The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-28
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70 amend chapter 100, General Laws
{ OF 1895, requiring railroad companies
to provide suitable waiting rooms ID
cites and villages. &. 8s
TO appropriate $50 900 for the pur-
pose Of opening closed water courses
leading to the Red River Of the North.
10 prohibit the use Of any sneak or
scull boat, grass suit or blind in the
pursuit Of any aquatic foul
- Proposing an amendment to section
s., article 8, Of the constitution, Der.nlI-
ting the people Of any incorpO .lted
city or county to remove the taxes
from personal property and improve
ments on real estate or both. f#
10 require certain railway companies
TO operate second-class passenger
coaches. 5 ON MI
To amend section 223, General stat
utes of 1894, relating to the time Of
payment of notes, etc, due on holi-
days. III
To amend section $40, chapter G6,
General Statutes Of 1873, relative to
property exempt from execution
70 make all real property liable to
seizure and sale on execution for
claims for labor or service performed.
The Dingman-Sulliyan contest was
decided in favor Of Mr.. Sullivan, who.
is q Democrat
st. Paul, Jan. "a The Dunn-Day
4 senatorial contest occupied the entire
time of the senate yesterday and still
remains undetermined. With the ex-
ception Of a few minutes the whole
day was taken up by the arguments
OF counsel. At the close Of the session
an adjournment was taken in the face
of a proposition to indorse Senator
Day. The motion to adjourn was car
ried by vote Of "a to 10.
The interest taken in the proceedings
yesterday, which were conducted as
on the day before, in committee Of the
whole, of which Allan Greer of Waba-
sha was chairman, was even greater
than on the previous day. The CALLER
les and lobby Of the senate chamber
were crowded all day long. M. D.
Mum Of st. Paul concluded his argu
ment in behalf Of Mr. Dunn. Mr..
Days side Of the case was presented
by r. G. Evans of Minneapolis.
At the close Of the arguments Sen
ator Yale offered resolution recog-
nizing Frank A. Day as senator from
the Sixth district Senator Spencer
offered substitute declaring Mr..
Dunn the rightfully elected senator.
A motion to rise was adopted by
vote of "a to Is. Chairman Greer, Of
the committee of the whole, reported
progress and the senate adjourned.
In the House.
Rev. Robert McCune, chaplain Of the
house Of 1895, ofhciated yesterday
morning in the place of Chaplain
Heard. There were a few committee
h reports. The committee on general
legislation slaughtered three bills out
right by recommendations for indef-
mite postponement. Mr.. Dunn's bill re-
enacting the present law relative to
the payment Of notes, ETC., maturing
on holidays upon the day preceding,
with the addition of the holidays legal
~ established since the, original act
was passes, was favorably recon-
mended.
Mr.. Hill called up his resolution re-
questing from the state treasurer GER
tain information abolt state deposits.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on public accounts
5sKr. Heimerdinger offered a resolu-
ton for the appointment Of special
committee of seven to frame a bill for
a general reduction of state, legislative
and county salaries.
Other important bills introduced
were:
To provide for the assessment and
collection of taxes upon mines and
mineral lands.
5! To provide for the partition and sale
Of personal property of joint owners.
To provide for attaching territory to
independent or separate school dis
tricts.
To lie ,alize conveyances heretofore
made by husband and wife with sep
arate deeds.
To provide for the assessment and
collection Of taxes on grain stored in
elevators and warehouses.
The house adjourned till Tuesday
morning.
st. Paul, Jan. 26. - The Dunn-Day
contest has been finally decided by the
senate by the unseating Of Frank A..
Day and the seating of III. III. Dunn to
fill the vacancy. Thus ends one Of the
most important election contests in the
history of the state, and the decision
in this case will stand as precedent.
The senate spent the entire day in
committee of the whole considering the
contest. And it was not until o'clock
in the evening that final action was
taken that resulted as shown above.
The day was spent in arguments for
and against. At the conclusion Of the
debate Senator Stevens offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the seat Of Frank A.
Day is declared vacant, by reason Of
the facts set forth in the constitution
of the State O.. Minnesota
Senator McHaIe offered as an amend
ment, so that Day might go forth to
the people, as he said, in the right
light, that the resolution shate:
'sThat Frank A. Days seat Is vacant
because on Jan. 81, 1895, lie became
lieutenant governor"
In view of the objection to it Senator
Stevens offered resolution as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That on account Of the,
facts contained in the report Of the
elections. committee relative to the con-
test of Dunn for Days seat the COM
mittee of the whole recommends to the
senate that the seat Of Frank Al Dav5