St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-04
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a. r. to be held in this city
The senate, on a motion by Senator
Stevens. reconsidered the vote by
which the senate capitol bill was in
definitely postponed, and the bill was
referred to the committee on finance.
When the senate met after the noon
, recess an effort was made by the
friends of the two labor bills that are
! before the senate to have the meas
ures passed under suspension of the
rules, but the motion was lost, the re-
port of the labor committee on the two
bills being accepted and the bills re-
ferred to the prison committee, Chair
man Howard demanding that his COM
mittee be allowed an opportunity to
carefully consider the bills before they
| came up for final passage
WELLS IS o. K.
The senate indorsed the appointment
| made by the governor of DR.. C. L.
Wells, of Minneapolis. as trustee of
the Minnesota hospitals for the insane,
and then, in committee of the whole.
the senate spent the greaer part of the
afternoon in discussing Senator Mill
! ers express bill. The author of the
measure explained at great length all
the provisions of the bill, which re-
| quires that all express companies shall
| be placed under the supervision and
! control of the state railroad and ware
house commission, and to subject them
| to the laws governing freight and other
railroad traffic.
| Senator Thorpe spoke against the
| passage of any such measure. and
Senator Young thought it a good bill,
! insisting that 1t was very necessary to
regulate the charges imposed on the
| public by common carriers
| Senator Day thought that the neces-
| sity for the passage of such a bill was
/ very evident, and he spoke of the Edi-
| torial association, which he considered
a force to be reckoned with, as having
! demanded it's passage.
Senator Stevens spoke against the
| bill, and suggested as a remedy for the
| difficulties that if the railroad compa-
MES received So per cent of the charges
| collected by express companies as the
friends of the measure claimed, that
this could be investigated and stopped
by filing a complaint with the railroad
and warehouse commission. The sena-
tor concluding, said that the express
| companies stand where they do today
because their business is managed with
! fidelity and by men of business capac-
| ity.
Senator Stebbins thought that the
smaller cities suffer much by the high
charges made by the companies, as
there is so little competition in these
| places. He thought the measure was
a good one. The bill was very
| fully discussed and recommended to
| pass, and when the committee arose,
| the report was adopted.
Senator Wyman handed up a commu-
nication from Gov. Clough to permit the
| Introduction of a bill to extend the
time in which the people of Northern
| Minnesota may avail themselves of the
distribution of grass seed the time for
the distribution having expired. Sen
ator Wyman offered a bill providing
that the time be extended to April 20.
A suspension of the rules was asked
for, but at the request of Senator
Fuller, the bill was laid over to allow
senators interested in the measure to
consider it further. Senator Wyman
finally withdrew the bill, to avoid con-
! fusion
After the senate roll call Senator
| Miller asked to have his express bill
| passed under a suspension of the rules.
the ayes and nays were demanded and
the motion defeated.
The railroad commission sent in a
! lengthy report defining it's powers as
requested by Senator Cronkhite. Sen
ator Day decided that this would not
be reported until the session this
morning.
A motion to adjourn was voted down.
10,
passed.:
s. F. 1854 bill for an act to amend
sections l. and of chapter g. of the
General Laws of 1887, relating to the
regulation of the practice of medicine
and the licensing of physicians and
! surgeons.
S. F. 574-A bill for an act to provide
for the election of a state dairy and
| food commissioner and to define his
duties.
S. F. STA bill for an act t. mend
section 10. chapter IS, General Stat.
utes of 1878. relating to the removal OF
school house sites, as amended by
chapter 1866, General Statutes 1889.
s.. f: 84-A bill for an act for the
earnings tax collected from railroad
| companies.
S. F. 612-A bill for an act to regulate
the payment of g1and and petit jurors
! fees and mileage in the district courts.
S. F. 636 Substitute for 5. r. 472)-A
| bill for an act for an appropriation
| for the erection of a suitable monu-
ment to mark the site of Fort Ridgely,
! and to commemorate the siege of the
same by the Sioux Indians in the year
1862
S. F. 141-A bill for an act to amend
| section of chapter 6 of the General
| Laws of 1887, relating TO Intoxicating
| liquors
Senator Stevens had evidently in
| tended to make the senate work for
an hour or two longer. but while he
! was otherwise engaged a motion to
| adjourn at $50 was made and car
ried, and the senator from Ramsey
could only get even by calling his own
committee together to consider some