St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-05
physical menace to compel the speaker
to remain faithful to his pledges. 1t
what occurred then would be attempted
now it would be

physical menace to compel the speaker
to remain faithful to his pledges. If
what occurred then would be attempted
now it would be
CALLED BULLDOZING.
Pinney lost his nerve, but determined
to adhere to treachery, and to
do SO in defiance Of those to
whom he was under obligations
to serve, called upon Gov. Jayne
for sufficient military force to be
placed in the hall of the house to pro-
tect the body from violence. Accord
ingly ON the 18th of April, 1862, Gov.
Jayne issued his order. commanding
Lieut.. Ploghoff, of the Dakota cavalry,
to detail twenty men for the purpose OF
PRESERVING ORDER
in the house. In pursuance of this
order, on the morning of the Sth Lieut..
PloghOff, at the head of twenty men,
filed into the house and took position
near the speakers desk. When the
members assembled they were con-
fronted with an array of carbines and
Sabers. This unexpected scene created
surprise and indignation, and the men,
bers very forcibly, and in the language
of the period. demanded of the speaker
to know "What in h all this meant?'
A committee was appointed to wait
upon Gov. Jayne and demand an eXpla-
nation of his conduct, in thus attempt
ing to menace the legislature with
AN ARMED FORCE.
The governor replied, simply giving
as reason the request eff Speaker FIN
ney. The house Immediately adjourned,
and the soldiers marched back to
morning the soldiers did not
m, alya tbpir annparan0p and
soon as the house had been called to
order and the roll called, Mr.. Pinney
resigned the speakership. His reslg-
nation was accepted. and John l.. Tier
non was elected speaker for the re-
mainder of the session. During this
session Gov. Jayne
VETOED THREE BILLS,
one a bill to regulate marriages, and
the two others were apportionment bllls.
The next election occurred Oh Sept. l.
1862. The delegate in congress and
members of the legislature were elected
annually for the first ten years. after
which time congress provided that these
elections should be held biennialiyI.
At the second election there were .2s3,7
votes cast for Jayne and -221 for Todd,
for delegate to congress. Todd con-
tested and was successful in unSeatlng
Jayne.
The second session of the legisla-
ture was composed of the following gen
tlemen, majority of whom were also
members of the first session. Council:
W. w. Brrokings, Austin Cole, j. W.
Boyle, Jacob Deuel., Enos Stutsman, ID.
L. Bramble. j.. Fl. Shober, J. Shaw
Gregory, III. D. Belts, James McFetridge.
House: M. K. Armstrong, l.. BOthun,
J. Y. Buchanan. II. L.. Donaldson. NJ.
I'll. Somers, E. Clifford, A. j. Harlan, j.
A. jacobson, r. NJ. johnson, Knud Lar
N. j. Wallace, G. P. Waldron,
Of these gentlemen NJ, K. Armstrong
was elected to congress in 1872 on the
Democratic ticket. He is now a resi-
dent of Minnesota. M. H.. Somers:
who was Familiarity known as Jim"
Somers, was typical tough of the
wild and woOlly West. He lived on a
ranch near Pease island, and frequently
visited YanktOn. On these occasions
he would ''run the town. and every
body would keep indoors and let him
have full swing.
SHOOTING OUT THE LIGHTS
in stores and residences was one OF his
pleaSantries. However, family feud
existed between his family and that OF
bis brother, and in 1881 it happened
that his nephew was as, quick with his
gun as was the notorious "Jim." Both
were killed. To illustrate the kind OF