The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-26
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D.. PAUL, Jan. l6-The senate held sAsse
session. Bills introduced were: ReQu1sann
county treasursrs to make quarterly settle
ments; requiring railroads to put in tresA
scales; relating to elevator sites on railroad
right Of way and condemnation proceedings n
reference thereto Ut requires railroads to grant
sites for elevator purposes without regard to
the capacity Of the warehouse and without dis.
divorce laws; providing for the commitment to
insane asylum persons adjudged insane by dis
trict courts; appropriating $50 900 for additional
buildings for the Wfnona normal school; pro-
hibiting the working in factories Of children un-
der 10 years of age. Senator Probsf1eld intro
duced joint resolution memorializfng con-
gress in regard to the Pacific railway subsidies.
After some little discussion it was passed by .
vote of IS to l.
The house met with IL absentees The follow
ing bills were introduced: To establish state
normal school at Duluth to cost not more than
500 900; to regulate travel on street by re-
quiring companies to furnish seats and cannot
eject for not paying fare If not so furnished;
making salary Of supreme court reporter s. 600;
relating to indemnity insurance corporations
insuring against personal injuries. The indem-
nifty company may be joined as defendants with
the companies with which the injured may be
employed.
ST. PAUL. Jan. 17.-Nothing was done in
either branch OF any importance, save to cast
the first ballot for United States senator. At
noon both houses proceeded to vote. In the
senate the result was: c. X. Davis 20 D. w.
Lawler II, s. M. Owen II, W. r. Merriam 2,
John Lind 1, D. A. Dickinson 1, Albert Schef.
fer l, c. M. Start l.
The vote in the house was: c. K. Davis 81, D.
w. Lawler 81, S. M Owen IL, Moses E. Clapp l,
C. M. Start /, Albert Scheffer 1.
Senator Davis not receiving majority in
each Of the houses. there was no election
ST PAUL Jan. 18-Tne legislative session to-
day was of short duration owing to the inter.
vening of the joint convention In the senate a
resolution was adopted looking to the taxation
of logs and lumber and OF land grants. and a
special committee thereon is to be appointed.
bill was introduced appropriating $500 OO Tor
a building for the State Historical society.
In the house the pending resolution for inves.
tigating the high price of coal was passed, call
ing for joint house and senate committee OF
nine.
Joint resolutions on the death of ex-President
Hayes were passed, and after the election Of q
United States senator both houses adjourned
for the day. At noon both houses met in joint
convention for the election OF United States
senator. G. X. Davis was elected, receiving g
votes. The details will be found in another
column.
ST. PAUL Jan. 19-When the senate con
vened Senator Crandall introduced resolution
inquiring of the state treasurer why some rail
companies pay per cent, others per cent and
still others per cent gross earnings tax, as ap
pears from his report, and why such gross earn
ings tax is not paid in equal percentages by ali
roads. The resolution was adopted. Bills
were introduced apprOpriating $50 900 for the
normal school at Mankato appropriating q, OO(
to widen and improve the channel of certain
1olx in nd Choly
in Swift county: providing that onehalf Of the
money received from liquor licenses by villages
shall be turned into the county revenue fund;
to provide election penalties for township and
village elections, making present law applicable
to these elections: to amend the probate Law
relating to wards and guardians; to legalize the
defective execution of deeds etc. In the com
mittee Of the whole the question OF the income
tax was considered but no action was obtained
In the house the following bills were intro
duced: Relating to the issuance of liquor Ii
censes: to regulate elections: to repeal the law
for capital punishment and to make murder
punishable by life imprisonment: to repeal the
law of 1879; to punish drunkenness by fine and
imprisonment: to establish state elevator and
warehouse by the state NEARLY the same as the
pending senate bill of Probstfield for locating
one market at Hamline and one at Duluth: to
regulate the expenses of candidates.: to regulate
the holding of conventions and primaries Al
1880 the house adjourned until Friday.
ST PAUL. Jan. 20.-The senate passed tn.
memorial asking congress to appropriate $500
to improve the Minnesota river in Scott county
Bills were introduced as follows: Amending th'
constitution limiting legislative sessions to q
days: to provide for revision of the laws: ap
propriating S6S $50 for the state public school al
Owatonna: providing for the organization O.
mutual, cooperative and fraternal insurance
companies: to provide for the garnshment O.
municipal corporations: relating to the taxation
of costs in civil actions. III the committee o.
the whole Senator Leavitt's bill for the taxa
ton of incomes was taken under discussion
Several amendments were proposed, but were
not disposed of.
A message from the house announced that the
senate resolution of adjournment out Of respect
to the memory of ex-President Hayes had beer
concurred in and Senator Sanborn moved tina
the senate adjourn until Monday at 8 p. m.
number of senators explained that they voted
nay because they were opposed to the adjourn'
ment until Monday and not out of disrespect tt
the memory of the lamented ex-president Tit
motion prevailed by vote of 3 to q and the
senate adjourned until Monday at p m.
The house spent the morning hour in cOnsid
ering the report Of legislative expenses. NJ
bills were introduced. After passing the senat.
resolutions on the death of ex-President Hayes
adjournment was made until Monday.
MEN We TALK ABOUT.