St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-13
SENATE DGINGS,
n Large Grist of Routine Work
Disposed. of.

D1SpOSeu III.
Senator Stevens found occasion yes
,terday to get back at the play made
, in the house on Monday by Henry
. Johns, relative to the insinuation that
! the senate had not been pushing house
! bills. Senator Stevens had caused a
statement made showing that the SEN
ate had passed thirty-four house files,
while on the other hand the house had
passed but thirty-three senate files.
Thus he cperforatedFth balloon of Mr..
Johns and said that there could be no
claim made other than that the senate
had been very prompt and courteous
in considering the house measures.
Senators Fuller and McHale sent up
lengthy petitions. from railroad en-
ployes in opposition to a reduction of
railroad freight rates.
Senator Masterman introduced a bill
to authorize township in his county
to dissolve its corporate existence. The
bill was passed under a suspension of
the rules.
Senator Spencer introduced a bill
which was passed under a suspension
of the rules. The bill provides for To-
eating and determining the boundary
line between st. Louis and Lake coun-
ties, at the mouth of Knife river, near
Lake Superior Senator Spencer said
that changes in the mouth of the river
caused the boundary to shift The bill
names the river as the dividing line
between the counties.
Senator Sperry, of the judiciary COM
m1ttee, reported back S. F. 54S with
recommendation that it pass The bill
authorize the purchaser of real estate
under mortgage foreclosures to, pay
insurance premiums and allow the
amount to be charged in the amount to
be paid for redemption. Upon motion
of Senator Stevens the bill was passed
under a suspension of the rules
Senator Young, of a sub-ju6iciary
committee, reported S. F. 100. with q
recommendation that it be printed
| and referred back to the judiciary
committee. This is the bill of Senator
Greer providing for establishing a dis
trict appellate court.
Senator Stevens, of the judiciary com
mlttee, reported in favor of sending
H. F. 260 to the temperance commit
tee. The bill relates to the use of Ii
cense fees in villages for general pur-
poses.
Senator Stevens, from the judiciary
committee, reported back S. F. 35S.
with a recommendation that it pass
The bill defines the word railroad.
A number of other bills were re-
ported back from the judiciary with
favorable recommendations. These
bills are: Senate Files "a, SIS, 427, 473.
536, 1872, sc, 544, SAB, S47, 1853, 2S3, ia, $40,
and House Files 228, 12S, 1884.
ANOTHER JUNKET.
Senator Spencer announced that both
branches of the legislature had been
invited to. visit the city of Duluth and
! the iron range, and that the time
| fixed to start was Thursday at 3:15 d.
M, and that they would return Satur-
| day. In view of this, it was agreed to
adjourn over Thursday until Monday.
| President Day had called attention to
| the fact that this would mean not only
a loss of time, but would also disorgan-
! fze the senate work for a few DAYS.
| Senator Stevens, as usual, filled in the
hiatus by a motion, which was odopt-
led, and committed the senate to hold
two evening sessions to finish I'D the
work.
KELLER'S HOBBIES.
Ruo
The calendar was about half dis
opposed of before the special order of
the day was reached, the following
bills being passed:
Senator Hanson's bill to appropriate
| sS000 for the relief Of cyclone sufferers
in Meeker county.
Senator Keller's bill appropriating
] $1,000 for relief of sufferers by cyclone
in Stearns county.
1 Senator Greer's bill to protect the
interests of small stockholders by
preventing the big stockholders from
monopolizing the purchase of products
| of their own corporations.
| Senator Keller was delighted that
two of his bills were passed. They are
measures that he has repeatedly in
troduced in former legislatures only
/ to- have them dropped into the waste
| basket. This time they both went
through the senate and will run the
gauntlet of the house. One of them
received but % votes, getting through
| by hair This bill relates to the
manufacture and sale of baking pow
der, and requires the ingredients to