St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-25
SUSPENDED RULES.
The Senate AccOmplishes an I'm
usual Amount OF Business

Upon reconvening in the afternoon
Senator Hammer called up Senate File
49S and moved its passage. 1t is the
bill relating to electric light companies.
1t passed with no opposition. Then
Senate File 2S3 was called from general
orders and passed. 1t detaches Pope
county from the Seventh judicial dis
trict and attaches it to the Sixteenth
district. This sort of proceedings be-
came a fad as it were, and Senator
Dougherty called up House File 1856. and
it was also passed. 1t is a meas
ure relating to the city OF Duluth
only. Senator Donnelly was amused
at the course business was taking,
and he facetiously moved that the CAPT
tOl bill also be passed under suspen
sion of the rules. He remarked that
there could be no opposition. consider
ing the peculiarly felieitous temper of
the senate. No opposition seemed to
be waged to any measure VIII atever, and
he called up the act incorporating the
city of Blaine and providing for the
construction of a capitol thereat in the
county of Kandiyohi. While it was
purely joke, Senator Lienau saw the
danger of carrying joke too far, and
objected in clarion tones. But Senator
Crandall was more fortunate. He got
his school bill through, and Senator
Sevatson called up his grain bill, pro-
viding for the care of grain in cars, and
it was amended ID minor particulars
upon his motion and passed. 1t com
pels the grain inspector to keep cars
sealed that are loaded with graiD.
Senator Little met with like success
hn, ha InA ic nhan ba
term of the district court from March to
April. He explained that owing to the
distance that most people had to travel
to 90 to court, it is great Inconvenience
to hold the court session at time that
roads are usually in their worst cOndl-
ton.
Senator Barr called up Senate File
800, and it went through after short
explanation. 1t relates to the matter of
taking appeals. and it passed, as did the
bill authorizing village councils to in
vest certain portions of the
Liquor License Revenue lis
in school and public library purposes.
House File 1873 was next taken from
general orders and passed. 1t is the
F. Nj. Wilson bill relating to the method
aud manner of changing the boundaries
of independent school districts. Sem
atOr Hammer made strong speech in
opposition upon the claim that it inter-
feres with his own district, but Senator
McHale came to the aid of the bill He
conceded that ne had always been in
favor of such measure TO facilitate the
conduct of schools. Districts are often
awkwardly outlined. and the only REM.
edy was in going before the legislatures.
The senator from Scott spoke from eX-
perience, and he made all eloquent and
effective plea. But Senator Hammer
would not submit TO the proposition,
He held that his school district is ex-e
cellen.ly conditioned, and the measure
would possibly menace this condition.,
The law gives powers, he urged, that
may destroy the high school system of
the state by curtaillng the districts
until the high school cannot be sup
ported. The discussion became more
interesting than any that had thus far
ensued at the afternoon session. SEN
ator Leavitt counseled conservative
and careful course. He doubted the ex-
pediency of precipitate action upon a
question of such general importance,
and then Senator Day called for the
previous question, and when the bill
was passed Senator Day moved to 20
into the committee of the whole. This
was treading upon j. ID. Smiths corns,
and Senate File 40 was finally called
up. 1t is concurrent resolution
memorialiZing congress in favor of the
amendment to article Ii of the federal
constitution, relating 10 religious legis-
lation. The bill passed, although Sell
ator March thought it. uuwise 70 take