The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-31


MlNNEsoTA LEaIsLATURE.
The asnate hold no session On The 3ist
havin4sdjouznSd untili0.a a. 81 the al
On the Fist The Honse assembled al 9
p m. With veryfew vacant seats After
theusual .opdAiDx tho usual number OF pro,
hibition Petitions were filed with the clerk
Several bills local to Minneapolis were
passed under Is suspension Of the rules,
one OF them being law to prevent the
pollution Of the waters of Lake Minneton-
IA One ofsthe mem ers wanted 10 know
if this was bill drawn by St. Paul men to
prevent the people Of Minneapolis from
bathingin the Lake The Hennepin men
replied 1t was q ill for self protection by
preventing the Ramsey County folks from
coming over 70 their county for their an
nunl wash. III Il &#
| The import ant measures proposed were:
By Hoyt House File lO7, amending Sec l.,
Chap 80, making the signature of the wife
necessary to mortgages on exempt personal
property. BY Stevens, H F.. amending
Sec. 4, Article l of the constitu ion, SO that
! the legislature may provide that three
fourths OF jury may render a.verdict In
civil cases. 10 be, submitted to the people
ut the mex general election. By .Willrick,
House File No. JOG, providing that persons
held to. await tie action Of grind juries,
may demand of the judge having jur1sdic-
ton speedy trial; also providing for the
recording OF deeds in counties other than
where the land is located and
ma ing certified copies of such
records evidence in court By
Davenport, House file No. 112, toregu-
late the organization, incorporation and
management of Life, endowment and
casualty Companies on the assessms mt plan
Ry Davenport, prescribing who M y prac-
'1ce a. veterinary surgeons By Wlllriok,
Amending the law on liens
On motion Of Sevatson- motion was
adopted authorizing the Speaker to appoint
a committee of z to investigate the question
of bribery in the recent senatorial caucua
The Chair appointed R ps Sevatson,
Hompe, Smith, Soarles, Dement,, Stebbini
and Stevens F. @.
House adjourned until 10 a M of the
22nd
Pra ctically nothing of any Importance
was done in either branch of the leglsla-
ture on the 22nd beyond matters pertaining
to the Senator a. question. The Senate
voted for y. s. Seaator with the following
result: Washburn "a. E. NJ Wilson's,
In the House after passing a few locals
the ques ion OF cleo ing a U. S Senator
came up on motion of Davis of Hennepin.
After spirited debate the House took 6
recess until the 23d pending the report Of
the committee on bribery investigation
Upon opening on the 23rd, upon mo-
lion the House took recess for 10 minutes
to allow the Investigating committee time
to prepare their report Upon coming tt
order the Speaker announced that the
question pen ling was the resolution o.
Davis of Heunepin that the House proceed
to ballot for U S Senator Upon motion
of Lane the House took a further recess:
until 1910 with the understanding that
the Bribery Investigating Committee
would at that time be ready to report
The committee reported and were unani
nous that neither OF the leading candidates
had offered any brides, and that none of
the members of the House had offered or re.
ceive any brib The commi tee further said
that there was evidence that jealous out.
Blders had made offers that had been re-
fused. The testimony taken in the case
was not made part of the report but &C.
companied the report A sharp debate fol.
lowed upon the question of reading tn.
testimony. The question soon reverted t
The original motion and the regular orde
prevail d. The House then proceeded tt
ballot for u s Senator The ballot re-
G NJ. Start, 8; E. NJ. Durant, 8; E. NJ Viii
son, 2; M. E. Clapp, 2; Absent g. A :journeG
until 1855
Upon assembling of the House and Sen
ate in joint convention the Secretary Of tn,
Senate read from the journal of tn. It BODY
the record OF the vote taken for u & Sen
atoE The vote taken was W. D. Washbur1
p; E. NJ. Wilson 2; Knut Nelson l. Chic
Clerk Carp-n inter OF the HJuso read tn,
Ionrnal of thu House giving tbs vote take1
by that body. Tia vote o: the Hous
while taken during the Legislative day o
the 22nd Was in fact taken On Wednesday
the 23rd Of January. In order that there
might be no legli complications arise on
OF The fact, motion prev lile1 that tn
convention should cast joint ballot viv;
voce for Senator The ballot resulted. w
Washturn 1O7; E. W. Durant 20; Thoa E
Bowen I; j. B R a l.
The Sp 'aker announced the election o
W. D. W.shburn. as q. $. Senator for tn,
TIL HOUSE adjourned until 10 a. m. O
the Oath.
The time of the Senators on the Oath wa
occupied most of the morning with reso
ution of censure growing out of the denun
citation of Senator Hixon by John D. Smitl
n the joint convention the day previous TO
boiling the caucus nominee aud castin,
objections upon tho integrity of Senator
elect Washburn. Senator Whiteman intro
auced resolution censuring Smith for tn
attack. A lively debate followed but tn
:esolution was tabled upon motion Of Sena
tor Hixon: No other business of importanc
vas transacted.
After the usual opening the first hour o
he session was occupied by presentation
Of temperance petitions and. he report q
Committees Stevens of Ramsey presente'
a resolution that the House hold two ses
,ions a day. The sense of the House wa
clearly against the resolution for the rea
on that afternoon sessions would :l!ow n
Tours were devoted to such purpose Tn
notion was lost and the usual order of on
session per day prevaile !. The member
ettled down to work to clear up the day
business The usual number OF local bill
,assed The only curiosity among then
Was bill 10 allow the town of Perhan