The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-12
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
The Doings Of the State Law Makers /.
st. Paul

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! ST PAUL, Jan. 4.-The senate made 9
good start in the bill line, at the close
OF the session there being 16 on file, and
all Of q general character, the principal
one being by Senator Mcmillan, provid.
ing for purity in elections. The meas.
ure provides that all candidates shall
limit election expenses Glass l includes
United States senators and congress.
men, and the limit is 81, 200. Glass in.
cludes county officers and the limit ID
$500. Class 8 includes town, village and
city Offices, and the limit is $3.50 in
pisces of less than Is, 600 inhabitants
and $500 in places larger than that.
Section allows the candidate to 70
outside the sum specified for telephone,
travelling, writing Ind printing ex-
penseA He can pay for q publication
not regularly issued.
Section prohibits promises of posi-
zion. expenditure Of money toget voters
b . cai1cus, convention or to the polls.
Section 8 makes it unlawful for news
paper publishers to publish false or de-
fematory articles about candidate, OF
eel or offer to sell its influence.
- Section = makes it unlawful to ask Q
candidate for money or promise of posi-
ton.
/ Section permits contribution to .
campaign fund ''for the promotion Of
! the principles Of the party but the
amount. Including other expenses) shAll
mot exceed the specified limit.
noA- ~~l
mp measures to the same purport.
Bills were introduced taxing railroad
grants, sleeping car and telephone COM
panies, and reducing the rate of inter
est to 8 per cent.
The feature of the session of the house
was the selection of seats. The repre-
sentatives all seemed to think that the
aged members and the ex-members
should have first choice, but they drew
the line when it came to deaf members.
It took them considerable time, how
ever to decide what they were to do
and how they were to do it. When this
question was decided the house ad-
journed for the day. "a
ST. PAUL, Jan. 5.-The senate, beyond
completing its organization, did moth
ing. Adjournment was made until
Monday. The following were APP
pointed:
File Clerk-A. H. Mott.
Chaplain--Rev. d. A. Tawney.
Doorkeeper-J. C. Turner.
Assistant Doorkeeper-John L. Ste
vens.
Sergeant of the Committee Rooms
John Shaefer.
Second Assistant Secretary of the
Senate-P. P. Wall.
Custodian of the Toilet Rooms-J. M.
Ball.
In the house few bills were intro
duced. In order to sive Speaker Lee a
chance to form his committees, the
house also adjourned until Monday.
Wacek of LIE Sueur introduced two
bills, one to regulate the dairy depart
ment and one to reduce mileage of
members to cents per mile. The free
text book sentiment is recognized in
the provisions of house file No. S, intro
duced by Winston of Hennepin. It pro-
vides, in brief, that the school authori-
ties of each district shall purchase all
text books and supplies and loan them
to the people. The school boards or
trustees of each district shall select the
books to be used in their districts, but
they need not purchase them of any
Publisher or dealer unless they see fit,
and no contract for books or supplies
shall be made for less than five years,
and during that time the text books
shall not be changed. Each publisher,
dealer or contractor shall furnish a
bond of not less than $4,000 nor more
than $4,000 for the faithful observance
of the provisions. The bond is to be
fled with the state superintendent un-
less the dealer is a resident of the dis
trict making the purchase, in which
case it will be filed with the secretary
of the board of education or trustees.
The attorney general is to direct the
form of the bond.
= Lively Blaze in Denver.
DENVER, COL, Jan. Cone of the
largest fires that ever occurred in this
city started at lO:45 o'clock Thursday
night, aud at this hour e a. m. is just