The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-04-25
STATE LEGISLATURE
WORK OF THE MINNESOTA LAW.
MAKERS.
Condensed Report of the Proceed.
1nEs in the Senate anl House, Com.
prising Brief Summary of the
Weeks Business.

st. Paul, April Ex-senator Oznun
presided over the committee of the
whole when the land bills, II. Il. No.
$50 and S. Il. No. 6O2, were under con-
SideratiOn. The former is the So
called Staples bill and the latter is
supposed to represent the wishes Of
State Auditor Dunn. Senator Sperry
moved that the senate take up s. Il.
No. 6O2 and consider it section by Sec
ton. The motion was resisted yigOr-
ously by Senator Schaller, who in
sisted that it would be unfair to him
and the other friends of the house bill.
Senator Sperry said he made the mo-
ton merely to test the opinion Of the
senate. The motion was carried by 4
large majority. Senator Thompson
moved that the Staples BILL II. II. No.
$50. be postponed Indefinitely. Sena-
tor Young declared that if the motion
prevailed it settled all hope Of legis-
lation on the subject during this ses-
sion.
Senator Day made Il winning speech
for the house bill by insisting that I'M
der the conditions confronting the
senate it dared not kill the bill and
thus destroy all hope for any law
Everybody, he said. conceded the laws
under Wich the state had lost hun
dreds Of thousands, perhaps MILL ,ns
of dollars, should be changed. The
motion to indefinitely postpone the
house bill was lost by tie vote-21 to
p.
A motion to take up s. f. No. Coz
was voted down and the Staples bill
was agreed upon rs the basis Of the
bill. Only eleven of the fortyfoul
sections of the bill were considered.
The eleventh section is the pivotal
one. and it was finally approved. as
originally ORA WIN by Mr.. Staples, not
as passed by the house. 1t will FER
nit the sale of state timber when it
is liable to destruction or waste. The
method of ascertaining the amount of
timber to a given area will be that adj
vocated by Mr.. Staples.
House Proceedings.
In the house DR.. Tiers patent medi-
cine bill. II. T.. No. (35, was taken up
and the author moved that the COM
mi;tec recommend its passage. MI
Johns moved to indefinitely postpone,
and Mr.. Scofcld. iii support Of the
motion, said the bill was absurd. The
motion to Indefinitely postpone was
lnended to pass by a large majority.
When II. +. No. 1886, Mr. Cant's bill
to abolish days Of grace. was reached,
Mr.. Cant. Moved to recommend the
bill for passage. The bill was recon-
mended to be indefinitely postp 1ned.
On Motion of Mr.. Furlong III. +. No.
667. to transfer $15O.OOO from the gen
eral revenue fund to the internal i'm
provement fund.- the motion to sub
stitute S. f. No. S-Lloyd-prevailed
The committee got into a tangle, and
Mr.. Furlony. to straighten matters
out. moved as a substitute that the
committee take up S. f. $50. There
was strong objection, but it was final
~ carried by a vote of II to 80. Mr..
Furlong then moved that the bill be
recommended to pass. The bill was
so recommended by a vote of 46 to 20.
The Miller express bill was passed,
after a hot fight, as it came from the
senate.
The Warner bill to abolish the board
Of public works and to substitute 4
department of public works was also
passed, although the delegation vas
divided on it.