The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-04-04

change boundaries or create new school
districts on petition of majority of
voters of the district, was recommended
to pass.
At the meeting of the Ramsey county
delegation Wednesday night it was de-
termined that the sheriff. register of
deeds and clerk of courts should, after
the expiration of the terms of the pres
ent incnmbente, be paid a yearly salary
of S., COO, each, being required TO turn
over to the treasury Is per cent of the
gross amount of fees received, and pay
ing the necessary expenses Of their Of
fees out of the balance.
IN THE SENATE.
A number of bills were passed under
suspension OF the rules. Among the
number was the one authorizing tile
Minneapolis council to appropriate $3.50
to reimburse Thomas Moore for liquor
license money paid in, and it passed by
the required vote-2S. Four senators
voted against it.
Three other Henuepin bills we're
passed, II. +. GA, amending the law re-
lating to the Cshill settlement road; S.
f. 729, providing for S. 900 contingent
fund for the mayor of Minneapolis, and
s. F. 1877, authorizing Minneapolis to is
sue $25. GOO bonds for city hall purposes
Senator Daugherty's bill, seeking to
prohibit private banking, was recon-
mended for indefinite posponement by
the banks and banking committee, but
after considerable discussion was re-
ferred to committee of the whole.
Senator March, chairman of the COM
mittee on Illuminating oils, called up the
report Of his committee on the recent in
vestigation into the affairs of the state
oil inspector and moved it's adoption,
Senator Tawney, vino has been prepar-
ing minority report, which is not yet
completed, obje ted, on the ground that
it reflected unjust!y, not onIy on the
present oil inspe ctor, but on the 70 depu-
ties throughout the state when the re-
port stated that for the past year Mime
sofa had no inspection, but that the work
was being done by the oil companies.
II don't care about the present state in
spector, but " bat practically object to
is that it accuses 10 of his deputies of
malfeasance in Office" concluded Senator
Tawney. Senator John Day Smith, the
other member Of the committee who re-
fused TO sign the report already printed
objected to the report on similar
grounds, claiming that the testimony
warranted no such reflection on the
deputies scattered throughout tue state.
Senator Ward maintained that the owl
dence warranted the conclusions. as it
was stated by witnesses that after the
Hennepin court decision, the deputies
all over the state dropped the inspec lion.
The majority report Was accepted.
The senate state prison investigating
committee held another meeting Tues
day, and took the testimony of John
Covell, superinte of the tub and
pail department of the prison. Mr..
Coyell stated that prisoners at work in
the manufacturing department were al
lowed TO do just about as they pleased
and work about as much as they pleased
owing to the fact that he had no juris-
diction over them. H. did u lot consider
that the manufacture Of tubs and pals
was a success full undertaking under the
Randall administr alton, but thought the
matter was picking up under the GArvin
management.
The senate bill appro priating $4,000
for the I'M pletion of the revision Of the
statutes by the attorney general and the
supreme court was recommended to
pass.
The Hompe railroad bill was then
recommended to pass, in spite of Sen
ator Donnelly's insinuation that it con-
tanned ''woodchuck. The vote was
practically unanimous, Senator Morse
alone voting in the negative.
To the Officers and Members of the 9. T. A.
@. Archdiocese, st. Paul.
A meeting of the Board of Govern
ment of our Union is called, by order of
the president TO, Sunday, April II. at
3P M, Crerin Hall, St. Paul. 1t is ex-
pected that all interested in the Union
will, as far as they are able, attend.
Let me urge upon society officers the
necessity of movement looking TO the
increase OF our membership. Experl
ence proves that the only method which
has ever brought any permanent results
of this kind, is the public meeting or
INTERCHANGEABLE rally, and now that
the season of Lent is over We can In
duIge in this to our hearts content.
Let the character of the entertainment
be high; make a canvass Of the hall for
recruits at the close OF each meeting
and success is certain. The general
officers OF the Union stand ready to &C