The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-19
STATE LEGISLATION
RECORD OF WORK DONE BY MIN
NEsorA soLoNs.
A comprehensive Summary of the Pro-
seedlings for the Week Giving List Of
Important Biias Introduced. Referred.
and passed. 49, ass4 ~
Tuesday. March 10.

Important Bilss Introduced. Referred
and Passed.
i Tuesday, March 10.
Senate: Interest bills postponed
Resolutions appropriating 1891. II to re.
contest expenses adopted; also one ap
proriating 81 ,294. so for M. O'Brien fol-
similar purposes. d
| Among the bills introduced was one
from Senator Geissel fixing the punish
ment for the sale for smoking and the
smoking of opium at 81 900 fine, or i'm.
/ prisonment from one to three years.
Senator Sevatson fathered q bill fixing
| the compensation of county officials in
| counties under 10000 inhabitants al
$500, and in counties of from 10000 to
IS, 600 at 81 900. II Is
After half an hour on the calendar
Senator Peterson's bill amending the
law requiring railroads to build and
keep in repair highway crossings was
passed. Senator Hompe's railway bill
was recommended to pass. "a ~. q sssF
| Senator Hompes bill requiring court
commissioners to give bonds for 5000
was recommended to pass.
Tuesday mornings session Of the house
was dull and uninteresting. There was
scarcely a quorum present, and those
members who were in their seats seemed
not to realize they were there for bust
ness.
r. A. Walsh introduced House File
752 which provides for the establish
ment of a court of appeals to consist of
chief justice and two associate JUS
tees. The bill provides that the judges
shall be appoined and serve until the
next general election, when their sue
cessors shall be elected. They shall be
elected for two years, and shall draw
s., 900 per year salary and 10 cents per
mile for each mile travelled in the dis
charge of their duty. ~ - 49, SsE&st
At 4 o'clock the house went into COM
mittee of the whole and took up the
general orders. The memorial asking
congress to do away with dealing in
options was taken up and passed after a
lengthy debate.
Wednesday, March IL. tEE1E
The senate met Wednesday morning
| at 10 o'clock, and for half an hour rou-
tine business was transacted. At 1880
the interest bill was taken UP.
"A motion to strike out vthe principal
from the second section was voted
down, but came up later on an amend
ment by Senator Donnelly, which was
lost bysa tie yote.S As soon as the vote
was announced Donnelly arose and an
nounced that member of the senate, a
banker, had informed him that the
bankers of the state had raised 10000
to beat the usury bill. He gave Senator
Keller as his authority, but he had
hardly made the charge before Keller
WATSON his feet to deny it. A resolution
was adopted to investigate the charge of
Senator Donnelly, and the senate adj
iourned. y
The usual number of local bills hav-
ing been introduced the house calendar
was taken up and the consideration of
senate files continued. Among those
passed were Senator Stevens and Sem
ator McHale's bills amending the Gen
eral Statutes of 1878. - .s.
Senator Donnelly's memorial to con-
gress relating to the sale of options in
agricultural products was next taken
up and passed.
Representative Searle opposed the
passage of Senator Stevens bill giving
trust companies banking powers, with
out the restrictions placed upon anks.
After some debate the bill was recon-
mitted.
Senator J. D. Smiths bill declaring
Washington's birthday, May 80 Mem
orial day and the first Tuesday after the
number of years legal holidays passed.
Thursday, March 12.
In the senate the interest battle was
renewed with even more bitterness than
before. Mr.. Donnelly arose to ques.
made by Mr.. Leavitt that he had a score
~ oh tho ofa Nth
ruption, Donnelly declared it to be
untrue, Senator Kellar holly disputed
his veracity and lively time ensued.
DR.. Mayo finally secured recognition and
said: hope, sir, that this phosphores-
cent senator from Dakota will be re-
buked for such action. / am tired of
| such leader. Why, gentlemen on the
other side of the house, at the COM
mencement of this session we charged
| you with eating crow. Why, we are
now eating dog and dead dog at that. I
hope this simple demagoguery will
cease" But it didn't cease The war
of words went merrily on for some time
ending in the adoption of the Donnelly
resolution. The question then required
| on Mr.. March's amendment to section 8,
of the Davis bill, making the penalty
$500 fine or six months imprisonment
for violation of the section. This was
lost by tie vote.
Section of the bill, the last to cause
discussion, was next taken up, and Mr..
Davis moved to amend it so that local
building and loan associations could do
business as at the present time. 1t was
| finally agreed to exempt them from the
provisions of the act, after which SEQ
| ton was adopted. Section s, which
| repeais inconsistent acts, was then
adopted, as was also the final motion.
Senator Davis then moved that the bill
be recommended to pass.
After some routine business the con-
test committee reported an, omnibus
bill for the expenses Of contestants, as a
substitute for all other bills on the sub
iect. The bill calls for a total of b, 249. 81
| for the five contestants reduction being
mostly in attorneys fees. Asa sample, w.
w. Erwin's fees are cut down from
81 900 to $500. Senator Searles' bill for
| presenting Durant's case in the contest
IS cut down from $500 to $500. The re-
daetiops are proportionate all the way
through. Theresa of the morning session
was devoted to local bills.
A bill to change the manner of select
ing the railroad commissioners was
passed; also a bill to. provide armories
for the national guard.
The house then went into COMMITTEES
Of the whole, with Mr., Greer in the
( chair. 81 Tfg
The bill relative to automatic brakes
on cars, 81. f. 43, brought out a spirited
discussion, in which several speeches
were made. tt was charged on one side
that the bill was drawn in the interest
Of the owner Of the patents Of the brakes.
and on the other hand that the opposi.
ton was inspired by a powerful railroad
lobby. 80, 80.
/ Senate: OF the few bills handed in,
/ one from Senator Mayo provided for thu
establishment of o department of phar:
macy at the state university.
Senator. Erickson sent in measure fol-
appropriating funds for the erection of 8
monument at Camp Relief, Lac on
Parle county, in commemoration OF the
people killed in the Sioux massacre,
i Committee reports occupied largs
part of the remaindeiof thu mornf ng
There was little fight over the bill fix
ing the compensation of county officers
in outside counties, bat it finally went
| on To general orders - Is