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HE bill providing for a public examiner of the accounts of officials in Minnesota having passed, great care should be taken in selecting the incumbent. If political favor itism in the slightest degiee inspires the ap pointment, the officer will be the most des picable kno^n under our system of govern ment. THE crowded condition of our columns for bevei al days lia3 prevented the earlier in sertion of a very graphic account of the passage of the Silver bill over the Presi dent's veto. As that event is destined to lank as one of the most important in the history of the country we give the account to-day, even at the lisk of being regarded as IOBS prompt than the general conduct of TIIE GLOBE warrants'. LKT it be remembered that the opponents of the text book bill did not ask the repudi ation of the contract with Mr. Merrill, or the overthrow of the so-called plan. They simply asked that the people might be al lowed to have a voice in the matter. Was there anything unfair or dishonest in this? On the other hand was it not unfair and dis honest for the advocates of the bill to stifle the voice of the people? IMMIGRATION. Minuesotians should all feel a lively in terest in bringing people to the State. There is no over estimating the value to our State of effective work in bringing people here to open up our broad acres. Its importance cannot be exaggerated. The State and the raihoad companies should unite in a well organized arrangement to push for our share of the multitudes now starting from the over crowded East in search of new homes. Localities south of Minnesota are very active in trying to draw immigration, and their railroad men are expending large amounts of money in the work, and it is lepaying them a hun dred fold. The Omaha Herald the other day interviewed Mr. Irving, superintendent of the B. & M. R. R. as to their plans of bringing people to their lands. From a col umn of information we extract the following items: ReporterWhat means have been used to in dnce so large an immigration into the southern pait of the State? Mr. IrvingWe have a number of traveling agents who visit the Middle, Eastern and Southern StatesVirginia being the only South ern State fiom which much immigration comes, and besides these traveling men we have a large number of resident agents. They watch affairs evexywhere, and if there is a movement in any localitya colony organizing, or a desire expressed to get knowledge of the West, a man is sent there to take advantage of it. ReporterIs theie any arrangement for special rates to immigrants? Mr. IrvingOh yes, we give them various advantages in that Tegard, not only in passen ger fare but in regard to shipment of farming tools and household goods. We let them have a car and they jam it full of all of their various effects. RepoiterWhat kind of people are generally coming into the State? Mr. IrvingThe best class of emigrants who ever came into this State. They are generally men of intelligence and thrift, and all have more or less money, and will be able to make improvements, build houses and help to en rich the State. EXPUNGING THE RECORD. As announced as probable in yesterday's GLOBE, the House during the all-night ses sion adapted the Senate resolutions expung ing the resolutions of 1875 which severely reflected upon Wm. S. King, more commonly known to fame as Bill King. The Pioneer Press speaks of this as the result of Mr. King's having lived down his defamers. Considering the relations which that paper has borne to Mr. King and on Mr. King's own account we would not ad mire much of that line of comment lest it might provoke unpleasant reminescences. Mr. King can hardly afford to treat this action of the Legislature in that manner, and we shall be loth to hold him responsible for so ill timed a comment. In fact we are qnite sure that he did not inspire, and does not approve such sentiments. We believe we speak the feelings of all those who participated in the campaign which resulted in the resolutions of 1875, when we say that we are glad the expunging record has been made. Mr. King has retired from political life. He is an energetic, and competent business man. He is laboring industriously to retrieve the financial disaster which over took him, and is doing much to advance the State and locality in which he resides. In these efforts he should be commended and encouraged, and we do not believe that there is one who opposed him in that memorable campaign, who would have defeated the action of the Legislature yesterday if he could* or who would care to reverse MkkimsM^ S^Wi it now. There is a time when true manliness dictates'the cessation of warfare, and that time has arrived in Mr. King's ca reer. The dead past can burj its dead, and the situation should be considered and ac cepted as it stands to-day. A generous and kind act need never cause the bestower any uneasiness. It is one of the compensating features of the brief period allotted to life's actors on the stage of existence, that time softens asperities, and forgiving and being forgiven brings no sorrow in its wake. THE WORK OF THE SESSION. During the Legislative session "just closed, 867 bills were introduced. Of these, 378 were Senate bills and 189 House bills, The number of bills which actually passed both houses and went to the Governor was 414 of these 161 were Senate bills and 253 House bills. When the Governor closed his labors last night there were 126 bills awaiting the Governor's approval. The larger portion of these bills are purely local, but among them are a few of prominence such as the new tax law, the bill giving the 500,000 acres for the old railroad bonds, and quite a number of appropriation bills. It is notable that up to this time the Gov ernor has not interposed his vote. If the State was well supplied with money, it is possible that the entire work would be closed without a single veto, but in view of finan cial straits it is rumored that sereral very important appropriation bills will be lost. WANTED TO BAG $50,000. If there was anything lacking to demon strate the wisdom of the opponents of the Appleton-Merrill-Donnelly grab, it was found in the attempt of that ring Thursday night to gobble $50,000 out of the State Treasury. THE GLOBE has persistently as serted that the object of the legislation asked for was to enable the contractor to ob tain capital from tho State to execute bis contract. As Mr. Donnelly graphically ex plained on the floor of the Senate, it was the fund the ring were after. Accordingly within three hours after the so-called supplementary bill had passed, Mr. Donnelly presented the following joint resolution in the Senate: A joint resolution providing for borrowing money to carry out the provisions of school textbook law: Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: SECTION 1. WHEBEAS, There is no money in the State treasury to the credit of the revenue fund, it being overdrawn fifty-five thousand dollars (#55,000), there being over sixty thou sand dollars of outstanding warrants drawn against said fund, these amounts with current expenses of the State government will more than exhaust the accumulation of said fund duiing the present year, therefore, in order to make the school text book law operative, be it R(solvcd, By the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, that the State treasurer be, and is heieby authorized and empowered to make arrangements with one or more banks of city of St. Paul, whereby such bank or banks shall redeem State auditor's warrants to an amount not exceeding the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), drawn on the reve nue fund, and hold the same until such times as the accumulation of the said revenue fund shall be sufficient to redeem the same in part or entire and itBhall be lawful for said treas ure to allow and pay from receipts from inter est on daily balances on State funds, deposited under the provisions of chapter eleven of the general laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, such bank or banks interest at a rate not to exceed eight (8) per cent, per annum on the amounts of such warrants so held, until such time as it shall be competent to pay such warrants or portions thereof from the revenue fund. Sec. 2 This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. No sooner had the secretary read the reso lution than it occurred to Mr. Donnelly that the cloven foot was a little too apparent, and he amended the title striking out the refer ence to the text book law and making it read that the money was to be borrowed to "meet the demands oh the revenue fund." The words at the end of the pre amble, "in order to make the school text book law operative," were also stricken out, the rate of interest to be paid reduced to seven per cent., and in that shape the reso lution promptly passed the Senate. The grab was not sufficiently sugar-coated for the House, and when it was proposed to put it through that branch it was killed very dead, some of the most strenuous advocates of the supplementary bill opposing this attempt to take $50,000 from the tax payers to give the wealthy firm of Appleton & Co., of New York, capital with which to engage in busi ness. A business, too, which conflicts with the business interests of hundreds of our own citizens. Not only was it proposed to pluck the barren treasury, but to put the State of Minnesota upon the street as a bor rower, the people to have the interest, as well as the principal, to meet. Ordinary business firms furnish their own capital or at least do their own borrowing, but in this instance, the public are to be plucked in the name of the "dear people." As time rolls on we shall have occasion to refer at length to this little game, but we record it now as a complete justification for every opponent of this vicious measure. It is the clinching argument which silences all honest but mistaken advocates of this most unjust and oppressive legislation. 'IT TAKES TWO TO MAKE A QUAE- REX,." We wish our Democratic friends in the House would oftener remember and act upon this bit of old-time wisdom. As it is, every few days the earnest Democrats of the coun try, who feel the importance of the real pend ing political issuesand who, by their faith in Democratic principles, know the bearing of every movement in Congressare shamed if not pained to witness the spectacle of their party representatives wasting time, ar gument, and party strength in dancing and howlingas a child might, when struck by a waspwhenever some cunning Republican sees fit to thrust out a verbal sting. Cannot they see that it is a matter of little moment what Mr. Hale or Mr. Garfield, or any other gentleman, thinks or says about Louisiana, or South Carolina, or about Mr. Tilden, or Gov. Niohols, or Gov. Hampton? Cannot they see that the life of the radical Republi can party is going out with the ebbing of sec tional feeling, and that the last hopes of the men of the Grant regime are based on the chances of'a return of that tide which for many years made true nationalism a thing feared if not hated all through the North? Cannot they see that most of all the leaders of the Republican parly dread the issues of the day, and that they alone have everything to gain and nothing to lose in fighting over again the dead issues of the past? And cannot they imagine how it appears to the country to witness, week after week, month after month, year after year, the leaders of the great Democratic party permitting them selves to be so excited by some cunning Blaine, or flea-like Conger, or gnat-like Hale, or dusty Garfield as to jump and rant *a & ^^^^uki^ii^^&MS^lX Sw*|PrP' jiy ^i^yfd-** r'P^^Sf&Srl and roar, lose Belf-po8session%nd common* jfiiuse, and'nevar p^6tve^iaC they are hurt ing nobody but themselves, no cause but their own. Cl I would be well for the DeWo and well for the country, if the Democratic Congressional caucuses would bind their members for a time not to undertake per sonal, sectional or State defense. Then the tactics of their opponents would soon have to be changed, for they would not serve to delay the progress of Democratic reform or to break the harmony of the Democratic party. The reputations of persons could well be left to future judgment while the people were learning to estimate speeches against States and sections at their true characterrank disloyalty to the Union and the republic. Meanwhile the Democratic majority in Congress can be more profitably employed in undoing the remaining evils of Republican misrule and in proving the fit ness of the Democratic party to take full charge of the country in 1880 by prudent legislation upon the pressing questions of the day. WHAT IS A LEGISLATURE? Such a question at such a time! The representatives of the people of Minnesota have adjourned, and are retiring to -the bosoms of their constituents. The State has enjoyed another season of the law mak ing power. There are few countries, so blessed, as the United States, with the glorious privilege of having as many Legislatures as there are separate States and communities, and in nothing is the Catholic spirit of one country so strik ingly illustrated and the aspiring ambition of all so practically realized as in the an nual, or biennial sessions of these Legisla tures. The people assemble, through their agents, to carry out the idea of the representative system, and to dignify, honor and immortal ize the State. It is on a more honorable, or rather, a more exalted stage, than the primitive as semblies at the foot and chariot races of the Olympic games, and- equally as useful and beneficial, as the liberty loving, and liberty fighting political hustings of more modern times. Strange to say, we always experience a feel ing of sadness to see the people resume their delegated powers, and to receive back the responsible trust. It is a sadness, like that of death, because the places so highly honored, in the nature of things, will never know many of the great names that have* so illustrated and illumed the pages of the State's history any more. All that live must die, and, with the permission of Hamlet, we must add, "Ay, madam, it is common." Need we add that the twentieth sesion of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota has adjourned. By way of consolation, a secret quiet satisfaction, let it not be forgot ten, the Senate will reassemble in the beau tiful month of May to add to the natural flowers of that charming season the timid violets and pretty pansies of that surpassing eloquence destined to make the impeach ment of Page immortal. Dismissing the emotional, and recogniz ing the old Latin maxim, in all seriousness, it is too soon, from the cool disinterested standpoint of Democratic journalism, to forecast, in all their mighty effects, the legislation of Minnesota for the year of our Lord 1878. Thus much we feel justified in saying, that the laws, special, general and mixed, enacted, are mixed mostly, that is to say, good, bad, indifferent and doubtful. For example, foreclosure of mortgages by adver tisement may be said to be good, inasmuch as the debtor will not be compelled to give half of his property in the first place for re lief, and then finally surrender the other half for the privilege. This is only an ex ample. As to the other generic terms, space for bids both argument and example alike. Suffice it to say, that the people have wit nessed the first great struggle to grab the sacred fund of education in Minnesota. We have done our duty to keep outvthe entering wedge to ward off the harpies from that great trust for children we have, in the first days of the existence of THE GLOBE stood, locally, almost alone to keep inviolate the educational fund and re sources of the State, and to preserve the national bequest intact forever. Ihe future will be the unerring vindicator, and whatever then may betide, HE GLOBE, as now, will be found fighting the battles of the State's most sacred interests, an untrembling, ceaseless, sentinel. "THE GLOBE" AS A NEWSPAPER. It is with a pardonable degree of pride that we point to the record which THE' GLOBC has made as a newspaper during its brief existence. I* has not only revolution ized the newspaper business of this locality by supplying a paper every day in the year, but it has shown its enterprise in repeatedly furnishing important news in advance of all cotemporaries. HE GLOBE supplied, exclusively, the re sult of the impeachment investigations of the House committee, and promptly gave the proceedings of all secret sessions in pn nection therewith, whether of the committee or House. All through the legislative ses sion HE GLOBE reports have been notable for their completeness and accuracy. Every detail of interest in connection with the Legislature has been furnished to the public by THE GLOBE. Yesterday morning HE GLOBE gave a full record of all the bills passed during the Legislative session, up to 4 o'clock a. m.a record which included all but twenty of the bills of the entire session. This was a feat never before attempted. The slow old newspapers have been in the habit of giving such a record two or three days after the final adjournment on Friday, while THE GLOBE supplied it on Friday morning, and, but for the exceptionally protracted all night session would not have left even twenty to be recorded in a subsequent issue. The telegraphic news of HE GLOBE covers the entire world and presents a daily com pleted picture of all the happenings every where, within the confines of civilization. It is with no spirit of vain boasting that HE GLOBE cites these facte. They are facts worthy of attention and we point to them, and numerous others which which might be cited as evidences of the energy and enterprise which characterizes and will continue to characterize HE GLOBE While the Nepeushan, Wis., anti-horse thief association was in solemn consultation the other day, a tramp made off with the fine team and family carriage of the president of the as sociation. THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1878. |fH E LE(&SLATpE. CLOSING UF OF THE SESSION FOB 1878. ~*jr The JLast Hours of a Memorable Session- The All-Nlgbt Record-Usual Tote of Thanks, Speeches, Etc-Another Session of the Impeachment Court and Adjourn ment Until MayThe More Notable Inci dents of the Last Day's Work. Senate. The twentieth session of the Minnesota Legislature is a thing of the past, except so far as its acts have become a matter of record, and enter into the future of the State, the sine die adjournment taking place as per the record at 12 m. noon yesterday, though, in fact, it was about 5 o'clock when the last bill was signed and the real adjourn ment took place. The session which has come to an end has been an eventful one in many respects. Start ing in with a prospect of being a very tame if not stupid ses sion, it has been one of the most exciting since the good old territorial days when Joe Roulette stole capitol removal bills. The measures that gave this exciting interest to the session are now for the most part, en grafted upon the statutes of the State, and whether they operate for the weal or woe of the people will be demonstrated as the wheel of time revolves. Whatever that verdict may be, certain it is the members of the two houses have had a very laborious and weary ing session. Especially is this true of the Senate and its leading committees. The work of the judiciary committee, particularly has been most trying and important, and its members are deserving well of the people of the State. The committee are Messrs. Arm strong, Nelson, Gilfillan, J. B., Edgerton, Waite, Goodrich, McClure, Gilfillan, C. D., and Donnelly. It is worthy of mention in this brief no tice, that notwithstanding the very exciting contests which took place over some of the measures, personal good feeling and fairness has characterized the entire session, and the members return to their homes bearing nothing but pleasant recollections of the session and their associates. The session has another special signifi cance from the fact that it marks the close of one era in the Legislature of the State, and the inauguration of a new. Heretofore Minnesota has enjoyed annual sessions, but at the last election the people voted to change to the biennial system and the next session will be held under this law. As a conse quence the entire Legislature is to be re elected this fall. In our report yesterday of the all day and all night session, we were compelled to confine ourself strictly to routine business. There was, bibwever, but little else to record, beyond the fact that the Senate had its business well closed, so that its last hours were marked with no un usual hurry. At twenty minutes to 12 o'clock midnight, the clock ceased to tick, and remained silent until the adjournment took place at 5 o'clock in the morning. Much of the time during the last three hours of the session was spent in recess, waiting upon business from the House, the different members principally spending such time in looking after the condition of their measures in the House. A little before 12 o'clock the hospitable mine hosts of the Merchants, Metropolitan, and other hotels set up gen erous lunches in the various committee rooms, to which most ample justice was done. YESTERDAY'S SESSION. As per adjournment the Senate met a few minutes past 10 o'clock to finish up the busi ness of the session, and immediately resolved itself into the high court of impeachment. Senator Gilfillan introduced a resolution au thorizing the subpoena of witnesses on order of the managers of the trial, or the counsel for Judge Page, and providing that the sergeant at-arnas, or any person authorized to serve sub poenas, may serve the same. The resolution of the House conferring pow er upon the managers to conduct the trial was read, and nothing else suggesting itself of im portance,the court adjourned. Under the reso lution this adjournment is to the fourth Wednesday in May. THANKS TO THE LIEUT. GOVEBNOB. Senator Morton offered a resolution thanking President Wakefield for the able and impartial manner in which he had performed the duties of the office, which was adopted with a unan imity which showed that it was not looked up on by the members as a mere idle compliment, but as an expression of endorsement and good will for the very excellent gentleman whose duty and pleasure it has been to preside over their deliberations. President Wakefield ac knowledged the compliment in a few fitting remarks, closing with an expression of the hope that the work of the session would prove to be of such a character as to subserve the best in terests of the State, meet the hearty endorse ment of the people, and result in the return of such as desired to the next session. THE JUNIOR OFFICIALS. Brother Johnson, the very efficient and ac commodating secretary, and his brother offi cials were handsomely complimented by reso lution. The president and Secretary Johnson put their sign manual to the last qf the en rolled bills, when Senator C. D. Gilfillan, in terrupting, addressed the president substan tially as follows: PRESENTATION. MB. PBESIDENT: lam commissioned by the Senators to present you this likeness as a slight testimonial of the esteem entertained by them for yourself, not only as their presiding officer, but also as a friend. Its colors are imperisha ble, typical, we trust, of the regard held by my associates and myself towards you. May the original long continue its truthfulness to the copy, and long continue to dwell in the land. REPLY. To the address Gov. Wakefield thus replied: GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE: This is indeed a surprise. The artist who produced the picture that your generosity has tendered me, was un known to me until his work had been com pleted and when -I consented to it suspension upon the walls of the Senate chamber, it was with no thought that I should be its possessor through your kindness. I do not BO much value the gift for any intrinsic value it may possess, as for the recognition its presentation implies that my efforts to discharge my duty have been in some measure crowned with success. I shall preserve your, testimonial with such care as I would give its prototype, and while I live shall not forget the honor you have this day done me. FORMALITIES. Messrs. J. B. Gilfillan, Smith and Morton, of the joint committee to wait upon the Governor, returning and reporting no further communi cation to make, at 12, noon, the President brought down his gavel and declared the Senate adjourned sine die. HILARITIES. ^Among the funny incidents usual to the last hours of the session, was the following bill, which will be duly appreciated by the friends of the parties named: y,t j,A BILL TO. ENCOURAGE contracts, grasshoppers and poetry. SECTION 1.That the Governor of this State be authorized to execute a contract with J. M. Bowler and I.Donnelly to furnish for fifty years, all the grasshoppers used in this State said Bowler and Donnelly shall give bonds that each grasshopper shall observe the Scrip tural injunction to multiply and re plenish the earth, but that no grasshoper shall deposit in any one day more than a half bushel of eggs, unless so authorized so to do by a vote of three-fourths of the people of any or ganized county in this State. Provided that the provisions of this bill shall not apply to the counties of Ramsey and Hennepin, nor to Dodge or Kandiyohi counties, nor to the county of Goodhue. SEC. 2. The house committee on poetry and prophesy, consisting of Messrs Campbell, Bow ler and Dresbach, G. B., be instructed to in quire into the question whether there WSB or was hot a reflection upo manna in?tb remark,l at ?b*tobfeninschool iip he* of debate whata a 'Vretehed choice Tve wm*' il, il and|f found gu%, that the said Campbell be required to give bonds to hereafter treat the gentler sex witlnhore teepee*, for his wtetry is worse ^wn the daily Jungle at the- head of the local department of thosJXtpateh. House. The closing hours of the session were per haps the most memorable for many years. Throughout the night preceding the final ad journment, the session continued, and lasted until half-past six o'clock, when the trans action of business was put a stop to by an adjournment to 10 o'clock. As intimated in yesterday's GLOBE, the ut most good humor prevailed during the entire night. Notwithstanding the inherent tendency of the Minnesota legislators on the closing night to raise the devil generally, and make as much racket as possible, the speaker managed them admirably and with even hand so adjusted the reins that but little in terruption ensued to the regular course of business. Of course, great anxiety was manifested throughout the night, by many members who had "wo*dchucks" pending, to get them before the House, and to this fact is probably due a great proportion of the ob struction met with in the transaction of business. Strong competition was to be noted throughout the night, among those who had favorite measures to press, and, no doubt, a great amount of ingenuity and tact was resorted to, to get their bills acted upon. While some were disappointed, many were yet made happy, and left the capitol building rejoicing and glad at heart. The adjourn ment of the Senate at about 5 o'clock, put a quietus upon all House bills unacted upon in that body, and cleared the way for the more rapid "putting through' of Senate bills which had been passed there and sent to the House. In a playful spirit on. Wednesday evening the house committed the bill for the re moval of the county seat of Lincoln county to Messrs. Hinds and Giles of Scott county as gentlemen fully competent to pass upon the merits of county seat removals. Both gentlemen submitted reports, and on Thurs day evening sent them up to be read. The report of Mr. Hinds in serio-comic vein recommended the indefinite postponement of the bill, while that of Mr. Giles took the matter more in earnest and recommended its passage, on the ground that the voters of Lincoln county by a large plurality de sired the county seat removed, and also on the further ground that the privilege of having it removed was accorded them by the constitution. Evidently bearing in mind his own bad luck in the county seat contest of bis own county, Mr. Giles was led to ask the House how it could consist ently withhold from the people of Lincoln county their just rights? To him it seemed a burning shame for the House even for a moment to question this. This little incident revived old memories of the struggle in which both these gentle men figured so conspicuously, the details of which have, from time to time, figured in the columns of THE GLOBE. The opinion of HE GLOBE on the merits of the county seat fight is well known, but while on this point it may not be out of place to say, that no blame can possibly attach to Mr. Giles for his failure to get his bill through. It was no fault of his that the bill is not a law. No man in Scott county, or in the State, could have passed that bill against Mr. Hinds' opposition, and if any such there be who think otherwise, all THE GLOBE, which has observed the contest in all its phases, can say is that they are woefully mistaken. From the very outset Mr. Hinds had deter mined to defeat the bill, and to do this bent every energy, and all the force of his vigor ous and able mind. In addition to this there was really considerable force in the objec tions he urged against the removal, as beisg a measure not calculated to bestow any benefit upon the people. On the contrary, Mr. Giles made the best use of the very appropriate and telling fact that the people had the right to vote upon it, and should be accorded the privilege. That Mr. Giles failed was not unexpected by those who watched the fight from the out set. In personal intercourse with his fellow members, Mr. Giles proved superior to bis opponent, and to this fact is mainly due the strength manifested by the bill in all its va rious stages. Under all the circumstances, Mr. Giles is entitled to great credit for the manner in which he worked up his case, and his constituents from Jordan and that sec tion should certainly send him back next winter, and incase they do it, THE GLOBE is willing to go on record as making the pre diction that the opportunity will be offered them at the next election thereafter, to vote upon the county seat removal question. Until this time, the people of Jordan will be compelled to bide their time and wait in patience for tho good time coming. But they should realize the fact that the passage of their favorite measure against the skilled tacticians of Shakopee, at the present ses sion, was an absolute impossibility. Early on Friday morning the House took up and passed without comment or debate a resolution similar to that passed by the Senate relative to expunging from the jour nal of 1875 the resolution of censure of Wm. S. King. The effort to pass a resolution of similar character in both the sessions of 1876 and 1877 had failed, but as before stated, the matter provoked no discussion when effered by Mr. Sabin and was prompt ly passed. By half-past six o'clock the house was pretty well tired out and there remained few or no measures or "woodchucks" of import ance that had not been passed or laid away forever. Some few were, however, anxious to continue the session, but these were over ruled, and as the tired members sallied out of the dusky halls of the Capitol, they were greeted by the glistening beams of The powerful King of Day Rejoicing in the East." The meeting at 10 o'clock, and what was then done is fully set forth in the regular report below, and need not be here referred to. The doings of the third House were not specially interesting or witty. One or two pretty good hits were made such as a bill to prevent mules and asses running into, in and around the capitol, upon which some member suggested it would be well to defer the operation of the law until the members had gotten home. Another resolved that the handsome Engrossing Clark, Geo. E. McKibben be sent to the Paris exposition, and "exhibited as an elegant specimen of Min nesota infante." A third wanted to inform the "gentlemen in the lobby that the State treasury was empty," while a fourth resolved that on the day of judgment the House would all be in favor of a suspension of the rules. By 7 o'clock the Hall was well nigh de sertedonly the speaker and some three or four members being present, awaiting the slow process of enrollment which was not concluded until some three hours later, when the Legislature was formally adjourned sine die. Thus closed the twentieth session of the Minnesota Legislature. Whatever may be said of its work, or the character of the legis lation it produced, and upon this point it is too early to express an intelligent opinion, there can be no doubt that in point of in telligence, efficiency, industry and general attention to business, the House stood with out a peer in the history of the State. Its officers from speaker Gilman down to the lowest grade were faithful and competent, and in the discharge of their duties gave general satisfaction. Routine Report. About 10:30 yesterday morning Speaker Gil man called the House to order and shortly af terwards called Mr. Giles, of Scott, to the chair. ^^^^^^^W!?!^^W^^! ,|y5peaker Gilman left the chair, Mr. Bowier, afRenville, came forward and addressing Mr! Oilman, presented him with one of Zimmer^ man's legislative groups of the largest size, and elegantly framed. In making the presenta tion, Major Bowler stated that the picture had been presented as a token of appreciation by his fellow members of the Speaker's faithful and impartial discharge of duty in the respon sible position to which he nad been called. SPEAKER OILMAN'S SPEECH. In accepting the handsome gift Speaker Gil man spoke as follows: GENTLEMEN: The present and the circum stances of its presentation incline me to silence rather than to words, which can but feebly ex press my feeling upon this manifestation of your appreciation of my services as your pre siding officer. Nothing within your power of bestowal could have been so acceptable. After our separation, so soon to take place, our meeting hereafter is perhaps a matter of great uncertainty. But, while I am permitted to do so, I shall hold this picture as one of my dearest treasures. I shall take frequent satisfaction in looking upon it, and in reconsidering and reviewing the various scenes of this exciting but pleasant session. Its faithful portrayal will enable me to carrj in my mind a recollection of your faces, and I shall, in afar greater degree of certainty, carry in my heart the most pleasant recollections of our intercourse here, and of the kindnesses re ceived at your hands. The proceeding of the traditional third House were then inaugurated and all sorts of motions, resolutions, bills, etc., funny and otherwise were introduced and read. After Mr. Giles had occupied the chair for some time, Mr. Bowler, of Renville, took the speaker's stand, and the fun was proceeded with. Messrs. Johnson and Rahilly were appointed pages, and for a time were kept busy in taking up bills and other papers to the speaker's chair. After this had proceeded for some time, Speaker Gilman rose and said this had been a most extraordinarily pleasant session. He thanked the House for the great degree of courtesy which had been extended him throughout the entire session. He had taken, as was well known, the position of speaker without experience in parliamentary rules, but on all occasions it was exceedingly gratifying to acknowledge the assistance given him by the members, more especially by Mr. Morse, who had invariably given him honest, fair and candid advice, regardless of his own interests. It was not often that a session in which questions arose involving so much inter est and anxiety passed off without bitterness. He believed that there did not exist in the heart of any man here a feeling of bitterness. He had no occasion for any complaint against any member, nor did he believe any member had any against him. He hoped all could say he had acted impartially and justly. That was all he could hope for. Again he thanked the House for the courtesies extended. It would be the lot of a few to come back, but only a few. He hoped all those who wished to come back would have the pleasure of meeting here again. THE SPEAKER COMPLIMENTED. Mr. Purdie offered the following resolution: liesohxd, That the thanks of this House are due and are hereby tendered to the Hon. Chas. A. Gilman for the able, efficient, patient and impartial manner in which he has discharged his duties as its presiding officer. Mr. Stone seconded the resolution and said that the simple fact that the decision of the chair had never been appealed from was an enduring compliment, and showed that Speak er Gilman's decisions had always been right. MR. HINDS TALKS A LITTLE. Mr. Hinds was called for and said he had not had much to say this winter. For weeks he had kept his seat and said nothing. It was only on one or two occasions that he had had anything to say. He concurred heartily in the statements of the resolution. The Speaker's rulings had been almost invariably conceded by members to be correct. He concurred in the import of the resolution. This session had been passed without any reference to politics. Perhaps but few members knew the politics of their associates. The resolution was adopted unanimously. THE OFFICERS ENDORSED. Mr. Hicks offered the following resolution Resolved, That the thanks of this House are hereby tendered to our chief clerk and his able and efficient corps of assistants for their efficient and industrious attenton to business and cour teous bearings to the members. Mr. Hicks concurred in the statements of both resolutions. He paid a high compliment to both the speaker and the chief clerk. THE CHIEF CLERK'S RESPONSE. Chief Clerk Flower said he could not permit this occasion to pass without returning his heartfelt thanks, and those of his assistants to the members for their kind consideration. He assured the House that he appreciated the com pliment paid him and them. He had even been ttreated with leniency. He had always found members willing to excuse all mistakes, and would again thank the House for its kind con sideration. The resolution was amended so as to include the sergeant and assistant sergeant-at-arms, and then passed unanimously. THE REPORTERS COME IN ALSO. Mr. McDermott offered the following resolu tion, which was adopted: Rejoined, That the thanks of this House are hereby tendered to the gentlemanly, courteous and efficient reporters for their able, thorough and impartial manner in which they have dis charged their duties. BUSINESS RESUMED. The House then concurred in the Senate mes sage for adjournment and also for the appoint ment of a committee of three to inform the Governor that the House was ready to adjourn and awaited any communication he might have to make. Messrs. Allred, Tompkins and Cowing were aopointed such committee on the part of the House. And so the love feast continued. Messrs. Colvill, Bowler, W. M. Campbell, Dresbach, G. B., Ladd, Feller, Rahilly and others v. ere called for and made brief speeches in which the compliments of the occasion were freely in dulged, and every speaker expressed himself as highly satisfied with his own deportment and that of his neighbor during the session. At precisely 2:40 o'clock the last bill was signed and Speaker Gilman forthwith declared the twentieth session of the Minnesota Legisla ture adjourned sine die. Sound Democratic SentimentThr ingmen. Work- To the Editor of THE GLOBE. The late declaration of the workingmen's union, that "all that honorable men ask and desire to receive before the law is justice and equality," certainly expresses in brief gene ral terms the true sentiment which should control all legislation. It embodies the es sential idea of sound democracy in govern ment, "equal and exact justice to all." This should, in view of the just demands of social welfare, be the prime aim and purpose of all laws,and an observance of this principle would preclude all class legislation. The union happily struck the true key-note of a true and just political sentiment, and its soundness should commend it to the appro bation of all worthy classes of our people, the great working class doing manual labor and intermediate to the drone classes. This expression merits a general response from from all the great labor classes of the country, before whose overpowering weight all inimical legislation would end. The immense amount of legislation during the last half century has been princi pally in the interest of those classes who do not put their hands to manual labor, but speculate upon it and reap the profits thereof. The work ing man is necessarily honest. His voca tion tends necessarily to cherish a disposi tion to honesty and confidence, while many other pursuits, unfortunately, tend to awak en and incite a disposition of avarice be yond the limits of honest remunerative gain. The decided condemnation of certain laws bearing unjustly and oppressively upon the interests of the laboring men, is more than justified by practical results, and the excessive weight must, as a matter of course be borne by the laboring classes. Hence if they would seek relief they must take the matter in hand, unite themselves in an active movement and enforce their just demands- This union is a good beginning in the right direction but a vigilant circum spection will be required that the honest masses be not beguiled and misled in the in terest of demagogues. A patient, persistent effert will no doubt lead to good results. Compensation in the public service should be somewhat proportioned to that for equal service in private employment. Were this rule adopted, there would be less scrambling for office, less inducement to debauch the election franchise. Let the workingmen not "grow weary in well doing." They should make themselves felt in our city elections as a first step in the road to reform. N. T. HAUSER. Frank JRande in Prison. The arrival of Frank Rande, the murderer, at the Joliet penitentiary, on a life sentence, is thus described in a special to the Chicago Inter-Oceon: The pleasant little city was reached a little after three o'clock, and the party immediate ly conveyed to the prison, where Mr. Mc Claughrey and Mr. Mueller, and two or three other officials were in waiting at the door to receive them. Rande looked about curiously as he walked up the steps, and inspected the group quite as though their respective posi tions were reversed. Without delay he was taken to the reception-room and formally delivered o^ er to receiving officer Murrey, a quiet, colorless little gentleman, with a wonderful memory for faces and names. As he walked along, Rande told Warden Mc Claughrey that he intended to write his his tory before leaving the place. ''We have no place for writing histories here,'' observed the Warden. Even at this place, where the officers aie in the habit of seeing criminals of the worst sort, where their coming and going is a mat ter of everyday busine.s8, and not to be re marked upon. R\NDE*S ARKn iL excited a little ripple of interest. They all came in to have a httle look at him. He was made to unload his pockets of all the traps he had in them a queer collec tion, in which were a box of blacking and a blacking-brush, two boxes of figs, a handful of corn, a lot of letters, a dozen or so ot photographs (one of a lady among them), two or three pamphlets, bits of lead-pcnciK a piece of string and a lot of other truck. "Strip," said Mr. Murrey. "Must I take off everything?" lie asked. "Yes." Accordingly HE STRIPPED STARK NiKfcT). and a stocky-looking animal he was as he stood there looking on too pleasantly at the by-standing officers and assisting convicts. The wound the leg, received in the pawn shop fight, was blotchy and brown: and other marks elsewheie on his carcass showed where misdirected bullets had at %anotiH times entered and criminally failed to kill. The receiving officer looked under his arm pits, between his toes and in his mouth: and then motioned him towaid a bath tub that had been filled with tepid water, toward which he ran with a sprightly step, and plunged in. A comict supplied him with soap, and, when he had bathed, took hixn to the other bide of the room and gave htm a suit of clothes to wear tcmpoiarily. As he was about this business he observed the group of gentlemen inspecting the trash be had brought with him, and partly protested that they had no right to do it. Being formed that they had. he gritted his teetli. and PUT ON HIS CLOTHLS. From this he was taken tow hat is known as the wash-room, and theie he was slmed by a colored convict, a baiber. He sighed as he got into the chair, and observed that he didn't like to lose his beard (which he had combed "for the last time,'" lie said, on the train). It came off, ntvertheless, and in fifteen minutes he got up again, hornbly changed in appearance. A moie fiendish face than his, wath the beaid off, no human eye ever rebted upon. The lower jaw is heavy set, and the chin piotiudes an inch almost beyond the lower hp. The mouth is small, and would be shapely were it not for the slightly drooping corners, in each of which a thousand devils linger. The chi ek bones are prominent, and thus the bulgy forehead acquires hideousness fiom the ab sence of the "cowlick" that used to stand up from it. The eyes are sharp and restless, and the teeth, wMch are bud and broken, show through the lips demoniacal)} when he speaks. CORPORATE HOBBOR that he was with hair and btaid full grown, without them he is hideous and frightful. No man could look upon that face without ft feeling of antipathy. His regular suit of striped clothing was given him when he had been shaved. He was particular in selecting it, and especially careful to gft a cap that would fit him Dressed complete and gieatlj alteredbut not for the betterhe approached Mr. Mur rey under guidance of the convict who had helped him in his toilet. He had something in his hand, which Mr. Murrey took from him. It's my beard," said he. The officer put it upon his desk and said nothing, but reached for his measure and took his height. This ascertained, he INTERROGATED HIM as to his name, birth place, habits and so on, noting the answers on a blank. "Married.'"' asked the officer. "Well,"' said he with a nervous laugh was married, but I belie\e my wife'n another husband at present.*' "Then at present you are unmarried?" "Yes."" "Children?'" "I've got one child and a step-son: might say two children.'' "W'hat are your habits?"' "Teetotaler. Ne^cr drink, nor smoke, nor chew."' "Doctor!" baid Mr. Murrey, and a bright, cheerful young gentleman stepped foiwaid. Rande was ordered to bare his arm for 1 I "if "4--- I got jou VACCINATION. "Can't you vaccinate the othpr arm he asked "this one's lame." "The left arm." stohdlj repeated Mr. Murrey. He set his jaw and bared his left arm. The operation was performed in a twinkling. and the guard was about to take him aw aj to "the solitary," when Mr. Mnrrey observed something in his hand again. Examination revealed that it was his beard. "Give it to me," said the officer. "Let me keep that, I want to send it away in a letter," he pleaded. "We'll take care of it,'" replied the officer, and laid it upon the desk again. Then, without more ado, the "brilliant and daring bandit of the Wabash." the sneak thief and cowardly murderer, the skulk, the tramp, the ex-convict of Michigan City, the "pawn-shop fiend," Charles A. Scott, Charles Van Zandt, Frank Durand and Frank Randf. all rolled into one and labe'ed No. 1,676, and looking exceedingly inglorious after all his bluster and blasphemy, was bundled off to a solitary cell. iLOBELET,S. hate The placer diggings of the Black Hills yielded about $4,000,000 worth of gold. At Pensacola, Florida, a few daj ago. there was at one time loading and unloading 113 \e*-- sels of all rigs. An organization of spirituah.,tb ib being formed to locate in the agricultural region of the Black Hills. The speaker of the Louisiana House is paid at the rate of $24 a daywhen there are any funds in the State treasury. Some idiot has offered Lord Dunmore 552,- 500 for one of his young cows provided she is accompanied by a heifer calf. Eight express messengers in Peuusylvania last week checked and receipted for a boy, sent express from Doyleston to White HaTen. The owners of the Canard line would glad to have the British government take a few of their old steamships at round prices for war uses. ^*"t^4.