The Irish standard., 1891-04-11

day agreed to give the county attorney
$500 and bis first assistant 81 500 They
also voted a contingent fund OF 5000
to be expended by the mayor as he saw
fit. He must however account for this
money to the city council.
The Street Railway Company's bill,
rather the bill to reimburse the company
for grading certain streets in the Twelfth
ward was not approved, so the company
must foot the grading bills themselves.
In the house Monday afternoon, the
bill amending the law relating to exeeu-
tors and administrators and heirs Great
ed some discussion. The bill amends
the law restricting the amount which can
he claimed for the death of any person
through criminal negligence to $1,000.
The law now fixes the sum at Sic, 900.
There was strong disposition on the
part Of members to allow the law to
stand as it is, but the amendment pro-
posed was eventually adopted. 60 to %.
on banks and banking Monday nigh; a
vote was taken on the Davis usury bill.
-Four members of the committee voted
for the indefinite postponement of the
bill. and three members voted in favor of
reporting it to the house without recon-
mendation. 1t was eventually decided
to hold the bill in committee to wait the
decision of the senate upon the Bull in
terest bill,
IN THE SENATE.
When the senate got down to business
Senator Donnelly arose and said: II
move you that the vote whereby 5000
copies of the report OF the senate special
prison committee we're ordered printed,
yeterday afternoon, be reconsidered. !"
When the members present saw the look
that overshadowed Ignatius' features
they realized that trouble was coming,
''That report is composed of a lot of per
sonal conclusions, unjust, unfounded,
and in contravention Of the wishes Of
the people of the state The recommen-
dat1on that nc further steps be taken in
the matter of manufacturing binding
Irvine is direct slap at the farming COM
muity Of this state. With all due defer.
ence to that committee and it's chairman,
will say that this looks like white
washing report, and only made to offset
the house report. 1t recommends the
giving back to the old iniquitious system
which has cursed the state in the past
system, Mr.. president, that has cost
the state as much as If ii had boarded
the prisoners at the Ryan or Merchants
hotel in this city at rate from So to SIS
per day" Senator Sanborn declared
that the binding Irvine industry could
never be a financial success; that the
figures in the exhibit Of the report show
ed il, and that the com mittee realized
that the manufacture of Irvine in the
prison could only be done at an Immense
loss. There was no use in denying that
conclusion.
Mr.. Donnelly in reply presented an
array of figures, sho wing that the ex
pense of caring for the prisoners from
1866 to 1890 was $1,l62 ,430, and for i'm.
provements, $666,777. The income deriy-
ed from their work from 1870 TO 1890,
he read, was $240,259 80.
The motion to reconsider was lost
With the reports Of committees Mr..
from the special Worlds
Fair committee, rep ,rted back the house
file appropriating $40 600 for the Mime
sofa represent ation, with an amendment
raising the sum to 100000 The report
was adopted and the bill went to the
committee of the whole. The constitu-
tional prohibition bill came back with
out recommendation from the temper
ance committee, and On motion of it's
father, Mr.. Nelson went to committee of
the whole. The mileage committee rec"
commended the payment Of 252 miles OF
mileage fees to Senator Hammer and 40
miles to Senator O'Brien. The report
was adopted.
In the senate committee of the whole
Monday afternoon the senate took up
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