The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
THE LEGISLATURE
House Decides Not to InVeSti-
gate Worlds Fair Com
miSSiOnerS.
SENATE. NOT IN SESSION.
Proceedings of the Day of an
Unusually Embarrassing
Character.

d. L AUb, hdTCu E. l. Ho nOuSo uo'
clines to investigate the worlds fair
commissioners by indefinitely postpon,
ing Mr.. DressePs resolution to that eff
feet. Many members had gone home
and there was thin house, so the Cal.
endar was not taken up. Fifteen new
bills were introduced during the morn
ing session.
A resolution congratulating the
people of the United States on the adj
journment of the Fifty-third congress
was introduced by Mr.. Downs. A mo-
ton to lay on the table was lost and the
resolution was then adopted.
In Committee of the Whole.
When the house went into co mmittee
of the whole Mr.. Underleak was in the
chair. The principal work accom-
plished was to report progress on the
bills under consideration. While H..
f. 2S5 was under considera-
ton the discussion indicated that
some of the members thought there was
chuck in the bill. 1t was to author
ize county commissioners to have
county surveyors restore monuments,
etc., marking section lines and provid-
ing for the laying out Of roads on the
section lines. 1t was amended and
recommended to pass.
Against Blue Laws.
There was almost unanimous senti-
ment against the passage of II. f. 1S3-
known as the BARRIERS bill. Mr.. Kelly,
P. H., objected to re-enacting the Con-
necticut blue laws, and several other
members followed suit. Mr.. Tallman
explained that the bill only was in
tended to grant relief to the oppressed
BARRIERS. The bill was recommended to
be consigned to the Legislative waste
basket. The next bill on the list was
DR.. Tiers, to abolish capital punish
ment, but there were so few members
present that he moved that progress be
reported. By this time the members
were tired, and, OH motion of Mr.. War
ner, the committee arose and made the
following report:
They Were Acted On.
H F. 2S7-To amend Sec 1, chap 33,
laws of 1898, relating to legal newspapers.
Progress.
S. F. 274-Relating to divorce. To be in
definitely postponed.
H. f. 144-To provide for the appoint
ment of a state mineral land agent and to
appropriate money for the salary and ex-
penses of the same. Progress.
H. f. No. officiating to the sale of in
toxicating liquors in counties, as a bever-
age, and to provide for determining by
vote whether the same shall be sold there
in. Progress.
H. F. 1910 regulate the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors. To pass.
II. f. 3S0-Relating to game and fish
protection. Progress.
H. F. 3S1-To authorize the extension of
the term of corporate existence in certain
cases. Progress.
II. +. 216-To define and construe the
words railroad company" etc. To be re-
ferred to the judiciary committee.
II. F. 2S5-To authorize county survey
ors to restore posts, etc., marking bound
evidence. To pass as amended.
S. f. 18-Relating to the incorporation
of villages. To pass.
H. f. 1910 prevent drunkenness and
insanity resulting therefrom. To be re-
ferred to the judiciary committee.
III. f. 1910 amend sec. 231 of thepenal
code, the BARRIERS bill TO be indefinitely
postponed.
H. f. 371-An act to amend sec. 156 of
the penal code, to abolish the death pen
atty for murder in the first degree. Prog
reSS.