Warren sheaf., 1897-01-28

sane asylum, with a ward devoted to
the care of inebriates. A start towards
returning to the first principles was
made yesterday, by bill offered by
Senator Stebbins. of Rochester, appro-
priating $4,000 to erect separate
building for inebriates. And thus we
reverse the trite saying, making it read
''The first shall be last"
! Another reform measure offered pro-
vides for erecting reformatory for
women located between st. Paul and
Minneapolis. As the bill provides for
! the purchase of from 40 to 60 acres of
land, it is the evident intention to have
the new reform woman become q
farmer.
The house made up yesterday for it's
industry in sitting Saturday and Mon
day, when the senate took a vacation,
by holding very short session. Not
withstanding this twenty-five bills
were introduced. Among them was
one curbing the ambitions of sheriffs
by forbidding them from practicing
law. Another forbidding the sending
of flowers to criminals. Another makes
incurable insanity a ground for di-
vorce, while another thinkers with the
election law by abolishing the tri-col-
ored tick cts and providing single bal
lot to contain the names of all the can
didates. The remainder were chiefly
bridge and local measures.
St. Paul, Jan. 22-Only two bills were
offered in the senate yesterday, and
those not of general interest. Almost
the entire work was devoted to consid-
ering the Dunn-Day contest. 1t was
the innings for the attorneys. NJ. D..
Mum. of St. Paul, opened the ball on
behalf of Mr.. Dunn, and was followed
by r. B. Evans, of Minneapolis, in be-
half of Day, who spoke until between
5 and o'clock, when an adjournment
was taken until 10 o'clock today. When
Mr.. Evans concludes, either ex-Attor-
ney General Clapp, who is one of the
attorneys for Dunn, or Mr.. Mum, will
make the concluding argument for the
contestant. There was no semblance
of politics in the speeches yesterday,
the argument being entirely a legal
one, with an effort to show that Sena-
tor Day actually became lieutenant
governor when Lieut.. Gov. Clough sue
ceeded Gov. Nelson in the executive Of
fee; on behalf Of Dunn and on behalf
of Day to show that, as legal propo-
sltion he was simply president of the
senate, but still continued to be SEN
ator. After the attorneys have con-
cluded, number of the senators who
are loaded will speak on the question,
and it may be couple of days before
a vote is reached.
The senate passed the Donnelly reso-
luton for a committee to Investigate
the transfer of the Mountain Iron prop
erty. and Senators Yale, Sheenan,
Greer and Ringdal were named as the
senate portion of the committed.
Though Senator Sheehan was one day
behind the house with his Georgia anti
trust bill, he got his measure recon-
mended to pass yesterday and may
come under the wire first in the race
for glory on this measure.
Some members of the housesevident-
ly desire to find out where the state is
at, in the matter of deposits in broken
banks, and a resolution was offered
calling upon the state treasurer for a
detailed statement of the deposits in
insolvent institutions.
The house disposed Of one of its con-
tests by giving Mr.. Lehman, of Henne-
pin, the sitting member, his seat, as
the contestant did not appear. In the
Benton county case, Judge Hicks, un-
der the authority of the resolution
over which he and Mr.. Donnelly had
war of words, submitted report that
there was no just ground for a contest,
and if the house adopts that report, as
it probably will, that will end the con-
tests in that branch.
A bill of a good deal of importance,
if it should become law, was offered,
requiring railroads to operate second
class coaches on all their passenger
trains. charging no more than two
cents per mile. If this bill ever gets
on the statute book, it will result in
passenger trains being chiefly COM
posed of second class coaches, with one
first class coach attached, much the
same as the sleeping cars are now run.
The tinkering with the tax laws was
continued by the offering of a consti-
tutional amendment authorizing city
or county authorities to exempt per-
sonal property from taxation by a vote
of the people. This measure could be
used to boom business enterprises by
offering exemption from taxation for a
term of years as a bonus for their es-
Establishment.
st. Paul, Jan. 23.-The senate occu-
pied the entire day in hearing the con-
tlnuation of the legal arguments in the
Dunn-Day contest. Mr. Evans con-
cluded his argument for Mr.. Day at the
morning session. and "A Mr. Clam uaa