St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26
JEFFERsON PRACTICE
Prevails Among the senators in
the Smith, iXSon Row.

Prevails Among the Senators in
the Smith-Hixson Row.
Smith climbs on top!
Senator Frank Day rushed into the
senate chamber yesterday morning, all
air Of mysterious Importance waiting
serenely about the hirsute appendage
which serves to ornament his upper
lip. He earnestly buttonhoIed each
member, and then gave it out cold that
he would move to eXpunge the motion
roasting Representative John Day
Smith from the senate journal. "A
majority of the senators have agreed TO
such COURSE" he remarked /;
and then little by-play fell
lowed betweenC him and Senator
Whlteman, who moved the resolution
which was tabled Thursday. Senator
Schetfer was called on, and the result
was an understanding that Senator
Whiteman will on tuesday move that
plunged. This is quite proper, as the
direct contradiction to parliamentary
usage. Thomas jefferson, in his MAN
ual of parliamentary Practice,' has this
to say upon the subject: Neither
house can exercise any authority over a
member or officer of the other, but
should complain to the house of which
he is, and leave the punishment to
them" Senator Whiteman thus erred
i'll proposing a resolution; he should
merely have stated the facts of the case,
and left the punishment to his fellow
senators.
Resolved, that all appropriation bills be in
troduced within the next twenty days.
Senator Buckman'S explanation of
this resolution WAS that it was tie out
come of joint meeting of the senate
finance committee and the house ways
and means committee with Gov. Mer-
riam. I'VE DESIRE" he continued, ''to
have all the appropriation bills cOnSid-
cred at one time, as our finances are i'll
rather limited condition" Another
explanation was volunteered by Senator
Daniels, whose remarks are very peril
nent to the taxpayers of the state. He
said: ''SenatOrs probably are aware
that we have been behind in our imam
ces. The resolution passed by the joint
committee with regard to appropriation
bills has this proviSiO: that none of
the money appropriated shall be pay
able from the state treasury before
April l, 1890. Current expenses will be
paid, but it will be impossible to make
any new appropriations for new build
lngS payable before that time"
The legislative work of the senate
was not Of very high order. There is
a marked dininution in the number of
new bills introduced. Senatar Chap
man brought forward bill regulating
the fees of jurors in justices courts
Senate File No. 10l. He proposes to
amend sec. 80 of chap. 70 OF the Re
vised Statutes of 1873, by striking out
the words ''of 80 cents and inserting
SLIGO per mile as travelling fees of jurors.
But there is the following proviso: THAT
the act take effect and come into force
from its passage, in all parts of the
state except within the corporate limits
of any city, borough, or village having
a population of over 500 inhabitants"
Senator Thacker, in Senate File No. 81,
proposes that whenever i'll any school
district of the state there are fifteen or
more children of any age, whose parents
or guardians are legal voters of such
district, and the school house is more
than two miles away, upon petition
sent by majority of the parents or
guardians, the county commissioners
may provide school house for them.