St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-25
CONE2TTTEEs ACT.
Senate Confess Referred to Gen.
CnilHs for an Opinion.

Senate Confess Referred to Gen.
Cnilas for an Opinion.
The senate committee on elections
met yesterday afternoon 10 take I'D the
contest in the Fiftieth district. Il. NJ
Pro5stfieId, Populist, claims the seat
OF Senator j. Ii. Smith, Republican.
Mr.. ProbstfieId had not appeared ut the
meeting the day before. and the commit
tee had about decided to recommend
the dismis, al Of the contest. lie ape
Deared later, however, and asked a hear
ing; this was granted, and the time fixed
for yesterday afternoon. At that time
the point WAS raised by Hon. Henry
Johns. attorney for Senator Smith, that
the contest was not properly before the
legislature. He claimed that no pro-
cpedings had been taken for a recount
before two justices of the peace or be-
fore any p. Oper tribunal. as required by
the law governing contests. Objection
was made TO hearing evidence under the
circumstances. There was an argument
on the questions raised and it was de-
cded to submit the points to the attor-
ney general for an opinion, Another
point Is the right to count the vote of
Indians on the White Earth reservation.
The matter Will be taken up again, by
the committee, at meeting to be held
at $50 tomorrow afternoon.
The house committee On elections met
and organized Yesterday. The Allen
FurlOng contest case. and the one OF
HAYNES against Chisholm will be taken
up at a meeting Tuesday afternoon.
At the meeting of the house commit
,,vfo I,v- I,o
state university deficiency bill was con-
sidered, and the committee decided to
report It back with recommendation
that it be passed under suspension Of
the rules.
The bill apprOpriating $50, 900 for the
relief of sufferers from forest fires was
referred to a subcommittee, which will
report it back TO the general committee,
with a recommendation that the amount
be cut down. The bill has already
passed the senate.
The senate judiciary committee is
made up OF able men, and they are all
hard workers. A large maj Ority Of the
bills are referred TO them. They lose no
time out of senate work, but utilize it in
working on the subcommittee of the
judiciary. The members are drafting
new bills and Temodellng those referred
to them. There was q short meeting Of
the general committee yesterday after
noon, at which bills were received from
several subcommittee, and which will
be reported to the senate today.
An error was made i'll the GLOBE in
placing Representative John Mathei-
son, of Austin, in the list of those vot-
ing for Senator WashDurn. Mr..
Matheison voted for Gov. Nelson on
every ballot in the caucus and the Iegis-
lature.
A crowd of fourteen precinct commit
teemen. representing the Republican
leagues of the Ninth ward, waited on
Lieut.. Gov. Clough Yesterday in the in
terest of G. w. McCree, who wants to
be state boiler inspector. The company
was headed by lin Reardon and Sher-
man Day. The same crowd had waited
| on Gov. Nelson, but had been told that
he would not reach the matter before
! resigning his seat. When Gov. Clough
! was interviewed by lin" and the
! rest he told them that he had not given
| the subject any thought, but would file
| the application for future reference.