The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-10

either house and still smaller num-
Der sent 10 the governor. The bill APP
propriating funds for legislative ex-
penses is not among the number whose
passage has been delayed.
st. Paul, Feb. s.-The event of the
legislative session yesterday was the
passage by the house OF the bill max
ing the railroad and warehouse COM
mission elective by the people instead
of appointive by the governor. The
passage of this bill by the house has
been inevitable, ever since it was in
troduced, and unless some miraculous
change occurs the bill Will go through
the senate. The bill was championed
by representatives jacobson and Feig,
and opposed by Representatives Little
ton and Hicks. There were other
speakers, but these were the leaders.
There were 50 votes in favor and %
against the passage of the bill. The
negative votes were as follows: Messrs.
Abbott, Bassford, Gray, Dale, Davies.
Hartshorn, Hicks, Hollister, LANG,
Leach, Littleton, Lovejoy, Lloyd, Man
chester, Meyer. Mcdonald, McGill,
Parker, Scott, Scribner, Schmidt, Shell,
Slmonson, Smith, Snyder, Soule, West.
The passage of this bill occupied SO
much attention that little other bust
ness was done, though fourteen new
bills were introduced. Among those
introduced was a measure appropriat-
ing SIS, 900 for county and district fairs.
The senate was evidently in an in.
vestigating mood yesterday, as COM
mittee was appointed to investigate in
Omaha. Another committee was APP
pointed to investigate the method by
which the fourth insane sylum was
located at Anoka. The senate also
passed the house joint resolution for a
for a committee to investigate the re-
cent bank failures and such commit
tee was duly appointed. The bill pro-
hibiting athletic sports on Decoration
day and closing of saloons within half
mile of places where memorial SER
vices are. held was passed by vote of
SO to 10. Senator Yale was the leading
opponent of the bill. The mixture of
of having the bill introduced into both
houses was illustrated by the bill pro-
posing the repeal of the struck; jury
law. This was read for final action by
the senate, but the house had the same
bill also ready for passage and to avoid
complications the senate laid its bill
aside.
Only few bills were introduced, but
among them was one creating the new
Office of county defender. This officer
is to be an Offset to the prosecuting at
torney, as he is to defend all persons
accused of crimes who have no funds
to employ an attorney. and also to APP
pear in behalf of those examined for
insanity. Another bill offered, if il
passes, will establish an institution for
crippled and deformed children. The
bill starts in modestly by appropriate
ing only SIS, 900 for both site and build
ing.
st. Paul, Feb. 6-The bill repeating
the struck jury law passed the senate
Yesterday unanimously. A similar bill
is pending in the house and unless the
two measures get together the move
ment for repeal will fail. The chief
business of the. senate was debating
the proposition to codify the tax laws,
in fact revising the entire taxation
system. After debating this topic
most of the session the senator's grave
ly decided to think it over some more
before taking any action at all.
Both branches have got together at
last on the matter of a reapportion-
ment committee and the contest proved
a victory for the senate. The senate
demanded IA members on the committee
and the house would only concede
them seven. A conference report was
in both branches of the legislature
yesterday making the. committee con-
sist of IA senators and Is representa-
tives., This report was adopted by
both branches and now we may ex-
pect swarm of reapportionment bills,
but whether any one of them will be-
come law is another matter.
One of the bills introduced in the
senate yesterday appropriates $40, 600
for the purpose of defeating
the Minnesota monument erected on
the battlefield of Gettysburg. The de-
dication is to take place next July
and all the survivors of the 1st Mime
sofa are expected to be present as well
as ten companies of the National guard.
1t will not be a free junket for the
National Guard, as each company
must subscribe 5000. Another senate
bill offered, limits the rates for trans
porting iron ore to five cents per mile
per ton.
Mr.. Grondahl endeavored to resur-
rect his bicycle path bill in the house
yesterday by introducing an entirely
new measure. He tried to have the
bill recommended to pass, but the OPP
ponents insisted on its being pl inted,
so they could have a chance to pick it
it to pieces. as they did his first one.
Judging from the proceedings yester-
day the bill requiring all executions to
take place at the penitentiary at Still
water is likely to pass the house. The
action in committee of the whole was
favorable to passage.