St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-15
THE NIGHT WORK,
An Interesting and Somewhat Ex-
citing Session.

At the evening session, with very
| good attendance. the committee on pub
| lie accounts and expenditures intro
| duced a bill, II. F. 90S, providing for re-
ports to the state auditor of all moneys
| not now required to be reported to him.
| The bill is from the state examiner, and
| is intended to provide double check
| on state moneys. 1t was ordered to the
calendar.
On motion of Mr.. Greer, S. F. $50. re-
| lative TO recOgnlZances. StipulatiOns,
bonds, etc., was advanced to the cal
| endar.
Souvenirs of the Lincoln anniversary
were distributed. They are elegantly
| gotten up in pen work, containing the
Kelly resolution, euloglStic of the great
war president, and will, DO doubt, be
cherished by every member as pleas
ant reminder of patriotic incident.
Later on Mr.. Wyman offered a reso-
| luton recalling the fact that last night
was the twenty-eighth anniversary of
| LincOln's assassination. and thanking
| MIR. Kelly for the Introduction of the
resolution concentrating "Old Abe'S"
natal day. 1t was adopted by rising
vote. unanimously.
During the evening, after first read
ing, half dozen senate bills were Or
! dered read a second time and placed Oh
! the calendar. An effort to so advance
| the supplementary capitol bill was de-
feated, but the bill went to the head of
general orders.
| the calendar was taken up at 8
O'Clock and action taken on bills as
noted below:
S. F. 1S2. Lommen, appropriating
| S25, 900 year for four years to drain
land and open streams in the Red river
valley, was advocated in strong
speeches b. MessrS. Chesley, Wyman,
P. II. Kelly, Furlong, Scotield and Ives.
1t was passed with only negative
votes.
S. F. 129, Keller, amending laws re-
lating to management of state reforma-
tory and abOlishing corporal punish
ment. Passed.
S. F. 500. Little, providing for election
of street commissioners by villages.
Passed.
II. F. 1872. Howard. providing for ap-
pointment of extra bailitfs by sheriffs.
Passed.
Ii. f. 9O6. Dunn. defining what consti-
tutes legal newspaper. Passed.
Tight Squeeze.
Next Oh the list was II. F. 819. Mr..
Barrett's bill. to prevent mixing of
grain. Mr.. jacobson contended that his
own bill, 55l, of similar nature, which
was lying on the table. should be given
preference. Messrs. Cotton, Wyman.
Furlong, Ives and others strongly
opposed this step. The speaker ruled
in favor of Mr.. jacobson, but Mr..
Cotton took an appeal. On a
standing vote the chair was sus-
tanned. Mr.. Boggs questioned the
count and demanded roll call, which
demand he Withdrew OH protest being
raised. Then the motion to take the
bill from the table was declared carried
SO to SO, and House File SOL was placed
on final passage. The vote resulted
after repeated calls of the absentees
ayes AZ, nays IS. Wacek dramatically
changed his vote TO no" to move re-
consideration.
II. F. $40. Mr.. Barrett's bill to pre-
vent mixing of grain, was taken up in
. the midst of considerable disorder
; When 1t was read Mr.. Cotton took tn,
floor and delivered an earnest protes
, against its passage. He asserted i
. would not benefit the farmers in an
way, buL work to his disadvantage il
many respects. The only shipment
that could be made if the bill passed
: would be by country eleVators,In who's