St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-08
STAND-STILL WORK
The House Sits Long, but
Produces Only a Small
Brood.
CHIN-CHlN GAME POPULAR.
A Bill for the Revision Of the
Statutes Passes Very
Handily.
cHIN-CHlN GAME POPULAR.
tG'S BUG BILL APPROVED.
sh and Game Law Recon-
mitted--The Routine
Grind.

The ways of legislators are often
strange to behold, and entirely be-
yond the possibility of analysis. A
score of times during the present
session this fact has been eXempli-
fed At no time was the procastin-
ating tendency more forcibly illus
trated than yesterday afternoon in
committee of the whole.
In the first place, Mr.. Jacobson's
county local option bill was dis
cussed and recommended for in
definite postponement by a decisive
vote Then, when the comm 1ttee
rose, Mr. Jacobson took advantage
of the wild and disorderly condi-
ton of the house to have the bill
excepted from the report and laid
on the table. Being marked for
death, it was yet grasped as a brand
from the burning, and will again be
brought forward to be talked over
and slaughtered, like Eddie Foy's
cat, a second and possibly a third
time.
Following this a large chunk Of
time Of the committee was taken in
a discussion of the new fish and
game bill. At the very outset Of the
debate the committee refused to
adopt a motion to recommit to the
fish and game committee The point
was made that the committee of the
whole house was competent to
amend and perfect the bill, and on
Of
chin was INDUCED in. 1t continued
q long time, and considerable prog
ress was made; but just when the
{members were beginning to become
interested, and were working like
the lead mules on a canal boat, q
motion to recommit to the judiciary
committee was advanced and car
ried.
All amendments that were vet to
be proposed We're sent with the bill.
and some other day it will rise again
to perpleX impatient members who
have troubles Of their own lurking
away down on the rapidly increas-
ing pages of general orders. So
that the old plan of completing the
work in hand and the tackling the
next job is practically replaced by
the fashion of partially finishing a
task and then letting it slide.
MI. Lltt!eton was called to the chair
when the house went into committee
OF the whole, after the noon recess.
On a motion by Mr. Dingman S. F.
~ was taken from its position. No
81 on the general orders, and advanced
to the head of the list. This is a bill
which empowers cities to issue bonds
10 purchase sites and erect school
houses. 1t was recommended to mass
as minneapolis wants it bad
COUNTY LOCAL OPTION.
The first debate of the day arose
over MIR. Jacobson's bill to allow
county local option-that is, where q
county voted against license, no town
or village in the county could grant
license. Before entering on the dis
cussion if the bill, Mr.. Jacobson had it
amended in such a way that if a
county should vote for license it
would still be in the power of any
town or village to vote against Ii
cense, and prevent liquor selling in
its limits.
In moving for favorable report.
the gentleman from Lac qui Parle
made a forcible and lengthy speech
IN favor of the bill as amended. He
gave notice that it was intended as a
bold and absolute slap at the liquor
traffic, with the purpose of ultimately
leading to state prohibition. He did
not believe in allowing the prohibition
agitation to rest, but wanted it to
be kept eternally before the people.
The bill might be defeated this time.
but it would be brought up year after
year, he said, until public sentiment