St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-17
MORE LIGHT WANTED.
The Senate Anxious to Know
Why Taxes Have So Heav-
lily Increased.
Two Of the Governors Ap-
pointees Turned Down for
the Present.
Repres entative Setterlund
Has a Sharp Stick for the
Harvester Trust.
The House Elections Commit
tee Hears the Dunn-Price
Contest.

Resolved, That the standing committee on
finance be and hereby is directed TO invesu-
gate. ascertain and report to the senate, at the
earliest time practicable, what changes in the
administration of the state government and
what conditions and policies have made 1t
necessary to increase the amount of money
raised by taxation from $500, 1866 10 in 1885 to
81, ,4SS $50. GO i'll 1890, as appears by the report
of the state treasurer, and whether the gov
ernment can be properly administered with
out deficit in the treasury.
Resolved, That i'll making such investlga-
tion said committee has leave to sit during
the sessions of the senate, and to send for
persons and papers, If necessary.
The above resolutions fell somewhat
in the nature of a bombshell upon some
of the Republican members of the SEN
ate yesterday, although introduced by
one of their members, Senator Sanborn,
of st. Paul. The clerk had hardly fin
ished reading them when Senator Day
gave notice of debate, and the whole
matter went over. The committee on
finance is made up as follows: John u.
HOmpe, chairman; K. 0. Craig, j.. w.
Bell, G. Ii. Lienau and Z. ). Crandall.
The makeup of this committee is evi-
dence that the work outlined in the
Senator Hompe has record as an OPP
ponent of lavish and useless apprOpria-
tons in preceding Legislatures. This
report may open the way to the removal
of such expensive luXuries as the labor
and dairy departments, or at least to
pairing down OF their expenses 80 to 20
per cent.
Bills and Business.
For the first time in several days the
senators were all OH hand at the open
ing hour yesterday morning. and were
called to order promptly by the presl-
dent. The customary prayer was Of
fered by the chaplain, and the business
of the day started off briskly. The sal
ary of the two pages appointed by the
lieutenant governor, Benjamin Chaplin
and Victor HJortsberg, was fixed at the
same figure as is paid the other pages.
The Introduction of bills was finally
reached, and Senator Leayitt scored
first with Senate File No. Al, which re-
peals chapter "a Of the Laws OF 1881,
passed to encourage mining by provid-
ing scheme of taxation on mines and
mining property. This went to the
committee on taxation.
Honse File No. AZ came from Senator
Craven, and allows the village OF Car
yer to appropriate money to aid In the
building of Touring mill. The rules
were suspended and the bill passed
without opposition.
Senator McHale, Of Scott, was the
author of Senate File No. 43, which re-
peals chapter 80 of the General Laws OF
1881.
Senator Lienau brought In the next
bill, Senate File No. A, which provides
for the organization of state immlgra-
ton bureau. The governor, state aud
itor, state treasurer and attorney gen
eral are to be eX-officio members, and a
secretary is to be elected by them, who
is to be paid salary OF $1,000 per year.
A pamphlet is to be issued. describing
the agricultural, natural and other re-
sources of the state. A sum or $7,500
per year is set aside for the next two
years. The bill was sent to the lmml-
grafton committee.
Senator McHale introduced Senate
File No. 45, the object of which is to
establish poor fund in Scott county.
The bill was passed under suspension OF
| the rules.
Senate File No. DC was sent to the
clerks desk by Senator S. ID. Peterson,
| of Brown. This bill requires the rail-
| road commission to at once set about in
vestigating the cost of all railroads In
| the state. The committee on railroads
received this.
Senator Grinnell introduced Senate
| File No. AZ, amending section "a. chap
| ter 10 of the Laws of 1883, relating to the
| banking laws of the state. This was re-
ferred to the committee oil banking.
Senator Sevatson sent up Senate tlle
| No. 4S, amending section /, chapter 1O9.
| of the General Laws of 1889. relating to
| the bringing of actions by executors.
Senator Dean came forward with Sen
ate File No. 40, authorizing the forma-
! tiOn of partnership associations in which
the capital subscribed shall alone be
| liable for the liabilities of the associa-
! ton except under certain circumstances.
| Three or more persons may form such a
| company.
A bill authorizing the admission OF
| Henry ID. Stricken to the bar of the state
| was presented by Senator John Day
| Smith as soon as the young man shall
| be qualified as to eyeryt hing but age.
| He is now under the age required
bv the statute. Senator Sevat-
son proposed bill which pro-
| vides that where a suit is
brought to recover for death of rela-
tive by accident, 1T cannot be for. more
| than S5,000,and the sum recovered must
| go to the widow or the heirs at law
| Both of these bills went to the judiciary
! committee.
Senator McHale, of the judiciary
| committee, made reports OH dozen OF
| more bills which had been referred tC
that committee. and then the senate
| went into executive session.
The Executive Session.
Several interesting things occurred in
| the executive session, where the lone
lists OF the governors appointments
| were read. A number of them were
| made year or more ago. Many of the
men appointed at that time have
| served out their terms, and
their confirmation was necessary te
| legaliZe their acts. No objection
| was made to the confirmation of all who
have served out the periods for which
| they were appointed. and so they were
| confirmed. This left out for the present
| Judge J. p. Williams, named for the
| railway commission year ago for a
| th1ee-years' term. He may, and prob
| ably will, be confirmed later, as no OBJ
| lection was made TO him.
But there we're numerous objections
made when the names of Col. w. Nj
| Liggett, for railway commissioner, and
| w. p. DunnIngtOn, for trustee Of the
soldiers home, came up, and, under the
rule adopted, both appointments went
| over. The Alliance men are hostile tC
Col. Liggett because he is supposed tC
he rather intimate with the wheat buy
ers of the state, and is, besides
not farmer. His farming has beer
| confined principally to the field of poll
tics, which he has ploughed with dill
gence and profit for a number of years
The Alliance senators. for these rea
sons, desire a different man to bt