The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-03-31

the senate yesterday afternoon and
every available foot of space was occu-
pied. a large number OF ladies being
present. At the end of long debate
the bill was referred back to the spe-
cial committee to be amended. The
amendments proposed materially
change the bill.
The most important contention in
the house was the bill allowing Eve
sixths of a iury-1o mcn-to render a
verdict in civil cases. Messrs. Dom
nelly and Douglas led the debate for
the bill and Messrs. Abbott and Jacob
son were leaders of the opposition.
The bill passed by So to &c.
The house passed bill yesterday,
under suspension of the rules, ordering
the American flag to be displayed at
election booths on election day.
St Paul, March 27.-The end is not
yet Anoka has been holding card
up her sieve for emergencies. Yester-
day it was played when Gov. Clough
sent a message to the house vetoing
the bill appropriating $4,000 to buy a
site at Hastings for the fourth insane
asylum. The coming of the message
had been a well preserved secret, and
its reading created great surprise in
the house and an excitement which
spread throughout the capitol The
governor based his objections on two
points: First considerations of public
policy: and. second. his desire to main
tain unimpaired and unimpeached the
honor and the reputation for good faith
and fair dealing of our state" From
these premises he argued that the com
mission to select the site was duly au-
thorized by law, and its acts were
therefore the acts of the state. They
had purchased the Anoka site and the
citizens of Anoka had voluntarily con-
tributed SO, 900 to aid in that pur-
chase. The action of the commission
was approved by the district court of
Ramsey county and this decision was
affirmed by the supreme court. The
Legislature Investigated and found
nothing improper or Illegal had been
done by the commission. The bill
purchasing the Hastings site would
| annul the work of the commission and
besides, as Anoka has already received
SIS, 900, 1t would involve another ex-
penditure of similar sum which in
view of the hard times is not wise.
For these reasons the governor refused
his signature. The bill was made the
special order for next Tuesday after
noon when an effort will be made in
the house to pass it over the veto.
The bill passed the house original
ly by nine less than a two-thirds vote.
and that viii not be sufficient to pass il
over the governors objections. The
general belief now is that it will fail
of passage The senate had two more
than two-thirds, but the house must
keep al it has and gain nine more.
Unless the house does this the bill will
never reach the senate.
As a result in part of the labor bu-
reau investigation a bill was intro
duced yesterday in the senate reorgan-
iZing the whole department and cut
ting down salaries. Another bill offered
allows papers printed in foreign Ian
guages to publish the state laws. Sen
ator Dunn also introduced a bill COM
polling the Milwaukee & ST. Paul road
to make better connections for the
Twin Cities at Austin The bill which
was lost yesterday allowing the organ
ization of Cass and Beltrami counties
was reconsidered, on motion of Sena-
tor Potter, and now lies on the table
subject to being called up at latter
date.