The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-10
DAVIS IS 70 b HON)RED
HOUSE WILL HOLD MEMORIAL
SERVICES FOR THE LATE
SENATOR
DEMING'S MATHEMATICAL BILL
Members Who Arc Apt in Figures
See in 1t Plan to Liber-
ate the Younger
Brothers.

The house yesterday held a short and
uneventfuI session, adjourning before
noon until Wednesday morning at Il
o'clock. Tuesday being a holiday, the
anniversary of the bi; thday of President
Lincoln, it was decided to hold no session
Monday.
When the house convenes Wednesday
it will take uD, at 2 p m, memorial
session to the memory of the late Senator
Cushman K. Davis, as the special order.
Pressure of business has delayed this
tribute to the lamented statesman, whose
fame has been honored in similar con-
vertions at the national capitol 1t has
been the purpose of Speaker Bowling and
b. others of the Minnesota legislature to Sc
1ect an opportune time for this service
sooner, but other matters have crowded
it out.
The ceremonies Wednesday viii follow
no distinct formality in arrangement,
however, there will no doubt, be a num-
Der of orations delivered on the life Of
the late senator. Members of the Ram
sey county delegation are expected to
take a prominent part In the programme.
A test of mathematics skill was intro
duced in the house yesterday in tie lcrm
of a bill relating to pardons. After
figuring a while on the problem it became
obvious that the measure, of which Mr..
Deming, of Hennepin IS the author, is
based upon the purpose Of submitting d
tangible method of liberating the Young
err brothers at the state prison. The
provisions of the bill are that the board
of managers of the state prison may,
upon the authority of the governor of the
state, issue a pardon upon parole to pTis-
oners sentenced for life as well as others,
serving less terms. 1t also applies to
state reformatOry inmates. The only eX.
ception being to the life termer who has
done former service. This class of con-
victs is not subject to the benefits of the
law.
The bill proposes that a prisoner, be-
fore he can be pardoned under this act.
shall have served half of MS regular
term and the life prisoner must have
served 80 years with the legal diminua-
ton. This is where the measure applies
to the Younger brothers. They were
committed to the states prison for the
robbery of the Mortified bank in No
vember, 1876, and under the good time
system, which allows for the first year,
five days month; second, seven; third
nine; thereafter ten, they have earned
2,540 days, or seven years and 2S9 days.
This would give them their freedom, un-
der the proposed measure within sixteen
months or in June, 1902
Sherman S. Smith introduced 3 bill
providing for the erection of a h0meo-
patnlc medical college on the state UNI
versity grounds at a cost of $40, 900 and a
hospital of the same class at a cost of
100000, both institutions to be under the
control of the board of regents of the
university.
Mr.. Ward submitted a measure which
contemplates quite a shake-up in educa-
tional lines. It calls for the creation Of
a state board of education of five mem
bers, enc of whom shall be the superin-
tendent of public instruction, who shall
be the secretary. The other four mem
bers shall be appointed by the governor.
The state high school board is absorbed
by the new board. Another provision
of the bill is that the high schools Of
the state shall have business and an
English. course in addition to what they
teach.