Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-04-16

| in All amendment changing the present law
| by raising the tax on mining products from
l to 5 per cent, but lost it by u vote of 20
yeas to "a nays.
Senator Leavitt's motion to amend by
recommending to pass was then carried by
u vote of "a yeas to % nays cast
HOUSE,
/, A portion OF an hour was consumed in
discussing resolution offered by Mr..
Starks providing that bills introduced at
the request OF the governor take the regular
| u,...,c md be hot passed under suspension
o the rules in future. There was a s,,bsti-
| tute for the resolution and an amendment,
both recommending Il method of dealing
with local bills, but after q sharp lecture
from Mr.. Diment.. who told the house that
quit arguing and go ahead, the whole mat
ter was laid over.
| Mr.. Wacek offered resolution calling
! tor the appointment OF u committee OF
three to investigate as to whether or not the
services o: several of the clerks of standing
committees can be dispensed with. The
resolution was adopted.
Another bill killed was H. F. 687. Mr..
Wahlund's bill to provide for census OF
children Of school age. 1t was defeated by
vote OF 80 to SC, and Mr.. Boyd gave no.
tice TO reconsider.
Mr.. Lomen's bill relating to town plats,
as amended by the judiciary. committee,
was also defeated by vote of 90 10 4e.
Saturday, April 4.
In committee Of the whole Senator Lea
Wits bill to repeal the mining tax law with
several amendments tackled to it was rec
| commended to pass
At the opening of the session Senator
Donnelly occupied twenty minutes of valu-
| able time in pushing resolution intended,
pended certain rules. But the sage could
| not persuade the senate that his plan was
good one and came out second best
| About two hours of the afternoon session
We're consumed in committee reports and
| first and second reading of bills A large
number OF local bills We're passed, AMONG
them Senator Stevens bill putting the RAM
sey county abstract office on a fee basis and
providing that it shall be regularly inspect
ed by the county attorney.
HOUSE.
There was long debate over H. F. 573.
Mr.. Searle's BILL to regulate the convict la
Dor at the state reformatory at St. Cloud.
The bill is for the purpose of reli ewing the
quarry industries of that section and the
stone cutters from being injured by compe-
tition with conyictlabor. Mr.. Searle spoke
Ill ldVOi VI HIS OIL, duU declared IL was TO
meet the wants and wishes of his constitu-
ents. NJ essrs. Capser, Linnemann and Coates,
from the same county (Stearns), also favored
the passage Of the bill and Mr. Searle
moved that it be recommended to pass
Mr.. Currier moved to increase the num-
Der Of conyicts allowed to be employed in
stone cutting to 40 per cent.
After considerable discussion Mr.. Diment
offered substitute as a compromise max
ing the humber 80 per cent.
Mr.. Reyes thought it no matter how few
or how many convicts were employed on
competition with some interest
On division, Mr.. Dinent's substitute
was adopted, and the bill was so amended.
Monday. April l3.
SENATE.
Senate Lenau introduced resolution
allowing Edward Newell file clerk, 50 per
day Tor the first eight days Of the session
including G. N. Blaisdell, Chief file clerk,
was adopted, and the resolution was
adopted.
Senator Lommen's resolution providing
that the rules of debate III the senate shou
prevail in committee of the whole was
called up by its author, and was promptly
killed by the senate.
NO PREFERRED BILLS.
Senator Daugherty moved to reconsider
the vote by which Senator Donnelly's r ESQ.,
luton to allow each senator to select one
bill from general orders, which bills were
to take precedence, was defeated The mo-
ton to reconsider was adopted by vote OF
% to To- and then the resolution was voted
down, receiving % votes out Of the neces-
sary 36 10 adopt.
The senate bill reducing the board of pub.
lie works of St. Paul from four members to
three was returned by the house with an
amendment which restored the number to
four Tor one year, after that the board to
Senator Lienau the senate refused to con-
cur in the house amendment, and the bill
was sent back to the house.
HOUSE.
Two or three Ramsey county bills were
reported back by Mr.. Walsh the secretary o.
the delegation, among them being H. F. 1858,
the bill regulating the salaries Of st. Paul
officials which was amended so as to in
crease the fire department appropriation
from S2C5, 600 to $2l5,OOO. These bills will
take their regular order on general orders
or the calendar.
ON the motion of Mr.. T. Cole the chief
clerk was instructed to draw his warrant in
the sum of Sls3.ss to deIray the expense o;
the trip of the house committee to inspect
the Fergus Falls asylum.
The judiciary committee reported ad-
versely on twenty-five bills and. alter their
titles had been read, the report was adopted
The calendar was then taken up and oc.
cupied the entire afternoon. Among the
bills passed was the Honipe railroad bill, S.
+. 699. Mr.. Searle moved for call OF the
house. but Mr.. Currier said there would he
no opposition to the passage of the bill,
which was then voted upon and passed by
avote Of 80 yeas to one nay.