St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-17

ingly Mr.. Furlong. VINO has proved an
admirable speaker pro tenn, called the
members t0 order. The Curricr bill re-
celved the usual attention in the way Of
petltlonS protesting against its passage,
and considerable time was occupied in
reports from committees. Among these
reports was one from the Judiciary hay
ing reference to Mr.. Gallaghers bill
providing for the issuance Of cheap car
fare tickets to be used at certain hours
IN the morning and afternoon. The
committee recommended the Indefinite
postponement of the bill, and they
backed up this recommendation by rails
ing doubt as to its consntutionality.
There is not much love lost between
Representatives Gallagher and Stock
well, of the Hennepin delegation. 1t
was the natural inference. therefore,
secretly elated over the unfayOrable
recommendation upon Gallagher's bill
regulating street car fares. This bill
was one uDon which Mr.. Gallagher
had spent considerable time. Originally
he proposed to enforce by law a
three-cent fare upon street cars at
| certain hours in the morning and even
ing, the object being to benefit the
working class in going to and coming
from their work. The bill was tabooed
by the Hennepin and Ramsey delega-
lions, collectively, but nothing daunted.
Mr.. Gallagher went to work and
introduced the present bill. 1t is,
practically, Scent fare bill, excepting
that to obtain advantage of the reduced
rates block OF tickets would have to
| be purchased. The bill was strenuous
ly opposed before the judiciary commit
tee by Judge koOn. representing the st.
Paul and Minneapolis Street Railway
companies. Its alleged unconstitution-
atty led that committee to report ad-
versely upon it.
Mr.. Stockwell, despite his antagonism
to Mr.. Gallagher. appears to have been
deeply interested in its passage. He
certainly could not see why the bill had
been declared unconstitutional. Was
it simply because Judge KOon had told
the committee? He wanted the bill
placed upon general orders, so that the
members could decide this constitutions
al point for themselves. Mr.. Greer. of
Wabasha, an attorney. did not agree
with the gentleman from Hennepin,
and go moved that instead of going
upon general orders the bill should be
referred to Mr.. StOckwell. Though
hot an attorney, Mr.. StockWell agreed
to the reference with alacritv, promis-
ing to consult the best legal talent in
the state.
+ There were hardly aedozen bills in
| troduced into the house Yesterday. and
they were almost solely local in their
character. One OF these local bills was
introduced by NJ. Walsh, and created a
fund for the benefit of the Minneapolis
Police Department Relief association
By it the clerk of the municipal court
OF Minneapolis is authorized to pay the
officers of the association 10 per cent of
all money paid as fines. and the city
clerk is required to pay so per cent of
all dog tax collected. Mr.. Sikorski, of
WinOna, fathered bill increasing the
appropriation to the State Agricultural
and other societies from $4,000 to Sl4,-
coo.
Mr.. Penney. of Hennepin, made him
self responsible for two bills amending
the liquor laws. One bill proposes to
fix July as the universal date for the
renewal oflicenses throughout the state.
The second bill is to open the way to
assignment or tranSferrence of licenses,
as they are to be deemed personal prop
erty and made subject to attachment
and sale under execution. Mr.. Penney
also introduced bill having in view
the licensing of travelling auctioneers or
vendors. A license of 800 day is to
be required.
The bill reorganizing the st. Paul
Park commission was yesterday signed
by Gov. Merriam.
The house spent the whole of yester-
day forenoon iii passing bills. In all
twenty-nine bills had their third read
ing: five of these were senate files.
Four bills passed by the house yester-
day afternoon provide for the payment
of claims arising out of the Indian out
break of 1862. Thew are: To Mrs. A C.
Lull. S350.62 for guns ard ammunition
taken from her husbands store in the
town of Marine: to Dean Stabler. $3.50
for services in the Sank Center militia:
to George jenkins. $500 for furnishing
provisions to troops at Red Wing: to
George Stabler. $50 for services in the
Sank Center militia.
Mr.. Wacek. of LIE Sueur, was very
happy man last evening. He had Sc
cured the passage through the house of
a bill he had introduced which was de-
signed to benefit the laboring mana
bill to regulate the recovery of costs in
action for price of labor services The
character of the proposed legislation
may be cleaned from the following ex-
cerpt:
If any person. partnership OF. corporation
having employed any person to perfom any
labor or render any services shall neglect, or
refuse TO pay the agreed price. for such serv-
ices or LABOR, If the price therefor has been
agreed upon, or the reasonable value thereof
if the price has not been agreed upon, for
thirty days after the same becomes
dine and naVmPnt has ID
manded, and the same shall be re-
covered by action: there shall be allowed
and taxed for the plaintiff and included in
the judgment in addition to his disburse-
ments as now allowed by law So, and costs;
if the judgment be recovered in a justice or
municipal court and double the costs here
tofore provided by law il the judgment be
recovered in district court or the supreme
court Of this state.
There was short. lively tilt among
the Ramsey delegation during yester-
+ day afternoon.R. A. Walsh had moved
for a suspension of the rules, to permit
the passage of the Bell charter for the
city of st. Paul. This was opposed by
Mr.. bearing, who argued that the bill
should go back to the delegation. or at
least to the city attorney. Mr.. Bell
supported the proposition to suspend
fhe rules and pass the bill. He said the
city attorney did not want it referred
back to him: that the delegation had
passed upon every section in the bill:
that there was nothing in it which had
not received the sanction of a majority
of the members of the delegation. Mr..
Ringwald urged that there were amend
ments to be made absolutely necessary.
and MI. bearing SAID five of the RAM
sey house members favored the refer
ence. Mr.. Lomen pointed ont that
there should be no delay in passing this
charter bill, If there were any amend
meDts to be made. let them be made by
the senators when the bill went into |
the senate and was referred to them.
Mr.. bearing did not agree with this.
BE was not going to vote tor anything
that was wrong. A vote was taken, and !