The Princeton union., 1895-04-18
STATE LEGISLATURE.
WORK OF THE MINNESOTA Law.
MAKERS. ..,
Condensed Report of the Proceed.
tnEs in the Senate and House, Com.
prisfnE Brief Summary OF the
Weeks Business.

committee submitted to the house the
majority and minority reports in the
matter Of the proposed impea chment
OF Judge Frank Ives, of the Fourth
Judicial district, and without reading
they We're sent to the printer in order
that they might be placed on men,
Ders' desks by tomorrow night, when
the house will consider the reports
and arrive at a conclusion concerning
the matter of Impeachment. The COM
mttee stands 8 to S for impeachment
The minority report discusses the
various charges against Judge Ives,
and in conclusion says:
1--WE, upon our conscience, cannot
concur in the conclusions arrived at
by the majority, nor can we, upon our
conscience. report in favor OF i'm
peaching Judge Ives upon any or
either of the aforesaid charges or mat
terS specified in the report of the ma
)orlty. We. therefore. recommend to
this honorable body the adoption Of
the following resolutions:
"Resolved, by the house Of repre-
sentatives now in session, That the
matter of impeachment of Frank
Ives of the 14th judicial district,
be and the same is hereby dismissed,
said matter be dismissed"
The majority report says in con-
clusion:
Your committee find from the evil
dence and the conclusions stated that
the said Frank Ives has arbitrarily
and tyrannically exercised the powers
of his office in disregard Of the rights
and liberties of citizens Of the State
of Minnesota and contrary to it's con-
StltutiOn and laws. Your committee,
therefore, recommend the adoption of
the following resolution:
"ReSOlved, That Frank Ives. judge
Of the district court of the State of
Minnesota in and for the Fourteenth
judicial district, be impeachcd for cor
rupt conduct in office, crimes and mis-
iemeanorS."
In the Sennte
In tho senate the question whether
the people Of Minnesota shall vote
upon the proposition for 4 vonsttu-
tiOnal convention was discussed i'm
Ecdiately before adjournment 1t
came up in committee of the whole,
with Senator Hale in the chair Sena-
tor Stevens, who has championed the
bill since it came from the house, had
asked to have it passed under Suspen-
sion Of the rules, but there was con-
siderable opposition, SO it was re-
Quired to pass through the various
stages Of consideration, and its place
was at the head of general orders. 1t
was recommended to pass-23 to H.
The senate passed the Schurmeier
prison labor bill with the compromise
amendments under suspension Of the
rules.
A lively little spot occurred when
the unfavOrable report of the railroad
committee on S. +. No. 100 was made
This is Senator Knatvold's bill, fixing
a maximum rate on coal, lead, copper
and iron ore Of so cents per ton for
the first 100 miles haul and 4O-1OO of
cent per ton per mile for distances
in excess of 100 miles. The author
moved that, Notwithstanding the ad-
verse report, the bill be printed and
placed on general orders. When an
aye and nay vote was taken it was
decided to put the bill on general or
ders. The vote was &c to 16. but this
does not indicate that the bill has any
prospect of becoming a law
House Proceedings.
In the house the calendar was
cleaned up, and of the thirty-one bills,
tWenty-nine passed. one was defeated,
and one, the Wright "blacklisting'
bill, was returned to the head of gen
eral orders.
st. Paul, April 14.-When the house
was called to order last night to con-
sider the Ives case the report of the
majority was first read and then Mr..
Qnderleak, chairman of the Judiciary
committee, moved its adoption. In so
dong he dWelt upon the Importance
OF the duty intrusted to the committees
IN investigating the charges, end
spoke OF the character Of the commit
tees labors. The only aim of the ccm-
mittee had been to arrive at the truth.
The real question before the house
was the Sutlclency Of what the COM
mlttee had to present as a report, as
both minority and majority agreed as
TO the evidence. In it's action it was
to be hoped that the house would
take TINS evidence as it was offered
and explained by the members of the
majority and treat it as dispassionate-
ly as 1t deserved. But in so doing it's
great Importance must not be forgot
ten, nor it's future effect.
The minority report was read at the
request Of Mr.. Gibbs. Mr.. Johns then
began his speech in favor of the ma
1Orlty report, and was followed by
Mr. Hartshorn for the minority report
These were the leading speeches. Af-
ter several others had spoken the
house decided to postpone action until
tonight.
Senate Proceedings.
IN the senate resolution was
adopted providing for the investiga-
ton of report that the surgeon at
the saltwater prison wrongfully am
putated the arm of a convict named
James O'Nein.
Senator Keller introduced a bill. :.
+. NO. 73S, to amend the recently en-
acted law defining what shall be the
requirements Of Il legal newspaper.
The recent law, S. f. No. 400, requires
that legal newspaper shall be 1ub-
]ished in the English language, and
this fact had escaped the attention Of
Senator Keller, and his bill eliminates
the word English. He moved to have
his bill passed under suspension of
the rules, and he made a vigorous
speech in advocacy of his motion,
On motion of Senator Howard the
vote by which Or. Zier's board of
pardon bill was killed was reconsid-
cred and tho hill was plocod ~, w.,