St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-21
ENDED IN SENATE.
Howard Charter Bill Passed.
Sheehan's Measure Will
Follow 1t to House.
PROTEST BY DRUGGISTS
Against the Passage Of Bills
Restricting Of Sale Pro-
prietary Medicines.
SURVEYOR GENERAL FEES.
The Fund for the Relief Of
Fipemen Will Be Pre-
served.
SURVEYOR GENERAL FEES.
The Howard charter bill has

The Howard charter bill has
passed the senate. Many of the
amendments have been in the nature
of improvements, but some of them
are riders that are not satisfactory
to either Minneapolis or ST. Paul,
and, for that matter, are only de-
sirable by individual cities of the
smaller class. The Sheehan "home
rule bill has been placed upon the
calendar with a recommendation to
pass as amended in a number of
particulars. There was a conflict
when the Sheehan measure was
taken up. Senators Howard and
Wyman made most able argu-
ments against the passage of the
bill at all, but the arguments of
Senators Sheehan and Stevens for
the bill were backed up by number
of representatives of smaller cities,
who have some difficulty in recon-
Cling the Howard bill to their
cities. The Howard bill will go over
to the house and the Sheehan bill
will be placed upon its passage in
the senate today.
The forenoon in the senate was
taken up with general business, and
there was opposition to the Howard
bill being taken up at the afternoon
session. Senator Young moved that
general business be proceeded with
and that the charter bill be taken up
at an evening session, but the SEN
ate decided otherwise, in view of the
opinion expressed by President Day
that special order once broken into
would lose it's right of way. Senator
Greer raised the point that it would
require two thirds vote to set aside
a special order
Senator Peterson was called to the
chair, and the senate in committee
of the whole resumed consideration
of the Howard bill
Senator Wyman offered an amend
ment to section 1863, which was adopt
ed, providing that the present regu-
lationS as to boards of education
shall not be interfered with.
Senator Potter's amendment was
adopted which prevents issuing GER
tificates of Indebtedness to carry the
city debt over the per cent limit.
Senator Greer succeeded in en-
grating an amendment upon sec
ton q which affects the whole bill,
in that it provides that no charter
of any city shall be repealed until
this charter shall be adopted by
such city through a vote of the peo-
pie. The amendment preserves all
special and general laws applied to
city government until the adoption
of the new charter.
A number of minor amendments
We're made and numerous ones were
defeated. The committee of the
whole recommended the passage of
the bill.
Senator Stevens stated that while
majority of the Ramsey county
delegation opposed the provisions of
the bill, yet they did not want to
embarrass the senate upon a roll
call to pass the bill He had OBJ
served that a majority of the sena-
tors seemed to be welded to the idols
of the bill, and there was no inten-
ton on his part to obStruct
Senator Howard moved that the
rules be suspended and the bill be
placed upon its final passage. When
the roll was being called Senator
Barr said he was instructed by his
people to vote against the bill. He
did this in view of the fact that he
was unable to secure an admission
from the friends of the bill to the
effect that they would favor a home
rule bill provided this one should
pass. There were forty-one votes in
favor and only one negative vote
upon the bill
HOME RULE.
Senator Sheehan moved that S. F.
1S9, being his home rule charter bill
be taken up by committee of the
whole. Senator Theden occupied the
chair While the bill was under con-
sideration.
Senator Sheehan proposed an
amendment to the title SO as to
make it applicable to all cities.
Senator Wyman spoke in opposi-
ton to the whole bill and declared
It's purpose inadvisable
Senator Stevens spoke in favor of
immediate and favorable action
upon the bill.
The amendment was adopted so
as to change the title to allow cities
and villages to frame their own
charters to be governed as cities.
The body of the bill was then amend
ed to correspond to the title.
When the motion to recommend
the passage of the bill as amended
was under consideration Senator
Howard spoke earnestly against its
provisions. He thought it would
place too much power in the hands
OF cities or trainers of charters. leav-
ing no limit to debt and imposing no
restrictions. 1t would result in q
multiplicity of laws 1t would re-
suit in litigation that would cumber
the supreme court. Charters might
De framed that would result in in
jury to city finances and conse-
quently affect the state credit He
concluded that the power to make
charters should not be delegated
but should be reserved to the legis.
lature
Senator Wyman made strong an
peal to the country members not to
pass the bill. He promised to stand
by them in framing a charter that