St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-31
CONFIRMED ALL BUT TWO.
The Senate Holds Up the APP
pointnents Of Powers
and Anderson.
SENATORS BY POPULAR VOTE.
The Joint Resolution Recon-
mending This Has Passed
Both Houses.

President Day took full charge in the
senate yesterday, the lieutenant gov
| ernor not showing up during the ses-
sion. He presided with excellent salts
| faction and brought the senate out of
what might have been an unpleasant
tangle over parliamentary point. This
was done with such rare tact and in
| such quiet, good-natured way that
| scarcely half dozen senators were
aware that nice point had been decid-
ed. 1t was during the tendency of
motion to suspend the rules, to pass a
! house file providing for requesting
! congress, by joint resolution, to favor
election of United States senators by
the people. After the suspension of
the rules had been ordered several
| other motions were made and argued
to take up the Peterson senate resolu-
ton and to adopt substitutes. President
Day quietly guided the senate through
| the labyrinth with so much tact that
the house measure was passed without
a dissenting vote.
The oath of Office will be adminls-
tered to Gov. Clough as the chief exec
utiye of the state today. The ceremony
will be performed in the senate cham.
Der by CHIEF Justice Start. After that
President Day will be lieutenant gov
! ernor, and will hold down the chair as
ex-officio president of the senate. but
under new title.
The senate went into executive ses-
| sion at 1890 to take up the special Or
der, that being the advising and con-
senting to appointments made by Gov.
Nelson. After a session OF about an
hour the doors were opened and it
was learned that all the appointments
had been confirmed except Rev. L. e.
Powers, as labor commissioner. and
Berndt Anderson. as dairy commits
sioner. There was objection to confirm
ing these, and the matter was made the
special order for next Tuesday.
MIR. Powers does not seem 10 fume
over the possibility of his not being con-
frmed, but Mr.. Anderson and his
| friends are q ute anxious about the mat
ter, and do not like to face charges
made as to his incompetencY for the
place.
W." osIA SISneus
A communication from the governor
announced that he had approved Senate
File No. rs. which appropriates 100000
to cover deficiency in the state uni
verslty expenses.
From North Dakota.
A communication from Gov. Nelson
contained notice Of the receipt from
Gov. Roger Allyn. of North Dakota, Of
notice that he had appointed three
members OF the house and two senators,
in accordance with resolution of the
legislature of North Dakota asking for
state conference looking to action to
secure low er freight rates.
McNalesg Bill.
s. T. No. 15S, introduced by Senator
McHale and referred to the committee
on education, proposes to amend the
law relating to Independent school dis
tricts so as to read as follows:
Sec. 81. chap. Sc of the Laws of 1878.
Any city, town. village or school dis
trict, or any two or more school districts
of the same incorporated city, may lie
organized into an independent school
district. Provided. first, that this title
shall not apply to any township or
school district containing less than 5000
Inhabitants, unless said school district
or school districts consist in whole or in
part Of one incorporated city, town or
| village. Provided, second, that the pro-
visions Of this chapter shall not apply
to any city, town or village, or any part
| thereof, which now has any special law
regulating its schools. Provided, third,
| that the territorial limits of no indie
pendent district hereafter organized
shall exceed six miles square.
Another Amendment
S. F. No. 1877, introduced by Senator
Morgan and referred TO the judiciary
committee, proposes a constitutional
amendment. The bill provides for SUBJ
hitting to the people an amendment TO
! section Is of article /, so as to proylde
that private property shall not be taken
for public use without compensation to
the owner against his consent.
| New Bills.
ST. No. 153, introduced by Senator
! Hineman and referred to the com mittee
on taxes and tax laws, proposes to amend
section Is Of chapter 115 of the Laws of
! 1887, relative to notice in tax cases.
s. F. No. 154, introduced by Senator
Wyman and referred to the finance
committee, appropriates money for state
university purposes. The specific item
are as follows:
Dormitory and dining hall, school of
agriculture, S42, 500; addition to dairy
| hall and equipment, SI5 600: medical de-
/ huJI incl mr. Lob
of hygiene, etc., $4,000; observatory
and telescope, $4,000; building and
equipment, department Of engineering
and mechanical arts, 100000; GYM
nasium and drill hall. with apparatus,
100000; improvement OF campus. S12,-
800; building at experiment station for
care of sheep and swine and for seed
department., SO, 600; books for general
university library, $4,000.
S. F. No. 1885, offered by Senator
| SevatSon, and referred to the judiciary
committee, is designed to legalize the
acts of Incorporated villages in supply
ing water to inhabitants through SyS-
TEN Of water works.
S. F. No. 1856, introduced by Senator
Keller and referred to the committee OH
public health, relates to the sale of
spices and condiments; It is designed
to prevent the manufacture or sale of
| impure spices, or the mixture of articles
with them that are injurious to health.
In case there IS mixture the ingredi>
ents shall be specified on the outside
label of the box containing the mixture.
To sell or have for sale any aduIterated
preparation shall be punishable by fine
from s25 to 500 or Imprisonment in Jail
from thirty to ninety days.
S. F. No. 157. introduced by Senator
SchaII1ter and referred to the Judiciary
committee, amends the law so as to
provide fof the election of county aud
itors and treaSurtrs in all counties for
terms of two years.
s. F. No. 159, introduced by Senator
Morgan. and referred to the railroad
committee, amends the law of 1887
| relating to the railroad and warehouse
commission. The amendment proposed