Warren sheaf., 1891-03-19

After speech in fsvor of the bill By AtH
X. A. Walsh and short md ,lttfids iesiInarks
pro and con i'm, which Mr.. McAllister. the
Dem9sttiehes Of Hennepin county, partici.
pased, vote was taken anl the bill. which
has been fought over and discussed .or the
pest six weeks, was recommended to bes.M
def itely postponed 81 i vtts ST 50 g g 81 81
Frsuay March. I3
SENATE.
senator OBrien presented communities
ton from the warden Of the saltwater pen-
itentiary saying that the binding twlne ma ma
chlnery was now IN working order and
would be operated on the day when the
legislature visited tho prison. Later In the
day 1t was agreed that the senate should all.
lourn at noon on Thursday next and spend
the afternoon at Stillwatef Aspecial train
Will leave the union depot at l:sO o,,clork.
a.constitutlonal amendn nisht relative TO rail.
roads and Harelb,. .sts was reached upon the
caiehdah Senator sLeavitt spoke briefly
against Y, pointing out some de.ects which
ne thou INT existed in the measure. With
eGs further debate the senate proceeded to
q vote, and the bill was defeated by avote
Of q yeas and Is nays
Soon alter Senator Donnelly moved to
reconsider the vote by which the bill was
lost. The motion prevailed by vote of 25
to II. The bill was then referred to the
judiciary committee for amendment with
the understanding that it should be placed
upon the calendar when reported back and
not go again to the committee Of the
whole.
Senator Aliens bill amending the law re-
lating to the ownership of real estate by
aliens and corporations, so thatit permitted
corporations engaged in manufacturing
lumber to own 10, 600 acres of land, was de-
feated.
Just previous to the adjournment OF the
senate Senator Crandsll presented COLI
current resolution providing for the adj
iournment of the legislature April 10.
Notice Of debate was given by Senator Nc
Hale. 80
The committee on local bills reported
back large number OF bills and occupied
great part OF the morning The bill to
relieve Thomas Monahan was placed on
general orders and several local bills were
passed under suspension Of the rules.
Representative Bells wolf bounty bill
mendation Of the committee on agriculture.
The bill to prohibit granite cutting in the
state reformatory at st. Cloud was disposed
ofin the same way.
Mr.. Bell introduced bill authorizing
the city of st. Paul to convey to the United
States lots 8. 1 and g. of block =. Rice Il
Irvine's addition, for site for a new post
Mr.. Barrett introduced 6hl amending
the law relating to weights and measures
by raising the weight of bushel of buck
wheat from forty two to fifty pounds.
A bill by Mr.. N. p. Nelson defines and
provides punishment for cruelty to chll-
inflicted by infractions of the law are to go
to the local society for the prevention OF
cruelty.
Saturday, March a..
SENATE.
Senator Crandall called up his resolu-
ton fixing April 10 as the day of adjourn
ment.
Senator Donnelly opposed the resolution.
The resolution was indefinitely post
The interest bill was made special order
for Monday at sp; n. :,
A bill by Donnelly to repeal the news
oaper laws of 1887 was recommended to
pass,
Senator Lienau's Till establishing an ex-
perimental manufactOry for beet sugar at
the state farm, and requiring instruction in
sugar beet raising to be given at that insti-
tuition, was recommended to pass. Then,
just before adjournment, the bill was
passed under suspension of the rules by a
voteOf % to 1. The enegativeVotes were given
by Senators Borchert, Leavitt, Mott aud
Probstfeld.
HOUSE.
The bill for reimbursing the contestants
in the election cases before the house was
referred back to the election committee to
be reintroduced in the form of resolution.
Mr.. Hadland make q sortie into the
future by moving that the legislature adj
Ourn at noon on April 10. Mr.. Turrell
gave notice OF debate.
H. +. TAG. relating to the abolition of the
office Of fire warden in ST Paul, was recom-
Iol y
delegation and was ordered placed on the
calendar.
H. +. so4, the bill reorganizing the board
Of education of the city of st. Paul. was
passed under suspension Of the rules.
Mr.. Green introduced bill prohibiting
any person to use dynamite or any other
explosive in catching or killing fish i'll any
of the lakes or streams of the state.
Mr.. Gilmore introduced d bill compell-
ing all owners of billiard and pool tables
from the use of which they derive pecun-
lary profit, to take out licenses therefor, and
thelicense money to be turned into the
county poor fund The use of card tables
for profit in public rooms is forbidden by
the bill.
Monday, March, IS.
SENATE
Senator Davis offered bill allowing the
directors the state agricultural society to
lease any portion ofthe state fair grounds
'or period not to exceed twenty years for
stock exhibitions trotting or running meet
ings, etc. Senator Smith sent up three bills.
one authorizing the publication of3OCO
copies Of the report OF the bureau o statis-
tics, another regulating the business of
oreign fire, lie and casualty insurance
companies in this state, and the third reg
ulsting the filing of articles ofincorpora-
ton.
The two local bilis one reducing the
membership OF the St. Paul board Of pub
the salary Of each to $4,000, and the other
abolishing the present board 0: education
and establishing new board of seven mem
bers to be appointed by the mayors were re-
ported back avorably from Senators Lienau
and Sanbor,, Of the Ramsey delegation.
and passed under suspension ofthe rules.
The usury bill was passed by vote of33
to Is.
H.,F GA. bill tn amend the general
statutes o; 1878, relating to money, bonds,
bills and notes, which is substitute bill
for II. +. 437, was defeated.
Some slight opposition was manifested to
the passage of Fl. +. 400 and All, but Mr..
Tucker took up the cudgeis Tor the bills.
and in torcible speech overcame it, and
the bills passed.
Before adjourning Mr.. r. A. Walsh
moved that the house adjourn until 10
o'clock Wednesday morning to enable the
Hibernian members to properly celebrate
st. Patrick's day, and as . token of Prospect
to the memory of1relands patron saint.
But the house would have none of it. and
decided to meet this morning as usual.