The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-02-05
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Nc SiV mcmDcV loI postage reSOlu-
ton passed. A few resolutions were
quo, the capitol removal building bill,
again bobbed up.
A large number Of new bills were
introduced the most important being H.
+. 176, introduced by Mr.. Diment, of
Steele, county. This is bill for an act
to regulate the furnishing of cars and
the shipment of wheat and other grain
or products of this state IN car load lots,
and the inspection and weighing thereof,
and also fixing the liability of common
carriers therefor. The ball is designed
to remove certain inconveniences and
provide certain facilities for the farmers
Of the state in the shipment Of their
produce.
The senate bin providing for the an
pointment of joint commission to ar
range for a Minnesota exhibit at the
worlds fair, received its third reading
and passed the house.
Thursday, Jan. 80.
Senate: The O'Brien- Searles contest
ed election case came up and at $50 D..
M, after trial which had
lasted two days before the senate. vote
was reached. O'Brien, Democrat, was
given the seat from the Twenty-third
district. The vote stood 80 for 0'Brien
and 81 for Searles. The Democrats
voted solidly for O'Brien, but the vote
of the Republicans and Alliance mem
beers was not on strict party lines. Seven
Republicans voted for O'Brien, being
Senators Allen, Canestorp, Davis, Dean,
Eaton, S. d. Peterson and E. r. Smith.
Three Alliance members, Senators De-
don, Crate and Sevatson, voted for Mr..
Searles, in addition to eighteen Republi-
cans. If all the Republicans had voted
for Mr.. Searles there would have been
votes enough to elect him with the aid
of the three Alliance votes.
House: After the opening exercises
Thursday morning the majority of the
committee on elections presented re-
port in the Daly-Durant contest. The
report recites that Mr.. DAILY had $40
votes to 757 for Mr.. Durant, and it was
therefore recommended that Mr.. DAILY
be seated. A minority report will be
presented.
A resolution providing that as COM
mittee is investigating state prison af-
fairs Warden j. j. Randall and Deputy
Warden S. j. Langham be retained
until March created heated discussion,
but a resolution to suspend the rules
and take up the matter was lost. The
resolution went over.
Several important bills were intro
duced, and there was also the usual
food of local bills.
Mr.. Greer, of Wabasha, presented a
bill regulating the rentals to be charged
by telephone companies.
Mr.. Mcclure, of Mile Laos, presented
measure regulating the inspection and
grading of grain.
Mr.. Mcclure also Introduced q bill
which provides that the several auditors
in the state shall levy a tax of two
tenths of per cent. upon all taxable
property except village and city prop
erty in towns of over 5000. This tax is
to be known as the insurance tax and
shall be collected the same as other
taxes and kept in separate fund by the
state treasurer. The chairman Of the
board of county commissioners, the
county auditor and the mayor or presi-
dent of all towns shall constitute board
of adjusters, whose duty it shall be in
case of losses by hail or cyclones to
meet and adjust such losses. Said board
will then draw upon the state treasurer
for the amount of such loss.
Friday, Jan. 80.
Senate: Chaplin Savage prefaced his
usual morning prayer by a short but
touching eulogy on the late Secretary
Window. He dwelt briefly on his life,
of the services he had rendered to the
state and to the country.
As soon as the reading of the journal
was dispensed with, Senator Towney,
from WINDOWS old home, gave notice
that as soon as the introduction of bills
had been concluded Mr.. Leavitt would
present resolution adjourning the SEN
ate until Monday, out of respect to the
death of Mr.. Window.
Mr.. March then offered a resolution,
which was adopted, A to 8, changing
the rules so that printing could be or
dered on majority vote.
Resolution adopted authorizing the
act in conjunction with the special COM
mittee of the house to investigate the
affairs of the Saltwater prison.
After the introduction of alarge batch
of bills the senate dropped affairs of
state and paid due Difference to the
memory of the departed statesman.
Senator Eeavitt presented resolution
for adjournment until o'clock Monday
afternoon, and in Offering it delivered q
predatory eulogy. Mr.. Donnelly also
paid an eloquent tribute to Mr.. Win
dom's memory.
The resolution was then adopted by a
rising vote, and in accordance with Sem
ator Leavitt's motion an adjournment
was taken until Monday afternoon at
o'clock.
In the house Immediately after
the prayer Hon. Frank e. Searle pre-
scented a resolution expressing the sor-
row Of the house. Several Of the mem
bers, speaking ON the resolution, praised
the life and work Of Mr.. Window. The
resolutions were adopted by a rising
vote.
The minority report in the Daly-D u-
rant contest, signed by Matt Gallagher
and Joseph Casper, of the special cleo
ton committee was presented. The
contest was made special order for
Tuesday at 2 p. m.
The resolution demanding that the
prison board keep Warden Randall in
office till March went through as orig
inally presented.
A communication from the president
of the senate was received, in which that
body asked for joint Window memo
rial committee Mr.. Searle asked leave
to reconsider his original resolution in
order to receive the joint resolution in
troduced in the senate, providing that a
committee of three from the senate and
five from the house be appointed to draw
up suitable memorial on the death of
the secretary of the treasury. Out of
respect to his memory the house then
adjourned until o'clock Monday after
noon. 81
Monday, Feb. e.
Senate: Rules suspended and joint
resolutions on the death of Secretary
Window were reported and adopted
without dissent. They recite the loss
to the nation, state and family through
the death of Mr.. Window and the pro-
priety of the people Of the state, through
the legislature, expressing formally their
grief on account of this loss. The reso.
buttons further say that Mr. Window
was called away In the maturity of his
intellectual powers, at the pinnacle Of
the most uninterrupt eddy successful ca
reer known in the history Of his coun-
try. Sincere sympathy is extended to
the family of the late Mr.. Window and
the governor is requested to forward an
engrossed copy. The resolutions are
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