St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-27

not stated Just what evils 1t is eX-
pected to discover. The resolution
went over under notice of debate from
Mr.. Jacobson.
ANOTHER JUNKET TODAY.
Upon the question of the official visit
to the state university Mr.. Staples seut
up a resolution the purpose Of which
was to limit to some extent the dead
heads, considerable discussion follow
ing, and it finally being agreed to
leave the matter largely to the discre-
ton of the members. The excursion
will start at o'clock this morning, re-
turning in time for the afternoon ses-
sion, which meets at 8 o'clock.
The various committees OF the house
did some excellent work in slaughter
ing some worthless bills. d large num-
Der being reported for indefinite post
pOnement. The members seemed to
have awakened to a sense of their du-
ties and sent in u perfect food or bills.
Representative Robillard introduced
five bills, all of which are local IN their
nature, though general in their proV1s-
ions. They are, respectively, TO aool-
ISL boards of control and place their
duties in the hands of county commits
siOners. and to abolish boards of water
commissioners, the other three bills
being to repeal special acts providing
compensation for the various officials
affected
Representative Cant presented a bill
providing that each county in which
there is located railroad land shall re-
Ceive five cents per acre of all such
q 17dc ba county r-ooH aT1 bridge
fund of such county, the amount to be
paid out of the gross earnings tax of
railroads doing business in the state.
A similar proposition was before the
house two years ago. but was not en-
acred Another bill regulating the
brewing of beer was introduced. this
one being by Mr. Martin. Mr.. Warner
presented a bill providing for the eH-
tension OF the terms of corporations.
Mr.. Johns has one providing for the
payment of those citizens who devoted
their time to work as clerks and judges
of elections. Mr.. Boobar introduced
his bill for an appropriation for new
buildings at the st. Cloud reformatory.
The total appropriation is for $780,
900, for the following purposes: New
cell building, 100000; dining and school
room building, $4,000; COWS and farm
machinery, S1,000 barn, $1,000; resi-
dence for clerk, S1,S00; dynamo and
electric supplies, $500; revolving fund,
So. 600: 400 acres additional land, Sl2,OO
maintaining reformatory school, g, 400;
improvements and repairs, $500;
water supply, $500.
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS.
Representative Nash proposes to ex-
tend the terms of office of county aud
itor and county treasurer to four
years. Representative Craig asks an
Appropriation of $4,000 for an addi-
tional state experiment station to be
located in the Red river valley. Rep
resentative Littleton has a bill pro-
viding for the IegitimatiZing Of chill
dren born out of wedlock, any child so
born to be the legal heir of its parents.
There are nearly a dozen bills for
appropriations for roads and bridges
in various locations and for remedial
legislation in matters of township and
village organization.
The calendar was reached in the aft
ernOon and six senate bills were
passed. They were Senator Morgan s
mortgage foreclosure bill, Senator
Schaller's bill relating TO county audi
tors and county treasurers, Senator
Ozmun's bill appropriating $4,000 for
the purchase of uniforms for the ma
tionaI guard, Senator Jones' bill to
eradicate the Russian thistle and Sem
ator Hodges bill providing for the di-
vision OF townships under certain con-
ditions. The senate bill reappropriat-
ing what was left of the appropriation
of 1898 for the purchase of seed grain
for distressed farmers was also passed.
Mr.. Jacobson made quite a vigorous
fight on the Ozmun national guard
BILL declaring that $55, 600, which was
the amount of the total appropTia-
ton, was too much to spend for sob
diers in a year of peace, but the bill
had easily enough friends to pass it.
The house committee to inspect the
report of the expert architects who
examined the plans for the state capt.
toI met the commission Yesterday, and
Mr.. Seabury very Courteously laid be-
fore the committee everything it want
ed to see. There is really no serious
opposition to the bill. as has all along
been known, but there are memb ers
who insist that their own bills be given
a hearing first. and so far they have
outmanaged the custodians OF the CAPT
toll bill
The house insurance committee yes
| terday favorably considered DR.. Tier S
bill for the establishment of a salvage
| corps.
The temperance committee Of the
house last night held a warm session
over the Theden bill, one of the prin-
cipal speakers being ex-Mayor Eustis,
of Minneapolis. The mayor roasted
John Goodnow, jolIied the committee
and received a favorable report for
the amendment he wanted.
CONTRACT LABOR.
The house committee on prison labor
held another meeting last night to con-
slider the Schurmeier prison labor bill.
! The author of the bill, Representative
| Schurmeier, made a lengthy speech
( in support of his bill. citing facts and
| figures and reading letters and reports
on the contract system in other states.
The bill was amended so as to pre-
vent the employment Of more than
twenty. per cent of the convicts upon
any one line of manufacture and rec
/ commended 10 pass as amended.
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