St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-26
AGAINST THE GRowLER.

AGAINST THE GROWLER.
The Prohibitory Bill Recommend
ed to Pass-An Insurance Tilt.
The house met promptly at 2:30, and
Speaker (pro tenn Turrell called MI.
Furong to the chair while the house.
In the committee of the whole, TOOK up
the consideration of general orders.
The first bill to be taken up was ID.
F. 272, Mr.. Sulliyan's measure to correct
the present law relating to selling liquor
to minors. This bill absolutely prohib-
its selling, giving. bartering or other
wise furnishing liquor to any minor,
under any circumstances, making IL
misdemeanor, and makes the penalty
for violation fine of from S25 to 500, or
Imprisonment i'll the county jail OF not
less than thirty nor more than ninety
days.
4. B. Kelly offered an amendment
permitting liquor to be supplied Oh pre-
scription OF regularly practlcing physl-
Mr. Schoield supported MIR. KelIy's
amendment, and held that it would
work a hardship, especially in the rural
districts, unless the amendment were
adopted.
The amendment was adopted.
Mir. Ives opposed the passage OF the
bill, and made plea for the conven-
fence of the poor man, claiming 1t would
interfere with the custom of crushing
the can"
Mr.. Leonard opposed the bill, and
cited other instances where 1t would
work other injustices than preventing
ssr HING Of tilp pr0Wipr -
Mr.. zimmerman made two speeches
against the passage OF the bill.
Mr.. Sullivan made a strong plea in
favor of the passage Oh the bill.
MIR. Holmberg broke over his custom,
and said it was an injustice to claim
that the passage of the bill was opposed
bv the workingmen. They would be
greatly benefited by its passage, and he
did not think any number of them de-
sired its defeat.
MI. Rodger was opposed to the meas
ure, as it would take away the rights OF
the people.
MI. Fletcher called MIR. Rodger down
for comparing the harm done by liquor
to that done by revolvers by asking him
if he would place a loaded revolver in
child's hands.
Mr.. Winston spoke from experience,
and said lie had seen much OF the evils
arising from sending small children to
the saloons after beer and liquor. If,
continued Mr.. Winston, There are men
who do not know enough not to send
their children 10 saloons, the law ought
| to step in and puta-stop to it,"
The question was demanded, and Mr..
| Ives tried to amend by fixing the age at
| eighteen years.
Mr.. Moves said the boys between the
ages of sixteen and twenty are just the
ones to be protected.
p. II. Kelly said il it was Democratic
principle to favor the sending of chill
| dren with the ''groWler." he was not
Democrat. The custom of sending lit
tie girls to the saloon brought them in
| contact not only with the temptations of
the saloon, but also with that of the
seducer The passage Of this bill will
| save them" said Mr.. Kelly, mot only
from the curse of drunkenness, but also
| from that of prostitution"
Messrs. Leonard and Rodger again
spoke against the bill.
Mr.. UDderleak favored the measure,
and cited an instance where the practice
had resulted in the death from drunken
ness of a young man.
- The motion to Indefinitely postpone
was lost, and the bill, by strong vote,
was recommended to pass.
Mr.. French being absent, Mi. Woold-
ridge asked that the committee report
progress on Ii. T. No. $685. relating to
farmers Institutes. Granted.
On motion OF Nr. jacobson the same
action was had on Ii. +. No. 800, Mr..
Horizons bill relating to armorieS for
| the national guard.
On motion Of Mr.. Markham Ii. T. No.
39aa, granting power to village councils
to employ surveyors to perform work
within the village limits, was recon-
mended to pass.
The next bill reached was Mr.. Noyes'
II. F. No. 379, to place license money in
towns to the credit Of the road and
bridge fund. Mr.. Greer amended by
| excepting counties where special acts
| are in force. Mr.. Leonard amended to
! exempt boroughs. Both amendments
were adopted.
After a long discussion the bill was
recommended to be indefinitely post
poned.
The next bill on the list was H. F. No.
| 90, ives, relating to the liability of in
! demnity insurance companies.
| MI Ives explained the object of the
| bill, made a speech in favor of 1T and
! moved that the committee recommend
! its passage.
| Mr. Walsh also made quite speech
| in favor of the passage Of the measure.
Mr.. Miller spoke briefly in Opposi-
ton.
Mr.. Holmberg again broke his silence,
| and gave the mask in front of the bill
| twitch or two. He claimed that the OBJ
| iect of the bill is to bring the insurance
| companies into court Tor the effect it
would have upon jury, as they would,
! in many cases, be led to believe that
they were rendering a verdict against
| the insurance corporation, when. i'll fact,
! that corporation would only be liable
| for portion Of the judgment.
| Mr.. Ives spoke i'll rebuttal.
Mr.. Fletcher gave the cOcoanut
crack and showed up the milk. He
! said the sole purpose of the bill was to
| make the insurance companies parties
to the suit for the effect upon the jury.
| He read protests from jobOers. manu-
| facturerS and business houses in both
| Minneapolis and st. Paul. These pro-
tests set forth that the passage of the
| bill would either increase the RI ties SO
that they could not patroniZe them, or
the companies wOnld be compelled to
| Withdraw from the state.
Mr.. Ives jumped OIL Mr.. Fletcher for
| not sending up the protests to the desk,
as is the usual custom, instead of hold
! ing them in his pocket IN order TO flash
them at this time. Mr. Ives continued
to talk for quite time.
MIR Mcguire said he did not know
how to vote on the bill, and wanted
time to hear from the laboring men.
The motion TO report progress was
lost and the bill was recommended to
| pasS-32 ayes, II noes.
Mr. Gums bill. II. T. No. 1a7, to re
peat the Scheifer drunkard law, was
| discussed at length and finally recon-
| mended to De indefinitely postponed
II. T. No. 15S. Mr.. Towards bill re-
quiring plaintiffs in certain cases to file
bond TO cover the costs. was next
reached, and provoked long and acrl-
momious discussion. The lawyers were
divided in opinion as to What DISPOSE
ton should be made of 1t. MesSrs.
Howard, Abbott and Cairns spoke in
| favor of if aud MpSSrS Grppr FInm-