The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-20
THE AMENDED PRINTING BILL
IS PASSED, AND THE DULUTH &
IRON RANGE FORFEITURE
Considered.
SPRING SHOOTING ALLOWED
Senate Yields to the House Pressure
and the Farmers May Sheet
Ducks.

sane hospital in ST. Paul, some of the
antics Of the senate during the later
hours of yesterday afternoon were in
dicative of an actual confinement of a
large number of patients in the walls
of the capitol. BedIam itself would
have been a rural, suburban, Peace
full Valley beside the uproarious as
sembIage which shouted at it's presi-
dent with a dozen threats, while the
other forty-two epiglottises rose or fell
with the half subdued hum of general
conversation.
The consensus Of the debate was
please Mr., can't 1 have my bill rail-
rcaded through and, after a few
"choice measures" as the senator from
Wabasha aptly terms that variety,
were so advanced, the general answer
was either no or nit"
1t was fortunate no doubt that the
senate adjourned until this morning
at 9 o'clock after passing the Dare
Sperry bill as amended in conference,
and the Keller sugar beet and game
and fish bill, and killing the county
option and anti-insurance compact
bills.
The printing bill came up in the
morning on the report of the confer
ence committee. Many of the senators
were anxious about the provisions for
printing certain points, particularly
the report Of the State Horticultural
society, as that organization and it's
friends have flooded the senate with
letters urging the senator's to look
after this report and see that pro-
vision was made for a continuation of
this report
Senator Sperry, in defense of the
bill. said that it did not interfere with
the printing Of any of these agricul-
tural reports, and all other reports that
were actually needed. 1t provided that
if some of the institutions wanted
their reports printed they would have
to pay for their printing from their
own funds. The bill had nothing to
do with the appropriation of funds.
It's aim was simply to prevent the
printing department from going into
debt and creating a. deficiency every
two years.
Senator Dunn wanted the bill laid
over until the afternoon.
Senator Wyman wanted it passed at
once. He said the finance committee
had passed upon this matter session
after session and every two years they
found themselves facing a deficiency.
They now proposed to stop this, and
they had just appropriated SCI 900 to
make up deficiency occurring during
the past two years.
Senator Dunn asked if the greater
Part Of that deficiency had not been
caused by the university printing.
Senator Wyman replied that it had
not. He presumed that the senator
from Martin referred to the geological
Nn1-t- hot
had been cut off two years ago, and
1T had never been a part of the state
university. twas government work
The appropriation of $50, 900 he held to
be sufficient.
Senator Dunn said It was time for
the senators to stop talking to the
galleries and allow the bill to lie on
the table until the senators had had a
fair opportunity to consider it.
Senator Wyman said talk about gal
lery plays came with poor grace from
the senator from Martin.
Senator Miller said that everybody
interested had at one time or another
approved all the different provisions of
the bill The only question remaining
was whether the finance committee had
provided a sufficient appropriation.
Senator Dunn's motion to lay on the
table was lost.
On the passage of the bill the vote
was in the affirmative, but close, until
a number of senators climbed on the
band wagon, making the final vote 81
to II. Senator Sperry moved a recon
sideratiOn, which was voted down.
The amendments to the game and
fish bill reported by the conference
committee were cOncurred in, after a
brief discussion. They were as follows.
the principal change being to permit
spring shooting:
Amend section ten dM. as amended bv
striking out the amendment thereto offered
by Mr.. Jones, and inserting in lieu thereof
nine 90, viz:
The sale, exposing for sale. having in
possession with intent to sell, or the shipment
to any person either within or without this
state, by common or private carrier is hereby
prohibited and unlawful"
Amend section 10 by striking out the word
"Decen1ber" when it appears in line thereof,
and by inserting the word November in It's
place.
Amend section IL by striking out the senate
amendment, covering part of line 9 and
lines 10 and II, and by restoring the clause
in the prinQed bill.
Amend section "a by adding after the word
the when 1t first appears in line Is, the
words 'St. CroiX, Pelican"
Amend section "a as amended, by striking
out the amendment offered by Mr.. Mcdonald
Also by striking out the house amendment
to section "a which was in the following Ian
guage:
Amend section "a Of the printed bill by
striking out the word from in line 10. and
inserting in place thereof the word below
and also by striking out the words, to point
one thousand feet above the mouth of the St
Croix river, where they appear in line 20
thereof"
Amend section 10 as amended by striking
out the words twenty fifth" day of April
where they appear in the amendments and
restoring the words fifteenth day of April"
so as to make the bill the same as originally
printed.
The bill to forfeit the Duluth e. Iron
Range land grant is a special order
for this morning at 10 o'clock. When
the senate met after the noon recess.
Senator Wyman called up this bill.
Il have a verbal opinion from the at
tCTney general" said Senator Wyman.
that under chapter 246 of the Special
Laws of 1878, the lands forfeited by the
Duluth & Iron Range would revert
&c the Duluth & Winnipeg. l move
that we refer the bill to the judiciary
committee for the purpose of amend
ment."
That decision has nothing to do with
the case" said Senator Young. "a su-
preme court decision has shown that
chapter 246 would not hold in a case
like this If we pass this law, we will
have to do so in defiance of the at
tcrney general. I feel sure that the
land would not revert, as Senator Wy
man thinks, and 1 move we consider
the bill now IN open senate"
1 think we might repeal chapter 246
said Senator Wyman land then there
would be no question but the land
would revert to the state"
Senator Young did not think this
necessary, but was willing to accept
the suggestion if it would satisfy the
conscience of the senator from Henne-
pin It was finally decided to tenn
pOraTily refer the bill to the iudicfa ry