Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-03-13
STATE LEGISLATION.
RECORD OF WORK DONE ~ MIN
NESOTA soLONS.
A Comprehensive summary Of tho Pro-
seedlings for the Week Giving . List Of
Important Bills Introduced, Referred.
and Passed, -,. 49,.

Important Bills Introduced, Referred.
and Passed. 80.
Wednesday, March 4.
Lieutenant Governor Ives being i'll,
Senator Hompe was elected president
pro tenn. of the senate.
There were no petitions or resolutions
prevented and the senate got quickly
down to business. Half dozen bills
were introduced the most important of
which was one from Senator March
providing for 9 now system for the in
spection of Illuminating oils IT. pro
vides for local inspector in each village
and fixes penalties for false inspection,
or selling oils without inspection.
Senator Keller called up. the house
bill appropriating al, 600 for the current
expenses Of the st. Cloud roformatory,
and it was passed at once.
Senator Craig's bill limiting the sal
aries of officers of loan and building as
sociations to $500 was passed, and q
recess taken to p. m.
A large number of petitions and reso-
lutions were read in the house upon as
sembling.
was reported back by the COMMITTEES
amended in important particulars, Of to
manner of voting and form Of ticket;
also in the matter OF registration in
cities over 10000. It was placed on
general orders.
The introduction Of new bills was con-
tinued at the afternoon session, ono
being to create state board of immi-
grafton, to consist Of the governor, state
auditor and secretary of state.
III
called was passed by vote of 20
to 10.
Mr.. Stockwell's bill, n. F. 2e7, pro-
viding penalties for the attempt on tho
part of employers, either persons or cor
porations, to deprive BY contract or
agreement any e1nploye of the rights
and privileges of citizenship in exercis-
ing the right to belong to any association
or union, came up on third reading for
passage and was lost. Mr.. Stockwell
gave notice Of motion to reconsider.
Mr.. Kendall gave notice of a motion
to reconsider Il. F. IA, the anti-Pinker
ton bill. So ordered.
The house then went into committee
Of the whole, with Mr.. Tripp in the
chair. Mr.. knudsons bill, H. F. l03,
creating board Of pardons consisting
of the governor, secretary of state and
attorney general, was amended by Mr..
Penney. VINO wished a provision in
serted that no one convicted and SEN
fenced to prison for life for murder
should be pardQned at all.
The amendment was adopted. The
amendment by Mr. Feig that two citi-
zens at large be placed on the board Of
pardons was lost. Mr.. Knudson's bill
as amended was then recommended to
pass.
Thursday, March s.
A resolution was presented in the
senate by John Day Smith to appoint a
committee to investigate the reason why
q portion of ex-senator Sabin's testi-
mony was omitted from the publication
of the senate bribery investigation o
two years ago. The secretary was in
structed to take charge of all copies of
the publication already printed.
At the afternoon session motion to
reconsider the vote by which the Davis
bill was laid aside was carried.
MIR. Deans amendment was defeated
by a vote Of 8 to 80.
Senator Davis moved to adopt the first
section Of No. l. This provides for
reduction of interest to and 8 Der cent.
to take effect upon the passage of the
bill, The motion prevailed, 80 senators
voting aye and ID voting no.
Among the petitions in the house at
the opening of the morning session was
one containing 5000 names against the
Currier railroad bill.
After some routine business and the
passage of a number of local bills, Mr..
lockwood called up his resolution ask
ing that the speaker appoint acommittee
Of five to investigate the conduct of E.
Olson in having broken the rules of the
house when he attempted to influence
legislation on H. F. 68, Olson having
made speech before committee on
railroads. 1t was defeated by majority.
Mr.. Stivers introduced an important
railroad bill that all railroads in the
state shall not allow any of their train
men employees who have been on duty
for twenty consecutive hours to 20 on
duty again before they have had eight
hours rest, and that for such class of
employment ten hours shall constitute a
days work. The violation of this law
to be misdemeanor.
At $3.50 the house went into commit
tee of the whole and Mr.. Penney, of
Houston, was called to the chair.
House File. 372, a bill to establish
training schools for county teachers: was
recommended to pass, as We're also sew
eTal minor measures.
, Friday, March 6.
Owing to the absence Of so many SEN
atOrs the senate unanimously voted Fri
day morning, to continue the special or
der on the interest bills until next Tues
day morning at 1890 O'Clock.
President HOmpe also announced the
investigation committee in the matter
Of the suppressed testimony in the sen-
atorial canvass case of two years ago.
The committee consists Of Senators
John Day Smith and Lommen.
Mr.. Donnelly had a bill placing all
corporations under the supervision of
the public examiner and several other
bills relating to the affairs of corpora
tions.
/ Senator Lommen introduced bill Ap-
propriating $12,5O0 annually for four
years for the drainage Of lands in the
northwestern counties. Mr.. Lommen
also fathered proposition to create
railroad and warehouse court, to consist
of three judges, to be elected at the gen
era1 election and take the place of the
present commissioners.
In the house the report of the railroad
committee in regard to amount of land
grants in the state was read. The con-
-gressional land grants foot up to
6,O81, ,209.27 acres; state swamp lands
4,103, ,694. so acres, of which 1,765, $40. 70
acres have been conveyed.
The committee on military affairs SUBJ
mitted lengthy report on house file
608, introduced by Mr.. Stivers, and pro-
viding for the compilation ard publica-
ton Of the official reports and CORE
spondence relating to the organization
and services of the Minnesota troops in
the civil and Indian wars. The commit
tes's report recommended the passage Of