Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
THE LEGISLATURE.
This Session is Rapidly Drawing
to a. Close.
All Ellis Have Been Presented. The Mem
bers Can Now Devote Their Time
to Committee Work and the
Calender.

S1AO"0OIs
st. Paul, March 29.-The house (the
senate not being in SESSION. furnished
quite war episode on Saturday. One
of the somewhat famous bills of the
session has been the one appropriating
a sum of money to enable the survivors
of the First Minnesota to attend the
dedication of a monument to their
fallen comrades at Gettysburg, Pa,
next July. Bills were introduced in
both branches appropriating $500
and the house the bill for that sum;
the senate cut the appropriation to
SIS, 900 and passed in that shape. The
house had the senate bill under consid-
GRAFTON Saturday. In the original bill,
JuZge VIM. Lochren was named as one
CT three commissioners to disburse the
appropriation, but the committee on
military affairs had stricken Lochren's
name from the bill and substituted
Adjutant General Muehlbe The
ground given was that Lochren was
not with the regiment at the battle,
but in reality it was based on his
course as commissioner of pensions.
Everyone who has read Judge Loeb
ren's sketch of the First Minnesota in
minnesota in the Civil War;" pub
lished by the state, knows that Loeb
rem was at the battle of Gettysburg.
but the house military committee
seemed to think otherwise and struck
his name out of the bill. Saturday
morning Judge Hicks went to the ad-
jutant generals Office to get some data
to show that Judge Lochren was at
Gettysburg and became involved with
Assistant Adjutant General H. I. Be-
vans over the subject. Judge Hicks
intimated that Bevans had circulated
the report against Judge Lochren, and
the lie passing between them blows
were exchanged but no serious dam
age was done to either party before
they were separated. This episode
added decided zest to the debate in the
house when the bill came up in COM
nittee of the whole few hours later,
and there was lively debate when the
question of restoring Judge Lochrens
name was considered. Judge Hicks.
Messrs. Donnelly, Johns, and Snyder
led in favor of the restoration, while
Messrs. Abbott, Sloan and Boutwell,
opposed it. In the end Judge Lochren
and Col. Colville were added to the
commission and the bill recommended
to pass.
The house put in a full working day
though only eight uninportant meas
ures were actually passed. A large
number of bills were considered in
committee of the whole and SO were
reported back from committees, some
IS of them being for indefinite post
ponement. It was big cleaning up
day of minor matters and cleared the
way for the wind storm tomorrow over
the veto of the Hastings asylum bill.
St. Paul, March 30.-Yesterday was
the last day for the introduction of
bills and the senate improved the oc-
casion by bringing in 80, though it did
not convene until $3.50 p. m. This
makes the total number of bills intro
duced in the senate CSC, or 70 less than
two years ago. In the house there
were "a new bills offered, making the
house total 1,011, or ISL more than two
years ago. The grand total of bills Of
fered in both houses is 1867. No more
bills can now be offered unless the re-
quest of the governor is secured. AS a
matter of practice the governor rarely
refuses a member of the legislature
who makes such a request.
Among the bills introduced in the
senate was one appropriating$ 81, 600 for
the erection of q monument to ex-Gov.
w. r. Marshall, and another making it
an oHense to encourage suicide or to
encourage it in the papers or by lee
lures.
No attempt was made by the senate
to pass any bills, but a number were
considered in committee of the whole.
Aside from the introduction of bills the
important item of business was the
confirmation of j. S. O'Brien as sur
veyor of logs and lumber for the Still
water district.
The house passed 20 bills, in addi-
ton to the large number introduced
Among them was the senate bill ap-
propriating $4,000 for the trip to Get
tysburg to dedicate the First Mime
sofa monument. The only change
made was the addition of Col. Colville's
name as one of the commissioners to
expend the money. New state print
ing bills were offered in both senate
and house. There seems to be gen.
eral determination to cut down the
state printing expenses.
st. Paul, March S1.-The event of the
day, yesterday, in fact of the session,
was the consideration by the house of
the question, Shall the bill appropriate
ing SIS, 900 for the purchase of fourth
insane asylum site at Hastings be
passed Notwithstanding the governors
objection?" Ever since the veto mes
sage came in last Saturday this topic
has been uppermost, and yesterday
overshadowed all else. A large dele
cation come down from Anoka, includ-
many ladies. and when 2:30 p. m. ar
rived the floor of the house was packed
with spectators, chairs for ladies being
provided among the desks of the men,
bers and scores standing with the
crowd during the three hours debate.
Ignatius Donnelly was the leader for
Hastings, and Judge Hicks, of Mime
orO1ic tho 1oo6in0 orotov for Ana1yo