The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-02-21
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
/, What the Peoples Representatives Did al
} the State Capital During the Week
j The special committee to whom was
referred the election bills introduced II
the Senate presented report Wednes
4, day recommended the passage OF the
Mcmillan bill with few amendments.
i The Senate passed appropriate resO-
| lntlons on the death of Gen. Sibley.
i Senator DonnellY's bill repeating the
libel law of 1887 was favorabiY reported
On nv the judiciary committee.
''Age OF consent petitions from al
parts of the state, PRAYING that it De
raised to IS years, were received during
the week.
The Ramsey county delegation re-
ported back Mr.. Bearings bills amend
ing the city charter, approving tne1l
passage with e. few unimportant amend
ments.
The Senate committee on illuminaU-
ing oils held meeting Wednesday and
inquired very mlnutelv irto the work.
ings Of the state oil Inspector. lnspec~
tor Nichols, in telling what be knew
about oils and political plums, caused
the committee to open their eyes very
wide Dy announcing that he received a
salary Of $3.50 a month from that great
est of nonopolies, the Standard Oil
| company,
HOUSE NOTES. ),
r representative Smith introduced a
bill making railroad companies pay Tor
the use Of public streets and bridges.
The bill applies to street railways as
We'll.
Perry Long wants to take the patrol
limit question out of the Legislature and
pnt 1t in the hands of the council. For
that purpose he introduced bill IN the
House Thursday repeating the act
creating the patrol limits.
Representative Furlong, from Mower
county, chairman OF the judiciary com,
mittee, is among the earnest and most
active mem bers OF the present House
! A good deal has Deen said about a
division in Iile ranks OF the Hennepin
county delegation, AL such talk as
| this must be swalll we'd with the usual
grain Of salt coming. as it does, from
Republican sources. AS the delegation
from Hennepin are almost to man OF
one political faith in this legislature, it
would be strange it on all minor points
they would ba Of one mind. This is
hardly to be expected and therefore
any real division may be put down as
| imaelnary and misleading the Work OF
! our Republican fr1end5--and not worthy
Of notice.
| Speaker Champlln appointed as
House committee to draft resolutions
upon tbs death OF Gen. Sibley. Repre-
sentat1yes Battle7. Stivers, Bull, Ste
vens, Reeve and Tucker. The follow
ing committee was delegated to repre-
sent the House at the funeral: Repre-
sentatives Walsh, M. Roach, Walsh,
r. A. Nilsson. Chesley and Stone.
Representative N. z. Nelson's EN-
pIoyers' liability act is in the hands Of
the judiciary committee but will soon
come before the House for action there
on. The bill holds an EMPLOYER liable
to the extent Of 81 900 for injury to an
employe when in the discharge OF his
duties from negligence, defective ma
chinery or other causes.
Representative Bearings bills amend
ing the CITY charter of ST. Paul present
many good features and will undoubt~
edlv pass.
Representative Long has introduced
q bill which. IT it becomes law, will
repeal the act whereby the Minneapolis
patrol limits were established and place
the matter back in the hands OF the
council where it more properly belongs.
a desperate effort is being made to
defeat Representative McAllister's 20
lice pension bill, but he doesn't seem to
be worried over the matter, whatever
the result.
MI. Demos bill. Requiring railroad
companies to keep all regular stations
heated and lighted one hour before and
after the arrival and departure OF
TRAINS has been recommended TO pass
by the COM nlittee on railroads.
Mr.. Wacek's bill providing thai the
railroad companies be required to fur"
nish all members and officers OF the
state legislature with free trapsporta~
tion has been disposed OF by the railroad
committee in the House.
Mr.. Reeve has introduced bill for
the benefit of the university. 1t pro-
yides for the appropriation of $4,000 to
be expended for books for use in that
institution. The bill was referred to
the committee on appropriate ons.
Morris, MINI.
Special correspondence of the Irish Standard
On Thursday night, February 18th,
1891. Mrs. VIM. Sullivan, of this place