The Worthington advance., 1889-02-14
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.

MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
There ware rs Senators, just aquorum,
that answered to the roll call on the 4tb.
Agood many had been excused and many
did not report A bill to appropriate $685.
600 for deficiency for the state public
school created lively debate. Senator
Pope was not satisfied to act in the matter
until further knowledge was had o. to tho
cause of the lack Of funds It was laid
over The bill providing for a board Of
examiners Of teachers was after discussion.
re-referred to the committee on education.
Senator Edmonds introduced bill provt-
ding for the employment of conyicts either
on the state account piece price or con-
tract system. If the contract system is
adopted the labor to be let at not less than
6Ocents per day.
The House was occupied nearly all of the
morning with the Introduction of bills and
the passage OF senate files on the calendar
from Saturday. Hay of Hennepin, in:ro-
duced bill radically changing the grand
Jury system of the State The bill provides
that seven men shall constitute Jury in
stead OF twen'y-four, as at present. This
would result in the saving of $50 600 to
$40 600 to the CONT es of the state Steb-
bins introduced bill amending the liquor
law, affecting those who sell wi,hout IL
cense. 1t is bow at the "blind pigs"
A bill by C.pser provides for
q uniform fire insurance policy: Hoyt of
Goodaue secured passage of i'll author
izing the Duluth. Red Wing l. Southern Ry..
to br dge the Mississippi at Red Wing Mr..
Benson. by request, presented TWO bills for
Other to children In the afternoon the
house bills on the calendar were taken up
and Is Of the II We're passed. The Fvrbes
gambling bill Was referred back to the
judiciary committea The Senate bill
relating 10 1.-THE serv ce of summons
In Justice court. providing that
any person upon making af1i.lavit before a
justice that he cannot find an officer in the
county, shall lie authorized by ths justice
to serve the summons, except in Ramsey
aud Hennepin counties, found good deal
of opposition Brush Of w kin, thought it
was bill in the interest of machine and
lightning rod men. Dunn wanted to know
II it was good for one part of the State. why
it was not good for all It was finally re-
committed to the com1hitte OF the whole.
There was spirited debate in the Senate
on the h. The occas on being the bill
by Senator Bowen to define police powers,
one of the provisions of the bill is that Sit
shall he unlawful for any person or persons
not residents of tho state to exercise any
20 ice powers or partcipa in any arrest
within this state exc :ps in cases of extra
dition ETC." The bill is aimed to prevent
such corporations as the Pinkertons from
sending their detectives in cases OF strikes
and like outbreaks The bill was bitterly
opposed by Senator Brown After an hour
or more had been spent the Il was re-
ferred back to the judiciary committee.
Sw.nson's bill prohibiting the sale of ci-
garettes and tobacco to minors under 16
years of sge YVES next taken up Tho bill
as presented was not itisfactory and after
debate VS. rsfelred back to its frien Is to
Lerebuilt The bill! prohibiting sparring
matches and the bill giving ,msey county
two more jud.es was passed
There were an unusual number Of bills
for the building of br1dg sintroduced in the
House. There has not been a day since the
legislature assembled that from one to
twelve bills of this class have not been pre-
sented II all Of thcm should pass and be
approved by the Governor it will be many a
long year before the bridges can b, built,
for the reason that the money will not be
available 20 mae all OF the internal i'm
provements provided for by the bills
already introduced 1t would require a
sum equal to at least $3.50, 600, while
the available amount in the int rnal i'm
provement fund of the State is not In excess
of $25, 900. Two years ago most of the
bills were passed only to be vetoed by the
Governor: Several important bills were
Introduced among which were: By Sumner
bill making the warehouses for the stor-
age of grain in ST. Paul, Mime polls and
Dulu'h public warehouses the appriu"-
ment Of a supervisor whose business shall
be to hear complaints and see that these
warehouses be run as public warehouses;
to establish fees, etc. In the matter of
temperance legislation Rep. Hoyt preseu =
ed the follow ng resolution which caused
q pr cking up of the ears The resolution
IL as fol ows:
Whereas, large number Of citizens have
petitioned this Legislature for the submission
to the people of a const tutional prohibitory
amendment, while others I'VE asked for TO-
col option and v,liOus temperance laws
showing wide diversity Of opinion as re-
CARDS dealing wit the to-called temperance
question. And while it is admitted that The
evils arising from the liquor traffic in this
country are great and that they should be
suppressed, rs far as possible and consistent
with the rights and wishes Of the peopl ,nev-
ertheless we 'leve that under the restrictive
laws OF this State: the Compulsory scien.
ttfic temperance teachings OF the schools; the
earnest work Of the total abstinence soci ties
and christian efforts of our people, the saloon
power is declining and that any radical
changes made in these modes of dealing with
the liquor traffic will tend to undo the great
work accomplished in the past two years un-
der these benlficent agencies.
And Whereas, we believe the final solution
Of the temperance problem to be moral and
educational question rather than o political
one, and that the evils arising from the traf-
fic can never be eoverthrown by laws. until the
people are ready for them and have the NOR
al courage to enforce the salutary laws upon
our statutes for the suppression OF the evil
therefore
RE OLvED, as the sense of this House that
no action be taken or law passed tending to
undo or destroy the gr nd work accomplish
ed under the restrictive Temperance laws now
upon our statutes, and urge upon all classes
in answer to their petitions, to aid, through
educational and moral agencies and in all
honorable ways to help in enforcing temper
ance laws as the surest way OF suppressing or
overthrowing intemperance IN our State.
Notice Of debate was given and the reso-
luton went over.
BY Farley, to prohibit prizo fighting and
sparring matches; By Il nike, defining the
powers of Commissioners and Supervisors