Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-01-25

tWlne deal in the penitentiary was an
nounced and now the fur is due to fly.
| st. Paul, Minn., Jan. 19.-The formality
| ol concluding the election of United
| states senator by reading the result of
| the vote In the respective houses taken
| Iuesday, was gone through with in Joint
session of the legislature yesterday and
| speaker Dare formally announced that
! Cushman K. Davis had been elected to
| succeed himself for the term of six years
commencing March 4th next.
senator Davis sent the following grace
tul telegram of Acknowledgement to the
legislature which was read to that body.
sm M,thash4fn3 ag;tt, Jan. 1s:-Hon. Lyndon A.
MSh MINI: Lieutenant Governor st. Paul,
III most respectfully request that YOU
VIII communicate to the senate of the
state OF Minnesota this expression of my
me by my election as senator of the
| United States. 1t has been usual, and it
IS Isl IN every every way most proper that the per-
pear, upon the occasion of his election,
ana IN either public manner, or by per-
s sGeana intercourse. express his acknowl-
| tive nature have withheld me from graft
lying my great desire to be now in st.
th de resaoa am 1,, Gertain that my action in
term of nearly IL years in the service of
the senate, 1 have endeavored to serve
me interests of my state and country to
the t3ae pest of my ability. The people of Min
nesota have been lenient respecting my
errors. and most appreciative of such of
my official actions as they have pleased
| to approve.
Events have placed me during the
past two years in trying and responsible
relations to some of the most mOmentous
ge;;to Sin IN our history as nation. In
perplexlty, intensified by the necessity
tor Immediate and irrevocable action, 1
have always felt sustained and strength
ened Dy the moral and intellectual force
OF great, wise and patriotic constitu-
ency: TO that constituency and to their
! legislatiye representatives I now tender
-, Every good citizen desires in times
| like the present to be of service to his
country country to raise it to a higher plane, to
increase Nts power and just influence in
the affairs of nations and it's security in
its domestic concerns. claim only part
OF this common desire and am proud be-
YONG expression that the people of Min
| part their judgment, will and conscience
| 1t may be thought that the expression Of
! sentiment, purely personal. should have
no place in such a communication as this,
put be this as it may, I cannot refrain
| from saying to my personal friends who
TOR tor, SO many years have. sustained me
with unfaltering trust, that I am most
deeply sensitive of their devotion.
| 1T u.s. L think, most eminently fitting
that should tender to those with whom
I differ most widely in principles of do
nestle policies my sentiments of high
| appreciation of their approval Of my ac-
tlons respecting our foreign relations: 1t
that while the American people may diff
fer strenuously concerning their national
affairs, they are nevertheless unit when
they are confronted by foreign complica-
| Wa al
! man, and SO may we always be. 1 have
the honor to be yours sincerely.
! "CUSHMAN K. DAVIS"
| A bill that will interest about as many
people in the state as any which is like
! ly to be introduced this session was Of
| fered by Senator Wilson regulating the
cause for divorce and repeating the di-
! vorce law of 1895. Senator Wilson's bill
limits causes for divorce to adultery, i'm
| potency, cruelty, sentence to state prison,
! habitual drunkenness for one year and
| wilful desertion for three years. The law
| of '95 allowed a divorce for one years de-
| sertion. The proposed law, if it becomes
an act, will not be popular as the old
| one owing to its more stringent features.
! The first bill to be killed was one for
bidding stealing rides on railroad trains.
| Apparently the Senate is tenderly in
| clined towards tramps.
| The House INDUCED in war episode
! and gave it's members a chance to indulge
in some patriotic talk by considering some
| resolutions urging the United States Sen
| ate to ratify the peace treaty. The resolu-
tions were passed with only four negative
votes. An effort was made to put
through the bill appropriating 1900 for
| the expense of Minnesotas display at
the Omaha Exposition but the effort
| failed. This money was raised by our citi-
zens because the legislature of 1897 re-
| fused to make an appropriation and this
| bill is designed to reimburse the citizens.
A bill amending the tax laws of 1878
| was killed after sharp debate. 1t Is
! claimed that the present law compels
| both the owner and giver of a mortgage
| to pay taxes on the amount and the
amendment proposed to limit the taxation
! to the owner of the mortgage. Appar-
| emily the majority of the House have no
| mortgages outstanding.
The sessions of both branches were
brief, owing to the joint session for the
senatorial election, but now that that in
| cident is entirely out Of the way, both
| branches will doubtless settle down to
/ regular business hours.