The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-17

form Oh resolution giving OcGesvOt
Dunn S1,97S and ex-senator Day
S1,625.26, a total of s3.6O1.25. As the
bills are not itemized it is impossible tc
determine what the 25 cents was ex.
pended for.
Among the bills introduced in the
senate was one increasing the liquor
license in small towns from $500 to
$1,000. This will enable the small
towns to put on city airs, by paying as
much license as anyone. Another bill
reduires druggists to furnish copies of
prescriptions any time within two
years after they are put up. There is
a shrewd suspicion that this bill is de-
signed to secure evidence against
blind pigs" in case the county option
bill or the $1,000 license for small
towns, prevails. After passing six
bills the senate had but two more left
on the calendar awaiting passage.
The house was flooded with bills yes.
terday, thirty being introduced. twelve
of them being for roads and bridges,
and four others carrying appropria.
tions with them. The largest proposed
appropriation was $40, 900 to buy seed
grain for farmers who lost their crops
last year owing to storms. Another
bill, the third of the kind, taxes ex
press, telegraph, telephone and sleep.
ing car companies.
The bill abolishing capital punish.
ment RECEIVED its quietus by the de.
cisive vote of 25 yeas to IS nays.
The house had more fun with the bi.
cycle path bill, amending it so that it
is practically useless, and then putting
it it on the calendar to be defeated
when it comes up for passage. AS long
as the farmers can ride on sulky plows
they evidently do not propose to i'm.
peril their lives by using bicycles.
The house held long special session
last night to hear the attorneys argue
the contest in the 45th district. E. s.
Hall, populist, is the sitting mem Der.
and j. N. Coates. republican, contests.
The committee reported in Mr.. Coates
favor. which gives him a good deal of
prestige. After listening to the argu-
ments, the matter was put over until
today for final decision.
st. Paul, Feb. Ito the surprise OF
a great many people the house on yes
terday decided not to unseat E. S. Hall
representative from the 45th legislative
district. The claim Mr.. Coates made
on the seat was very technical one.
Under the election law voter must
swear that he cannot read in order to
have the judges permit some one to
mark his ballot. It was not denied
that the judges had permitted parties
to have their ballots marked for them
on the mere statement that they could
not read, and that there were enough
such cases, if the votes were thrown
out, to elect Coates. The republican
leaders in the house declared that they
would not take advantage of such
technicality, and of course the popu.
lists and democrats were in favor OF
Hall from the start. The result was
that only fourteen voted to unseat Hall
while ninety voted to have him retain
his place. This result was quite in
marked contrast from the action of the
senate in the Day-Dunn matter.
In the senate yesterday senator Whit
ney announced that he had been given
telegram stating that unless Aitkin
county paid claim of some Minneapo-
lis bridge builders bill legalizing GER
tain bonds issued by that county would
never pass the legislature. That settled
it. The bill might or might not have
ate were informed that the failure to
pass it would be used as leverage to
collect an account, the bill went
through flying. Between the legisla-
ture and Aitkin county the bridge men
who hold that account may not realize
any more than the depositors in some
of our broken banks.
The West Publishing company of st.
Paul has for many years been without
competition in the publication of the
reports of the supreme court. This
year Frank Dufresne appears upon the
scene, and offers to furnish them at
81. so per volume, while the state has
heretofore paid So. The West COM
pany came down to Dufresne's price,
but it seems to have been too late, and
the senate judiciary committee recon-
mends that the man who originally
cut the price be given the contract.
HIS SCCuuS 11hclY W
be adopted.
The bill prescribing and limiting the
qualifications of parties desiring to be
examined for teachers certificates was
indefinitely postponed. Among the
bills introduced was new one to regu-
late the tax on iron mines. It levies
a tax of cents per ton on iron ore.
The prOn0sition To re-enact the An6er.
son bill does not seem to make any
great Roadway. The senate does not
like to. establish the precedent that
Senator Days vote invalidated the An
derson bill. There are other bills in
the same situation, hence these tears.
Yesterday was very dull legislative
day, and today being legal holiday
Uincoln's birthday, there will be no
session whatever.