St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-28
BILLS FOR ACTS.
House Receives Il Few and Kills
"a Good Many.

The house held d short session yes
terday afternoon, performing a Valua-
BILE service in killing off lot OF WORTH
less bills which were reported back
from committees. Shortly after the
house convened it was found that each
desk contained a copy Of circular re-
fleeing the views of the editor of the
Lake City Graphic-Sentinel on the
Tier patent medicine bill. The circu-
lar ridiculed the bill and the author,
and said some pretty hard things about
both. Mr. Johns and Mr.. Warner OBJ
jected to the circulars being placed on
the desks on the ground that it re-
fieected on a member of the house, and
the former later offered a resolution to
exclude all circulars from the house.
The resolution went over under notice
of debate.
Mr.. Johns withdrew his resolution to
appoint a committee to examine the
books of the state printer with HIM
self as chairman, stating with some
sarcasm that he would reintroduce
the resolution in such form as to suit
certain members who objected to its
original form.
Quite a number of new bills were in
troduced, most of them being for minor
appropriations. Mr.. Johns presented
a bill providing for the election of city
attorneys by direct vote of the peo-
pie, the bill providing that all such at
torneys now holding Office shall con-
tinue in office until the next general
election. The bill was supposed by
some members to be in the interest
of Corporation Attorney Chamberlain,
but it is not likely to affect him, as it
is not likely that the bill, if passed at
ALL will be passed before the election
by the city council, so that it would
merely provide that the new attorney
should hold over until the spring of
1896
The committee on elections presented
a bill embodying the claims of three
contestants who have been before the
| house for seats, namely: Messrs. Fur
long, Allen and Chisholm. The amounts
claimed for expenses by each are as
follows: Furlong, 81, 463 25 Allen,
81, 40; Chisholm, SS4O9S. Mr.. Haines,
who contested Mr.. Chisholm's seat, has
not yet filed his claim. Mr.. Jones, of
! the committee, stated in presenting
! the bill that the committee had nothing
to do with and no recommendations to
make concerning the amounts of the
| respective claims, but that the claim
! ants themselves had filed statements
of the expenses.
Mr.. Staples, of the committee on pub
| lie lands, submitted a substitute for
the Itasca park bill, the substitute
| being recommended to pass. A SUBJ
stitute for Dr. Tiers salvage corps bill
WIS also recommended for passage.
The speaker announced the follow
| ing committee to confer with the SEN
ate committee on seed grain: Rep
! resentatves Jacobson. Richardson,
Feig, Douglass and Johnson, E.
By request of Speaker Van SAINT, who
was necessarily absent in connection
! with the G.. A. R. encampment, Repre-
sentative Staples occupied the chair,
with no little credit to himself
/ The calendar was reached, and four
/ bills were passed, being Representative
! Tiers banking bill, Representative
/ Reems' preferred creditors bill, Rep
resentative Underleak's bill relating
! to the place of trial for civil actions
! and Representative Ferris bill to Ii
/ cense the use of pound nets in interna-
tional waters.
! The special committee to investigate
! express rates and charges held meet
ing last night and listened to argu-
ments from a number of parties repre-
sent1ng the express companies.
CHARTER TALK.
The joint municipal corporation COM
mittee met last night in the senate
! chamber to review the work done upon
the charter bill, and to hear views
of others than members. The time of
holding elections was discussed by
Senators Collester, Stebbins, Fuller
and Potter; Representative Dunn.
Gen. j. B. Sanborn, of st. Paul, Judge
Morris, of Duluth, and others. 1t was
decided to leave the bill as it is in that
respect.
The provision for issuing certificates
of Indebtedness was unsatisfactory to
Judge Norris, of Duluth. His wanted
more elasticity than did the other
cities as was indicated by views of
other gentlemen. A lengthy discus
sion followed in which some favored
doubling the amount of debt that may
be contracted by a city, but it was
finally decided to leave the matter as
provided in an amendment made pre-
viously by the committee, but with the
understanding that it would be an open
question before the legislature.
1t was agreed by common consent to
leave the bill substantially as amend
ed by the committee at previous meet
ings until after printed and submitted
to the senate.