Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-02-02
STATE LEGISLATURE
SATURDAY.. Jan. 23.

WAS declueu by the senate by the unseat-
ing Of Frank A. Day and the seating in
; Lis place to represent the people Of tho
counties OF Martin and Watonwan of H.
, II. Dunn. The senate decided by vote of
50 to % to unseat Day.
The senate spent the entire day in COM
mittee of the whole considering the con-
test, and it was not until after D. III. that
final action was ia en- that resulted as
shown above in the replacing of Day by
Dunn. The vote was as follows:
i Yeas-Barr, Cole, Collester, Currier,
,. Dunha'n, French, Fuller Greer, Hanson
Heneman, Hits, Jones, Keller, Knatvold,
Lloyd, Macarthur, Ozmun, Peterson, Pot
ter, Pottgieser, Roverud, Sheehan, Smith,
Spencer, Sperry, Stebbins, Sweningsen,
Thompson, Thorpe, Wing
Nays - Cronkhite, Cu1kin, Hanna.
Hodge, Howard, A. 6. Johnson, w. E.
johnson, Larson, Masterman, Miller,
Morgan, McHale, Reishus, Ringdal.
Schaller, Sevatson, Stevens, Stockton,
Iheden, Whitney, Wyman, Yale, Young.
Tuesday, Jan. &c
| At the opening of the senat, sessino
Senator Dunn of Fairmont was sworn in
! by President Gibbs and assigned to all the
committee places vacated by by MIR Day.
work Of the session. Among them was
one by Senator Thompson, appropri, ing
SO for each country school district in
which not less than eight months s:hool
may be taught. 1t provides that the
school in order to obtain the bene of the
appropriation must also employ teacher
with q state certificate or normal school
| diploma.
The house session lasted only an hour
and half, but in that time much business
was transacted. Fully score of bills
were introduced, sever 4 of them of gen.
eral interest The biz of Representative
Laybourne provides that Il bushel of coal
shall weigh 90 pounds and that l2S cubic
; feet OF wood shall constitute a cord, It
| provides punishment for dealers who give
short measure
Wednesday, Jan. ~.
The senate adopted the Wyman rcsolu-
ton Endorsing the arbitration treaty now
! before the United c>tates senate. Before
passing it, however, it was amended in
such manner AS to takazll the sting out
Of it. AS introduced it was an uncuuiyo-
cal Endorsement of the proposed interna-
tional treaty. As it emerged from tie
senate it simply approves the theory of
arbitration in a general way, but expressly
disavows any special Endorsement of the
measures now pending.
A motion to reconsider the vote on the
, Day Dunn contest was ruled ont Of order
by President Gibbs, because, he said, it
would give the Sixth district two senator's.
The senate judiciary committee has re-
ported the amenied bill defining the duties
OF the board of pardons. By it the board
Mt or6o
all applications must be made 30 DAYS
prior to the sitting of the board
Senator Jones introduced bill appro-
priating $4,000 to the STATE Fair associa-
ton, Sis, 900 to be used in cro"ting a build
ing for the purposes of an a,nphitheater,
! and S10,0o for the construction of water
works upon the state fair grounds
The house passed the first bills of the
! session. They were as follows:
81. F. :0-To exempt certain property
| from execution and levy
H. F. 120-Relating to powers of the
| district court.
II. F. 45-To legalize certain acknowl-
! cdgments.
Thursday, Jan. 80
Senator Wyman's reconstructed resolu-
| ton on the adoption of the Olney- Paunce-
| fote treaty looking to international arbi-
| tration, with a brief but pertinent amend
ment suggested by Representative
Douglas, was adopted in the house after
being discussed for several hours on /,
! special order. Tho amendment provides
that no treaty should be made which in
any way involves the Monroe doctrine.
Mr.. Donnelly was the principal speaker,
his remarks being principally an arraign-
of e., 1oo,,
cenary course with other nations
| Several local bills were passed
| In committee of the whole the senate
took up general orders Senator Grcer's
bill to amend sec 5457 Of chap. IS, relating
to property exempt from execution, was
amended by making the seed corn cxemp
ton 10 bushels, instead of 3, and barley
exemption 100, instead Of 20 bushels; DO
| tato exemption was made 100 bushels in
stead of Is. The bill was recommended tc
pass as amended. Senator Yales bill
amending general statutes Of 1894 relating
| to cemetary associations and regulating
lots, was recommended to pass. MIR
| Wings bill reducing clerks fees for citi
zenship papers from s. to 81 was discussed
| at some length and all manner of amend
ments were proposed. 1t was finally rec
! commended to pass.
At the afternoon session of the senate
the bill providing for the creation of j.;
| board OF pardons was passed after consid
| cradle debate.
| Friday, Jan. 20.
Among the dozen or more new measures
in the house was one from MIR. Donnelly
to require banks to post daily notice O.
their condition, including IL full synopsis
of assets and liabilities. Judge Littleton'
bill, H. F. -56, requires bonds of annuity
safety deposit and trust companies, wher
they act in tiduciary 'apacities, just a.
individuals so acting are now required t.
| give.
The feature of the session was the de
bate on the Hayter bill to prohibit tn
election Of any governor or governor-elec
us Unite>1 States senator. Mr.. jacobson
led the opposition, and was seconded b,
Mr. Donnelly. Mr.. Hayter made !, hart
fight to save it but failed.
The bill creatinga board of pardons wa
recommended to pass as amended, as wa
also the bill repeating the bounty OF
horse thieves.
Senate bills passed:
S. F. 4, Greer-To amend sec. 5459 o
chap. 66, relating to property exempt iron
execution.
ST IA, Wing-Fixing the fees to b
paid by applicants for certificates Of de-
laration Of intention to hecome citizen