Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-04-03

insane At th1t point. made report en-
tarely generating the members Of tho
committee. 20
A joint resolution which was intro.
duced in the senate tho other
day which provides for expunKing from
the legislative records the evidence Of
tho impeachment Of E. st. Julien Cox,
was read and caused quite ! little ssnsa-
ton, but WAS finally passed with only
two dissenting votes.
The calendar was then taken up and
the bill making safe deposit and trust
companies subject to usury laws was
passed. Several local bills were also
passed and the house adjourned till
Monday.
Monday, March So
Senate: The judiciary committee
reported hack substitute for tho Dean,
Mcmillan and Leayitt election bills.
This substitute combines the leading
features of the Mcmillan and Dean bills.
The calendar was paced over on ac-
count OF light Attendance, Senator
Hompe's railroad and warehouse bill b.
ing postponed until afternoon. At II
o'clock the senate reached general or
ders and went into committee. Of the
whole with Senator March in tho chair.
Much of the remainder Of the morning
session was spent in discussing Senator
McMillau's automatic coupler and brake
bill. which was ut the end almost unAn-
imously recommended for passage. Sen.
ator Days bill amending the roads and
bridges law and Senator Keller's livery
stable lien bill were recommended for
passage.
The consideration OF the various bills
for the revision of the statutes occupied
the first part Of tho afternoon session
The Tawney bill-Senats File 349-was
recommended to pass. This leaves the
revision in the hands of the attorney
general, under the direction of the su-
preme court.
1t being long past the hour to which
Senator Holnpe's railroad and ware
house bill was postponed. the committee
arose and took up the third reading Of
that measure. The bill passed by vote
of 81 to l.
There was no quorum present when
the house should have convened Monday
morning, and an adjournment till p.
M. was taken. Promptly at 2, however.
there sufficient members on hand to
transact business. Mr.. Gallagher's 8
cent fare bill occupied nearly an hour Of
the session. 1t a - anally laid On the
table,
A motion was carried to recall for cor.
rection from the senate the bill taxing
railroad lands and place It at the head OF
general orders. It was claimed that the
bill as passed repealed the present law
taxing the gross earnings Of railroads.
and it was necessary &c remedy this
feature.
Mr.. Stockweu called up his resolution
to have 5000 copies Of tho report Of the
special state prison investigating CON-
mittee printed in pamphlet form. Car
RED.
Tuesday. March 81.
In the senate committee reports were
taken up almost immediately after the
opening Of the session, and proceeded
for an hour without anything Of interest
to vary the monotony.
In the afternoon the first matter Of
Importance to come before tho senate
was Senator Donuellys mortgage taxa
ton bill, 8. F. Sc, which was on its final
passage. There was no debate what
ever. Senator Leavitt attempted to get
an amendment before the senate, but
Senator Brown objected and tho roll was
called on the bill. The result showed
20 votes in its favor and % against it.
A heated debeate was INDUCED in over
. resolution to sell some land in West
st. Paul which some claimed the state
owns. The land was once the bed of a
duly meandered lake. It was finally
decided to get the attorney generals
opinion before taking action.
A flor rornnynnn6iun oavoro1 1,;11o on
lating to the preservation Of game and
fish to pass. the committee arose and the
senate adjourned.
In the house an attempt was made to
take the Scent street car fare from the
table and pass it, but it was voted down
alphabetically.
Mr.. Trips bill, seeking to regulate
corrupt practices, now at the head Of the
house calendar was voted down. A mo.
ton to reconsider carried, and the bill
was referred to Messrs. Kinney and
Trip for correction. It then passed by
q vote of IS to 81.
Upon assembling at 9 p. m. the house
went into committee Of the whole to
consider as special order the substitute
for the Currier bill. with Mr.. Wacek, ..
LIE Sueur, in the chair.
OAE. Coly uOVoO tu8t 1Ou6o F1l0 WI,
the Curr:er substitute-be recommended
to pass. Adopted.
Mr.. e. French then moved to indefi-
nitely postpone House File 902, Mr..
Searle's bill, but Mr.. Tucker asked that
In the interests Of fair play the bill ba
placed on general orders, and on divis.
ion Mr.. French's motion was lost by =
vote of 58 to 90.
A motion by MI. Searle that when the
committee rise it report psogress on his
bill was carried. The committee then
rose.
The calendar was taken up again after
the report of the committee Of the whole
had been adopted, and the first bill on
the list was n. F. 3Q4. Mr.. Perney's bill
to repeal the present law relating to ex-
ecution, and providing that they all
take place at Saltwater penitentiary.
After lengthy discussion the bill was
defeated by vote Of So yeas to "A nays.
The speaker announced the following.
list Of delegates from the house to the
convention Of Western states to b. held
at Kansas City: Messrs. Kinney, Ong-
stad, Stock we'll McG1ath and Tucker.