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VOL. IX. A 6E0SS INJUSTICE, j Snider, the Contesting Eepublican, is ! Snider, the Contesting Eepublican, is Seated in the House on a Very Flimsy Showing. Passage of the Freedom of Markets and Taxation of Kailroads Bills With Little Opposition. President Hill and Farmer Barrett Speak at Lengtli on a Question of Great Interest. Shall the ltolliiiK Stock of One Rail- road, be Forced Upon the Tracks of Another? Sifting the rubbish in the proceedings of the legislature yesterday, there is still0some thing left of value, and interest. In the ! house the main features were the passage of Donnelly's freedom of markets and taxa- tion of railroad bills and the election cou- test case of Snider and Gross. The judi- ciary committee reported a large batch of bills. Among them was one providing for j an additional judge for St. Paul. Mr. ! Keyes introduced a compromise high license j bill, and the bill to abolish the state board i of immigration was passed. There have been some slight amendments in Mr. Don- nelly's bill to tax railroads since it was in troduced. As passed yesterday it read as follows: Section. Any railroad company, owning or operating-, or which may hereafter own or Operate, any line or lines of railroad in this state, which has not accepted and become subject to sections 1 and ", chapter 11, of the special laws of IS*;;*, relative to taxation, shall become liable to pay and shall pay a percent- ■ age of its gross earnings in lieu of all other taxes, in accordance with the provisions of the chapter herein Deforc referred to. Section. No railroad, or branch or exten sion of a railroad, in this state shall hereafter be opened for public use until the manage ment thereof shall officially notify the railroad and warehouse commission that the same is finished and in a sale condition for operation. Within one year alter such notification the corporation constructing or operating such railroad, branch or extension shall file, in the office of said commission, a map and profile \ thereof, with tables of grades, curvatures and j mileage, and a statement of the other char- ! acteristics of the road certified by its presi- ' dent and engineer, in such form as the board may prescribe. Mr. Donnelly briefly explained the bill, which, he said, was simply to force all rail- j road companies to come in and pay the usual per cent, of earnings in lieu of a tax. Some companies which hud been organized since the old companies came into exis tence had not paid tins money into the treasury. The bill is to force these compa- nies to do so, in order that the old and new companies may be placed on an equality. The only members voting against the bill were Comstock, Howard and Knox. Mr. Donnelly's freedom of markets bill proposes an amendment to artiee 4 of the constitution, and reads as follows, the com- mittee on railroads having made some slight changes since the bill was lirst printed: Sec. 35. Any combination of persons, I either as individuals or as members or officers | Of corporations, to monopolize the markets | for food products of this state, or to interfere | with or restrict the freedom of such markets, is hereby declared to be a criminal conspir- acy, and shall, be punis led in such manner as the legislature may mo.ide. See. 2. This proposed amendment shall bo submitted to the people of this state lor up- I proval or rejection at the next general elec tion occurring after the passage of this act. The only negative votes were Cullen, Hendrickson. Potter and Rogers. ANOTHER HIGH LICENSE BILE. The hieh license bill of Mr. Keyes makes only one change in the Prosser bill, elimi nating in each section the words: "Or such fee in excess of said sum as the city council ■shall, in the manner provided in its charter, fix and prescribe," or county commission- ers, under same conditions. The effect is to make Si. 000 and 8500 the license in j cities over and under 10,000 population re- spectively, and that sum is fixed and can not be lowered or raised by council or com- missioners. Mr. Keyes says this will re move the disturbing liquor question from municipal and county election, and be a great relief to the people. Mr. Keyes will endeavor to have the Prosser bill so amended when the license bill is considered in the house Thursday afternoon at 2:80 o'clock. The consideration of the Snider-Gross election contest case developed a condition of affairs anything but satifactory. Gross was unseated and Snider sworn in. but if the latter can retain the seat with any sat- isfaction to himself, or without any prick ings of conscience, lie is of a different type from the ordinary mortal. The result is just as much in doubt as ever, and there are few members but who will say they are not clear in their minds but that an injustice has been done. At the best it was not clearly demonstrated which is entitled to the seat, and there was very slight basis for setting aside the certificate of election held by Gross. The action taken in seating Snider was'due solely to the fact that the elections committee had sub- mitted a unanimous report in his favor. Mr. Furlong, the Democratic member of the committee, said he was in doubt when be signed the report, but had done so through courtesy to the other members. It was developed that three re-counts had brought about different rsuits. and that one "Williams, who had been an active agent of Binder's in collecting evidence, was allowed to remain in the room where the committee was counting the ballots, while Gross was refused the privilege of having a represen- tative present. A number of members ex plained their votes, expressing doubt as to which was really entitled to the seat, and on the final vote seating Snider several were excused from voting. There were no charges of fraud, but the opinion seems general that Mr. Snider goes in under a cloud. SNIDER GETS THE SEAT. It was 2:30 o'clock when the Snider- Gross election contest was taken up. Speaker Merriam calling Mr. Donnelly to the chair. A call of the house showed the following absentees: Baker. Bennett, Bjorge, Buf fum, Champlin, Dickman, Flynn, Green, Gregory, licisler, Keyes, Kuminer, Lehman. Lum, Quigley. Sevatson, Smith and Wal 6trom. Those sick or absent on leave were: Beatty, Ilattlestad, Hoppin, Mor- rison, Parrot, Pettit and Swenson. The sergeant-at-arms was instructed to bring in the absentees, and the doors were closed. 2so evidence was taken, the report of the election commute only being read, which showed — their re-count — votes for Snider, 4,038 for Merrill and 4.CS3 for Gross. A motion was made to limit the speeches of attorneys to ten minutes each, but Gross (Dem.), and Snider (Hep.)— sitting member and the contestant— announced that their attorneys did not desire to make any statement. Snider also declined to make any remarks, and Mr. Gross took the floor. lie said there could not be much doubt of the result, as Mr. Snider was a ■Republican and the house was Republican, and the committee's report had been unani mous in favor of seating Snider. He said the committee meetings were star chamber affairs. He was not allowed a representa tive, but Mr. Snider's representative was there. ' .. Mrs. Cloutier wanted an explanation as to why Snider was allowed a representative and Mr. Gross was not. Mr. -Millar said the Gross men demanded a re-count, and his attorney was heard on this point. The attorney said if Mr. Gross cot a re-count he would be satisfied. The ■e-'otint was made, cutting Gross down one v^ie and Snider 2 votes. Mr. Millar denied that anv representative of Capt. Snider was present at the time referred to by Mr. "klr." Rogers said he had no personal feel- ing in the matter, but the unanimous report of the committee should govern. THE ONLY DEMOCRAT. Mr. Hoppiu said in counting two pre- cincts on the lirst day Mr. Gross had 20 majority. This was changed on a re-count, j Another precinct showed a change in the same way. But he was not clear in his own mind as to whether the first, second. or third re-count by the committee was cor- rect. He did not believe another commit- tee could make a re-count and arrive at the same result as the committee had reported. Mr. McArdle said Mr. Williams was present at the meetings, and he was a friend and representative of Snider' s. and had assisted in getting up the evidence for Snider in his contest case. Mr. Millar said Williams was there as a clerk of the committee, and he knew noth- ing of his being engaged in collecting evi- dence for Snider. Mr. Lucas wanted Williams brought be- fore the house to make a statement. " Mr. Newell objected to throwing any stigma upon Mr. Williams, who was sim : ply there as a helper or clerk, and had i nothing to do with the counting of the bal- lots. The count, he said, was conducted in an honorable manner. Mr. Rogers did not think any reflection should be cast on ihe committee by insinua- I tions in regard to Williams. Mr. Gross said he did not want to cast ! any relief! ions on the committee, but Will ; iams certainly did take an active part in ! collecting evidence for Snider, and even S3rved the papers in the case upon him. lie said he had objected to Williams being in [ the room, but had said he did not desire any ! representative present himself. | Mr. Vandcr Velde and others made brief remarks, and a vote was then taken on tin- resolution offered by Mr. Rogers— declaring that Gross was not entitled to the seat— re- sulting as follows: (Democrats voting in the affirmative and Republicans voting in the negative are noted in both roll calls telow). Yeas Messrs. Anderson. J. A.; Anderso n, it. M.; (Dem.), Arneson, Arnold. Barker, Bjorge, Brown. Buffuui, Bunge. Jr.. Colby, Comstock, Costello, Donnelly. Dunne. Ehii- quist, Ellingson, Estes. Evenson, Flathers, Freeman. Furlong, (Dein.), Green. Gregory, (Dim. i, Halvorson, Hanson, Hendrickson, (Dem,), Howard, Hurd. Iverson, Johnson, John.-rud, Jones. J. X.: Jones. Win. £{.; Keyes, Knox, Kreis, Latham. Lee, Low, Matt- son, Millar. Naeseth, Newell, Nordvold, Plow- man, Potter, Pratt, Prosser, Reese, Rogers, Shave. Shoemaker. Shuler, Skinner, (Dem.), Smith. Swartwoudt, Tompkins. Tousley, War- ren. Walstrom, Wilson, Williams, Wollan, Mr. Speaker — (it. Nays — Messrs. Alexander. Boedigh°imer, Cloutier, Cullen. Dornfeli, Duane. Emory, Engelhard. Faricy, Light, Lucas, McArdle. Nobles, (Rep.), Powers. Ryan. Sherwood, Slaven, Teubert, Trawicky, Vandervelde, (Hep.).— 20. Absent or not voting — Baker, Beatty. Bennett, Champlin, Dicktnan, Flynn, Hattlestal, Heisler, Hopin, Rummer, Leh- man. Lum, Morrison. Parrott, Pettit.Quigley, Sevatson. Swenson — 18. The motion to seat Snider was then passed by the following vote: Yeas: Messrs. Anderson, J. A. ; Anderson, R. M.; (Dem. ), Arneson, Arnold, Barker. Beatty, (Dem.). Bjorge, Brown, Bunge, Jr., Comstock, Costello. Donnelly. Dunne. Klmquist, Elling- son, Estes, Evenson, Flathers, Freeman, Fur- long, (Dem.), Green, Gresrory, (Dem.). Halvor- son. Hanson, Hendrickson, (Dem.), Howard, Hurd, Johnson, Johnsrud, Jones, J. N. ; Jones, William R.: Keyes. Knox, Kreis. Latham, Lee, Low, Mattson, Millar, Naeseth, Newell, Nordvold. Plowman, Potter. Pratt, Prosser, Reese, Rogers, Shave. Shoemaker, Shuler, Skinner, (Dem.), Smith, Tompkins, Tousley, Warren, Wilson, Williams, Wollan, Mr. Speaker Nays: Messrs. RoeJigheimer, Cloutier, Cullen, Engelhard, Light. McArdle, Nobles, (Rep.), Powers, Slaven, Teubert 10. Excused: Messrs. Alexander, Baker. Ben- nett, Butfum, Champlin, Colby, Dickman, Dor fold, Duane, Emery, Farley, Flynn, Hattlestad, Heisler, Hoppin, Iverson, Rum- mer, Lehman, Lucas, Lum, Morrison, Par- lott, Pettit, Quigley, Ryan, Sevatson, Sher- wood, Swartwoudt, Swenson, Trawicky, Vandervelde, Walstrom — 33. J '■<:.. EXPLANATION'S AND EXCUSES, While the two ballots were being., taken a number of members explained thei^yrUes, , or asked to be excused from voting. The general opinion expressed by those making explanations was that the case had not been made clear, and they were in doubt as to whether Gross of Snider was really entitled to the seat. Those who took occasion to explain their votes were Messrs. Donnelly, Powers. Gregory, McArdle, Lucas, Newell, Alexander, Boedigbeimer, Dorafeld, Ryan. Sherwood, Swartwoudt, Trawicky, Vandervelde and Potter. Mr. Donnelly said he 'voted as he did simply because of the unanimous report of the committee, which had a better opportunity to know the facts than he did. But he was in doubt as to the real merits of the case. It only served to illustrate what he bad always believed— the recount of the vote was a peril, lt was a question whether it would not be better to immediately de- stroy the ballot alter the votes had been once counted. After the vote on seating Snider had been announced be came for- ward and was sworn in. He made a brief speech, exhibiting considerable feel- ing, in which he repelled with indigna- tion the insinuation of lack of honesty and fairness in the contest, It was an out- rage to throw out insinuations that the case was not decided on its merits. The contest was notably close and the judges of election were liable to make mistakes. The recount at Minneapolis had been made to see if there had been irregularities in the count. There was no fraud charged. This recount was not official, but it was made to secure, evi- dence if any irregularities had occurred. If there had been he simply wanted the legislature to determine which candidate had a plurality. He had the kindest feel- ings toward Mr. Gross, and did not believe he would countenance anything unfair. He regretted to appear as he did on this occa- sion. The situation was embarrassing to him. but his future usefulness depended upon the action he was taking, and he felt that he was acting properly and honorably. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND BILLS INTRO- DUCED. The judiciary committee sent back a big batch of bids— all the hills of any conse- quence coming from that committee except one. The most important of those reported were as follows, the recommendations of the committee being adopted in all instances: Judiciary— For the- protection of life and property. To pass as amended. Judiciary — To create the Fifteenth judicial district and provide for a judge thereof. To pass. Judiciary— Amendment to the constitution relating to the elective franchise. Refer red to committee on woman's suffrage. Insurance — prevent policies of insur- ance being issued on over valuation of prop- erty. To pass as amended. Judiciary— Providing for continuance in oflice of first and second judges in the Elev- enth judicial district. To pass. Judiciary — create the Fourteenth judi- cial district and providing that the second judge of the Eleventh judicial district shad act as judge thereof. To pass. Judiciary To create the office and pre- scribe the duties of an additional judge in the Second judicial district. To pass. Judiciary To punish the corrupt use of money in elections. To be referred to the committee of the whole without recommenda- tion. Judiciary— the relief of persons whose lands heretofore have been or hereafter may be sold for alleged delinquent taxes, in case where such taxes have been or may be paid prior to such sale. To pass as amended. Judiciary— Amending chapter 15 of the general laws of 11585, relative to forfeited lands. To committee on taxes. Judiciary— For the better publication of constitutional amendments. To pass as amended. Judiciary— For the publication of the Min- nesota reports. Referred to the committee : of the whole. The most important bills introduced yes- day, with their reference, were as follows: By Mr. Keyes— Regulating the amount of license for the sale ot" intoxicating liquors. Temperance. By Mr. Proposing ausamendment to article 4 of the constitution. Judiciary. V By Mr. Comstock— To establish a board of inspectors for steam vessels and steam boil- ers. Agriculture and manufactures. By Mr. Cullen— To amend the laws of 1S83 relating to religious corpoiations. Judiciary. . The bills relating to the printing of the ST. PAUL, OU.NDAY MOKNOTG, JANUARY '30, 1887.— SIXTEEN PAGES.1 i OPENING. Farmer Delegation— Mr. Donnelly, take this rough idea and carve for us a statue that will redound to our glory forever. digests of the .Minnesota reports, and to in surance polices and companies were passed. and the bill relating to the foreclosure of mortgages by advertisment was lost. The committee on finance reported fav orably on the bill to punish those who deal in unwholesome dairy products, and it was adopted and the bill passed on general orders. THE SENATE. More Bills', Although the mills of! tin: ".egtslisture Grind Slow. Notwithstanding the unusually large number of bills already in the hands of the several committees, the senate tolerated the introduction of another big batch of new bills yesterday. The customary petition, this time from citizens of Dodge Center, urging the passage of the physiological temperance, instruction bill, was read, after which the flow of new bills commenced, following being some of most general in terest: By Mr. Ives— St. Peter water works bonds (510,000), and construction of water works. Passed under suspension of rules. By Same— Appropriate $3,000 for a bridge over the Minnesota river at St. Peter. Roads and bridges. By Same— Attaching certain territory of School District No. 38 to Independent School District No. 1, Nicollet county. Education. By Same Appropriate $1,000 for a pontoon bridge on the .Minnesota river, between St. Peter and Kasota. Roads and bridges. By Mr. Keller Appropriate money for stato normal school and normal home at St. Cloud. Finance. By Mr. Day— Amend chapter 124, Statutes of '73, relating to gopher bounties. Agri-, culture. :.*:.' By Same— afford relief to actual pur chasers of and settlers upon the land com monly known as the St. Paul & Chicago Rail road lands, by declaring actual settlers in possession of the lauds. Taxes and tax laws. By Mr. Edwards— Repeal chapter 83, Gen eral Statutes of '78, relating to actions against ' boats and vessels. Judiciary. By Same— Repeal chapter 50, laws of '85, re lating to heirship of property by descent. Judiciary. By Same— Amend section 4, chapter 47, ! Statutes of '78, relating to the bequeathel of personal estate. .Judiciary. By Same — Amend section 3, title 1, chanter C:.'. Statutes of '78, relating to avoidable mar riages. Judiciary. By Mr. Clough— Extending jurisdiction of justices of the peace in Minneapolis. Ju diciary. By same— Amending statutes of 1878 relat ing to corporations so. as to empower execu tors trustees or legatees to organize corpora tions according to the instructions of the will of the testator. Judicial By Mr. Buckman — Amend section 121, chapter 11, statutes of 1878, so as to give the state printing to an "official paper." Print ing. By Mr. Finseth— Authorizing Cannon Falls school district to attach school district No.ll. Education. ... v'»;/ . By Mr. Smith— Providing for a state weather and signal service. Finance. By Mr. Whiieman — establish a school of mining and industry at Duluth. Mines and mining. By Mr. Wbiteman — Appointment of a county superintendent of poor lor St. Louis county , at '-a salary of $1,200 per annum. Passed under suspension of rules. By Mr. fcaniels— Providing for school dis trict c lerks to subscribe of "school educa tion" at the expense of the school district. Education.,*. By Mr. Hall— To raise the salary of the en gineer of the capitol building from $1,200 to $1,500, and providing lor an assistant lor five months instead of four. Finance. By Mr. Durant — To prohibit and punish persons who snail knowingly import into this state adulterated or explosive illuminating oils. Retrenchment and reform. Reports of committees were adopted as follows: Judiciary— Passage of Eaton's biennial ninety-day sessiou constitutional amendment; Edwards' bill, restricting ownership of real estate Minnesota to citizens of the United States; Eaton's Canada thistles bill: the bill providing for actions by or against unincor porated associations; and the house bills au- ■ thorizing Morris to issue $4,000 bonds to de- j fray its floating debt, and Douglass county to ■ levy a special tax for a court house. Pass- j age as amended of the grand larceny | penal code amendment to fix the ! minimum penalty at one year instead of five i years, and of Swensou's bill making railroad companies liable lor damages to locomotive ! engineers and firemen resulting from over- i time work. Passage of substitutes for Nach bar's election district bill, Goodrich's adop- | tion of children bill, aud Daniel's oil inspec tor's salary bill. State Schools— Passage of the appropria tion for the school for dependent children at Owatonna. Finance— of the bill raising the salary of the sate superintendent of public instruction from $2,500 to S3.500: also appro priations for state farmers' institutes for higher education, and for the third hospital lor the insano at Fergus Falls. Agriculture— Passage of the bill prohibit ing the killing of aquatic fowl at certain times of the year. Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institution—Pas sage of the MacDonald fire escape bill, and of the appropriation for the imbecile depart ment of the institution. Railroads— of Clark's bill repeal ing the act authorizing" the Chicago, Minne apolis, St. Paul & Omaha to purchase the Sioux City road. The St. Paul general appropriation bill as passed by the house was then passed under suspension of rules on a motion of Senator Smith, as were also the board of education bonds and the water works bonds bills. Other bouse local bills passed were* Appropriating 6500 for the Mississippi river commission; amending the charter of Kas son, and authorizing each town in Meeker county to support its own poor. A motion by Senator Pope to adjourn over uutil Mon day afternoon: was lost, and a motion to adjourn until *• Monday morning prevailed over considerable opposition. This avoided an afternoon session, although the list of bills for discussion in committee of the whole has accumulated uutil it has become an elephant, and there are two verv impor tant bills upon the calendar for third read ing—Ward's, to abolish the office of oil in- THE LEGISLATURE. spector, and Day's school library bill, which must now lay over until Monday. FKEEDO'I OF TRAFFIC. President Hill and ('en. Barrett Have a Wordy Set-to Over Ilixson's Bill. Freedom of traffic was discussed very Freedom of traffic was discussed very freely by Gen. Barrett, of Grant county, the champion of the Farmers' alliance, and President J. J. Hill, of the Manitoba rail- way, yesterday afternoon before a meeting of the senate committee on railroads. Among the interested audience were ex ' Representative Charles Canning, of Ada county, vice president of the Farmers' alli- ance, and Erick Olson, of Martin county, a prominent member of the executive com- mittee of the Farmers' alliance, and at a rather late stage of the talk Ignatius Don- nelly came in and calmly selected a seat opposite Mr. Hill. Apparently the "lion and the lamb" were each loath to show any hostility, so Mr. Donnelly sat calmly mute, fingering a bundle of papers, which he ; finally consigned to his safest pocket. On ] this particular occasion Gen. Barret was the • lion and Mr. Hill was content to be the Jamb, ' withal a very cunning one. Senator Hix- , son's bill was the topic. Its provisions are: I Railroads in Minnesota must provide ample i facilities for transferring cars from one track j to another joining, crossing, or intersecting tract, railroads to receive and transport freight at reasonable rates, over such routes as the shipper shall direct, carload lots to bo transferred from track to track without un- loading from the cars in which such ship- ments were first made. Refusal or nesrlect of railroad officials to do accordingly is made a misdemeanor subject to a fine of from $1,000 to $5,000 for the first offense, and for every subsequent offense from C~>,0W to $10,000, or imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term not less than six months nor more than one year; and for refusal or neglect coi.i- ply with the provisions of the bili thot-ti'ilway compauy to be fined not less than $5,000' nor more than $10,000 tor the first offense, not less than $10,000 for the second offense, and for the third offense its charter is to be for- feited. County attorneys are to institute and , carry on oroceedings in* tho name and at the expense of tho state, proceedings to be in- stituted upon information to the county at- torney, or indictment of the grand jury, and all fines accruing from the enforcement of such a law are to so to the benefit of the state school fund. The long and short of it is that railroads are to be required to furnish cars over any other road, as the shipper may direct, and this is just what Mr. Hill objects to. He contends that the state has not the power to compel one railroad to lend its cars to another, nor to compel the other to accept the cars, and appealing to Senator Com- stock, chairman of the senate judiciary committee, who was present, he was in- formed that the bill is contrary to section IS of the bill of rights of the state constitu- tion, which says the state shall not take private property for public use without just I compensation therefor. ! But it was a question of markets with ! Gen. Barrett— whether Minnesota grain should go to Duluth or to Chicago, and ; whether the producer should have the bene- i fit of cheap rates for the short distance to ; Duluth or extortionate -ones lor the long route to Chicago. This was why he wanted freedom of traffic and; freedom of- transfer, j the Minnesota people to get the benefit, Du- l luth to become the GEEAT RECEIVING POINT I and the lakes to become the established ! shipping route. At present, Gen. "Barrett ; i said, the consumer in his locality pays S3 ! more per thousand feet for lumber simply : i because the lumber must be shipped around ; by the way of Minneapolis. He argued ! that the proposed transfer system was ab-" l ' solutely necessary. » Mr. Hill explained that it would be impossi- ' ble to compel two roads to become partners in business, or to make each consent without i useless aud endless litigation to have the cars I of one sent over the tracks of the other. No j ; railroad in the state, ho said, had rates so I : cheap as the Manitoba. j Senator Hixson recalled the time when in 1 I Iowa he shipped wheat at 11 cents per bushel. ! Now he ships wheat at 10 cents per bushel for a shorter distance. Gen. Barrett had been of the opinion that the Manitoba. Northern Pacific and Duluth roads would favor the bill, but ho had antici- pated opposition from the Milwaukee road. He thought it was folly for Minnesota farmers to ship millions of bushels of wheat from 400 to 600 miles to Chicago when the same wheat can be shipped only,*200 miles to Lake Supe- : rior. He argued that the state pays unneces- \ sarily 10 cents for every bushel of wheat sold; that the state paid $5,000,000 for the privilege of sending wheat to Chicago instead of Duluth. Mr. Hill explained that the rate now was 9 7-10. He could produce an abstract of wheat carried from every station, which showed that for over 8,000,000 bushels of wheat the Manitoba road received $825,100. He represented a road which had the same capital stosk, $20,000,000, as it nad five years ago, although it has now. 2,000 miles of railroad, and then it had only 900 miles. This capital stock Is the ownership of the road, and each stockholder gets a divi- dend of 0 per cent. Five vears ago when he assumed control of the road, at the first meet- ing it was decided to tilt CUT DOWN THE DIVIDEND from 8 to 0 per cent.- According to the report of the railroad commissioners, the Manitoba road has given to the people $17,500,000 in five years in reduced rates. Those figures were facts, and no man could alter them. The stockholders of the Manitoba did not receive a cent more now than five years ago. He ex- plained what was the primary reason for giv- ing reduced rates to grain more tons of it aro shipped, occupying less bulk. Men shipping or receiving buggies did cot object to being charged for twice as much weight as the buggy really weighed, for the.reasou that the buggy occupied the same balks as twice its weight in something more SG^d. Since the Manitoba people didn't get a Cent more than five years ago, the only, question now was how to best serve the interests of the public. Gen. Barrett Do you best servo the inter- ests of the public by running wheat to Chicago instead of Duluth? • Mr. Hill— are fighting that, too; ■*'; Senator Durant wanted the discussion confined to the bill. Mr. Hill was asked to Gentlemen, how do you like the statue ? state his objections to the bill, as it reads ! ; by sections. Hardly had the pbraze ! ; "transferrins cars from one track to any j I other joining, crossing or intersecting j tracks" been uttered when Mr. Hill said he would prefer the transfer to be made at some regular station. Gen. Barrett said that would kill the effect of the bill. Mr. Hill said as the law is the railroad com- mission could compel the railroad to make stations wherever any transfer was needed. Gen. Barrett asked him if he could sift the question in the courts. He said be ex- pected the co-operation of Mr. Hill and the Manitoba road, Mr. Hill having previously given it out that he was NOT OPPOSING THE BILL. and that it made no difference to the Mani- toba road what law was enacted. E&Senator Pope, of Mankato, then asked: "If two companies each own part of a track between any two points, could the same rates be charged per ton per mile for the entire through distance as either com- pany would ask for a corresponding dis- tance over its own track?" Mr. Hill dodged the question adroitly by- saying: "Circumstances may answer that question in the affirmative or in the neg- ative." .The discussion then turned upon the ques- tion of discrimination between local and through rates, Mr. Hill explaining why the local rates were higher. He referred to the case of the Boston & Albany in Massa- chusetts when the local rate was 2% cents per ton per mile, while the through rate for I wheat coming in from California anil the ; West was eight-tenths. If the through rate was made as big as the local rate it would shut out all the through wheat from the West, for the shipper could never afford to pay the cost of transportation; if the local rates were as low as the through, the rail- road company could not afford it, and half or more of the employes would have to be discharged, which, of course, would react against the local shipper. The burden must necessarily be placed upon the shoul- ders most able to bear it. Gen. Barrett got the last word in, still touching upon the question of the outset shipment to Duluth or to Chicago. He said he had learned that the product of a paper mill at Fergus Falls required to be shipped to Grant county was found to be more profitable to the railroad by shipping it first to St. Paul and then back again to its destination. Everybody laughed, Mr. Hill himself giving way to a smile. The committee then adjourned. WITHOUT RECOMITJEIVDATIO.'V. A Substitute Oil Inspector "Jill so Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee. All the forenoon Oil Inspector Willis cir- culated around the senate chamber, wearing a woe-begone expression. Senator Durant did not relent; he just introduced a little bi 11, according to the suggestion of Senator Nelson the day previous, to make the im- portation of impure oil into Minnesota a penal offense, the offender to be punished by blank fines or blank imprison- ment. Of course the object of this bill is to deprive Mr. Willis of his little fat job by* placing the oil com- panies under strict obligations aud penalties which are to be fixed subsequently. A rather discouraging rescue came, however, when the judiciary committee reported a substitute for Daniel's bill ••without recom- mendation." In Senator Daniel's bill the oil inspector's salary is fixed at So, 000, but as that officer would have the unbounded privilege of appointing as many deputies at a salary of 51,000 as would absorb all the fees collectable, leaving the state to look to some other quarter for funds, the judiciary- committee prepared a bill to limit the num- ber of deputies to one for every county in which a demand for one may be made. Now the question is how some unfortunate deputy will make a salary* of Sl,000 per annum out of fees amounting in his particu- lar county to 575 for the complete year. State Weather Service. Acting according to the recommendation ! of the St. Paul chamber of commerce, Sen- i ator Smith introduced a bill yesterday for \ the establishment and maintenance of a j state weather and signal service, which asks for an appropriation of 52,600 for the pres- j ent year, and 52,000 per annum thereafter; | The presidents of the state agricultural a nd j horticultural societies and the standing committee on state weather and : signal i service of the St Paul chamber of com- j merce are to be created a commission to collect all meteorological statistics, and to j distribute daily telegraphic weather indica- ■ ' tions of the United States signal service, ! ; including predictions of cold waves, storms and tornadoes. For this weather bureau a • ! director is to be appointed at a salary of j : S000 per annum, to hold office for lour j years. At present the chamber of com- j I merce service covers forty stations along : live lines of railway, and the bill is to put the burden of "* expense of maintaining the • service 'upon* the state. Extending the Limits. Extending the Mmits. Citizens of Ramsey county and St. Paul interested in the proposed movement to extend the limits of St. Paul were invited to meet with the Ramsey county delegation at the capitol yesterday afternoon to discuss the matter. Only two citizens responded j to the invitation— Messrs. Ames and Bol- { : Ian. . The meeting resolved itself into a ' sort of free-for-all aud considerable acri- ! mony was developed. Everybody talked at ! once. : there y being no chairman or the ] slighest attempt to observe parliamentary ; rules. W. R. Merriam and Corporation! Counsel Murray had a lively set-to, the . former stiking right and left without gloves. He charged that Mr. Murray and the city ! government were getting over their heads I in carrying out their* financial schemes, and I CLOSING. this extension of the limits was simply to increase the valuation of property so that more bonds could be issued. The meeting dissolved without taking action. In Small Doses. Senator Edwards introduced four bills which will probably go through in a hurry. The first two are to repeal the particular laws of 1878 and 1885 relating to actions against boats and vessels, and to heirship of real property by descent, both of which the courts have held void and useless, and the others are to amend tho laws relating to avoidable marriages and to tho bequeathal of personal property. As these laws stand, a man may marry an idiot, and obtain posses- sion of all her property before getting a di- voioc, also when a husband dies he can be- queath all his personal efleots without leaving his wife anything. Senator Edwards' amend- ment will annul! all marriages in cases of either party being of unsound mind, and will provide that the surviving party shall receive at least a third of the personal property left by the deceased. There is a good deal of adverse comment on tho action of the Democratic member of the elections committee, Mr. Furlong, in signing the report unseating Gross and seating Sni- der, on such flimsy evidence. If he had made a minority report in favor of allowing Gross to retain his seat the result might have been different. A great many voted to unseat Gross solely because of the unanimous report of the committee. If Furlong bad reported that three recounts had been made, and each time a different result arrived at, and asserted that no committee appointed by the house could go over the ballots and secure the same totals as did the committee on the last re- I count, it is not probable the house would have taken the action it did. Mr. Cullen's bill relating to religious corpo- rations amends a chapter of the laws of 1883 under which Catholic churches usually be- come incorporated. Prior to the adoption of this section In its present form all the- prop- erty of such churches was in the name of the bishop. This section was amended in 1881 and again Iu 1883 so as to allow such churches to be incorporated and yet not depart from the rules an d regulations of the church. This amendment is to better enable the church to have its property vested In a corporation rather than in a bishop. The different items embraced in Senator Keller's St. Cloud normal school bill are: Ad- ditional building, $40,000; heating and fur- nishing, $10,000: furniture, normal depart- ment, $1,000: same, model department, $200; eases of apparatus, speoimeiis and books, $500; deficiency for normal home, $3,000; ad- ditional furniture for the normal home, $1,000. and $"5,000 per annum— total, $80,700. Senator Hall's two bills will give Engineer Morton, of the capitol, $1,500 per annum in- stead of $1,200, and will provide for an as- sistant for five months instead of for four. It seems to be the unanimous opinion of the state officials that George earns con- siderable more than his present salarv, and as other cnginers are paid from $1,500 to $1,800, it is felt that the state ought to pay fair wages. The bill giving clerks of school districts the privilege of subscribing for the journal. School Education, the production of Sanford | Niles, the subscription price to be charged up to the profit and loss accounts of their re- spective districts, was credited to Senator Darant. Senator Daniels came around and had it corrected, explaining that he was the father of the bill and did not want Durant to bear the blame. To establish and maintain a school of min- ing and industry at Duluth. for which an ap- propriation of $50,000 is asked, is what Sena- tor Whiteman's hill proposes to do. Ten acres of fit and profitable land, rich in minerals, at or near Duluth. is to be obtained for tho pur- pose, and the institution is to be placed under a board of control to consist of five members | appointed by the governor. The special min- ing committee will look after it. Senator Day looks after the two-cent gopher bounty. Somebody was cruel enough to ass him if ho would go for a two-cent bounty. But Day is also looking after the interests of the settler who has planted himself upon the St. Paul & Chicago railroad lands, and if his bill passes the settler will become in absolute legal possession. ©The senate judiciary substitute -forNaeh- bar's election district bill proposes to make each village of 500 inhabitants a separate election district. The substitute for the bill relating to the adoption of children will cm- power the courts to give away the children I when their parents have become insane or i have abandoned their children. Mr. Lum's proposed amendment to the con 1 stitution simply strikes out that portion of ; the article which provides that changes in the : laws regarding the taxation of railroads shall | be submitted to a vole of the people. Under ! Mr. Lum's amendment laws governing, the i taxation of railroads can be enacted the same j as other laws. It is now given out that tho senate will not ' during this session consent to a reapportion , ment of the state. Why? Well, as each sen- ator is eleoted for four years, he does not j propose to legislate himself out of office, and j a redisricting of the state would do that. At last Mr. Newell's political standing is j known, He is a good Republican and a good Democrat. A close observer will note the I fact that Mr. Newell's pants are always ! ripped in the stride, as is the case with all | straddlers who attempt to spread their legs II out over too much ground. -..,... Gov. McGill has signed the bills 'authorize* | ing Breckinridge to issue bonds to fund it*"' I indebtedness; to establish a municipal court ! at Brainerd and to authorize the commission- ers of Isanti county to issue bonds to erect" county buildings. ;-: •'■:-' ) '■■*■ Fish Commissioner R. O. Sweeny submitted his report to tho senate for the benefit of Senator Goodrich. As it is in the form of a pamphlet of a score or more of pages. Sen- ator Goodrich will peruse it at his conven- ience. • "Social bills" have become a nuisance in the house, so much so as to block tbo wheels : of legislation. There was a strong kick yes- terday against considering them when it de- layed business of an important character. A caucus of the Republican members of the senate and house will be held in the bouse chamber Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The object, as given out, is to consider high license aud make it a party issue. VV Mr. Potter offered a resolution to seat Mr. Snider, and Donnelly got back at : his old enemy and raised a laugh by remarking that Mr. Snider could not take the seat until Mr, Grpss was gotten out of it. ' Mr. Potter got off a pun yesterday, and im- mediately fled to escape the j vengeance of i Continued on Sixth Page,'.; I ------ 1 a [NO. 3 0 THE RED COATS COMING Little Canada Calls on Her Mamma to Aid Her Against the Wioked Yankees, And Great Britain Will Send Her Wat Vessels to Protect the Pishing Grounds. The Senate Passes the Bill Regarding the Yellowstone Park. Boundaries. Smothering the Railway Attorneys* Measure Emmons Said to be Sane. _ Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 29.— It is officially Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 29.— It is officially stated that the government, in response to an appeal to the mother country, has just received assurances from the imperial au- thorities that men-of-war will be dispatched to the maritime provinces in the spring for the purpose of co-operating with Canadian cruisers in the enforcement of the fishery protective services. The promise of the English government created great satisfaction in official circles, and, in- dicates that America's vessels will be more rigidly excluded from our waters during the next season than in the past. A cabinet minister, speaking on the subject, expressed himself as follows: "I have come to the conclusion that the American legislators having- gone so far will never yield their e onsent to the appointment of a commission. The Gloucester fishermen will not venture into our waters attain in force, and next April will witne**- s the first startling tailing off in their trade. Two years hence tho splendid Yankee fishing lleet will be a thing of the pag t. Let them resort to retaliation if they will and the result will be that the game wdl work both ways. Port- land, now a winter port of Canad*, will de- cline, while Halifax, under the new order of things, will fl urish. Civil war between the Eastern and Western states would follow the adop tion of a retahtory bill." 0 Tin: SENATE. The Yellowstone I'arlc Bill Passed -■-Dodg-ins: the Railway Attor- ney's Bill. Washington-, Jan. 29.— 'senate bill to amend the law establishing the Yellow- stone park, which was under discussion yesterday, was taken up. Mr. Van Wyck inquired whether the bill proposed to alter the dimensions of the park. Mr. Mander- son replied that the limits were extended on the east and on the west, but were dimin- ished by two miles on the north. Mr. But- ler argued against the bill because of the summary jurisdiction over offenses com- mitted in the park given to the commis- sioner created by the bill. lie held that to be unconstitutional, as also the clause which empowers the secretary of the interior to establish rules and regulations and to declare what shall be offenses. Mr. M anderson replied to Mr. Butler's objec- tions, and argued that there was no violation of the constitution involved in the bill. Mr. Van Wyck intimated that the object in changing the northern limit was to allow a railroad to pass through those two miles, and that that would be dangerous to the park. Mr. Manderson explained the prop- osition as being one to change and define more clearly the LIMITS of the PAUK. It had nothing whatever to do with the building of a railroad. Mr. Edmunds fa- vored the bill on the ground that if the Yellowstone park was not conserved and controlled and watched (just as the capitol had to be), its beauties would be entirely destroyed. The bill was discussed till 3 o'clock, when the presiding otlicer presented the unfinished business, being the railroad attorneys bill. Mr. Vest moved that the bill be postponed till Monday next. The motion was agreed to; yeas 24, nays 20. Mr. Heck— understand that the senate by this vote has displaced the railroad) attorneys bill altogether, so that it now stands at the foot of the special orders. Am I right in that? . The Presiding Officer— Tho chair is of the opinion that it places the bill on the calender subject to motion. Mr. Heck— I desire to give notice that on Monday next, and on every other day that I can do so, until a lair vote is had on Chat bill, I shall make a motion to take it up. The sen- ate has seen fit to displace it and to put it at the bottom (with much emphasis.) Now it SHALL BE VOTED ON. Mr. Allison — .hope the gentleman from Kentucky will allow appropriation bill s to in- tervene. Mr. Beck — have no doubt that this bill will be antagonized in every le rm and from every quarter. Mr. Allison — I understand the senator from Kentucky to assume that because 1 sug- gest appropriation bills I mean to antagonize the bill? Mr. Beck — Oh.no. I understand that th* senator from Iowa agrees with me, all th» way clear through, in regard to my bill. Mr. Allison — I would not like to commit myself so far as that. On motion of Mr. Vest the consideration of the Yellowstone park bill was resumed by a vote of 34 to 17. Mr. Van Wyck of- fered an amendment, which was adopted, providing that any settler on the territory newly added to the park by this bill shall be entitled to all rights and privileges now given by the laws of the United States and territories. Mr. McMillan said he would vote against the bill because it imposed re- strictions and limitations and committed authority to individuals, which lie did not believe to be wholesome. Mr. George also opposed the bill. Mr. Vest advocated the bill as necessary to prevent the objects of natural beauty in the park being mutilated and destroyed. He read a private letter from CHIEF JUSTICE WATTE saying that he had read the bill, and that it seemed to meet the requirements of the case. The contention that there must be jury trials for such offenses would, in the nature of things, do away with all trials. If there was to be a park there at all, then (as Chief Justice Waite said) there must be a government for it. On motion of Mr. Hoar the bill was amended by inserting a provision for an appeal to the district court of Wyoming territory, in cases of imprison- ment, and then it was passed: Yeas 49, nays 8. The nays were Messrs. Berry, Butler, Coke, George McMillan, Morgan. Whit- tliorne and Wilson, of Maryland. The Pacific railroad funding bill came up as the next special order till Monday, Feb. 7. On motion of Mr. Beck, the railroad attorney bill was again taken up, so as to be the un- finished business for next Monday. After a secret session the senate ad- journed. I j Wants High "License. j Wasiiixgtox, Jan. 29.— A petition ask- ing for the passage of a pending high liquor license bill will be presented to the house on Monday. The petition bears the signa -turps of the proprietors of the following hotels: The Arlington, Willard, Biggs. .'V&onitley. Welcker, Metropolitan, National, St. James and Chamberlain. The bill re- ferred to is Senate Bill No. 1380, introduced by Mr. Ingalls, Feb. 19, 18SG, and has al- ready- passed that body. It increases the existing wholesale license fee from S25 tft $300, and the retail liquor license from 100 .toSDOO. ■*> "II rs. JL tn in ons Sane. IHrs. Emmons Sane. " Washington*, Jan. 29.— jury In the Emmons lunacy trial has rendered a verdict that Mrs. Emmons is sane and capa- ble of managing her own affairs. The House. Washington-, Jan. 29.— The house to- day passed the postoffice appropriation bill. * ---. Hymeneal. Special to the Globe. . Chatfield, an. 29.— Miss Carrie Arm- strong and John Shermack were married at I the residence of the bride's parents on Thursday evening.