New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-02-27

ance legislation. The bill was defeated by q
vote of 81 for to SO against.
The house committee on public accounts
and expenditures made their annual report
yesterday. The report embraces an examin-
alton of the records and books in almost
every department. of the state government.
The auditor is complimented highly on the
state of affairs in his Office.
Wednesday,, Feb. 90.
SENATE.-The bill prohibiting pool selling
is strongly opposed by gentlemen of ST.
Paul and Minneapolis owning fast horses,
who claim that it would work injury to the
horse breeding and racing interests of the
state. Whenit came up on general orders,
it was referred, on motion of Mr.. Ives, who
introduced it, to the Ramsey and Hennepin
county delegations for their consideration.
The anti-Pinkerton bill again came before
| the senate on motion to reconsider the vote
whereby the senate refused to pass it a few
days ago. After the reconsideration it was
| referred to the judiciary COMMITTEES. The idea
seems to be to get the senators all on record
with reference to this measure when they
have chance to vote on it next time.
joint resolution was introduced by Mr..
| Daniels, mem oralizne the congressional dele
| cation from this state to use their voice and
| influence to secure the enactment of such
| legislation as will authorize the president OF
i the United States to settle differences between
| this country through the methods OF. a board
! of arbitration. 1t was referred to the judic7
! larry committee.
| Opposition was developed in the senate to
the joint resolution which has passed the
| house to memorable congress relative to the
! opening of the Sioux reservation in Dakota,
| and it was defeated by a tie vote.
HoUsE.-The governor referred to the
| house communication from Gov. Humph-
rey of Kansas containing a joint resolution
of the Kansas Legislature on the beef and
pork combine, to which was attributed the
| present low price of live stock products.
There were four bills on the calendar, but
only two of them pulled through The first
| one considered was Mr. Underwood's bill to
allow soldiers and sailors to peddle goods.
Thu. This bill had had quite a stormy
time ena1 before it n, reached he'd the point
opposed it from the start, opened onit again.
He reiterated his belief that it was nothing
| but buncombe, and furthermore it was put
ting an insult upon the old soldiers None
of them have asked for it, and it should not
be passed. Several Others supported this
view and the bill failed by a vote of24 to 3.
The committee on public accounts and ex-
penditures, in their report, said that some of
| the state institutions were not managed as
economically as they might be, and yester'
day aresolution calling on them to name the
institutions where such a state of affairs eN-
| listed came in, signed by Mr.. Stebbns, chair
of states prison; Mr.. Perrin, Of normal
schools and Mr.. H. Wilson, of school for de-
| tectives.
J Thursday Fob, 81,
| SENATE.-The railroad and warehouse
| commission received something of a rakng-
over while Mr.. Day s bill, to make the office
of commissioners elective and limiting the
term OF service to two years, was under
| debate in the senate. Mr.. Pope opposed the
| heca thora in fop
representation on the commission of the
| minority poll teal party, and because under
it the Offices of all the commissioners
would expire at the same time, and the en-
tire railroad and warehouse business would
be revolutionized every two years. Mr..
| Hixon said the farmers wanted a chance to
| get some men on the commission which they
| would be able to do if they were allowed to
| vote for commissioners.
/ Mr.. Pope introduced a bill which has for its
object the abolition Of the deadly car stove.
| 1t provides that railroad cars shall be heat
| ed by steam, and that if q furnace or other
| heated is employed the railroad company
| must have Tor it the written approval of the
| railroad commissioners.
| A couple of bills were introduced in the
senate by Mr.. Edwards relating to the man
agement of the penal institutions ofthe state.
| One provides for the calling of a joint meet
| ing of the boards of managers of the Still
| y
/ atory to prescribe rules for the transfer of
certain classes Of prisoners from one institu-
| ton to the other and for the pardon Of pris-
>oners, excepting life prisoners who have SER
| we'd Tor twenty-one years. 1t also provides
| for the appoip tment of a state agent to ex-
! ercise supervision over discharged prisoners.
| to secure work for them, etc. The other pro-
| vides for pay for the overwork ofthe inmates
! of the St. Cloud institution, and authorizes
the managers to make such arrangements as
may seem to them desirable. through a
| prisoners aid society or otherwise. for the
| supervision of discharged convicts.
| HoUsE.-The committee on legislative ex-
penses made its report Much eloquence was
| let loose, and much hard feeling was evident
| ly excited 1T took up two hours and more
of the time OF the house, and nothing at all
was accomplished in the way of settling the
| question 1t would be hard to get at the ex-
! act temper of the house from the votes that
were taken. When the ayes and noes were
called there seemed to be an overwhelming
majority in favor of the report, but when the
| vote was taken in any other way the house
was almost exactly divided. The report of
| the committee was as follows
The committee on legislative expenses in ac-
| cordance with the resolution passed by the
| house Feb. % 1889 beg leave to submit the
| following report: Having investigated the
number of clerks and other employees now on
the pay roll of the house. and the necessity
| lor the same, we are OF Jhe opinion that the
| clerks of all committees excepting those OF
the judiciary, enrolment and engrossment,
are unnecessary; also the comparing clerk OF
the enrolling clerk, doorkeepers of the post
office, gallery, and one doorkeeper of the
door at the main entrance of the house,
speakers clerk and two pages, and we recon-
| mend that the same be discharged We also
recommend that the assistant sergeant-at-
arms act as one of the doorkeepers when not
employed in the other duties of his office
Just before adjournment, Mr.. C.. R. Davis
introduced by unanimous consent the only
bill of the day. He stated that he introduced
it by request. 1t is for a law establishing a
civil service commission for the state and the
cities. The act is practically that of the
State OF Massachusetts, adopted in 1887.
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