St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-05
THE MEILIcKE BILL WINS.
Hennepin Delegation Again
Put to Sleep by the
Country.
In INTERNATIONAL WATERS.
Senate Wrestles With the
Ferris Game and Fish
Bill.

| tween the Hennepin delegation ana
| the senators from the country as
to what committee the Meilicke bill
| should go. This measure, which
| provides for the restraint of COM
! binations and trusts, was reported
| from the house, and Senator Seyat-
son and his following wanted it to
| go to the grain and warehouse COM
mittee, while the Hennepin delega-
| ton fought very hard to have it
referred to the judiciary on the
ground that it was not constitu-
| tional, and that it could not pass the
senate on this account.
Some of the country senators
| round from one committee to an
other meant an effort to kill the
| bill, but the senators from Henne-
pin insisted that they had no such
| designs upon the measure, and that
if the bill went to the judiciary COM
mittee it's passage would only be
delayed about forty-eight hours.
The bill was finally taken in
charge by the grain and warehouse
committee, and the Minneapolis
chamber of commerce may be abol-
ished after all.
Senator Spencer moved that S. IF
424 "a bill to legalize certain acts
in connection with the city of West
Duluth be recalled from the house.
The senator has decided that Sen
ator Sevatson's measure would af-
| feet Duluth in a way that is not
very much to be desired, and he de-
sired to have it recalled from the
house for this reason. The bill was
passed in the senate more than a
month ago.
Senator Stevens was very much
opposed to the recall of the bill. as
he stated that the inclination of that
city towards reputation was most
Objectionable to him.
Senator Spencer denied that the
Zenith city had ever repudiated one
dollar of her indebtedness. He in
sisted that the bill saddled con-
tracts on the city that any court
in the country would declare Illegal
Senator Stevens intimated that
Duluth mad ON former occasion
changed her corporate limits to es-
cape liability, and to this Senator
spencer replied that the Duluth of
twenty-five years ago that had done
this was not the Duluth of today.
/ When roll call was demanded
on the motion to recall, the vote was
| % to 10.
ON FINAL PASSAGE.
The senate then took up the calendar
for consideration, the first bill receiv.
ing attention being Senator Ozmun,e
oill relating to street boys. The bill
requires that boys engaged in the bust
ness OF vending newspapers shall take
oue licenses and wear badges. There
was some opposition to the measure
/ anu only nine senators voted for If
"hlle tWenty-one voted against it. The
author OF the bill was out of the room
Wheh the motion was put, and on his re-
turn ne asked the senate to reconsider
the vote, and place the bill on general
ORDERS Thls was done, Senator Ozmun
assuring the senate that certain amend
ments would be made which would
make the bill perfectly satisfactory to
all concerned
Other bills on the calendar that
passed were:
3. f. No. 643-To provide for the Or
| DERBY observance of Memorial dav.-Al-
len.
). F. No. 219-To amend section sew
enty-one CID Of chapter forty-sfx 4G
OF General Laws of 1889. probate
Code.)-Roverud.
3. +. No. 650-To amend section 210.
chapter Sc, General Statutes 1873 as
amended by chapter Is of General Laws
lool' relative to security where judg-
ment is entered by acknowledgements.
5. f. No. 652-To provide a speedy
hearing in special proceedings insti-
tuted upon a writ of habeas corpus
and review thereof to the supreme
court by any feeling aggrieved by the
decision and order made by the dis
tr1ct court, district judge a court
commlssioner-Judiciary committee.
ii. F. No. 459 Substitute for H. F..
NOS. 40 and 59)-To provide for the
| ponqlng OF counties to build court
houses.-Committee on towns and coun-
ties.
| IL. F. No. SOTO amend an act enti-
ted IAN act to provide for the organizes
ton of school districts '-Brevig.
IL. F. No. 135-Relating to the de-
scent and distribution of the estates of
adopted children.-Downs.
AT the meeting of the Judiciary COM
mittee of the senate yesterday, S. e.
Iz2, to amend chapter Z, Laws of 1878,
relating to witnesses, and S. F. 431. re-
| latlng to the substitution of judges of
the district court, were killed The
committee on municipal corporations
! recommended the indefinite postpone
ment of S. F. S57, which relates to the
| disposition of city funds but, on mo-
! ton of Senator Keller, the bill was
| placed on general orders. The finance
committee recommended that the same
| action be taken with S. F. 476, which
provides for elementary normal instruc-
| ton in high schools, and Senator
| Lloyd's bill transferring $15O,OOO from
the general fund to the road and
bridge fund met with the same fate.
TO DISTRIBUTE GROSS EARNINGS.
Senator Coles bill for the equitable
distribution of the gross earnings tax
by paying percentage to the counties
| IN winch there are untaXed railroad
lands, was recommended for indefinite
| postponement, but was amended and
left on the calendar.
Mr.. Foss' beet sugar bounty bill, which
| has already passed the house, was
recommended for indefinite postpone
ment, but by mutual consent, was
placed on general orders, and the bill
| providing for the establishment of two
additional experiment stations was
recommended for indefinite postpone
ment
Senator Spencer's satisfaction over
the little victory gained at the ses-
sion yesterday morning was doomed to
be Of short duration. He was little
late in getting around to the afternoon
session, and disagreeable surprise
awaited him on his arrival. The vote
by which Senator Sevatson's Duluth
bill had been recalled from the house
in the morning was receiving the con-
sideration Of the senate, and senators