Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-04-24
SOLONS ADJOURNED.
RECORD OF THE CLOSING DAYS or
?. T. THE LEGISLATURE.
Wednesday. April 10.

capitol site and building and report at
the next session Of the legislature. A
resolution was afterward passed increas-
ing tho committee to five members.
Senator John Day Smith moved to 70.
consider the vote whereby the farmers
institute bill was lost Tueseay, and OBJ
tanned SO votes therefor. Then he
moved to have the bill put on general
orders, which was done.
The house labor bill was indefinitely
Postponed.
Appropriation bill for roads and
. was passed. 1t appropriates
Reyes election bill. as amended
King out the provision for voting
It tickets was passed.
lie following bills were recommended
pass: Senator DonnelIy's bill limit
ing the amount Of land that can be
owned by corporations to 5,O00 acres;
Senator Grinnell's bin leI.sting to deeds,
mortgages and other convcyances. Nc
Hale's bill prohibiting Sunday amuse-
ments was, upon his own motion, in
definitely postponed, in Retaliation, he
aaid, for the lack of interest in his other
great moral measure.
The attendance was very light in the
house during tho first hour Of the morn
ing. Reading of committee reports
took up much time, and majority Of
them were in favor Of indefinite post
ponement. .
The senate bill was placed on general
orders and the house bill sent to the sem
ate.
The Leayitt income tar bill met it's
tate when an effort was made to suspend
the rules and place it on the calendar.
The house voted it down.
Mr.. Bjorge, from, tho committee on
appropriations, submitted tho general
omnibus appropriation bin.
The house, after little scrap over the
journal, went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Greer presiding. The Du-
luth and Winnipeg bill was then read,
and recommended to pass.
Ztlch's free text book bill, Reyes bill
to abolish the contract system in the
Saltwater prison, Craig's apportionment
bill and an amendment regarding rape
were passed. The bill relating to age of
consent was taken from general orders
and placed on the calendar, which prob
ably insures its passage.
Thursday. April 8.
The senator's Thursday morning voted
down all resolutions seeking to compen-
safe clerks for extra service. The Searle
bill, allowing SO per cent of the prison.
Oh at the St. Cloud reformatory to work
on cutting stone for sale was passed by
. vote Of 81 to Is.
Senator March, Of the joint committee
ON waterways, recommended the i'm
provement Of the upper Mississippi and
tho Duluth Crookston system of naYiga-
ton, but did not favor the Minnesota
valley scheme. Five thousand copies of
tho report were ordered printed. A re-.
cess until 3 o'clock was taken.
The afternoon session of the senate
opened with general melee in the in
terest of local bills. There was special
order for 8 o'clock, but there were hosts
Of local bills whose authors were par
tcularly anxious that the rules should
be suspended and their particular bills
passed at once. Just one more" came
TO be the saying. Among others passed
was the bill authorizing the commits
sioners of Hennepin county to take
steps to raise the level Of water in Lake
Minnetonka
When the special order was reached
it was agreed to take up the general ap-
preparation bill. The items were read
one by one. The consideration of the
bill occupied nearly all the afternoon.
In the house the committee on 1egisla-
tive expenses recommended that sa1a-
ries Of door keepers, gallery keepers,
Etc., DO fixed at a per day. The report
was adopted.
Mr.. Bell sent up q resolution that tho
Duluth and Winnipeg land grant be cut
to five sections Of land to tho mile. It
was laid over by notice of debate. The
balance Of the forenoon was taken up in
. hot discussion over tho action Of the
special committee to investigate the
Duluth elevators. It was laid on tho
table,
The senate amendment to the election
bill striking out tho provisions for vot-
ing straight ticket by placing a cross
opposite tho name Of the political party
Was concurred In.
Among a number of other bills REQ
commended to pass was Senate File IS,
introduced in the senate by Mr.. Hompe.
1t provides for the erection of public
warehouses and elevators on the right
Of way Of railroad companies in the
state, whenever petition - presented
to tho officers Of any railroad company
BY two or moro persons who associate
s.s0uA0oAVoo Io8oVAoA fAAO AVk ~ OARo1d>
ton.
Mr.. Stevens bill proposing An amend
ment to tho constitution exempting
from taxation for municipal purposes
corporations engaged in the manufacture
Of articles composed of. wood, wool,
hemp, iron, etc., for period Of twenty
enc years was also recommended to pass.
.. Friday, April II.
A flor oySoy,6iuo ho1f An hnor 10 %bn
morning In resolutions the senate had
another bout over tho Reyes election
hill. An attempt to recall tho bill from
the house was voted down, 43 tot.
The senate bills requiring railroads to
make immediate selection OF granted
lands, and adjusting certain claims Of
railroads for swamp lands, were passed.
Then the house bill appropriating $780,
O0O for the worlds Fair exhibit was
called up, and after amendments raising
the figures to 100000 aud So, 900 had
been defeated, tho bill was passed by .
vote Of 40 to 4, just As it came from the
house. :
The senate opened proceedings in the
afternoon by passing the house bill pro-
tecting those having claims against par
ties injured by railroads and securing
House: The journal had been sent to
the printer and it would not return
until 2 o'clock. The Democrats saw q
scheme to defeat the amendment to the
election bill passed at Thursday even
fnC's session. A motion was made that
al bills passed at the evening session he
withheld until the journal for that ses-
sion be read. A hot debate followed
which ended only ON tho appearance of
/ page with the journal. 1t was read
End approved.
The Judiciary committee at = meeting
held in the forepoon votsd to report the
IcHale anti-tights bill back 10 the
house without recommendation.
: At the beginning Of the afternoon So
don . motion TO recall the Keyes elec-
ton bill was voted down 81 to SO.
After hard Aght Senate File 86l, the
bridge appropriation bill, was taken up
ard read the third time and passed.
The nAxt sensation was in the nature
Of resolution introduced BY Mr.. Nc
CURE that the prison investigating COM
mittes investigate charges Of cruelty in
TIE Saltwater institution and report
Monday. -ss E. ~
At tSs evening session the Duluth and
Winnipeg land grant bill was taken up
I and paased 90 to ~. A. .. !.
II. Chlrier made IN appeal for unani-
U0us oops4nt TO have the age OF consent
I'LL taken Mcm The ea1sndaf and passed.
Iharo Was no opPosition and the bill
~ passed unAaimou1ly. u now 9pes
~ - governor. 1he 1tascA park bill
~ alSo passed.
]! ,sf4 Saturday April 10. ..
Tho hrst business done ~ thA senate
Saturday morning. W. ~ adopt the,
house joint resolution ord sring the print
] NJ of {, 900 copies Of IT, manual.
Among Ne hcuss nf1e which passed
The sonate was The Searle refundine bill,
.4he houDe bill proyiding for n investi-
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