St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-10
Bills to Elect Railway Com
mission and Divide Gross
Earnings Killed.
THE TICKET .SCALPER LAW
Had a. Close Shave From Be-
ing Defeated in the
Senate.
BIRCH C0ULIE MONUMENT
Must Be Relocated and the
Name Of Brown SubStI-
tuted for Grant.

The senate defeated the bill to
elect the state railroad and. ware
house commission, and also the one
to distribute, among the counties,
the gross earning tax received from
railroads Both bills were lost when
placed upon their final passage. The
bill to repeal the anti-scalper law
was indefinitely postponed in COM
mittee of the whole, after a long
debate.
When the calendar was reached a
call of the senate was ordered. Dur
ing the proceedings Senator Hanna
objecting to suspending the call until
absentees should be brought in, and
demanded a roll call upon the mo-
ton to suspend further proceedings
under the call The motion was lost
by vote of ii to 81. In a short time
after, all the available senators were
found to be present.
The senate then took up S. F. $50,
being Senator Hanna's proposition
commission.
Senator Spencer spoke in opposi-
ton to the bill, as it's design was to
place the board under political in
1uence.
Senator Stevens spoke of the vi
cious policy of placing such boards
under political influence. He re-
garded the commission as one that
should be left to the selection of the
executive of the state. If the policy
OF shearing the executive of his pre-
rogative should be extended he
would be left with a mere auditing
power.
Senator Greer spoke in favor of
passing the bill.
The roll being called, the bill was
lost by vote of % to "a. Those voting
in the affirmative being Senator'S
Cronkhite, Greer. Hanna. Hanson,
Hits, Jones, Johnson A. c., Knatvold,
Larson, Lloyd, Miller, Macarthur, Nc
Hale Peterson, Potter, Ringdal
Schaller, Sevatson, Theden, Thomp-
son, Thorpe, Wing.
Those voting in the negative being
Senators Allen, Barr. Cole, Collester,
Currier, Day, Durham, Fuller, Hodge
Howard, Morgan, Ozmun, Pottgieser,
Roverud, Sheehan, Smith, Spencer,
Sperry, Stebbins, Stevens, Stockton,
Sweningsen, Wyman, Yale.
Absent and not voting, Senators Gull
kin, French, Heneman, Johnson w. E.,
Keller, Masterman, Reishus and
Young.
ANOTHER FUNERAL. p
s. F. 81, introduced by Senator Cole,
and famous as the bill to distribute the
gross earnings tax, was defeated by a
vote of 10 to %.
The motion to reconsider was also
lost, effectually killing the bill, those
voting for the bill being Senators
Allen, Cronllhite, Durham, Fuller,
Hanson, Hodge. Howard, Jones, John
SON. A. G., Johnson, w. E., Keller,
Morgan, Macarthur. Ozmun, Potter,
Ringdal, Smith, Spencer and Young.
-, Those voting in the negative being
;5enators Barr, Cole, Collester, Currier,
Day, French, Hanna, Iltis, Knatvold,
Larson, Lloyd, McHale, Peterson. Pott-
gieser, Roverud, Sevatson, Sheehan,
Sperry, Stebbins, Sweningsen, Theden,
thompson, Thorpe, Wing and Yale
Those not voting being Senators
Culkin, Greer, Heneman, Masterman.
Miller, Reishus, Schaller, Stevens.
Stockton and Wyman.
S. F. $50, introduced by Senator Nor
gan, to amend the probate code, was
passed.
S. +. 80 was referred to Senators
Morgan, Potter, McHaIe and Sperry
for amendment. The amendment was
reported later, SO as to provide that
the bill shall take effect Jan 1, 1896.
The measure was introduced by Sena-
tor Potter, and amends the first sub
division of section 8, title 2, chapter 66,
of the General Statutes of 1873
Senator Yale made the point of order
that the third reading of senate bills
should have precedence over the third
reading of house bills.
President Day said this was the first
time the point was made, but it was
we'll taken, and accordingly house bills
We're allowed to drift to the foot of the
calendar.
When S. T. 592 was under considera-
ton Senator Wyman asked leave to
offeran amendment appropriating Sc, OO(
per annum for the purpose of comply
ing with the provisions of the bill
they being to require the state uni
versity to test. free of cost. specimens
of clay and ore sent there by the PEG.
pie of the state. Senator Wyman con.
tended that the university has all the
work it can do of the character alluded
to, when fees are charged. The pass.
age of this bill would flood that insti.
tuition and make it necessary to have g
largely increased force at the ore test.
ing department and chemical labora-
tory.
Senator Barr thought it would not
be a hardship to pass the bill. If il
should prove to be so, it could be re.
pealed, or an appropriation to carry
out the purposes may be made two
years hence.
Senator Greer favored the bill, and
claimed its passage would, result in de-
veIoping the resources of the state. II
needed he wanted an appropriation to
be made.
Senator Yo1e favored the policy OF
the bill and suggested that it be re-
ferred to a special committee, to be
amended so as to meet the objections
of all
Senator Morgan said he had opposed