The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-22
ITS CLOSING HOURS
SENATE REFUSES TO LEGIsLATE
LABOR COMMISSIONER POWERS
OUT OF OFFICE.
MAKES ITSELF A RECORD
FOR ECONOMY IN THE CLOSING
HOURS OF IT'S THIRTIETH
SESSION.
EXPENSE RESOLUTIONS CUT
in Order to Keep Within the APP
preparation for the Legislative
Expenses.
MAKES ITSELF A RECORD
9 RESOLUTIONS CUT
EXPENSE

When the G o b went to press yes
terday morning the senate had reached
the letter S in calling the roll for the
passage of favorite bills, with the
clock set back six hours. But Senator
Ringdal, who had been denied a sus-
pension of the rules on his first bill,
asked the passage of the Foss BILL
H. F. $40, to repeal the law for the
collection of agricultural statistics by
assessors, but this was denied also.
Senator Sheehan wanted H. F. no,
repeating the ST. Paul waterworks
frontage tax passed. The request was
granted.
Senator Smith called up the Foell
plumbers license bill, and it went as
the horseshoers' and BARRIERS bills had
gone before it.
Senator Spencer called for the Lay
bOurn bill relating to redemptions af-
ter tax sales, which had been recon-
mended by the taxes and tax laws
committee for indefinite postponement.
The suspension was denied, and he
then asked for the Schmidt bill limit
ing the time for the commencement
of actions to enforce liens. This Jared
no better.
Senator Sperry called up the cream
cry mutual fire insurance bill. 1t was
passed.
Senator Stebbins called up the I'm
derleak auctiOneers' license bill, but
it was denied a hearing. H. F. $40,
relating to the residence of insane per-
sons, was not opposed, ayes 80, noes 0.
Senator Stevens dug up H F. 969,
to clear up the Reardon estate. It
passed.
Senator Stockton called up the Stock
well bill, to provide against the sale
of adulterated sacoharine products 1t
was approved.
Senator Sweningsen asked the pas
sage of a bill giving Secretary Of State
Berg an extra clerk, H. F. 1873.
Senator Theden gave the Lovejoy
child labor bill life, as the base ball
writers say. No opposition was met
with.
Senator Thompson wanted Ferris
bill, H. F. 283, providing for the ap-
pOintment of court stenographers, but
the senate objected.
Senator Thorpe said his request was
useless. 1t was the Feig bill H. F.
705 for county visitors but it failed.
Senator Wing took up the BigeloW
bill, H. F. 800, and it was passed.
Senator Wyman called for the Hicks
bill, H. F. 656, relating to jury lists.
1t passed 80 to O.
Senator Yale called for S. F. 435, but
the rules were not suspended. Then
he called for H. F. 925, to prevent the
dissertation Of the national flag, but
this Jared better and was passed.
Senator Thompson asked mercy for
the bill to codify the corporation laws,
but 1t was denied suspension, %
to %.
yE7bo,, Cano+or vo,,,oo. .. ..,,
the last on the list, he fired a bomb
into the tired, but hitherto peaceful
Rssemblage, by requesting the suspe11-
sion of the rules to legislate L. G..
Powers out of the office of labor COM
missioner. He was, however denied a
suspension of the rules, which re-
CURED 36 votes, so that the labor
bureau is again ''vindicated." The
vote was:
Yeas-Cole, Collester, Cronkhite, Dunn,
Greer, Howard, Iltis, JONES' Johnson, A G.,
johnson, w. E., Keller, Larson, Morgan, o.
mum, Peterson, POttgieser, Reishus Rngdal
schaller, Sevatson, Sheehan, Stevens, Theden,
YOung-24.
Nays-CuIkin, Fuller. Hodge, Knatvold
Potter, Roverud, Smith, Sperry, Stockton
Sweningsen, Thompson, Wyman, Yale-13.
By this time the original of the anti
department store bill had been found
1t having been folded up with another
bill, and an effort was made to take il
up. but Senator Culkin was denied the
suspension of the rules a second time.
Senator Young then called up H. f.
$40, relating to the deposit of county
funds, and it was passed.
Senator Hanson tried again to get a
hearing for the bill to give Public Elk
aminer Kenyon two assistants but the
senate voted it down and adjourned al
what was, according to the town time
nearly 4 o'clock, although it was be
fore midnight according to the clock in
fhe senate chamber.
The motion was that it adjourn until
10 o'clock, but it was nearly 1870 when
the house of lords secured a quorum
There was nothing serious up for con-
sideration except the customary reso-
buttons to increase the stipends of SEN
ate employees, and while some of these
were cut down, nearly all of them
Were passed.
The senate did, however, deny the