The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-01-28
THE LEGISLATURE,

THE LEGISLATURE,
A Quiet Session Thus Far in Both Senate
and House
The house of representatives. is not
working very hard just yet 1t holds 9
NOR ming session and then adjourns to
the 1ext day, the committees working in
the afternoon. Tho committee work has
not been worry productive up to date, but
few bills having been reported back. and
as q result general orders are brief.
Wednesday was duller than usual in she
house, aud great part OF the morning.
was consumed in a profitless discussion
in committee Of the whole Of FL. T. No.
50, Mr.. Hopkins bill providing for pro
rata liquor licenses in cases whers a
change from county to village license is
necessitated by the incorporation Of the
village where the saloon is situated. The
village may become Incorporated while
the county license has several months to
run before expiring, and tbs law ut pres
eat requires that the saloonkeeper shall
take out village license, paying the full
amount for the year, while his county
license is lost to him and il va]ueless.
Mr.. Ives wanted the bill amended SO that
the couaty license should be- valid until
it's natural expiration, and after & long
debate the amendment was adopted, and
the bill as amended WIS rec ,mmanded to
pass.
Mr.. Markham's bill, K. F. No. q, witch
is to prevent q change Of venue IN suit
to recover wages for labor, WAS also rae
commended to pass, and progress was re-
ported on Ell. f. No. 49, Mr.. F. NJ. Will
sons bill providing for a general plan of
assessments for local improvements.
Mr.. Horton, OF Ramsey, the author OF
the anti pool room bill, received an ca
dorsenaent of his measure from the Bap-
fist conference of Minneapolis, which
sent ia petition urging that the bill be
passed.
After accepting an invitation to visit
the state university in a body next
Wednesday, the house was ready for the
introduction Of bills There was the
usual grist of bills to appropriate money
to aid in constructing bridges and roads,
and the present deplsted state Of the in
ternAl improvement fund leaves but little
hope that the appropriate s can be
granted. A few bills Of general interest
were introduced, among them being two
intended to secure the passage Of a law
to compel peddlers and hawkers to take
ont state Licenses. Mr.. Staples intro
duced bill for an appropriation Of $685.
900 for tina support of county training
schools Tor teachers. Mr.. Staples intro
duced another bill fixing legal holidays
in public schools, the holidays named
being Christmas and New Years days,
May 80, July 4, Thanksgiving: and gen
eral election day in presidential years.
Teachers salaries are not to be reduced
for these holidays.
The senate committee on grain and
warehouse >ok up the consideration Of
the bills proposing the erection Of state
elevators at Duluth Wednesday after
noon. There ara three bills introduced,
by Senators Probstfeld, Hompe and
Canestorp. The first has been referred
to at great length. It provides in brief
for the erection of a 100000 bushel els-
vator at Hamline, and elevators at Du-
luth with a capacity of 20,00O,O00. equal
to the total storage room now available
at the head Of tie lake The appropria-
ton called for is $3.000,O00. Senator
Hompe's bill is not 50 far reaching in it's
design, being more Of an experimental
nature. 1t calls for an appropriation of
$500, 600 for 2,5oO, 0o3 busbel elevator at
Duluth only. Senator Canestorp's bill
is still more moderate in it's demands,
asking only for $4,000, on the theory
that the less that is asked the more likely
the grain growers will be to get some
Jll0R, 1Ao IQ0IlD0IS SN OuO COuL41UtcS
we're nearly all present, and there were
also on hand Messrs. T. G. Hodgson and
Brewster, of Grant county, and Eric
Olson. There was no disposition to force
action on any particular bill, and the de-
bate took a general form.
. It was conceded that there are unnat
ural conditions tending to lower the
price Of grain, and Senator Donnelly,
who was acting gracefully and efficiently
as clerk OF the committee, as per resolu-
tion Of the senate on Tuesday, moved
that it be declared the sense Of the com
mlttee that the state embark IN an enter
prise at Duluth such as indicated in the
bills. Senator Geissel favored this as the
surest way Of breaking up the conb ina-
ton controlling prices. Senator Don
y { H&j8