St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-13
FAVOR FREE PASSES.
Bill Prohibiting Passes to Leg
iSlatops and Officers Dies
in the House.
Acrimonious Debate Raised
Over the Organization Of
ItaSca County.
An Open Meeting Of Citizens
in Adv ocacy Of Prohibition
Of Child Labor.
House Railroad Committee
Decides Against the Au-
tomato Car Coupler.

MI. Feig caused considerable amuse-
ment to the members of the house yes
terday morning by sending up a COM
m%unication from a Kandiyohi county
Alliance, which had resolved that the
message of the governor relating to the
sale of lands for a capitol site was a
fraud, and that the legislature should
take steps at once to see that the
capital was removed. If not the
farmers of the state would de-
mand that the state of Minnesota
should be divided into two states,
with the Mississippi river as a dividing
line. Also that all property should be
taxed. whether visible or not. The mat
ter was laid upon the table in very
short order.
Petitions were read from various
parts of the state urging that the bill
fixing the age of consent at eighteen be
passed. Petitions were also read asking
that House File No. LOG, relating to sal
aries OF certain county officers, be
passed: also for the passage Of
the bills calling for ballot re-
form, now before both houses.
A resolution of Mr.. Battley vas carried
that all newspapers left on the desks OF
members each day be sent to the re-
formatory at ST. Cloud for the use of in
mates. Mr.. Gallager moved that the
expenses of the election committee,
amounting to 1926, be allowed, which
was done by the house. The resolution
of Mr.. French, which was offered Oh
the 10th, was again brought up and
adopted. 1t provides that the house be
| I'm ppjchnl with tho rQnnrfC Of all rail-
road companies in the state as made to
the railroad commission.
Admitted by Ticket.
The committee on rules brought in
their report, which was considered.
Rule Al was amended so as to comply
with Mr.. Kinney'S requests that the
general orders be on the members
desks forty-eight hours before being
acted upon. Also that tickets of ad-
mission lie Issued to all visitors on the
floor of the house. Mr.. Turrell amended
so as to make the time tWenty-four
hours for general orders, instead of
forty-eignt. Mr.. Kinney defended his
motion, and Mr.. Moore opposed it, as
he did not know, if he left
his journal binder on his desk
at night, that he would find
it there in the morning. He always
found that his desk was swept clear of
all papers after the house adjourned.
Mr.. Turrell withdrew his amendment,
but it was renewed by Lane K. Stone,
who said that only forty-fiye days re-
manned in which bills could pass, and
so far no bill of Importance had gone
through. This reused Mr.. Kinney, who
hoped that the proceedings of last
Thursday and Saturday would not be
repeated, which were a disgrace to the
house. Mr.. Turrell's amendment was
lost and the original motion prevailed.
No More Bonds.
Representative Bell introduced a bill
very sweeping in It's demands. 1t pro-
hibited the city of st. Paul from issuing
the following bonds prior to May l, 1898:
State library bonds, S50.000; West st. Paul
park site, $4,000; Summit avenue boulevard,
$25, 000; iron bridge across Phalen creek, $50,
900. Also the balance of the 100000 West
| side levy improvement bonds; the balance of
the Broadway bridge bonds of 100000, and
the balance of the park bonds IN the sum Of
S150,000.
MI. Nilsson moved that the bill be
referred to the Ramsey county delega-
ton, which was done.
No GrandmOtnerlY Laws.
House File No. 8. introduced by Mr..
Bell, requiring thai all aftlcleS man
ufactured in the state prison or reform
atory should, before being offered for
sale. be labeled, was defeated by a vote
of ten for and sixty-four against. This
is the first bill of the session that has
been put on its final passage and de-
feated.
Mr.. Bell changed his vote from aye to
no, and then gave notice to reconsider
the measure.
Odds and Ends.
The report of the judiciary committee
recommending that the bill of Mr..
Trip repeating the laws relating to
| punishment of offenses committed on
street cars be indefinitely postponed,
was discussed at some length. but an
amendment was carried placing the bill
on general orders.
The speaker announced the regular
daily appointment of a committee clerk,
and Eric Olson was named clerk of the
state prison and reformatory committee.