St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-12
IN COMMITTEE OF WHOLE.

The Hompe Railroad Bill and
Other Important Measures
Acted Upon.
A great days work was yesterday &C
cOmpllshed in the house.
Usually the general orders are taken
up between 4 and 5 o'clock in the aft
ernOOn. Yesterday the preliminary
order was skipped, and within few
minutes after the speaker had taken
the chair Mr.. Turrell moved that the
rules be suspended and the committee
go into the committee of the whole.
No objections were raised. 1t was gem
orally conceded that some such step
would have TO be taken or the general
orders would never be relieved of one
third the bills upon it. The whole of
the day was spent in COMMUNICATION
$3.50 to 1880, from to 6:3Q, from to 10
o'clock.
Hompess Bill Goes.
The bill heading the general orders
was the Hompe railroad bill. 1t was
recommended to pass with hardly dis
sentient voice. The passage of the
Hompe bill was conceded by all when
the Currier bill was defeated.
The Hompe bill is conceded to be
fair and liberal one to all parties rail
roads and people alike. Its provisions
are not sufficiently strong to please the
radical element of the Alliance party,
but tits generally satisfactory to the rest
of the members.
Mr.. Currier moved that the bill be
recommended to pass. He originally
intended to propose certain amend
ments, but finding that the members
generally felt that the bill in its present
shape was perfectly satisfactory, he had
decided to refrain from doing so consid-
ering it would be futile and simply a
waste of time. Though the bill was not
satisfactory to every Alliance man, they
had to be satisfied with what they could
get.
Speaker Champlin seconded the mo-
ton.
Mr.. Searle made few remarks upon
the bill. 1t had been his one desire as
a member of the railroad committee to
see that proper legislation regulating
railroads was enacted, and. though he
had been unable to agree with the AL
lance members upon all points, his re-
lations with them had been of the most
he considered, would be found to work
well in the interests of the farmers,
remedying many, if not all, the abuses
alleged against the railroads.
The motion was thereupOn carried. as
before stated, without one dissentlent
voice.
Called Back.
Considerable opposition was raised
against Mr.. Gallagher's bill, II. F. 375.
relating to mechanics liens. It was
said the bill had been drawn by Judge
CAVITY, of Minneapolis. and this fact
seems to have ranked in the breasts of
some gentlemen, who, having showered
amendments upon the chairman. even
tually secured the re-reference of the
bill and amendments 10 the judiciary
committee, with instructions to report
it back tomorrow.
Searle's Victory.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Searle.
limiting the employment of conycts at
the state reformatory to stone cutting.
was pretty thoroughly overhauled. Mr..
Searle proposed to limit the number to
twenty-five, and ably defended the
proposition before the committee.
Nothing could have been more lucid and
convincing than Mr.. Searle's exposition
of the reasons why this bill had been
introduced and its passage desired by
the citizens of StearnS county. and par
ticularly those of the city of ST. Cloud.
He showed the demoralIZing effect
which this prison labor had upon free
labor, and how many men had been
thrown out of employment by this
state competition.
Mr.. Currier sYmpathiZed with the end
and aim of the representative from
Stearns county, as indicated by this bill.
but he argued that it was the duty of
Legislators and state officials to make
the public institutions self-supporting
wherever possible. He offered an
amendment to the bill. increasing the
number of .convicts to be employed at