St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-07
THREE TIMES A DAY.
The House Will Make a Hustle
to 0veptake It's Bust
ness.
A Hot Fight to Be Made in the
Senate to Exclude Lob
byists.
Both Oil Bills Go Back to the
Committee for Consid-
Grafton.
a Light Day for Startling
Events in Both the So
Ionic Bodies.

The senate commenced business yes
terday morning with bare quorum
present. The opening exercises had
hardly been gone through with when
Senators Sanborn and Leavtt tackled
the lObbieSt question Gen. Sanborn
gave notice that he would to-day move
to amend standing rule 50, allowing the
privileges of the floor only 10 state Of
ficerS. members and eX-memberS of con-
greSs, memUerS and officers of the house
and eX-memberS of the senate. BY the
terms of this amendment no other per-
sons are TO be admitted, unless men,
Der or officer of the senate files with
the president of the senate the name,
residence and occupation of the person
desiring the privileges of the floor. No
senator can have more than two friends
admitted on the same day.
The resolution of Senator Leavitt is
aimed more directly at lobbyists and
providing that any person detected in
lobbying shall be excluded from The
chamber for the balance of the session.
The word Of any senator that he has
been approached is made sufficient evil
dence Tor such exclusion.
Committee reports followed, but ow-
Ing to the slim attendance no bills were
attempted to be passed, and for the
same reason the calendar was passed
over and the senate went into committee
of the whO'e with Senator j. W. Peter
son in the chair. Owing to the slim at
tendance only those bills were cOnsid-
erod to which there was very little OPP
position. The regular order was diSre-
garded and as consequence over thirty
bills were recommended before 1890
when a recess was taken until 8 o'clock.
The Oil Report.
The afternoon session commenced
with the report of the special committee
appointed some time ago to investigate
the management and condition of the
Saltwater prison. A portion of the re-
port was read and an edition of 5000
copies of the report was ordered printed
for general circulation. This was fol-
lowed by Il resolution directing the sec
rotary of the senate to draw draft for
$3.50 expenses incurred in the inveStiga-
ton. This finished the outside business
and the senate again went into commit
tee Of the whole. with Senator Craven
in the chair. Senator Nelson's bill to
regulate the charges of railroad com
panieS was taken up, and after brief
speech against it by Senator TaWney
the bill was referred to the committee,
consisting Of Senators Nelson, TaWney
and Stevens, to consider and report a
satisfactory measure.
After a short. hut decisive, conflict
with John Day Smith, Senator March
succeeded in having his oil Inspection
bill taken up and considered. Senator
March made a strong speech in favor of
the measure. 1t was opposed by Sena-
tors Cranhall. TaWney and Donnelly,
who rather favored a bill that would
provide for regular inspectors as under
the old law. \ strong fight was made
to substitute Senator E. r. Smiths bill,
but the long discussion was brought to
an end by referring both bills to the
committee on Illuminating oils.
The ArnlOTy Bill.
Representative Reeves bill to provide
armories for the national guard was
taken up next and Savagely attacked by
Senator Crandall, VINO denounced the
bill as the most impudent prop
OsitiOn ever presented to
legislative body. Outside of what
may properly be termed his argu-
ment the Steel county senator grew
very facetiOuS and delivered one of the
most amusing talks of the session. He
was followed 10y Senator Tawney, who
strongly supported the bill, claiming
that 1t was only fair that the people of
the several communities should be al
lowed to contribute toward the support
of the national guard.
Senator Davis expressed a wish that
''Gen.' Diment were present so that all
the generals. majors and captains might
be present. He referred to the services
rendered the state at Cloquet last sum-
mer by Company X of the Second regi-
ment. and expressed the opinion that
Minnesota ought to make better pro-
visions for the guardians of the state.
Senator PrObotfield opposed the bill
and Gen. Sanborn moved that progress
be reported. The senate then adjourned
for the day.