Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-04-18
The LEGISLATURE.
A Resume Of the Legislative Proceedings
at St. Paul.

THE LEGISLATURE.
Resume Of the Legislative Proceedings
at St. Paul.
ST. PAUL, April e.-The senate killed two i'm
portant bills, chiefly by the aid OF the lobby.
The anti scalper bill, as 1t is known, was killed
after hard fight; about the warmest fight the
senate has had, aside from that over the An
derson f4ll. The vote was rather close, and
would have been closer had there been full
senate present. Tho Hanna bill, providing for
the election OF the railroad and warehouse com.
missioners by the people. was also defeated
Aside from killing these two bills the senate
killed Cole 8 gross earnings bill and passed the
bill providing for free analysis Of .clays, min
erals and specimens found in this state. The
bill relating to the probate code was passed,
and tho bill limiting the time for bringing &C.
lions for assault or injury to two years..
i The house was occupied with one bill and the
result was death. It was Reeves mineral ore
tax bin, repeating the present law whereby
tax of cent q ton is levied on all ore mined
The bill was taken up as q special order In tho
morning, but the crisis did not come until after
noon, although it was believed at first that it
would be over before the noon recess The ma
ture Of the case, however required so many d.
agnosis from the solons that final vote was
not reached until after 8 o'clol K. That oper-
alton was fatal, but so desperately did the bill
cling to sweet life that it came within, three
votes Of passing. The total vote on the meas:
ure was 81 to 40, or nearly full house.
ST. PAUL, April l0.-The senate passed q
resolution excluding from the floor OF the cham
Der all persons except those privileged to attend.
Gov. Clough sent In veto Of senate file ESQ, a
bill relating to building and loan associations
Tho following bills were passed: transferring
$50 900 from the general revenue fund to tho
informal improvement fund; relating to the ex.
animation and commitment of insane; to reg
ulate tho business Of storage and warehouse
Arms; to regulate the construction and manage
naent of city and village lockups; to enat.e
foreign guardians to foreclose mortgages by
advertisement; authorizing the city Of St. Paul
to appropriate Is 900 for library forthe new
steamship ST. Paul. Four BILLS were referred
back to the authors OF the bills upon their own
motion These were the three bills for the
establishment of normal schools at Litchheld,
Glencoe and Pipestone, and Mr.. Schaller's bill
for the protection Of the propagation OF quack
grass. .s zS, e.kts:.
The house voted down Jacobson's bill requir.
ing tho hling of chattel mortgages with tae
town clerk. The bill for q constitutional cen
vention was passed by vote Of IS ayes to none
against. The aSe Of consent bill was referred
back TO the judiciary committee. Furlonz 8
bill to lay water mains to the state fair grounds
was passed by a vote Of Sc to s. Other bills
were passed as follows: Relating to farmers
institutes; to prevent oppressive punishment;
relating to public libraries and reading rooms;
to reorsanize the State Agricultural society; re-
ducing interest by borrowers OF building ard
loan associations; relating to the incorporation
Of villages. The bill for q constitutional amend
mSnt authorizing the annual transfer OF $500 900
from tho school fund to the internal improve.
ment fund was lost.
81. PAUL, April FIN the senate the ques.
ton whether the people Of the state shall vote
on the proposition OF new constitution was
discussed. The debate was free from partisan.
ship and was conflict OF ideas pure and sim
pie. The measure was finally recommended to
pass The vote by which Senator Pottgieser s
bill, proposing constitutional amendment to
make the terms OF ONCE OF probate judges fear
years, was lost the previous day, was reconsld-
cred and passed. The calendar was taken up
before tho noon recess Mr.. Millers bill to es-
g tabush = normal school at Pipestone was finally
brought to q vote and defeated by vote OF 19
ayes and q nays.
In the house the majority and minority re.
ports on the Ives impeachment matter were
submitted without reading and the reports sent
to the printer. The banking bill, which was
passed with amendment, came back from
the senate with another amendment, which
was agreed to and the bill passed. Wren
Wright's blacklisting bill was reached on the
calendar 1t was at the reQuest of the author re.
Senator Youngs bill to forfeir the rights OF the
Hastings & Dakota railway company passed by
vote OF 30 to l. Mr.. JOINS bill changing the
usnry laws so that only the interest shall be
forfeited, ard that the usurer shall be subjec,
to criminal punishment, was passed.
ST. PAUL, April 12-Senato tor Howard intro
duced a joint memorial askin for liberal ap
preparation for deep waterways from the ives,
to the east The governor vetoed the senate
In Inr two COLL tn
date. DR.. Tiers pardon bill, which was defeat
ed, was re considered and placed on general Or
| ders. The bill TO prevent propagation Of qu?ck
grass came up for passage, but was referred tC
q special committee The bill appropriatins
$50, 900 for opening closed waterways tributary
to the Red river was passed.. also the bill tt
regulate the receipt, storage and shipmeht of
| grains In elevators and storehouses on right-of
way OF railroads. -
The house will hereafter meet at 9 a. m. Tit
preliminary business was out OF the way before
10 o'clock in the forenoon and the calendar wal
taken up. There were two bills on the calen
dar, and these were adopted. They were Mil
lers bill, fixing the general terms OF the dis
trict court of the 18th judicial district; the bill
OF Messrs. She'll and Douglas for the inspection
of hay, etc, at St Paul Minneapolis and Du
luth. The balance Of the day was spent in com
mittee Of the whole. In the evening the matte
OF the impeachment OF Judge Ives was consid
cred. After four hours of argument the cas-,
| was passed for future consideration. =.
| ST. PAUL, April 13.-It was purely commit
| tee day in the senate. The most interesting
| part Of the proceedings was the discussion O
the insurance bill, which occupied all the morn
ing. It was considered by sections and fin; 1!
recommended for passage Mansfields liquo
| bill caused considerable wrangling. Itprovide
| that liquor license money received from saloon!
! in rural towns might be expended on roads ant
| bridges, instead Of being used for school pur
| poses. Dunhams good roads bill, after a sharl
| fight, was recommended for passage. Ozmdn
| primary election law, which abolishes primarie!
in the three large cities of the state was killed
In the house the calender was taken up aboh,
II o'clock in order to get some house bill!
passed and into the senate Among the bill
| passed was the McKenney meat inspection bill
The only votes against it were from Populists
BY permission OF the governor Mr.. Johns intro
duced bill to amend laws relating to property
exempt from execution. The bill provides tina
one bicycle shall be exempt from execution
After sharp fight it was placed at the head O
the calendar. The following bills were passed
| Relating to limitations; relating to shorthand
| reporters; to make certain weeds common nui
sances. The bill relating to newsboys and re
stricting their hours was defeated. :, I'LL.
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