St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-28
SAID TO CONGRESS.
Mr.. Morgan Wants Bill Passed
Relative to Diseharging
Postoffiee Employees.
DUNHAM STILL AFTER THEM.
He Doesn't Propose to Allow
Any Drainage Bill to
Be Passed.
KELLER AND PINE LANDS.
Wants COMPANIES Which Own
the Earth DispOssessed
OF Lands.
KELLER AND PINE LANDS.

along at a rapid rate, and large
quantity Of business was disposed of.
Petitions asking the passage of a
bill to raise the age Of consent were
offered by Senators Wyman, john
son, Theden. Greer and Stevens.
Senator French presented a petit
ton asking for a law to allow female
suffrage.
Senator Morgan offered a joint res
oIution, which was passed under a
suspension of the rules, asking the
final passage by congress of Senate
Bill 1928, which provides for removal
of employees in pOstoffices and in the
railway mail service.
Senator Young moved that the
senate do not concur in the amend
ment made by the house to S. F. PIP,
which relates to furnishing seed
grain to farmers who lost crops by
hail, and asked the naming of
conference committee. The motion
prevailed, and Senator's Young. Col
lister and Reishus were named as
the confer, nee committee on the bill.
CAN IT BE DONE?
Senator Durham offered a resolu-
ton. which was adopted, asking that,
inasmuch as the Judiciary committee
had failed to report as to the con-
stitutfonality in appropriating money
for drainage, therefore the attorney
general be asked for an opinion on
the question, and requesting the jul
dietary committee to report an an
swer to the former resolution.
ENGROsSED THANKS.
Senator Wyman offered a preamble
and resolution tating that the worlds
fair commission having made a credit
able exhibition of resources and prod
ucts at the Columbian exposition and
returned to the treasury an uneXpend-
ed balance of $4,000, the senate would
express it's thanks to D. A. MOnfort
and the other commissioners, and pro-
viding that the resolution be engrossed
and copies thereof be furnished them
and the superintendent. The resolu-
ton was adopted. Senator McHale
asked if he was to understand that
Supt. Hunt served without pay. Sena-
tor Wyman gave negative answer.
Senator NIcHale and others voted
against the resolution, and called for a
division on the vote, but did not insist
upon it after President Day said the
demand had been a little late.
LANDS OF ALIENS.
Senator Keller introduced a resolu-
ton relating that he had received a re-
port under a former resolution that
land in excess of the lawful amount is
held by corporations as follows:
Gratwick. Smith & Fry Lumber COM
pany, in Lake county, 1888 acres;
John Schroeder Lumber company, in
Lake county, 1856 acres; Vermillion
Range Lumber and Iron company, in
Lake county, 9,463 acres; Mile Lacs
Lumber company, in Morricon county
1920 acres; Shevlin-Carpenter company
in Morrison county, 1920 acres; Freder-
lex Weyerhauser & Co, in Aitkin coun-
ty, SO, OPS acres; A. Y. Weis, in Aitkin
county, 1900 acres. Therefore. be it re-
solved, that the attorney general
do investigate the facts and take neces-
sary steps to enforce the law, and to
recover for the state any lands held
contrary to the law.
Senator Wyman gave notice of de-
pate, unueE the apprehension IIASII IL
was a senate resolution.
President Day. with his usual wide
awake policy, announced it as his
opinion that it being joint resolution,
would take the usual course Of a bill.
Senator Keller wanted the resolution
passed at once, and said that it had
been some trouble TO get this much in
formation. If the senate did not want
to stop gigantic frauds, then let the
land companies go ahead and steal the
whole state.
Senator Young expressed the opinion
that the resolution was based upon
misapprehension of the law. He under
stood the law to go no further than to
prevent citizens of a foreign nation
from holding large tracts of land; if it
is otherwise, it should be repealed.
Senator Keller wanted to know what
would be done if one person should own
the whole state.
BILLS WITH POINTS.
Senator Stevens introduced a bill to
amend the law so as to allow the free
access of all persons to the records of
the clerk of courts during office hours
for the purpose Of making eXamina-
tons.
Senator RingdaI proposes in a bill in
troduced by him to give the boards of
county commissioners control over the
manner of fishing.
Senator Cronkhite introduced bill
to prevent the selling or registering
bets or pools upon man or beast, the
result of elections or political conven-
tons.
Senator Miller offered bill defining
express companies to be common car
riers and subject to the laws governing
common carriers. The railroad and
warehouse commission is authorized
to take charge of the rates of all ex-
press companies.
Senator Potter introduced a bill to
appoint a commissioner on immigra-
ton, whose duty shall be to promote
the settlement in the state of law-abid-
ing persons of means. The salary Of
the commissioner is to be 81, 200.
Senator Larsen asks an appropria-
ton of $4,000 to open the channel of
Mud creek in the counties of Renville,
Sibley and Mcleod.
Senator Stockton introduced a bill
to appropriate $35, ZOO for the erection
OF an addition to the Rochester asy-
lum for the care of inebriates.
Senator McHaIe introduced a bill to
repeal the special law of 1891 incorpo-
rating the city of New Prague.
Senator McHale introduced a bill to
authorize cities of less than 5000 to
fill vacancies in the offices of MAYOR.