The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-03-13
luton asking congress to establish a postal
telegraph system.

luton asking congress to establish postal
telegraph system.
When the house reassembled at 2 o'clock,
Mr.. Reyes introduced q resolution. which
was passed, authorizing the judiciary COM
mittee to fix date after which no new bills
will be introduced.
Two bills, one by Mr.. Stone and the other
by Mr. Barrett, were introduced to regulate
the entering and classification of running,
trotting and pacing horses in races, compe-
tltions, etc., in the state and providing
penalties tor false entries.
Mr.. Lomen, nothing daunted by the pre-
mature death of his bill to prohibit the use
OF soft or Ignite coal on locomotives within
the limits OF large cities, introduced another
and similar one Yesterday.
Mr.. Penney of Hennepin introduced an
important bill providing for the establish
ment OF a school of mines at the state uni
versity The bill appropriates 5000 to
meet the cost of establishing such school.
and also provides for an annual appropria-
ton OF 81, 500 for maintaining the same.
Friday March. 8.
SENATE
Senator Crandall presented resolution
declaring it to be the sense Of the senate
that all bills apprOpriating money should
be introduced before March Is. Senator
Davis moved to amend by making the date
March 70. The amendment was agreed to,
and the resolution as amended was adopted.
Senator Dean called attention to the
deadly air of the senate chamber, which
had already sent more than half dozen
senators home sick. while several more
were just on the dividing line and ffered a
resolution providing for the appointment
of a committee to investigate the subject OF
ventilation, to see if it could not be inn
proved. The resolution was adopted. and
the chair appointed as the committee Sena-
tors Dean, Bell and Mayo.
After the order of reports of committees
was finished the ser ate adjourned until
Monday afternoon at clock.
The committee on military affairs made
long report to the house yesterday morn
ing on the bill introduced by Mr.. Stivers
providing for the compilation of history
OF che Minnesota troops during the Indian
and civil wars of 1861 and 1865. The report
stated that such a publication would cost
IS, 1854, which the bill proposes shall be
taken from the public printing fund. The
number OF copies to be printed is IL, 600. In
recommending the bill to pass the commit
tee discussed its merits at great length:
Mr.. r. A. Walsh of Ramsey introduced
bill, H. F. 726. which provides that every
common carrier shall be liable for all dam
ages sustained in this state by any agent or
servant thereof by reason of the negligence
OF any other agent or servant thereof, with
out contributory negligence on his part,
and no contract, rule or regulation between
the agent or servant and the common car
rier shall impair or diminish such liability,
provided that nothing in this act shall ap-
ply to damages sustained on a new road
under construction not open to public
travel.
Mr.. Sinclair's bill relating to town super
visors was also recommended to be relegated
to obscurity. And having done these
things. the committee rose and reported.
Mr.. Furlong drew attention to the shock
ingly bad ventilation of the house, which
is simply moving the representatives down
in swaths.