The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-03-07
STATE LEGISLATURE
WORK OF THE MINNESOTA LAW.
E = MAKERS.
Condensed Report of the Proceed
tngs In the Senate and House, Conn
prisinE Brief Summary of tho
Weeks Business.

st. Paul, March 3.-The house ill.,
dietary committee will meet Monday
evening and take the first steps to-
ward investigating the charges
brought against Judge Ives, of the
Fourteenth judicial district The CON-
mittee will be compelled to work
promptly, as it Is a matter which
takes a great deal Of time at the best.
The committee will have to take the
evidence and report to the house with
the recommendations, after which, If
the charges in the petition are sus-
tanned, articles Of Impeachment will
be prepared in the house and the case
/ sent to the senate for trial. All Of
this will take much time, and it is
doubtful If the case can be completed
during the term Of the senate, and at
the same time allow the transaction
Of the regular business. In the opin-
ion Of many lawyers, however, the
senate, after it Is once convened as a
and required to sit until the case has
been tried and disposed of.
The friends Of Judge Ives were on
hand this morning calling upon SEN
ntors and preparing to work day and
night on behalf Of the Judge. Harry
Ives, a son Of the judge; Sheriff An
drew STEVENSON Of Polk county, and
others are on the ground.
In the Senate.
The senate did full days work
and then adjourned Until Tuesday
morning to allow it's members an op-
portunity to visit their districts.e Some
who represent distant districts have
not had day at home for several
weeks. The question Of the state CEN
sus to be taken this year consumed
more time than any other one measure.
The senate decided that the census
shall be confred to an enumeration of
the Inhabitants, although fight is ex-
pected for a census that SHALL inslude
a large number of agricultural and in
drstrial statistics.
Two house bills We're passed under
suspension Of the rules, as follows:
To repeal part of section II, chapter
49, Of the city charter Of Red Wing;
amending section SO. chapter GA, Gen,
eral statutes of 1878, as amended by
chapter &C, General Statutes of 1881,
relating to terms Of court in the Fourth
| judicial district of Isanti county.
Drainage Dill Passed..
In the house the Red river drainage
bill after being amended, reducing the
appropriation to $4,000, was passed
by vote Of 70 to 49, The morning
session was brief and considerable
| time was consumed in discussing Mr..
senate return S. F. No. 81, providing
for the transfer of $4,000 from the
| school text book fund to the internal
| improvement fund At II o'clock in
| joint convention the legislature &C
cepted from the veterans association
the portrait Of Gen. Thomas, ''the
Rock Of Chickamagua." a resolution
was introduced calling for the ap
| pointment of committee to investi
gate Bank Examiner Kenyon and to
against hihrtiielesS Sue charges preferrsso3
were found to be true.
| Bills Passed - To establish certain
| monuments, marking boundaries OF
land-Fcig. To open certain water.
ways and approprlating $4,000 there
for; the Rer river valley drainage ap.
propria To amend sec.
ton 1, chapter 81, General Laws 1879
relating to lighways-Juliar. To ap.
propriate $4,000 for completion Of the
buildings at Minnesota institute for
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
st. Paul. March 5.-The senate was
not in session and the house trans
acted but little business The house
declined to investigate the worlds
| fair commissioners by indefinitely post
! poning Mr.. Dressel's resolution to
that effect. Many members had gone
home and there was thin house. so
the calendar was not taken up. In the
afternoon, while considering general
! orders, the members let slip valuable
time in useless discussions. They OBJ
| 1ected to being compelled to remain
IN session, while those who voted
against adjournment had gone home.
a resolution was adopted congra tulat-
ing the country on the adjournment
OF the Democratic congress.
st. Paul, March 6.-The house put in
sood days work. The calendar was
taken up before noon and all but two
OF the bills disposed of. Six new bills
were introduced. In committee of the
whole DR.. Tiers bill to abolish capital
punishment was discussed at length
and indefinitely postponed
line committee on public health de-
clded to recommend the patent medi-
cine bill for indefinite postponelnent.
Ihere was only one committee re-
port, from Mr.. McInness, chairman of
the committee on mines and mining.
recommending the passage of a sub
stltute bill for H. +. IS, Johns pro-
vldlng for rebate of the royalty on
iron ore reduced to pig iron in the
state. The report was adopted
The following bills were introduced:
Jones, ]. Officiating to finding Of
fact by juries in certain cases.
Smith, C. H.-To amend laws de-
filming qualifications necessary for q
teacher under the present school law.
Johnson, G. E.-To encourage higher
education and to appropriate money
therefor
Wright-To prohibit the practice Of
blacklistlng.
Parker-To require safe deposit and
trust companies to give bonds in all
instances where bonds would be re-
CURED of individuals.
BILLS Pess"d-Howard--Re to
the incorporat ton Of villages, amend
Ing section fl Of chapter 145 Of the
General Statutes Of 1885
Kobbins-'To legalize real estate sales