St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-19
A Vast Amount of Disorder
Marks the House Morn
ing Session.
Members Indulge in Relaxa-
ton Ructions That Bother
the Speaker.
Majority and Minority Re-
ports From the Judiciary
Committee.
As Usual the Minority Sue
eeedS in Coming Out
on Top.

After several days of exciting debate
and lively maneuyering the house took
up its residence on Easy street yeSter-
day. and tried to enjoy rest. Only
ripple or two of real livelIneSs was felt
during the day. in the line of business.
But it was a field day for the members,
who like to remember they once were
frolicklng lads. with little care and no
responsibility. Feeling relieved from
the tension of almost week, they Just
allowed their good spirits 10 bubble
over, and went in for relaxation. At
times the quiet ructions in progress on
the floor were extremely annoying to
the speaker and the attentive members
who desired to push the legislative
work.
At noon an endeayOr was made to ad-
iourn until Monday afternoon at ,
o'clock. Several members protested.
and the chairman was in sympathy with
the prOteStantS to such an extent that
he Sidetracked the motion to adjourn to
Monday. The motion for recess was
put and declared carried before the 9th
e. fellows woke up. When they realized
how they had been flanKed there was
some of the tallest kind of kicking, OF
course, 10 no avail.
Differing Reports.
There was period of rather interest
ing debate in the morning hour. and, as
is often the case, the committee over
which Mr.. Fletcher preSides, furnished
the fun. and had its report practically
ignored. The committee on Judiciary
sent i'm majority and minority re-
port on 5. f. 81, which aims to make in
surance companies LATHE for the acts OF
all their agents. The majority report
recommended the bill Tor passage as
amended, while the minority report
recommended that the bill pass without
amendment.
Mi. Ives moved that the minority re
port be adopted Mr.. Fletcher took a
strong ground for the report of the COM
mittee. He considered the original bill
a bad one, but as amended by the COM
mittee its dangerous features had been
eliminated.
Mr.. Bleecker intimated that the in
Surance men had written the amend
ments. Mr.. Greer defended the standard
policy law as one of the very best on the
statute books, and supported the bill as
amended. Mr.. Ives objected to the
amendment which struck out the pro-
vision making companies responsible
for their soliciting agents.
a motion TO recOmmlt was lost, and
after a long wrangle in which some of
the members grew very earnest, the bill
was put on general orders accompanied
by both reports.
The Gross Earnings Tax.
Mr.. Markham. from the committee on
taxes and tax laws, reported back Mr..
BOggs' bill providing for an equitable
distribution of the income from the
gross earnings tax, with a recommends
ton that it be indefinitely postponed.
\ substitute bill was sent i'll with the
report which provides that the state
auditor shall set aside from the gross
earnings tax three cents per acre for
every acre of unused railroad land, said
money to be placed to the credit of the
counties in which such unused land IS
located. The new bill is II. f. S25, and
goes on general orders.
Majority and minority reports were
sent III from the judiciary committee on
Mr.. AbbOtt'S bill to declare express
companies common carriers and prOyid-
ing for their regulation. The majority
recommended indefinite postpOnement,
and the minority asked the bill be
placed on general orders. The recon-
mendation of the minority prevailed
al ter Mr.. Abbott had given the eX-
press companies a hOt-brOwn roast for
their eXOrbtaht charges aud arbitrary
methods.
Appeals for Order.
So much disorder prevailed on the
floor during the reading Of reports from
standing committees that Mr.. Turrell,