St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-05
BILLS ARE BOUNCED.
The Peterson Baking Powder
Bill Fails by a Narrow
Margin.
IN the House the Curriep Bill
Receives Its Last
Quietus.
Senator Sanborn's Public
Park Bill Passes the
Senate.
The Baking Powder War
Wages Furiously in Both
Houses.


Wages Furiously in Both
Houses.
The senate opened yesterdays ses-
sion with nearly the entire membership
in attendance-SOmeth new for Sat
urday SeSsiOn-and at once commenced
work, Senator John Day Smith sent
up a resolution providing for the pay
ment of $40 expenses incurred i'll search
ing for the missing testimony taken by
the bribery investigating committee two
years ago, and with one dissenting
vote, that of Senator GeiSsel, of MOrri-
son, the resolution was adopted. Com
mittee reports came next, among which
were favorable recommendations upon
number of local measures, which were
then passed under suspension of the
rules. Those passed in this way fol-
low:
Local Bills.
s. F. 614-Detaching territory from school
district of Alexandria Douglass county
). +. S43-AuthOrizing voters of Kittson
county to pass on the license question.
s. F. 136-Relating to ST. Paul Lodge No. /,
I. 0. o. +.
S. F. Swallowing Brainerd to issue bonds
for the purchase of a dam.
II. f. 1013-Providing for municipal courts
for villages of over 1900 population.
II. +. 1046-Authorizing conveyance OF and
IN Benton county.
II. +. 626-ltelating TO the drainage Of
French Lake, llennepn county.
II. +. S26-Separating the village Of Eliza
beth from township III Otter Tail county.
II. f. lOJ6-Relating TO court reporters and
fixing fees.
5. F. 7n-Fixing times of holding district
court in the Seventh judicial district
The State Park Passes.
The calendar came next and upon it
the balance of the day was spent. The
first bill on the list was one introduced
by Senator SanbOrn, providing tor the
creation OF a state park around Lake
1tasca. This was supported by Gen.
Sanb0rn and Senators SevatSOn and
Stevens. and warmly opposed by Sen
atOr Brown. The discussion was brief
and the bill passed by vote Of IS yeas
and Is nays. The next bill was also
measure of the senior Ramsey county
senator, and was a request that the ma
tlOnai congress cede Minnesota 6,400
acres OF government land in the neigh
bOrhood of Lake Itasca. This passed
by vote of 81 affirmative votes to in
the negative.
The only other bill which disturbed
the serenity of the senate during the
morning hour was Senator DOnnellv'S
bill authorizing school houses to be
used for public purposes in certain
eases.
Senator Craven objected to the meas
ure on the ground that school houses
were paid for and maintained by the en-
tire population, aud under the bill
there would be no protection for the
minority. The amendment, which had
been prepared by Supt. Kiehle, was
finally cngr3fted upon the bill by means
OF reference 10 the senator from Dako-
ta,and then the measure was passed. The
Bills Passed
before the recess follow:
s. F. No ALTO create a public park to be
known as ItaSca State park.-SanbOrn.
s F. No Embarrassing congress TO grant
certain pubic lands TO characterization.
:. +. No. 359-PrOviding for incorporation
life casualty, accident and endowment in
surance business.-Smith, John Day.
s. T. No. 2,4-Relating to taxation of lands
sold by rsilTOuds-SevaIsOn.
5. F. No. 35I-Relating to sale of real estate
by standardization.
5 f. No. 36l-Amending chapter II, Gen
eral Laws Of 1S6i.-keister
5. f. No. 409-Provide for organization Of
school district.
5. +. NO. 3SS-Authorizing school houses to
be used for public meetings under certain
cases.-DOnnclly.
The afternoon session of the senate
opened with every appearance of a
fight. The lieutenant governor had no
sooner called the senators to order than
Senator j. w. Peterson was OH the floor
demanding q call of the senate. The
roll call revealed the presence of hardly
more than twO-thirds of the body, and
motion was made to dispense with fur
Their proceedings under the call. Sen
Rtor Peterson opposed this on the
frroIln6 that a first hill IN ha 70 -o N,
was the
Baking Powder Measure.
md he thought every senator ought TO
be in his seat. This sally created
laugh, which was renewed when Sen
ator Stevens said:
II suggest that we call in a half dozen
cooks"
The motion to suspend further pro-
ceedings uuder the call was lost by a
vote of Is nays to yeas, thus demon
Btrating that the friends OF the bill were
in the majority on the floor. 4 few
minutes later no opposition was made
to suspending the call, and, after the
secretary OF the senate had read the
Peterson bill, Senator Donneliy took
the floor and opposed the measure.
He thought it was merely a war be-
tween rival baking powder companies
and that 1t was beneath the dignity of
the senate TO engage in such contest.
The Sage here entered into discus
sion of the merits of the various baking
powders. lie thought ammonia was a
good thing. If the bill became a law.
he was of the opinion that it would re-
qulre large appropriation to carry it
out.
Senator Peterson called the attention
of the senator from Dakota to the fact
that he had introduced tho hill Of 4bo
request Of the dairy commissioner. The
amendment relating to baking powders
had been added in committee of the
whole. The bill as brought in related
to vinegar.
Senator Stevens took nearly the same
position as the Sage, and both were
answered by Senator Mayo, who took
the ground that ammonia was danger
Gus drug. Like the Sage, he read state
mentS from physicians, chemists and
others engaged in like positions. At the
conclusion of Senator Mavo's remarks
Senator Stevens grew facetiOus, and
provoked considerable amusement by
Offering the following amendment:
Provided further that no microbe shall
be allowed TO circulate in the air or water
wi'hin the limits Of this state unless such
mlcrobe wears in q conspicuous position
NJ Oh its organism badge printed in plain
yIe stating tie particular genus to which
ouch microbe belongs"
y am little LIT surprised that such
q feeling of Indignation should have
taken possession Of the senator from
ramsey" remarked Senator Davis Sar-
castically, when he was part and par
Gel OF tie legislature that passed the act
two years AGO that forced all alum
powder manufacturers TO stamp fneir
powder. This passed with l;rrin ohioo