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

Senator Durant on tine 9th presen to
something new to the upper house. 1t
was bill providing for the appointment,
or state civil service commission, The
commission to consist Of three. to have
supervision OF the appointment OF officials,
clerks and employees, both state anu
municipal Liquor dealers or habitua
Prohibits political assessments. All recon.
mendations TOR office must apply solely to
the character Of the applicant. Precludes
officials from beng, 'strikers," ward
heelers" or offensive partisans 3" Senator
SHIELDS introduced q bill to repeal the
npel law aalverson's bill making the
amount named in fire insurance policy
prima 90 evidence OF the value Of the
property destroyed was passed, also the
Dill OF Marcus Johnson providing for the
sale OF the capitol lands in ,Kand. yohi
county. The bill establishing a state
oe;, t o. pardo9s was passed The Senate
master. The rest of the session was
routine.
Another routine day in the house. n,
+. Stevens motion that the house meet
each day at ten o'clock q NJ, take recess
at 1880 until $3.50 p. m. was voted down.
The idea prevailed that the house was
fully up to the committee work and that
holding afternoon sessions would retard
the work of the committees. The Senate
resolutions fixing the day Of final adjourn
ment at April 10th, was called up. This
was voted down also, for tue reason, as
stated by Hay of Hennepin, that it was not
auvlsable'to fix oay until the WORK alb
solutely necessary had at least been pre-
sented to the house. He referred particu-
larly to bills upon re-aplorti nment and
appropriation. Mr.. Cumstock from the
committee on reapportionmeut informed
the house that his comm ttee would proba-
a m hi
and Mr.. Hompe from appropr4 ations sal
that they would also report soon. Upon
this Mr.. Hly m.ved the resolut on be laid
upon the table The motion prevailed.
When the house went into a committee Of
the whole, the members were much sur
Rr.sed 10 near Speaker Graves call hep.
Underwood again to the chair. The big
genial gentleman from Hennepin took his
seat anna CHEERS and clapping OF hands.
Contrary to expectations the committee at
once began work in an orderly manner.
and continued So Two or three bills
were promptly disposed Of and then came
the long looked for measure, by Mr.:
Haven, regulating the inspection Of oil.
placing the inspector on an annual salary
Of s., 400, establishing the salary of deputy
inspectors. and diverting the balance Of
the fees into. the state treasury. MIR.
Haven took the ground that the present
salary nasy OF the inspector was entirely Loo
of a republican form Of govern
ment: To substantiate this Mr.. Hayen
read from the report of the oil inspector.
The report SHOWS that during the wear
1883 there were inspected l27, ISL barrels
and Packages and multiplying this by 20
ton it amounted to SIS. 800 20 After de-
Quoting expenses Of de, .uties it left tho in.
spector about $18 COO F. P. Lane, who has
a bill Of his own before the houss upon
this same matter, denied the correctness
OF Mr.. Ravens figures, saying at the in
sRector Id not receive any such sum.
w hat the Oil inspector receives no one but
himself knows, for the ~eason The law
does not require him to report the amount
he receives but SIMPLY obllgates him to re-
port the number of ack gas inspected.
Mr.. Haven NOV ID that his bill be recon-
mended to pass. al d Mr. Line, moved to
substitute his bill for the Haven bill It
becoming evident to the house that the
question OF oil in 'pection w 8 of too much
Importance to be Summariy disposed of.
the committee rose with the understand
ing that it thou be further cons idered at
the next sitting. The G 'vernor annou iced
the following as committee to attend the
anti-b trust convention at st. Lou s
Senators, Dodge, F nseth and Pope, Reps.
Sumner, Diment, Hanke, Hompe, and
Forbes.
The Senate did not not meet on the nth,
and only 81 of the representatives pond
ed to their names when t,.e roll was called.
No business was transacted. There were
not enough in their seats to suspend the
rules and pass ocal lis, consequently
after few bills were introduced an ad-
journment Was made becau Of lack of
quorum. The only important bill present
9 Was by Mr. Ksyes Of Winona relative
to prison labor. The bill provides for the
n no 81 ha i
shops of the prison to contractors at not
less than SOC per day. The balance of the
prisoners to be employ on state account,
The bill also provides that the managers
may emi.loy all of the convictS on state
account if deemed expedient, Ind appro.
PIRATES SIS 600.
In the Senate IN the 18th the judiciary
bill appropriating $1OO, QUO for State Park
came up for debate. Ives favored ITS
passage, but Hixon was opposed. It was
finally recommended to pass. Senator
Smith presented bull to prevent the
OF cider vinegar. Petitions
continue to f w in from the country,
in asking that the Sevatson bill rel
be not passed. Scheffer's bill providing
that all meat offered for sale shall be IN
spected be- ore killing is drawing out Pc
titions both pro and con from various
quarters OF this state. II the bill
becomes law t will exclude Ar
mour, Fowler and other Chicago packers
from shipping dressed 1t into the state
The butchers of Duluth presented a Pc
tition to the house protesting against the
passage OF Senator Scheffer's meat bill
and stating the same would be detrimental
to their business. One OF the strongest
bills OF the session is one introduced by
Barr Of Blue Earth. It provides that sa-
looms shall be kept in no other place than
on the first floor of a building and that the
bar shall be in an uninterrupted view
of the street. All screens ani
painted windows are prohibited. The COM
mittee on tenn 'arance recommended the
local option bill to pass by a vote of to
3. Governor Merriam notified the hou e
that he had approved the fol! wing bills {:
To amend the act incorporating the city of
Chatfield and The IL am ending the acL
relating to the public schools of Re
Wing Mr.. A. Davis, OF Blue Earth, is
not professional pronibitionist, but he
holds in strong bborance that pernicious
American system OF treating accordingly
he introduced bill ''pr vluing that it
shall be unlawful for any person to treat
or entertain .gratuttously any other per-
son to any spirituous or malt liquor, wine
or cider, or any other beverage obtained
gratultous1y in any public bar room,
saloon, beer hall or grocery or any othe :
publ c. place ( resort or amusement y
Violation of the lew is punishable by fine.
At IL a. m. the >Iouse went into committee
of the whole f. r the consideration of G.
r. Davis bill abolishing capital punish
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