New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-04-10
Minnesota Legl slatuTe.
MONDAY, April 1.


will again tackle the Duluth & Winnipeg
question if present plans are carried out.
The forfeiture bill comes up in the committee
las a special order.
The delegation OF senator's that made q
friendly call on the Badger state legislature
last week have not finished talking over the
incidents Of the trip yet. According to al
accounts they had right jolly time on the
way down to Madison and while in that
capital were the recipients of every possible
attention at the hands of the Wisconsin
lawmakers.
DEMONSTRATIONS were presented from
Red Wing, Winona and other places remon-
strating against the passages of the meat
inspection bill. while two petitions were pres
ented praying that it be passed
The senate amendment to the bill requiring
each town in Stevens county to support it's
own poor, by applying it's provisions to
Grant county, was concurred in by the house.
Judge Jennings bill prohibiting the play
ing of pool or billiards in saloons by minors
&portant amendment, which was concurred
I'm, and the bill was then passed
TUESDAY, APRIL 2.
SENATE.-The senator's had their say and
.vote on Mr.. Schetfer's inspection before
slaughter bill. The measure came up in the
senate as a special order, and was tackled
. NlSoIOuSIy CIlIS WlCu " utlefHllleu VIII On
both sides OF the question. And the bill as
amended was passed by vote of 33 to Z.
The announcement of the vote was received
with a round of applause by the lobby, and
the sergeant-at-arms was called on to re-
store order. The debate had taken all the
time, recess excepted, from 1890 in the
morning until 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
and while it was going on the galleries and
floor were filed with spectators.
!
tai punishment bobbed up agai. yesterday
when the house went into the committee OF
the whole, and the bill was finally lost yeas
~, nays Al.
The House votes by large majority to
indefinitely postpone the bill extending the
terms of county officers.
Mr.. Reyes election law came up at the
conclusion OF the capital punishment debate,
and after some debate, we made the special
order for Thursday.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3.
SENATE.-The senate finished tinkering up
the general appropriation bill and carried it
through its final passage. The amendments
that have been agreed upon increase the to-
tai amount of appropriations for state in.
situations from $26O,75O to 1926, 75O, and
miscellaneous appropriations, trifle- be-
I. tween 5000 and $500 while the current ex-
pense list is not disturbed
w hen the Red river drainage bill came up
for debate in the senate, Mr.. Day moved it's
reference to the committee on roads and
bridges, to be considered in connection with
several other measures appropriating
money. The bill gave rise to general debate,
and was then referred to the financial com
mittee.
The bill to prevent the adulteration of
dairy products was passed after an amend
y ment had been tackled on providing that
skim milk offered for sale shall be labeled
and sold as skim milk.
HousE.-The apportionment bill came up,
was argued and discussed and finally passed
sby vote of So for to 20 against.
Mr. Stebbins' bill fixing the salaries of
members and employees of the legislature
came back from thejudiciary committee with
an unfavorable report, but on the me tion of
the author it was placed on general orders
with the report. Mr.. SHOUTS bill to provide
O ballot box at the next election for an in
formal vote on the prohibition and high
license question was treated in a similar
manner by the committee on cleo
tons, but the same course was pursued
in the house. The bills to organize Sheridan
county and to detach Cass county from
Crow Wing and to attach it to the new
county, were indefinitely postponed, as was
the bill to organize ltasca county. The bill
to regulate the election of the clerks of
courts was recommended to pass as was the
bill introduced by Mr.. c. r. Davis. allowing
liquor licenses to be transferred The East
man bill, calling for commiss oners to report
a simpler method Of dealing in land, was
indefinitely postponded.
THURSDAY, April 4.
SENATE:-Mr Durants civil service bill
had an inning in the senate but will be fur
Their considered before it is acted upon The
bill enacts Il law similar to that in force in
Massachusetts and New York
A Skirmish and pitched battle took place
over the third regiment appropriation BILL
which was finally recommended to pass
Mr.. HiNon put in a resolution in the SEN
ate providing for the appointment Of com
'mittee of three to call on the regents of the
state university and ascertain from them
what dispositio has been made of the
Hatch fund The president appointed as
such committees Messrs. Hixon, Lende and
7 Gibson. The Hatch fund is q fund amount
ing to 100000, received from the national
government to aid in the maintenance Of an
agricultural experimental station. Mr..
Hixon, interviewed in relation to his resolu
ton, stated that lie had heard that q por-
ton OF this money had been expended in the
erection OF the school house on the agricnl-
tural farm. He knew nothing about the
matter personally and had no charges
to make. but he believed the people OF the
state had right to know what disposition
Hhdu ueeH Iuhue VI Cue money
HoUsE-The bill reducing the ices of the
clerks of district courts was recommended
for passage, with an amendment excepting
the counties Of Ramsey. Hennepin and ST.
Louis The bill to except the Labor temple
at Minneapolis from taxation was recon-
mended Tor indefnlate postponment as
unconstitutional
The house judiciary committee decided
Hast night by a vote OF 8 to to recommend
that the Scheffer meat inspection bill be in
definitely postponed, on the ground of its
unconstitutionality.
FRIDAY, April s..
SENATE-Mr. Keller presented his report
on the Irvine trust in the senate. The gentle
man comesto theconclusion, after thorough
investigation, that the Irvine trust is a
myth: that it has no existence except in the
imagination OF people. The rise in the price
of binding Irvine he finds is due to natural
causes chiefly to the scarcity of the raw
material. The gentleman gives interesting
facts and figures; and in conclusion calls ut
tention to the new process Tor manufacturing
Irvine, from the fiber OF certain weeds. The
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