The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-04-02
MINNESOTA LAW MAKERS.

MINNESOTA LAW MAKERS. :
ST. PAUL, March 25th.-In the Senate
yesterday two resolutions were intro
duced touching upon the question of q
!; capitol building. The greater part of
, the day was spent in discussing Dom
nelly's bill for the taxation of mort
cages. The Tawney bill which was de-
feated the day before was tackled on to
Donnelly's bill by piece meal until
nearly all of the provisions had been
adopted as amendments and the whole
was recommended to pass. The rest of
the day was spent discussing Donnelly's
to the constitution.
In the House the morning hour was
. occupied in hearing reports of commit
tees. Mr.. Lynn introduced bill pro-
! viding fine for usury. Mr.. Knudson's
| bill proposes to regulate millers' tolls,
making e the maximum. Mr.. Keyes
sent up bill abolishing contract labor
at the pententiary. In the afternoon
the calendar was taken up and disposed
of. The principal bill by Foley, for
axation of railroad lands, was passed
without opposition. Penny's bill pro-
viding for all executions for crimes to
take place at Saltwater, was defeated.
ST.. PAUL, March 26-The principal
; thing in the Senate was to defeat the
bill of Donnelly submitting to vote a
constitutional amendment relating to
railroads on1 rvovoho,,coc
ure was opposed by Senators Tawney
and Mayo. The bill being put upon it's
! final passage was defeated by 20 nays
to 10 yeas. The rest of the day was
spent in routine work. A large num-
Der of bills were introduced nearly all
of them being local in character
In the House, considerable portion
of the morning hour was consumed in
discussion of the bill allowing certain
! expenses in the contested election cases.
| Many members thought the sum OF
5000 FOR attorneys for Mr.. Durant was
too high and at 1880 the bill was de-
feated. 1t will come up again. In the
afternoon the consideration of special
orders, House Files 9O1 and 9O2 was the
rule. The two bills were the Currie1
and Searle substitutes for control oil
ailroads. Nothing was done except tc
explain the two measures. No action
was taken and the bills will come ul
again.
ST. PAUL, March Gin the Senate
yesterday the question of printing the
| laws by the state and distributing the
anne through the newspapers was dis
cussed but no decision was arrived at
The sensation of the session was the
veto of the Senate bill comforting bank
ing privileges upon loan and trust com
panies. The attempt to pass it over
the Governors veto signallv failed
there being only 20 yeas to % nays anc
~ absent or not voting. Party lines
were completely obliterated. A mum
Der of bills were introduced.
In the House the morning hours were
occupied by reports of committees and
a couple of sharp skirmishes occurred
over a couple of bills recommended fo1
indefinite postpOnement by the TEN.
perance committee. The entire after.
noon was occupied by introduction OF
bills the larger proportion of which
were local. Mr.. Lynn had two bills
compelling foreign insurance compa.
MES to invest in Minnesota securities.
{. French proposes annual sessions OF
the Legislature and Mr.. Knudson desires
to drive billiard tables out of saloons,
and abolish screens and stained glass
windows. MIR. Gildea sent up bill
| throwing contested election cases into
the courts of the state. MIR. Turrell's
bill amends the law relating to special
bins in the elevators at st. Paul, Min.
neapolis and Duluth. Tomorrow is
the last day for the introduction of bills,
ST. PAUL, March 2S.-Yesterday be.
ing the last day for the introduction OF
bills there was in both branches pen
feet rush from morning until night.
The principal bills were: BY Probst-
field, abolishing taxing of per centage
of railroads; by Dougherty, prohibiting
private banking; by Probstfeld, ex-
tending redemption from realty mort
! gage sales from one to three years; by
Dean, prohibiting pool rooms; by Craig,
compelling railroads to select swamp
lands within a year; Donnelly's mort
gage taxation bill was laid away for
the day.
In the House, the entire day was
taken up with the presentation of bills.
The principal ones were: by Feig, COM
polling all railroad taxation to be sub
mitted to the people: by Moore, CON-
polling elevators to make balance
sheet once year; by Trip, making
seven legal holidays during the year;
by Bull, to apportion the state into SEN
atorial and Legislative districts; by
Huset, to punish gambling; by DAILY,
compelling sleighs to be of uniform
width; by Lomen, to tax express COM
panies per cent of receipts; by Bjorge,
prohibiting saloons keeping pool tables;
by Cole, T., abolishing the board of
; prison managers; by McAlister, regu-
lating telegraph and telephone tolls.
ST. PAUL, March 3O.-All of the bills
having been presented the legislators
; breathing spell. In the Senate, the
bill of Senator Marsh amending the
grain and warehouse law was taken up.
1t was opposed by Hompe and Brown,
and finally indefinitely postponed.
In the House at roll call there was a
quorum present, but IN thirty minutes
after there were more vacant chairs
than people. Nearly all of the morn
ing was occupied with reports of COM
mittees. The Senate's resolution ex-
punging from the records the impeach-
ment proceedings against Judge Cox
was passed. A few minor bills were
passed and the House adjourned.
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