Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-01-23
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE,

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In tn Senate on the 10th the Joint reso-
lut on protesting g.:inst the repeal of the
Interstate CONNIE roe law was D ssed unan-
imously. sena.or Viii eman in roduced
I'm important bill amending his own cleo
tlon Jaw: The rrincipa nnges proposed
Is lengthening the time Of hol' ing open the
polls, making the hours from a. M to 5
p. m and providing Two more days Of regis
tration. The bill was referred to the tuli-
ciary.
Sena' or Tough put in bill appropriating
$3.50, 900 for the State University.
A bill to repeal the law prohibiting SEM
ing in the waters of Oct + Tail County pro-
voked consi ierabie discussion and was
finally sent to the Judiciary committee.
Senator Halverson's bill while general
b1 l Is designed to meet cases like the
Bohemian Oats swinule c.
Several petit, ons We're presented from
the southern Part of the state asking for
the submission of the question of cons ilu-
tienal prohibition.
In the House he mais business was the
disposlng OF r solutions The resolution
;ppoin ing speoal commit 0 on prison
abor was referred to the Committee on
prisons A motion to appropriate $40
to eaca member Of he House for postage
p SIS d by vote OF SO to "a.
The r solution for tue appointment
L. l. Wheelock, an old soldier to raise and
lower the fl on the Svute House W
adop.ed. The question Of compensation
will be s tiled by the committee on Legis-
lative expenses
The resolution looking TO tho appoint
meut of a re ding c ERIK by committee
Sc ected for tina, pu pose created a great
d .al of animal d discussion, All agreed
that reading clerk was, ne OF the requisites
ut how the same shou d lie chosen was
where he rub come A su stltute that the
Chief Clerk make the apo ntmen5 with
the approval of the Speaker was lost and
the origin resolution prev lied. To the
casu al lis ~ener the method of appointing q
| rea ding clerk would seem a very trivial
| matter to create a heated discussion, and
| ordinarily it would be 80, but IN this case
| there was sub rosa. q strong bearing on the
! senatorial question as between the two
! lending candidates
| The primo p bill offered was House File
| NJ 25 by TAFT amend .ng Sec %, Chap. II,
OF the laws OF 1873 rela i've to the collec-
ton of promsory notes Several local
| measures Were passed
The House on mo ion adjourned until 10
| a. M. or The II n
Henry George of New York addressed the
| legislature at noon on the question OF unit
| taxation
The Minresot, Senate did not work very
hard on the II h. They assembled at &c
a. m introduced few bills and then ad
iourned Senator Duni IL intro NC I'll bill
providing for the State examining board
and the issuance of State teuchrr's certi6
Gates Four M mbers to be elected by the
High and Nor. al school aulhori> les an
the ate Superin endent to he q member
of the board ex-officio
/ Goodrich intro luced bill regu' ating
building and loan associations, requ ring a
deposit of 100000 wi h the state auditor
when they attemp5 to transact business
| outside of their own county. bill was
Introduced regulating the loll for grinding
wheat A bill was In reduced "de min :,
comp tency OF jurors in criminal cases u
Reading Of newspapers not to be disqual-
iticat;On
Petitions favoring constitu ional prohi-
bition Were presented from several coun-
ties
In the House after Chief CLERK Carpenter
fin shed the reading OF the Journ Il The
speaker aunonn Led the standing commit
tees The comm ttee on mileage reported
Speaker Graves look the floor and present.
ed resolu5 on as King that the committee
on W..ys and Means be instruc ed 70 inquire
in the syst IN of r4lsing revenues; ,ht
division into saparate funds and the sys-
tenn of supplying temporary dcticiences
and report tn. same to tle House.
The pr ncip business of t. day wat
the consideration Of the rcso ut.on asking
for q sp al committee on oil inspection
Rep. H ven who has Il bill making the SAL
airy OF the Inspector So 900 year vigor
OH ly opposed re reso u ion. These spec
iul commit es too of.en prove. to b.
strang ing committees Bills referred tx
hem never saw light again. The friend
Of the resolution deni any such inten
ton and offered to increase the committee
TIE comm t. &c was increased to Z and thu
| reso. II ion Obtained
A number of constitutional prohibit OF
petitions were presented and the House nd
journed I'M il 10 a. m OF the Is b.
In the evening the republicans of boil
houses met in joint caucus to nomina
,ndida es for u g. Senator. Thre, gen
tlenen were offered to the caucus, D. M
Sabin, W. d. Wash: urn and lgnrtus Don
nelly Mr.. WashLurn WIS chosen as tn
party nominee on tn 3r balloG
J large number OF the senators had 10
tn ~ recove. ed from the effects Of the eau
Gus of The preceding night when they tool
their seats ON the 18Th The fe .ture tn
session was resolution by S:nator War
asking for COMM tee to. ascertain j
bribery had been employed in the R.publi
can Caucus for the selection Of Il Uni e.
States Senator. Kesolu ion was ad, pied
There was large number of prohibi,io
: petitions presented Most of the bills in
troduced were of q local character: Prin
cipal among tho general bill 81 were three b
Senator Dodge, to compel railroads to CIV
notice of change of time Of passeng
trains; by Halverson exempting roads an
highways from TAX ltion; by Senator Clark
| IN king legal interest Der G. mt. by Ssna