Warren sheaf., 1897-01-28

So many members of the house we're
interested IN the oratory in the senate
that the proceedings of the popula,
branch Of the legislature were rather
dull Mr.. Heimerdinger threw in q
bonn b shell, in the shape of resolu.
tion calling for committee to investi-
gate the advisability of law reducing
the salaries of state and county Off.
Gals, including members of the Iepis.
lature. The cut proposed is 20 per cent.
but not to go into effect for two years.
This even brought Mr.. jacobson. the
great economist of the house, to his
feet, who gave notice Of debate, and
the resolution went over. Mr.. Jacob
son and some other members of the
legislature probably expect to be here
two years hence, and they do not rel
ish the idea OF cutting their pay down
from five to four dollars per dav.
When the state was younger, mem
bers of the legislature received only
three dollars per day. It is safe to say
this resolution will have rocky road,
unless the portion cutting the Iegisla-
tive salary is eliminated.
Representative Feig introduced four
bills yesterday, ''by request" which
are made to apply to cities of over 1OO,-
600 population and less than $50, 600.
They provide for electing city clerks,
city engineers and boards of public
works in cities of the proportions
named. OF course, such bills can only
apply to St. Paul and Minneapolis in
<n<o 70 Iva -
city will admit. that it has only one
hundred and fifty thousand people, in
order to come in under the bill. The
usual bill taxing mining and mineral
lands appeared, but for the most part
the twenty bills offered We're of minor
importance.
There was quite a breeze over the
resolution directing the state treasurer
to furnish, by Tuesday next, the
amount of state deposits in each of the
insolvent banks, and the names of the
sureties for the state. The objection
appeared to be the making public the
names of the sureties, as it is liable to
be damaging to business men if wide
publicity is given to such unfortun ate
obligations. As makeshift the reso.
luton went to committee.
jacobson and Staples seemed to have
relented on the vacation question fol-
they allowed the house to adjourn till
Tuesday morning. This will make
some amends for having to work las,
week when the senate was having a
vacation. 4
st. Paul, Jan. 25.-After debating
the matter all day the senate at I
o'clock, Saturday evening, decided tc
oust Frank A. Day of the Sixth legis.
lat1ve district, by vote of 80 to 20,
and followed this by a vote of seating
H. H. Dunn, 80 to 81 Senators Ste.
vens, Yale, Young, Miller, Wyman and
Culkin spoke in behalf of Day, and
Senators, Sheehan, Thompson, Sperry,
Knatvold, Spencer and Hits argued fol
Dunn. The speeches were made more
to explain the reasons why. the sena.
tors voted as they did than with any
idea Of converting any one. Several
senators frankly stated that the legal
arguments presented had not changed
a vote. When the oratory had spent
inally a resolution was offered unseat-
ing Day and seating Dunn but before a
vote was reached the question was di-
vided and the first vote was on this
propositions: '-,.. ~4
Resolved, That the facts referred to
in the report of the committee on cleo
tions created vacancy in the Office of
senator from the Sixth senatorial dis
trict on the 31st day of January, 1895,
which vacancy continued until the Sd
day of November, 1896. --- -
Upon this the vote stood: r.: -
Yeas-Barr, Cole, CoIlester, Currier,
Durham, French, Fuller, Greer, Han
sen, Heneman, Iltis, Jones, Keller,
Knatvold, Lloyd, Macarthur, Ozmun,
Peterson, Potter, Poltgieser, Roverud,
Sheehan, Smith, Spencer, Sperry, Steb-
bins. Sweningsen, Thompson, Thorre,
Wing-30. ~ ... ...s-- s.-
Nays - Cronkite, Caulk1n, Hanna,
Hodge, Howard, Johnson, "A. G. John
son, w. E. Larson, ,Masterman, Miller,
Morgan, McHa1e, Reishus, Ringdal,
Schaller, Sevatson. Stevens. Stockton,
Theden, Whitman, Wyman, Yale.
Young-23.
The other branch of the divided reso-
luton was:
Resolved, That II. H. Dunn was, on
the Sd day of November, 1896. duly
elected to the Office of senator from
said district. and is entitled to his seat
as such senator. r. a-s,.. 81. &a.
This passed by the same vote, except
that Senators w. E. johnson and Whit.
ney, who voted against oust1ng Day,
voted to seat Dunn, making that vote
stand 80 to 21 in favor of Dunn
The. Anderson bill taxing railroad
lands, which was passed in 1895 by the