The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-01-21
that the land wherein is located the
famous Mountain Iron mine, valued at


from $4,000. 900 to $40, 600, 900, is the
property of the state, that the title
thereto had never legally passed from
the state, and that steps should be
taken to regain possession. Mr.. Don.
nelly, as author of the resolution, made
the principal speech, and there was no
opposition, two ST. Louis county men,
bers being Immediately on their feet to
second the motion for the adoption of
the resolution. They come from the
iron country and Mr.. Schmidt said he
knew the value of the mine in question
had not been exaggerated. These mem
bers are confident the Mountain Iron
land titles are valid and report ST. Louis
county very much excited over the
whole affair. The whole state is equally
interested, however, and the work of
the Investigating committee will be
watched with interest. The senate has
not yet acted on the resolution, but
Speaker Jones has announced the house
committee as follows: Chairman, Dom
nelly; Messrs. jacobson, Dare, Smith,
Reeves, Staples and Hill. These Sc
lections were very generally COM
mended and the speakers method Of
selecting these committeeme is inter-
esting, as showing the care with which
he does such work and the special
qualifications of the several members.
He said. in talking Of it: II took Mr..
Donnelly, not only as the mover of the
investigated but as the leading Popu-
list on the floor. took Mr.. Hill as an
able representative of the Democratic
minority. chose Mr.. Staples because
he is an expert at this sort of thing,
and has had much experience in past
Investigations Then took the heads
of four important committees of the
house: Appropriations, Dare; judi
eiary. Reeves; public lands, Jacobson;
taxes, Smith,
A Sensational Inc dent.
By all odds the most sensational in.
oident of the session. thus far was the
set-to between Mr.. Donnelly and Judge
Hicks in the house Saturday morning
It came as an exciting ending to a dull
routine session, and the rumbling Of
the storm passed away as quickly as it
arose. Judge Hicks took offense at
what he considered sighting remark
about his committee on elections and
made a few remarks about election
contests, in the course of his talk re-
ferring to the famous Donnelly- Wash.
burn contest before congress. Mr..
Donnelly was stung by the remark and
in his most bitter style replied to Judge
Hicks, coolly and quietly saying hard
things about that member and his
friends. The Minneapolis memb Der did
his best to reply, not retracting any
thing, but the Sage clearly had the best
of the contest and after Mr.. jacobson
had, in fatherly tone, reproved the
fighting members, either of whom is
old enough to be his father, the matter
was dropped.
Laws Desired by Doct0rg.,
The State Medical society wants to
change the law about coroners and ex-
pert testimony, and will before long
present bills to the legislature giving
their ideas. They believe the coroner
be appointed and not elected, and that
the ordinary coroner's jury should be
abolished as expensive and unneces-
sary. AS to experts they would like to
have board of medical experts to take
the place of the present experts who
are retained by one side or the other,
and may occasionally give unintention-
ally biased testimony.
Would Keep Funds in the Vault.
Senator Spencer has introduced a pc
culiar bill for the greater security Of
public funds. It would forbid deposit
ing public funds in any bank, all mon
eys being retained in the state or county
treasury. The intent Of the bill is to
prevent loss by bank failures, that dam
ger being deemed greater than danger
of robbery, loss of interest on deposits
or expense of making more secure the
vaults where such funds are kept. A
more practical move is that Of Repre-
sentative Scott, St. Paul banker, who
the other day secured the passage of a
resolution directing an examination of
the securities given for the safety of
public deposits. Another measure in
reference to banks that came in few
days ago was bill allowing CONNER
mercial banks the right to require the
80 day notice for withdrawal of depos-
its just as is now the case with savings
banks. This right can only be used
according to the provisions Of this
measure-with the consent Of the state
bank examiner. Other banking bills
have also been interesting and many
more are to follow.
Want Spring Elections.
Over in Minneapolis the people are
growing tired of voting for every Office
ever heard of at one and the same cleo
ton, and Senator Wyman has intro
duced bill for spring elections in the
cities. It is aimed primarily at Mime
apolis, but incidentally provides for
municipal elections all over the state
on the same day in the spring. Chronic
voters who travel about SO as to be
able to share in the benefits some people
derive from elections, will have fewer
opportunities for their peculiar line Of
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