The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-04-23
Friday April. IL.
SENATE,

Friday April. II.
SENATE.
me senate spent the first hour OF the
morning session in considering resolutions,
winch were interesting mainly to the en-
ployes whose per diem was involved in
their adoption.
Al the afternoonSsession several bills were
their passage. Among these was the house 4
anu Plnkerton bill. Senator Davis OPP
posed the bill on the ground that it was
SinPly scheme to give the detectives OF
~. 1aul and Minneapolis monopoly of
the detective business in the state and allow a
them TO put in their pockets any rewards
that might be obtained Tor the arrest of
criminals. as IA \
An amendment offered by Senator Dom
nelly was adopted, which allows private
persons or corporations to employ detect
ives TO hunt down criminals, but does not
glye them authority to arrest the criminals
The bill as amended was passed by vote
of 30 to IT, =
5. p: S63, the st. Paul city salary bill, was
passed by the house as amended by the SEN
ate. p
Mr. Bell brought UP his resolution TO cut
the Duluth & Winnipeg land grant from
ten TO tive sections per mile, but it was lost
ny vote of SO TO %.
Mr. Mcguire introduced resolution call
ing attention to the reported cruel treat
ment of two conv1cts in the Saltwater pen
iitentlary by Deputy Warden Lemon, and
lnstructing the prison investigating COM
mittee of the house to investigate and re-
port by Monday next at a. Ill. The reso-
luton was adopted. " s,~.~.
; The roll was called and by unanimous
vote of II yeas the age OF consent bill was
passed, and now only lacks the governors
signature to become law.
Saturday, April 10. ~...
The first business done by the senate yes
terday morning was to adopt the house
joint resolution ordering the printing Of
5000 copies of the manual, 49,
Senator Stevens introduced S. r. No. 1884,
bill annexing to the corporate limits Of
st. Paul twenty-three acres of territory
der suspension of the rules.
The senate took another whirl at the
lunacy commission bill, which ended in
laying the bill upon the table.
Another bill passed by the senate was
Representative Stivers' bill prohibiting rail
men more than twenty consecutive hours
except in case Of casualties.
Among the house bills which passed the
senate. was the Searle refunding bill, the
house bill providing for an Investigation O
land transfers, the house bills allowing cor
porations not so empowered, to issue pre-
terred stock, the senate bill increasing the
salary of the warden's clerk fthe St. Cloud
reformatory from 81, 900 to 81, 200.
# HOUSE.
A fierce battle was waged over the general
appropriation bill which was finally carried.
IL. f. 934, the bill providing for the levy
ing off state tax Of 81 mills Which was
amended in the senate to % mills was
finally passed by avote of64 yeas to AZ nays,
after one of the most unruly half hours
spent during the session. =. .
The most important bill passed on the
calendar was Senate File rs. Senator
Hemp's bill providing for the erection of
public grain houses and elevators on the
right Of way, of railway corporations.
bill was promptly squelched. " X
The house worked away to very little eff
feet all through the hours from midnight
until o'clock in the morning and succeed
ed in passing eight or nine bills but the
confusion was so great that it was i'm pos,
slble to make much progress.
Monday, Apri! 20. .
,E5z4 &.a3#. SENATE. .-a.st4s ~
The first event of Importance was the
election Of president pro tenn, which re-
suited in Senator J. B. Sanborn of st Paul
being chosen for the position. On the first
ballot, which resulted in Senator Sanborn's
election, Senator Lienau Democrat, and
Senator Dedon, Alliance voted with the
Republicans.
An attempt was next made to allow four
OF the committee clerks compensation from
the beginning Of the session, instead Of the
time they were appointed, but several votes
were lacking, and the resolution went into
the waste basket.
The vote by which the resolutions in
orno ciy,o No of% I,o~@ io.4
reconsidered and the resolution adopted. =
Senator Sanborn took the chair, and in q
short speech thanked the senate for the
honor conferred and the expression of con-
fdence and esteem.
Senator Day next called up the concur
rent resolution adopted by the house in
STRUGGLING the state board of prison man
ayers to discharge Deputy Wardens Lem on
and Graves. =
The final result of the matter was that the
whole subject was referred to the state
board OF corrections and charities, with in
structions to investigate it as soon as posi-
bic and report to the governor, making such
At 23S p. III. the senate adjourned sine
die, and the session was at an end.
HOUSE. z*,s
The house of representatives finally adj
journed at 1870 yesterday afternoon, after
one OF the most remarkable sessions ever
AASAS
as singularly occupied as any part Of the
session, being spent in acrimoniou debate
and the voting away of large sums of money
for various purposes
Mr.. Bell introduced resolution thank
ing the speaker, in the name of the house,
Tor the honorable, kind and impartial man
ner in which he had discharged his duties
as speaker. This was carried by unan-
imous vote, and then Mr.. Tucker. the white
capped pine of Cottonwood, delivered one
of his most eloquent addresses Mr.. Tucker
had been requested to make q presentation
to the speaker Of handsomely framed
group photograph Of tho members and Off
GERS OF the house, and in doing so he paid a
glowing tribute to the many qualities which
had earned for Speaker Champlin the love
and respect of the representatives.
Alter resolutions of thanks. to the chief
clerk and his assistants. Mr.. Kinney moved
that the speaker declare the house adj
journed.
tR THE BENEDICTIoN.
At l:3G p. nj. Speaker Champlin arose
from his chair and proceeded formally to
bring the session to a close. In doing so he
said:
'.ktrust that each member will go home
/ and carry with him some satisfaction TO his
constituents, or, at the worst, that you have
done them no harm. Your appropriation