
SO the house went over to Saltwater yester-
day and had their good time" They all
enjoyed the trip, and, more important, there
is not one of them who does not know more
about prisons and prison labor, and who
will not be able to vote more intelli gently
on tho questions of this nature to come be-
fore the house because Of this visit.
Mr.. Morgan will introduce in the house to-
day 81 bill to prevent trust monopolies and
to promote free competition i'll trade, 1t is
modelled attHr q similar measure on the stat
ute books of New York State.
A bill, said to be fathered by Senator
Whiteman of Duluth. is soon to beintroduced
in one house Or the other Of the state legisa-
ture, confirming the claim OF the Duluth &
Winnipeg railroad to 80, 700 acres of swamp
lands III the northern part of the state. The
St Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba railroad
and Kindred forces are preparing to defeat
the bill.
Thur sday Feb. II.
SENATE.-The senate session was brief and
not prolific of sensational Developments
Only four or five bills were introduced, and
a couple of these were of local bearing.
Among the measures of general Importance
was a bill introduced by Mr.. Shields, which
brings the country grain elevators and
warehouses more closely within the super
vision of the board of railroad and ware
house commissioners by providing that all
of these institutions that handle
grain for compensation shall take
out a license at a cost Of 81,
and shall not be permitted to operate unless
they do take out such licenses. Mr.. Lende
put in a bin to fix the fees of clerks of courts
for searching the records for judgments or
abstracts. The ices charged by clerks of
courts in different counties vary, and this bill
is designed to establish uniform and reason
able fees. The bill providing for the sale of
the reform school lands received its final pas
sage after Mr.. Ives had tackled on Just one
more amendment
HoUsE.-When the calendar was reached
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