St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-15
JUST DRIFTING ALONG.
The Lower Body Of the LegiS-
lature Is Going Ahead
Very Slowly.
Many Bills Advanced to the
Calendar, With Little Hope
Of Passing.
Senate Measures Given the
CODY in Favor of House
Hopefuls.
Three Long, Weary Sessions
Result in a Trivial Show
ing Of Work.

All the excitement developed by yes
terday's legislation in the house was
packed into the evening session. The
jacobson bill, II. f. 55l, was killed,
though the right of reconsideration was
reserved. A few minutes atterward
the Barrett bill. II. F. $40, similar in its
purport, but stronger, was passed. Inc
whirlwind from Lac qui Parle stood tn
his guns consistently, and aided the
passage of Barretts measure. 1t is
claimed this bill almost completes the
line of grain legislation needful for the
prosperity of the farmers.
The whole day was given over to the
work of selecting bills from general or
ders and placing them on the calendar.
Wild and mobilize at times, the house
paid little attention TO what the bills
were, and if there were any wood
chuckerS'' on general orders, no doubt
they are now Snugly resting on the cal
endar. Some may gOthrough the house
if they are well up. but there is seem
ngly little chance of many bills of any
kind going through the senate.
Several members expressed the opin-
ion on the floor that II was farclcal pro-
ceeding to rush so many bills onto the
calendar without consideration. They
asserted it was not possible to pass even
a fair proportion of the bills so pushed
forward. Even though the house sue
ceedS III cleaning its present calendar,
the senate is not credited with worrying
a great deal as to the enact
ment of house bills into law.
Senators consider that their bills
have not been worked forward as
rapidly as they should have been. There
are about ninety senate bills on house
general orders awaiting disposition, and
but few, in the natural course of events.
can be reached and passed. Attempts
to advance some of these bills were OPP
posed and defeated at the three sessions
of yesterday. Only three or four ran
the gauntlet successfully, two being
sent through on the sympathy" racket,
one for Uncle John Briggs, who has
never asked a favor, and one for Mr..
Abbott, who was SICK.
Ordered TO the Calendar.
In committee of the whole, MessrS
Cotton and Fletcher in the chair. al
morning and evening sessions respect
lively, the following grISt was acted on
Ii. f. 139, French, providing for cleo
ton of commissioner of highways; ILL
definitely postponed.
III. +, $50, Fletcher, relating to rights
of parties in civil actions; to pass.
Ii. +. 634, Furlong. defining punish
ment for murder; to pass.
ii. F. $40, German, providing for an
nual statements by county commission
ers; to pass.
ii. F. ST., Greer, extending powers of
town supervisors to secure fire protec-
ton; to pass.
II. +. T20, Gum, amending the Schef-
fer law to punish drunkenness, reduc-
ing fees of court officials and OF xherltf
for board of prisoners;
Ii. f. 725, GutteTSOn, allowing town
supervisors 81 80 per day; to pass.
Ii. +. 723, Fuller, authorizing county
commissioners to appoint supervisors OF
assessments; to pass.
H. +. sos, Horton, relating to powers
CT boards of park commissioners in
cities of over 1000 population; to pass.
Ii. F. 667. HinrichS, declaring liquor
licenses to be personal property, and
providing for transfer and attachment
CT same; indefinitely postponed.
II. +. 500, Hohl, to improve and regu-
late public highways; indefinitely post
poned.
II. +. SIS, Swanson, providing for
drainage of lands somewhere; to pass.
II. +. S2l, Shell, TO regulate corpora
tions insuring against losses by bad
debts; to pass.
III. +. 1877, Shell, establishing salaries
of insurance commissioner at So, 900 per
year. of his deputy at $4,000 per year;
to pass.
Ii. f. 735, Horton, authorizing park
boards to issue certificates of indebted
ness: to pass.
II. F. $50, Minette, relating to labor
on streets and public highways; to pass.
Ii. +. 352, Wallblom, relating to eX-
animation OF mutual building asSOcia-
tons; to pass.
H. f. 235, Wymau, to regulate sale of
personal property by itinerant vendors
and providing for 500 per day license
to pass.
Ii. f. 1914, providing for payment of
interest Oh deferred payments on con-
tracts; to pass.
H. F. 65I, p. II. Kelly, reducing to
four wears the age at which children
may participate in the benefits OF the
public school fund; to pass.
Ii. F. S92, providing for attachment of
unorganized territory to organized coun'
ties; to pass.
H. F. $50, Virtue. relating to parti-
ton fences; to pass.
S. f. ia, Leavitt, providing for tax
alton OF property by devise by bequest
etc, a constitutional amendment for an
Inheritance tax; to pass.
II. +. I'll, Langum, proposing con-
stitutional amendment for 3 per cent
tax Oh gross earnings of drawing room
car, sleeping cal, telegraph, telephone
and express companies; to pass.
III. +. S3I-For the establishment or
normal school at Tracy, and appropriate
ing 81 600; TO pass.
II. +. 905-To regulate sale of dairy
and food products and to reduce the APP
preparation for the commission to $4,000
to pass.
ii. +. $40, Lee-PrOviding for record
ing marriage certificates; to pass.
H. F. 655, Notwithstanding for
mineral land agent; 10 pass.
H. F. 67S, Minette-FOr relief of w. j
Whitefield, appropTIating $500 for sery
ices during Indian outbreak; to pass.
III. +. $50. Van Sant--FOr suppression
of foul brood among bees; to pass.
Ii. +. $50, Nilsson-For relief of G. n
Hillman; to pass.
IL. f. SIS, ONeill-Amending ia!