St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-11
Up GOES THE PRICE.
Favorable Action Taken in
the House on a Big Salary
Raise.
A Supreme Court Reporter
May Yet Draw as Much as
a Judge.
A Bill to Abolish Cigarette
Smoking Is Passed With
a Rush.
Gen. Barrett Draws Up and
Has a Big Law Intro
dueed.

N''N WY AZ oiIt Nhy ON0f ''s'S NNS">AeNO
that the people of the state are over
burdened and impoverished by taxa
ton; have raised loud protests against
exorbitant salaries paid to proud and
pompous officeholders: have called in
pleading tones for retrenchment and
reform.
On some occasions they all live up to
these assertions WHEN it comes to voting
ON other occasions they break away
and vote straight for the old flag with
its staff planted in golden pile.
A bill was read yesterday in commit
tee of TIE whole and recommended to
the house for passage. 1t raises the
salary of supreme court reporter from
81, 800 to 50, 500-a pretty big raise at one
jump, as blunt MI. Jacobson put it when
he protested in vain against it.
SO good and we'll posted a lawyer as
Col. Hitler Horton made long argu-
ment to prove that the job is a lovable
snap at $1,000 a year, and he read the
law defining the clerks duties to sub
stantiate his argument.
But eloquent Mr.. Wilson, of Goodhue,
spoke in behalf of the raise, and Mr..
Greer SAID he considered the work,
when properly done, worth the sum pro-
posed. Their contentious carried the
day, and unless the house goes back on
the action of the committee of the whole
the supreme court reporter Will here
after draw So, 800 year-if them peSky
senators do not buck and refuse 10 be
SO0thed.
VIII the Cigarette Go:
Representative Kelly, of the Second
ward, st. Paul, has achieved the quick
est and most complete victory recorded
in the legislation of the house the pres
ent session. Without warning he sprung
on the members Ii. f. 49, to prohibit
the use or smoking of cigarettes i'll Min
nesota. The merit of the measure at
once commended it to all present.
Mr. Kelly explained that his friend.
Col. Horton, had but one bad habit, the
smoking of cigarettes. He desired to
save the young man from premature
death, and had offered the bill for that
purpose.
Mr.. Ives had been out when the bill
was read. He inquired If it provided
penalty for smoking the pungent pests,
and finding it did he said he was glad to
vote for it.
Mr.. Sullivan could not encourage any
blow at his colleague, Col. Horton, he
said, and was going to vote nay. But
the official surveyor of Goose Flats in
timated he had reformed, and so Mr..
Sullivan made the vote unanimous.
The bill was lead, discussed, passed
and sent 10 the senate in about five min
utes. In the latter body Senator Don
nelly will have charge of the measure,
and will no doubt give it eloquent adj
vOcacy.
Gen. BarretL's Panacea.
House File 442 was drawn by Gen.
Barrett. 1t is very voiumlnous, and is
not lacking in little stump speeches
here and there. 1t provides for 4 grain
board, to consist of seven members, APP
pointed by the governor for the term of
SIX years, each to receive S. a day for
actual services. but in no case more
than $500 per year. One site for ware
houses shall be selected in st. Louis
county. on Minnesota point; the other
shall be in the city of St.Paul.at or near
the Mississippi river where it is naVi-
gable. The Duluth warehouse shall
have capacity of 20,000,0Oo aud the one
in ST. Paul of 5000, OOG bushels.
TIC UIIl t0Iio lOl lIlC ClNNhlOii VI w al u
houses of at least 1,000, COO in each place
before Jan. l, 1891, and the rest as soon
as practicable. The board shall fix the
rates of charges for all services in con-
nection with the storing of the grain.
Railroads shall load grain free of cost
to shippers when 1t is offered in sacks.
The rate on sacks in less than car lots
shall not exceed carload rates more than
one cent per hundred.
Committee Reports.
The most important bills returned
| from committees are here noted:
Nh BoggS, from the committee on in
! corporations other than municipal. re-
ported back IL. F. PIP, to regulate tele-
| phone charges, with recommendation
| that the bill be indefinitely postponed.
| Adopted.
| Mr.. Fletcher. from the committee on
| judiciary, reported a substitute Tor II. f.
1858, to regulate the sale and redemption
of transportation tickets OF common car
| riers. The substitute, as heretofore
stated, differs little from the original
bill. 1t makes redemption Of unused
| TRANSPORTATION mandatory upon the rail-
road companies, whether originally sold
| in this or any other state. The amount
| to be repaid, however. shall not be any
more than the excess over the regular
! rates for the distance travelled. Scalpers
will also be allowed to offer for redemp-
| ton all lawful tickets i'll their posses
| sion. The substitute is ii. F. 434, and
| is pronounced constitutional by the
committee of lawyers.
II. +. 1872, Mr.. Lockwood's bill detin-
| ing the place for payments of notes,
| bonds and other contracts secured by
real estate mortgages. was reported
| back from the same committee with a
| recommendation that it be indefinitely
postponed. Mr.. Lockwood objected to
his bill being thus killed, and after
some discussion it was ordered placed
II general orders.
Free-for-All Session.
When tie honse went into committee
of the whole. Mr.. Fleming in the chair,
there were thirty house files and three
senate files Oh general orders. Follow
ing is a synopsis of the bills acted on
and the action taken:
H. F. "a, to provide for furnishing
Minnesota reports TO judges. Greer.
Progress reported.
III. f. 204, appropria ting S25, 900 for
county teachers training schools, Sta
pies. Referred to committee on appro-
priationS.
II. f. Sc. relating to the rights of cti-
zenship, Walsh. Recommended to pass.
Ii. F. 95, relating to the protection of
employees, Wyman. Recommended to
pass.
H.F. 157. to indemnify for damages
by mob or riot, Waliblom. Remom-
mended to pass.
II. f. l59, to !egalize certain special
assessments upon private property,
Boggs. Recommended to pass.