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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
HOUSE SESSION BRIEF.
Absence of Members Prevents Transaction
of Business.

Absence of Members Prevents Transaction
of Business.
A resolution was introduced in the
house by Mr.. jacobson, limiting the
present session to April 10, or about II
days earlier than it had been expected il
would end. The resolution was laid
over under notice of debate.
The house unexpectedly adjourned
shortly after II o'clock. When the ses.
sion was first called to order wait OF
10 minutes was necessary to collect a
quorum, but it was then believed that
business could be carried on for the re.
mainder of the day. Members began
leaving for committee meetings, how.
ever, and when it came time for action
on one of the senate bills majority OF
members could not be counted and an
adjournment was taken for the day. In
the afternoon members of the house to
the number of 30 visited Minneapolis to
hear Erwin make his plea in the Hay
ward trial.
The committee on towns and counties
recommended the indefinite postpone.
ment of the McKenny salary bill fol-
county officers. The Foreman bill to
repeal the charter of the village of Lee
was recommended to pass. The Leach
bill relating to the duties of county sur.
veyors was recommended for indefinite
postponement, as was the Grondahl bill
relating to the same subject.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
IN THE HOUSE.
The Lower Branch Confines Itself Strictly
to Routine.

The Lower Branch Confines Itself Strictly
to Routine.
The house confined itself very strictly
to routine. Little else was done than
to take up the calendar, the following
bills being passed:
II. F. 397 Substitute for H. F. 70)-An
act relating to the revision of the general
statutes.
H. F. 194--An act to repeal chap. 40,
special laws of 1871.
H. F. 972-An act to establish the office
of state entomologist.
H. F. 344-An act relating to terms OF
court in Eleventh judicial district.
H. F. 306-To protect the owners of bot
ties, boxes, tins, kegs, ETC., used in the sale
of soda and mineral waters. -.
S. F. 227-To provide for boards of trus-
tees of Y. NJ. G. A. associations.
In Committee of the Whole.
In committee of the whole, at the
urgent request of members of the Hen
nepin delegation, first considered S. +.
212-to grant additional powers to cities
to issue school bonds, although the bill
was No 80 on the list. 1t was recon-
mended to pass.
A long debate arose over Mr.. Jacob
sons bill to allow county local option
that is, where county voted against
license, no town or village in the county
could grant license. Before entering
ON the discussion of the bill, Mr.. Jacob
son had it amended in such way that
if county should vote license it would
still be in the power of any town or vii.
lage to vote against license and prevent
liquor selling in its limits. 1t was in
definitely postponed.
A great deal of talk was INDUCED in
over 81. F. $50, relating to game and
fish protection. On the bill being re-
ported, Mr.. Robbins offered some
amendments that practically cut off any
and all compensation to the commits
sioners for actual or any other sort of
expenses. After several other amend
ments had been tackled on a motion was
made and carried to recommit the bill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
THE LEGISLATURE
Anderson's Railroad Tax Bill
the Subject of Debate in
the Senate.
SPECIAL ORDER FOR MONDAY.
Fourth Insane Hospital Rec
commended, but No LoCa-
ton Named.

ST. PAUL, March 9.-The senate
was in session until 6 o'clock and dis.
posed of large amount of business.
There were several protracted debates.
The report of the Judiciary committee
recommending the indefinite postpone
ment of the Anderson bill to tax rail-
road lands was presented at the morn
ing session and warmly discussed. The
bill was finally made special order for
Monday at $780,
In committee of the whole the bill for
a fourth hospital for the insane was
recommended to pass. The question of
location was left to a commission.
Among the other bills recommended
was Keller's cyclone relief bill for
Stearns county; bill to prohibit the
sale of decayed or tainted poultry, and a
bill to exempt engineers from jury
duty. Senator Stevens bill to amend
the election law so as to place the
names of regular nominees on the Off
cial ballot free and to charge the usual
fee for independent candidates was de-
feated.
Will Not Sell the Elevator Site.
Senator Smiths bill providing for the
sale of the state elevator site caused
considerable discussion when the calen-
dar was taken up. Several senators
held that there was still a strong de-
mand for a state elevator in spite OF the
adverse decision of the supreme court
and believed the site would be needed
in few years. Only three members
favored its sale when the vote was
taken.
Representative Robbins bill to pro.
hibit wrongful practices and neglect of
duty by officials or employees OF the
state was not taken up. Senator Row
erud led the attack, but it did not take
much work to lay out the bill. The
Houston senator thought it piece Of
spite work, and he knew of no demand
for it. The bill only failed of final pas
sage by three votes. The vote stood %
to 20, % votes being required.
Bills passed without opposition were
as follows:
H. f. 61-Amending chap. IS, statutes of
| 1878, authorizing towns to place roads and
bridges under the management of boards
| of supervisors.
S. F. SOTO amend sec. 20 of chap. Sc of
the general statutes relating to school
meetings in common school districts.
S. f. 309-To amend chap. $50, general
laws of 1889, relating to the salary of the
state treasurer's clerk.
S. F. 450-To vest in district courts all
trusts relating to townsites heretofore
vested in any judge of said courts.
S. F. 414-Regulating and naming Of
banking and trust corporations.
H. F. 116-To prevent the spread of nox-
ious weeds from empty freight cars.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
THE LEGISLATURE
Amended Capitol Bill Goes
Through the Senate by a
Good Majority.
NO APPROPRIATION IN 1T.
Strong Attempt Made to Post
pone Action For the
Present.

ST. PAUL, March 8.-The capitol bill
went through the senate during the
afternoon by vote of al to 10. This is
the house bill, from which was elimi-
mated the provision providing for an i'm
mediate appropriation for erecting the
new building.
When the special order was called up
Senator Stevens moved to recommend
the house bill for passage. Senator
Morgan moved to amend by recon-
mending that the special order be post
poned for one week. He had learned,
he said, that the citizens of Minneap-
oils wanted to give the state 3S acres of
land in the heart of the city for a cap
itol site. 1t was worth $2,0O0,OOO, but
it would take several days to perfect the
offer in legal form and he made the mo-
ton to permit of this being done. SEN
ator Wyman of Minneapolis and others
opposed postponement and the motion
was lost. After further discussion the
bill was recommended to pass.
Routine Matters.
There were but two bills on the cal
endar, and these were given their pas
sage without opposition. One of the
bills was one of the most important
that has come before the legislature
this year, Senator Wyman's bill revis-
ing the laws relating to banks of dis
count and deposit. The other bill was
also an important one, being Senator
Stevens arbitration measure, providing
for settlement of differences between
employers and employees, and creating
boards of Cancellation.
Bills Acted On.
Senator johnson of Hennepin occu-
pied the chair in committee of the
whole, and the following recommends
tions were made:
S. f. 252-EXempting the state treasurer
and his sureties from liability for losses
caused by reason of insolvent banks. To
pass.
S. T 349-Appropriating S349 to reim-
burse Professor Otto Lugger for services
as state entomologist. To pass.
S. F. 265-Providing relief for cyclone
sufferers in Meeker county. To pass.
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ERWIN CLOSES.

End of the Long Speech of the Attorney
for the Defense.
Mr.. Erwin touched lightly upon the
relationship existing between the MUIR
dered girl and the defendant. The lat
ter had the greatest confidence in her
and was willing to assist her in bust
ness way. He pointed out that Harry
expected a return of the So, 500 previ-
ously given, and looked for it at that
time. Harry's own testimony, he
claimed, was the best evidence of this.
He had acted in most natural manner
in not at first pushing his claim. His
suspicious, too, were natural, when he
discovered that she was out on secret
drives with other people.
= Erwin then touched briefly on the
testimony of some of the other wit.
nesses and closed as follows:
II have endeavored to analyze the
testimony, believing that you would do
it before passing upon the case. I have
kept my ambitions back in order to
assist you. I have done the best could;
have given you the analysis as far as I
could. I cannot help being impressed
that this case IS the most monstrous
prosecution ever made. That this is
true is due to no one man. / am here
to protest against this coming breaker
of iconoclasm. IF you, in obedience to
the tremendous pressure brought upon
you to tear down all rules of common
sense and to become blind creatures,
then is the only bulwark of civilization
washed out from its foundation"
eff this union between the highway
robber and murderer is to move you,
then tell your artisans to take down
from your court houses the angel of
Justice. Tell them to put in her place
the figure of a diseased terrible
wanton, the bag of hell. Take down
your flag, the flag of your republic, the
red, the white and the blue, and bid
your officers lift up in the heaven that
polished, black fend of hellish perjury,
human tiger. Tear down the monu-
ments of your martyrs. Your honor, I
am done. leave my client in this
jury's hand. And you, gentlemen, are
in the hands of God. No power can
harm, or mar, or hold, or control yonr
verdict. You are the conscience of this
nation, and beware you do not be-
tray it."
Mr.. Erwin finished his matohless plea
at exactly 10 o'clock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
HOUSE DID LITTLE BUSINESS.

Motion to AID journ to Monday Made and
Easily Carried.
The house cannot forego the pleasure
of parliamentary wrangle at the end
of each week over the question of adj
journment. Friday morning it was the
same old story, only the "vacationists'
carried their point and it was voted that
when an adjournment be taken it be
until Monday at p. m.
J. d. Jones moved to adjourn at once
and the reason he gave was a sensible
one. For his part he was willing to
stay and work, but he did not think it
fair for the house to vote not to adjourn
and then for so many members to go
home that those remaining were left
unable to count a quorum and do bust
ness On hearing such remarks as these
the house decided that perhaps after all
it would be better to adjourn and acted
accordingly.
Routine Proceedings.
Under suspension of the rules the
house passed S. F. 800, by Mr.. Stevens,
increasing to 81 800 the salary of Matt
Jensen, chief clerk in the state treas
urer's Office.
There was only one bill on the calen-
dar, s. F. 212, to allow Minneapolis to
issue bonds for the erection of new
school buildings. 1t was passed with
out opposition.
In committee of the whole Fl. F. 1854,
to prevent and punish combinations to
control the price of food products, was
discussed at length. 1t was finally re-
ferred to the lawyers of the house to
pass Judgment on its legality.
Other bills acted on in committee of
the whole were:
II. f. 3S7-To establish a state normal
school at the city of Duluth, in st. Louis
county. To pass.
H. T. 826-Relating to fees of clerks of
district courts in certain cases. To pass.
81. F. 146-Relating to redemption from
tax sales. To pass
H. F. 356-Relating to the State Horti-
cultural society. To pass.
ii. +. 45-To encourage manufacture OF
sugar. To pass.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15

ner that said as plainly as words II
knew it." When he rose to move an
immediate sentence, Hayward half
smiled and then glowered at the
states lawyer in an enraged manner.
He feels keen dislike for Hall on &C
count of certain early incidents in the
case, and has lost no opportunity to
make this plain.
Had q Strong Guard.
At 2:45 Hayward was taken down
down stairs and led back to Jail under a
police guard.
In the belief that trouble might occur
If the verdict exonerated Hayward, a
force of determined officers had been de.
tailed to duty in the courtroom and
vicinity. An immense crowd awaited
the prisoners coming. He grinned at
the mob as it pushed forward over the
pavement toward him, and it is doubt
full whether Harry Harvard would have
regretted an opportunity to mix matters
with some of the noisiest. He was
taken across the street on dog trot,
with the yelling multitude at his heels.
"Good bye Harry, old boy" cried one
man at the top of his voice.
you're dead duck
''Not yet, said Hayward, loud enough
to be heard in a radius of 20 feet. 'Not
quite dead duck YETI
Matters looked threatening for time.
The officers massed around their pris-
oner determinedly, and there would
have been serious trouble had any effort
been made of attack The entrance of
the jail was at last reached and side
dodge sent a dozen members of the
crowd flying in different direc-
tions. Whatever the demonstration
may have meant it resulted in nothing
Hayward was safely lodged in his cell.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
DR.. HAYWARD TALKS.
He Says That Insanity Should Have Been
the Defense.

He Says That Insanity Should Have Been
the Defense.
The news of the verdict first reached
the ears of Harry Hayward's aged
father through the cries of the news
boys on the street. At precisely the
moment the verdict was returned, Mr..
Hayward, ST., had just left his office to
go to the courthouse. Instead he pur-
chased a paper and returned to the Of
fee, where he was received by his third
son, young DR.. T. T. Hayward. The
old gentleman then saw what the YER
dict was. With trembling limbs he tot
tered into the next room and threw
himself upon the couch.
Hayward was asked if the old gentle
man had expected different verdict.
"Well, as to that can't say. I have
told him all along that nothing but a
verdict of guilty could be expected from
the line of defense which has been pur-
sued. But the old man don't believe
now that Harry ever did the thing. I
fought against the adoption of this line
of defense all along. Harry's condition
of mind was not right on moral ques-
tions. Call it insanity if you will. His
mind was disordered on this subject
He could not distinguish between right
and wrong.
Father would not admit that his son
could do such a thing even if he was in
sane, and, therefore, he insisted on this
line of defense"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
VALUED POLICY BILL.
The Measure Passes the Senate After q
Hard Fight.

The Measure Passes the Senate After a
Hard Fight.
The prayer of the senate chaplain,
DR.. Forbes, while it may not have
pleased the Democrats, caused a smile
to break into the devotional expression
of most of the senators. Dr. Forbes, in
SO many words, thanked God that the
long and comparatively useless session
of the Fifty-third congress was at an
end, and asked for better things from
the new congress.
The only bill on the calendar was
Senator S pencer's valued policy bill,
and it caused long and heated dis
cussion. The bill provides that insur.
ance companies shall pay the face of a
policy where property is entirely de-
stroyed by fire, and shall pay the total
loss where there is but a partial de-
struction, provided the amount shall
not exceed the face of the policy. It
passed-32 to %.
These Went Through.
The following bills upon the calendar
were passed:
s. F. 1SO-Providing for regulating the
operation of traction engines in villages
and cities
S. f. 1S1-To amend Sec IA, chap IS, of
the general statutes of 1878, relating to
public highways
S. f. 2lO-Authorizing county commits
sioners to issue bonds for the construction
of roaus and bridges.
S. F. 279-To allow secret societies doing
business under cooperative assessment,
life, endowment and casualty insurance
plan to amend their articles of associa-
ton.
S. f. 359-To amend the law so as to re-
quire employment bureaus to furnish
copies of agreements to persons employed
or furnished employment.
H. F. 3O6-To protect the owners of bot
ties, etc., in the use of trade marks.
S. F. 423-To confer additional power
upon villages with respect to waterworks
S. +. 424-To legalize ordinances of vii
lagos in certain cases.
8. +. 357-To appropriate 5000 for the
relief of Lieutenant w. H. Game, surgeon
of the First battalion of artillery.
H. f. $40 regulate the use of pound
nets in international waters.
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FOR UNIFORM STATE LAWS.

Senator Ozmun Introduces Bill Provid-
ing for Conference.
Senator Ozmun has introduced a bill
to secure uniformity in the laws of the
different states on the subjects of
weights and measures, bills of exchange,
promissory notes, interest on money,
bonds and bondsmsn, banks and bank
ing, corporations, chattel mortgages,
real estate, insurance, insolvency and a
number of other subjects. The bill pro-
vides for the extending by the governor
of an invitation to the governor of each
state and territory to send four dele
gates from their legislature, or such
other persons as they may select, to
represent their state at conference for
the purpose of bringing about this uni
fOrmity.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
THE JUDGES CHARGE.

the Instructions Given.
The judge in his charge instructed the
Jury of the manner in which the evil
dence was to be received and what
weight might be accorded it unde. the
aspects from which the jury might
view such evidence
Especial stress was laid on the in
junction that no weight must be at
tached by the jury to statements made
by attorneys on either side of the case,
except SO far as they were based on the
evidence. The jury had right to CON-
slider whether or not any of the wit
1900 bod taetiGaa 49, L 1910. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
Swamp Lands Approved.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-Acting SEQ
rotary of the Interior Simms has ap-
proved of list No. 36 of swamp and
overfowed lands in the Crookston dis
trict, selected by the state of Minnesota
under act Of March 10, 1850. The list
embraces 28,705 acres, which will be
patented to the state. Mr.. Simms has
also approved similar list embracing
8, 1888 acres in the St. Cloud district.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
Deakin Nav Resign.

Edward Deakin, the 17-year-old son
of Reading Clerk Deakin in the house,
is sick with diphtheria. 1t is probable
that Deakin will be compelled to resign
his position, and that successor to him
will be elected, probably Frank Whea-
ton of Minneapolis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
WRlGHT'S CENSUS BILL

Includes the Population and Industrial
and Agricultural Statistics.
Chairman Wright of the census com
mittee does not despair of securing a
full census. He is busy drawing a bill
which makes the secretary of state
superintendent of the census and pro-
vides that he shall take an enumeration
of the people and the agricultural stats
tics, and that the labor commissioner
shall collect the industrial statistics.
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Minneapolis Makes an Offer.

MINNEAPoLIs, March 9.-The city
council has passed a resolution by a
unanimous vote offering Loring park to
the state for a capitol site. Senator
Wyman was present and spoke against
the proposed action, saying there was
no sentiment in the legislature for CAPT.
toll removal.
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international Mining Exposition.

DENVER, March S.-The legislature
adjourned early to attend a mass meet
ing to be held to arrange for the holding
of an international mining and indus
trial exposition in this city in 1896. The
project has been received with great en-
thusiasm by all classes, and its success
is assured.
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Visited Fergus Falls.

FERGUS FALLS, March About 20
members of the legislature, with their
wives, were here to inspect the hospital
They spent the day at that institution.
In the evening there was a reception
and hop at the Grand hotel, given by
tho citizens
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
Legislators at saltwater.

SALTWATER, March . Governor
Clough, accompanied by the house COM
mittee on binding Irvine and the house
and senate committees on prison labor,
visited the prison Wednesday. They
are looking into the method of convict
labor with particular reference to the
Schurmeier bill providing for the abol-
ishment of the boot and shoe industry
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passed a Whipping Bill.

ALBANY, N Y, March THE Gerry
whipping post bill has passed the senate
unanimously.
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UNCLE LOREN'S AMBlTl ON.
The Minneapolis Congressman Would Like
to Be Governor.

The Minneapolis Congressman Would Like
to Be Governor.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE state
ment was made by Minnesota gentle
man who professed to know whereof he
spoke, that Congressman Fletcher is
seriously thinking Of joining himself to
the array of distinguished Minnesotans
who are candidates for the Republican
nomination for governor next summer.
This gentleman said that two or three
weeks ago Mr.. Fletcher was certainly
giving the matter a good deal of con-
sideration. 1t was argued that Minneap-
oils would probably be conceded the can
didate, that there will be tremendous
local opposition to the nomination of
Gov. Clough, that there are already a
number of candidates in the field and a
compromise candidate must be agreed
upon, and finally that "Uncle Loren, -
with his popularity and political skill,
backed by two successful terms in con-
gress, would be just the man for the
compromise. The state convention will
come before the congressional conven-
ton and Mr.. Fletcher would have the
support in the former of the aspiring
candidates for congress, who could by
advancing his fortunes make place for
themselves.