St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-02
PASSED BOB'S BILL.
State Auditors Deficiency Bill
FaVorabiy Acted Upon by
the House.
HOUSE KNOCKED OFF $1,000
Because They Thought Dedon
Was Getting All he Was
Worth.
JOHN j. FURLONG WINS OUT
In His Contest With a Repub-
liean Named John D.
Allen.
JOHN j. FURL0NG WINS GUT

deficiency bill came in from the COM
mittee on appropriations and was passed
under suspension of the rules. The
amount asked for was $4,000, and the
amount allowed was $1,000. Auditor
Dunn had provided for raise OF $500
year in the salaries of state cruisers,
and this was the item cast out by the
committee. Representative Jacobson,
of the pine land committee. is member
Of the appropriations committee, and
has, or ought to have, pretty good idea
of the real value of Dedon, and it was
upon his recommendation that the $1,000
reduction was made.
Mr.. jacobson, however, denies in full
the statement of a morning paper that
the appropriations committee had 1t
tor Auditor Dunn. and declares that. on
the contrary, there is the most
friendly disposition toward the
auditor. The laborious effort of the
Pioneer Press TO drag in a far-fetched
Endorsement of the pine land committee
in connection with the report is cooliy
ignored by Mr.. jacobson. who does not
approve Of such methods. He says the
appropriations committee recognizes
the auditor as the custodian OF the pub
lie lands. and, though lie is himself
member of the pine land committee, he
evidences no disposition to use his posi-
ton on the appropriations committee as
a vantage point to advertise the Splen-
! cid achievements of the professional III
vestigators of the other committee.
Tho bill was passed at once, as there
is urgent need of the money to prose-
| cute the work of scaling and estimating
during the present logging season.
Another matter of considerable inter-
| est i'll the session of the house was the
! report Of the elections committee, which
| reported Oh the contest of John s. Allen
! against John j. FurlOng. AS fore
Swallowed in the GLOBE yesterday, the
committee reported in favor of MIR. Fur
! long. There was really no other course
! for the committee to pursue, inasmuch
as the senate had just decided the case
| of Probstfield against Smith. wherein
| the same points were raised in favor of
the contestee, and Representative Fur
| longs case was parallel with that of
| Senator Smith.
The Committees Report
| Following is the text Of the commits
tees report:
Your committee on elections, to whom
| was referred the proceedings and all
matters connected with the contest of
| john d. Allen, contestant, against John
! J. FurIong, cOntestee. for seat in this
! house from the representative district
! composed OF the towns of LIE Roy, Lodi.
| Adams, Nevada, Lyle, Austin, Window
| and the cities and villages therein, in
| the county of Mower, III said state,
| being one of the representative districts
| of the Third senatorial district OF said
state, do respectfully report as follows:
| FirsI-That the notice OF contest III
this case, by which this contest was set
| in motion. is sufficient and void. and
| confers no jurisdiction upon this body
| to hear or determine this contest, except
such power and Jurisdiction as they
| may absolutely claim by reason OF act
ing III sovereign capacity.
Second-IOur committee further re-
| port that, while fully satisfied as to the
| correctness OF their position, they
| deemed this matter of so much impOr-
lance they held in allegiance this legal
proposition and allowed the parties to
| this contest 10 introduce and submit to
the committee all testimony, exhibits
| and evidence in the matter, which have
| been carefully examined ard considered
by the committee. That the committee
| find the evidence as a whole conflicting
| and unsatisfactory, but tending to show
| that the contestant, John u. Allen. re-
ceived a plurality of two votes i'll said
district;
Wherefore, the committee recommend
| to the house the adoption OF the follow
Ing resolution:
! Resolved, That Hon. j. j. Furlong,
! the cOntestee and sitting member, be,
| and hereby IS declared to be the repre-
sentative duly elected to the house of
| representatives of this state from the
| representative district composed of the
towns of Lodi, LIE Roy, Adams. Nevada.
| Lyle. Austin, Window and the villages
and cities therein In the county Of
| Mower, in said state.
| Quartette of Little Ones.
There were fou bills on the calendar
| for the day, all of which were promptly
| passed. They were as follows:
| II. F. No. 66, Staples-An act to
| amend chapter IA, General Laws 1889,
| relating to sale of tobacco.
II. f. No. 70, Johns-An act to amend
| section 80. chapter "a, of General Laws
of 1878.
II. f. No. IL, Cant-An act to regu.
late and define the powers of park CON-
| missieners of cities.
| II. F. No. Ill, Baston-An act to pro-
hibit the establishment of pesthouses in
| certain cases.
There was some dispute as to the
standing Of Mr.. Staples bill above men,
| toned, the bill being a substitute for
one which Mr.. Staples had on general
| orders On Thursday. At that time Mr.
| Staples asked permission to substitute
| the present bill for the original one, al
| lowing 1t to take the place of the latter
| on the calendar. This was agreed to,
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