St. Paul daily globe., 1891-01-25
NO MANLY ART IN HIS.
Senator Dean Wants the Mild
est Of Sparring Severely
Prohibited.
The Senate Committee FavorS
O'Bpien as Senate r From
Washington.
A Rather Bootless Discussion
Favoring the Niearaguan
Canal.
Prominent Citizens Do Not
Like Principal Feat ures Of
Sanborn's Bill.

duced bill into the senate amending
the Daniels prize fighting law passed
two years ago. Seemingly forgetful OF
the non-enforcement of the present law
the Ramsey county statesman has
drafted a measure that if enforced
would certainly prevent anything. how
ever innocent, in the way of the deyel-
opment of the manly art. Among other
things this bill makes all fstic
encounters, challenges and the
conveyance of challenges misdemean-
Ors in the eye of the law. A paper
publishing either challenges or accounts
of such encounters is made liable to
prosecution for misdemeanOr. IralE-
ing a man for such contest is also
made misdemeanOr. The object OF
the bill, as stated by the author, is to
prohibit absolutely all prize fights
and sparring matches in this state.
The Routine.
Yesterdays session of the senate was
called to order promptly at 10 O'Clock,
and, after a rather lengthy prayer by
the house chaplain, Rev. w. Wilkinson,
the business of the day commenced
Gen. Sanborn called up his resolution
providing for the payment OF b. +.
Irvine for handling the senate mail dur
ing the first week. 1t was brought out
that Mr.. Irvine is employed at the cap
itol, and several of the senators thought
he was not entitled to the amount asked
for in the resolution. Senator HOmpo
thought the old soldier business was
overdone. and that everything ought TO
be considered on its own merits. The
resolution was defeated by vote of 80
nays to IL yeas.
The salaries of all the committee
clerks, save that of the Judiciary, were
fixed at S. per day, and then the intro
ductien Of bills came. Senator Deans
bill was labeled Senate File No. lib,
and was followed by bill from Sena-
tor Tawney, which was numbered Sen
ate File No. ia. and provides for a
state commission On lunacy composed
of three members, to be named by the
governor, and to hold Office for two,
four and six years respectively. Sena-
tor Sanborn, of the committee on mill
tary affairs, reported back the resolu-
ton appropriating $4,000 for a monu-
ment to the First Minnesota at Gettys-
burg, and recommended its passage.
O'Brien VS.. Searles.
The committee on elections, through
Chairman Mcmillan, sent up their re-
port in the contested case OF OBrien
against Searles. from Washington
county, which was read by the secre-
tary, and then, after making it the Spe
clal order for next Wednesday. at IL
o'clock and ordering all the evidence
printed, the report was adopted. This
committee, although composed Of two
Republicans, two Democrats and one
Alliance man, reports unanimously in
favor of Mr.. O'Brlen. The report fol-
lows:
your committee, to whom was referred
the evidence in the above entitled contest,
beg to report:
''That your committee have examined the
said evidence, and more particularly that
portion of said evidence pertaining to and re-
lating to the vote cast in the town of Marine,
in said Washington county. 1T having been
agreed and conceded by both the said parties
to this contest that the whole matter III issue
vested and depended upon the vote cast in
that town: that if the original canvass and
return of the vote made in said town be al
lowed to stand, then j. n. Searles. the re-
sDondent. is entitled to retain his seat. out
that if the recount be allowed, then j. S.
OBrien, the contestant, should be awarded
the said Off ce of senator.
'And your committee, after having ex-
amined said evidence, and heard the argu
ments of counsel in behalf of the said con-
testant and Of the respondent III his own be-
half, are Of the opinion that the recount OF
the vote in the said town of Marine should
be allowed, and that the said contestant, j.
S. O'Brien, Is entitled to the ofhce OF senator
in this legislature from Washington county.
F. G. MCMILLAN. Chairman, O),
W. w. MAYO tA),
s. d. PETERSON (R),
HENRY KELLER I'D,
A Y. EATON (R.)
The senate Judiciary committee,
through Chairman McHale, recon-
mended the indefinite poStponement of
the two ItaSca county WOodchucks and
taking up the calendar. The following
three bills were passed:
ST. No. 2S-Relating to homestead ex-
emptions Stevens
s. F. No. 29-Relating to conveyances by
married women. Stevens.
S. +. No. 3O-Relating to corporations.
Stevens.
A communication from the governor
was received reporting the designations
of r. j. Montague, of CrO0kStOn, and
w. w. Rich, of Marshall, as members
of the board of equalization, whose
nominations had been rejected by the
senate.
The senate then went into committee
of the whole and took up Gen. San
born's resolution protesting against the
guaranty of bonds by the United States
for the construction of the Nicarauga
canal. Gen. SanbOrn, Senator HOmpe,
Senator McHale and Senator Lomen
all advocated the resolution Objeeting
to the United States repeating it's Pa
cfic railroad experience. Finally Sen
aUor Donnelly sent up an amendment,
calling upon the government to con-
struct the canal. This was vigorously
opposed by Senator McHale and de-
feated almost unanimously, and the re-
solution recommended to pass. and, on
rising, the original resolution was
adopted.
The senate then adjourned until Tues
day at 10 O'Clock.