The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-21
tive votes being Hanna. Iltis, Spencer

| ing the state board of corrections and
| charities to investigate the county
| system of caring for the insane and
report to the next legislature.
When the senate reached H. r. 133
! the Holmen bill to prohibit the sale Of
| cottolene, Senator Barr left the chair
| long enough to say that, If that bill
| would pass, he might not be permitted
to go home, as cottolene was used in
his family and others in his city, ard
| the people who used it seemed to be
| satisfied with It,
Senator Stevens said the bill was
| blow at one interest in behalf Of an
| other, and that, too, without any guar
antee that it would materially benefit
the latter. Cottolene was sold un-
der its own name.
Senator Heneman said the bill was in
favor of the farmers, but it was lost,
| the vote being as follows:
Yeas-Cole, Currier, Fuller, Greer, Hene-
man man Johnson, A. G., Larson, Lloyd, Miller,
Nays-Barr, Collester, Cronkhite, French,
Hanna, Hanson, Hodge, Howard, Iltis, John
son, W E. Jones, Keller, Masterman. Nor
Ringdal, Schaler, Smith, Spencer, Sperry
Stebbins, Stevens, Stockton, Sweningsen,
Theden, 90 Thorpe, Whitney, Wyman, Yale,
The Cronkhite bill to amend the
railroad and warehouse commission
law was also defeated, receiving but
! nineteen votes. The roll call revealed:
Ye2s-Barr Cronkhite, French, Greer Han
ma, Hanson, Hits, Johnson A. G., Johnson,
". E., Lloyd, McHale, Ozmun, Reishus,
Ringdal, Roverud, Sevatson, Thorpe, Wyman,
Young-19.
Nays-Collester. CuIkin, Currier, Durham
Fuller, Hodge, Keller, Knatvold, Morgan, Pot
! ter, Smith, Spencer, Sperry, Sweningsen,
Thompson, Whitney, Wing, Yale-1S,
Inc peterson good roads" bill pro
viding for the appointment of a state
highway commission, which had been
on the calendar for weeks and weeks,
was finally passed:
Yeas-Barr, Culkin, Durham French Full
Ter, Greer; Hanson, Hodge, Johnson, A. G.,
johnson, ". E., Keller, Knatvold, Larson
Ll-yd, Masterman, Mo gan, Macarthur. Ozmun
Peterson, Potter, Pottgieser, Sheehan, Spencer
smith, Stevens, Sweningsen, Thompson, Whit
|. ney, Wyman, Yale, Young-31.
Nays-CoIester, Cronkhite, Currier Hanna
Heneman, Iltis, Reishus Ringdal, Roverud,
Sperry, Thorpe, Whitney-12.
The Greer pound net bill was so
amended as to satisfy Senator RingdaI
and passed practically without oppo-
sition
The bill to establish a state board of
! surveyors was defeated by slaughter,
as follows:
Hodge. Hits, w. E. Johnson, Morgan. Peter
StOckton-14
Nays-Barr, Culkin Currier. Durham
: "A.
knatyold, Larsen, Lloyd, Miller, Macarthur
McHaie, Pottgieser, Reishus Roverud, Sevat-
son, Smith, Sperry Sweningsen Theden
Thorpe, Young-A
Senator Hits called up H. F. 113. the
Anderson peddlers' bill, which Speaker
Jones ruled the house passed over the
veto, but it was lost by a vote of 81 to
10, after some discussion as to it's legal
standing. The vote was:
YeaS-COle, Col!ester, French Greer Hene-
I man, Hodge IltiS Jones johnson A
Knatvold, Larson, Masterman, Miller, Nc
Hale, Roverud, Schalier, Smith, Sweningsen,
Thompson-19.
Nays = Barr. Cronkhite, CulkIn, Currier,
Durham, Dunn, Fuller Hanna, Hanson,
Howard, Johnson, w. E.; Morgan, Macarthur,
0zmun Peterson; Potter, Pottgieser. Rel
Stebbins, Stevens. Stockton, Theden, Thorpe,
| Whitney, Wing, Wyman, Young-31.
When Senator Miller asked that H.
f. 9l8. the gross earnings tax on in
surance companies, be substituted for
5. f. 494, his duplicate of it, there was
| storm Of objections. Senator Miller
said it merely raised the present tax
to ) per cent. Senator Greer wanted il
referred to the committee on taxes
and tax laws, and it was so referred.
Senator Potter said it would repeal the
salvage corps laws in the two cities
Senator Young introduced a resolu-
ton to pay Robt. G. Evans and w w
Erwin $3.50 each for services in con-
nectiOn with the Powers labor bureau
| Investigation Senator Collester said
! he did not think there was any occa-
| sion to establish a precedent of this
! kind. Senator Greer, giving notice of
! debate, the resolution was referred to
| the committee on legislative expenses
Before the echoes of President Gibbs
SaVel had died away, Senator Miller
asked for a report from the commit
tee on taxes and tax laws as to his
gross earnings bill to tax insurance
companies 3 per cent but it was not
ready, and the senate took up the house
amendments to senate bills.
Then the committee reported the bill
for indefinite pOstpOnement, because
the bill would discriminate against the
Minnesota companies, because it would
interfere with the salvage corps laws,
/ and for other reasons.
Senators Thorpe and Hodge dissented
from the report, and recommended the
bill for passage. 1t was laid on the
| table. The rule that was adopted
to call the roll and allow each senator
to pick out one bill and have it passed
| under suspension of the rules, so the
bill would not have to go to the cal
endar, then went into effect
Senator Barr asked for suspension
of the rules to pass S. F. 604, a COllester
bill to protect the rights of the public
in streets and highways by providing
that no title shall accrue from the
occupancy by private structures of
portions of such thOroughfares. 1t was
passed.
Senator Cole adopted a house bill
reducing the mileage of sheriffs, and it
was amended so as to adopt the pro-
visions Of another house bill pending
fixing the fees on execution sales. The
| bill was, however defeated, is ayes
and q noes.
Senator CoIlester called up S. F. 602
relating to the definition of highways.
Senator Cronkhite's protege was the
Douglas drainage commission bill, and
enough to defeat it, and it passed
| 80 to g.
Senator Culkin called up H. F. 1,026
proposing an amendment to the consti-
tuition, so that the legislature could linn
| it the number of lines of merchandise
! that may be sold by any person or firm.
! Some delay was occasiOned by a search
for the bill. After some time the sena-
| tor from Wright charged that the bill
| had been distracted.
Senator Currier found way for H.
| F. 352, a chattel mortgage bill, to see
/ daylight.
Senator Durham was the first to
! take UP a bill of his own, that to
! amend the law requiring the payment
/ of fees for filing articles of incorpora-
! tiOn so as to release railroad cor
/ porations established by Minnesota
/ residents. Senator Morgan spoke
! against the bill, which was denied a
! suspension Of the rules, and Senator
/ Durham tried H. F. 803.
Senator Dunn secured the passage
! Of the house bill defining Migrants
/ and vagrancy, just as it came from the
/ house.