St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-16
THE EDITORS WIN AS USUAL.
Subscribers Will Have to Set
tie Before Stopping the
Paper.
MANY HOUSE BILLS PASSED
And Started on the Danger
Gus Voyage Through the
Senate.

Yesterday was q proHtaDie DAY III
the house, if the passage of bills
can be accounted a profitable en-
ployment, for twenty-five measures,
origina ting in the house, were pushed
along to the senate for the concur
rent action of that body.
The house put in the forenoon ses-
sion in committee of the whole, rec
ommending about twenty bills to
pass, and killing a gratifying num-
ber. Among the number to go
down the line of indefinite post
ponement was Mr. Dales bill to tax
church property. There was a very
warm discussion, and a close vote
on the recommendation concerning
this bill, the motion to postpone re-
ceiving 80 affirmative and 81 negative
votes. An attempt was made to
except the bill from the report of the
committee, but it failed, and the
bill was thereupon permanently
buried. A somewhat similar bill of
Mr.. Soule, however, was recommend
ed to pass without debate. 1t pro-
vides that no sectarian books or
pamphlets shall be used in public
schools; that no such schools shall be
held in any church edifice, and that
no teacher shall wear any distinct
lively sectarian garb; neither shall
any school, where any sectarian in
fuence is eXerted, share in the distri-
button of the public school funds.
In the afternoon the house had
more or less joy and hilarity with
Mr.. Brevig and his newspaper bill.
When the bill was recommended to
pass, Mr.. Brevig began to celebrate
his victory over the newspapers
which have been criticising his Ian
guage, his clothes and his looks, and
he kept right on celebrating until
the bill reached a vote on the calen-
dar. Then he quit The newspaper
boys in and out of the house rallied
around Mr.. Brevig so numerously
and so enthusiastically that he began
to wonder where he was at, to or
from, and before they got through
with him he was in position to
command the sympathy of the hero
of the bowery song.
When the bill was read. Renre-
sentative E. E. Smith graveIy sent
up the following amendment, which
was read with great gusto and dis
tinctness:
Amend by adding thereto: This
act shall take effect and be in force
from and after Jan. 1, 1895"
Before this was formally disposed
OF Representative Wright sent up this
one:
Amended by adding to section as fol-
lows: Section 2-Any person who fails
to pay the subscription price of any
newspaper or periodical shall be be-
headed.
Representative Boobar, in compi-
ment to the chief clerk and his as
sistant, offered the following amend
ment:
Amended by excluding from the
operation of the bill the Renville Star
Farmer, and the Owatonna Journal.
Mr.. Gibbs unbended from his usual
dignity far enough to submit the fol-
lowing amendment. "This act shall
only apply to counties having a popula-
Another member amended to make
the bill apply only to Populist papers,
and still another wanted to except
operation of the law.
Afeter the members had exhausted
every possible resource to drive Mr..
Brevig sane vote was taken and then
bill went trotting down the long lane
to obscurity, close upon the heels of
dozen other equally silly and uncaIled
for propositions of legislation.
The present law, requiring that a
subscriber must pay up all his indebt-
edness to the paper before he can dis
continue his subscription, remains in
force, and the newspaper boys are
once more indicated. In explaining
his vote, which was against the pas
sage of the bill, DR.. Zier said he did so
out of consideration for the many kind
things which had been said about him
by them during this session. And the
house came down.
The house was on the calendar the
entire afternoon, passing a number of
good, and a good many inferior bills.
Mr.. Johns bicycle bill was taken up
first and slid through, even with a
small house, receiving SO affirmative
votes and 6 negative. There was con-
siderable interest in the bill by Mr..
Wright to prohibit the So-called black
listing custom of railroad companies,
and though a good many members
were absent at roll call, there was
only one negative vote, that of Mr..
Damp.
Tine following bills were passed from
the calendar:
H. f. S73, to amend section 80 of the
General Laws of 1878.
H. F. 40, relating to the redemption
from mortgage foreclosure.
H. f. 1872. relating to the publishing
Of the opinions Of attorney general.
H. F. $50. to authorize village to pur-
chase apparatus for fire protection.
H. F. 694. relating to evidence
H. F. 456, to amend section 1872 of the
probate code.
H. F. 6SS, relating to service of sum-
mons.
H. F. 461, relating to organization of
school districts.
H. F. 1877, for the relief Of E. M.
Lambert and appropriating s., 200 there
for.
II. E. 555, prohibiting 'blacklisting."
II. F. 755 Substitute for H. F. 24O), CIV
ing right OF civil action against per-
sons dispensing Intoxicating liquors.
II. F. 645. to amend section 2 of chap
ter %, General Laws of 1891.
IL. F. 499, relating to killing of
wolves.
H. F. 173, relating to mutual fire in
surance companies.