St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-21
line rat tnat trusted TO one poor mole,
Must S1relv hp q rat Of vprv litt1a sOu1 ;,

out through a very small hole. He
brought down the house by quoting:
1.-THE rat that trusted to one poor hole
Must surely be rat of very little SOUL"
II call the gentlemen to order'' exclaimed
Senator Crandall; his language is unpar--
liamentary. He has called the president Of
the senate a rat.''
Il shall rule remarked Gen. Sanborn,
that the language. while close to the line. is
not supplementary"
The Dakota county senator turned
upon his enemies, and the Sallow face
of Senator John Day Smith turned
white as the Sage recalled the remarks
made by the HeDnepin man at the time
the other protest was presented. At
that time Senator Smith, when the
Democrats and Alliance men objected
to the language used, told them scOrn-
fully to put the garment on and look In
the glass and see how we'll it became
them.
Il will not be so rude as they were,"
said the sage, as he passed on, dealing
sledgehammer blows to the Republican
senators, who, little more than week
ago, seemed to think that any language,
however abusive, was not too bad when
used in their protests.
Senator Crandall indeed went so far
as to raise the point of order that some
of the language used was unparlia-
mentary. Senator McHale took the floor
and neatly disposed of Senator Gran
dall's point. At the time the previous
protest was entered Senator McHale had
n ade similar point, and, on a point of
order raised by Senator Smith, was de-
clared out OF order by the chair.
Senator Keller called for harmony,
and brought down the galleries in an
amusing speech. Senator Craven, of
Carver county, then made his maiden
speech. He read the unparliameutary
language in the John Day Smith pro-
test, and declared that he, for one,
was ready to go on record as saying that
the statements made by the men sign
ing the first protest
Were False.
Gen. Sanborn, in speech, in which
he carefully went over the whole ques-
ton. ruled that the words ''ridiculously
false" in the protest were unparlia
mentary, and suggested that milder
terms be used.
1--WE used the words 'ridiculously false be-
cause 1t was necessary" said Senator Craven.
I'VE ought to have used stronger words, for
when the Republicans said we sold our con-
stituents out for few offices, we say they are
making statement that is false. We ought
to say II in stronger language"
whole trouble to be because of the diff
ference between the constitution
which gave the power to two senators
and parliamentary law which gives all
the power to the majority. After
lengthy explanation Gen. Sanborn ruled
that there was no protest before the
house.
Senator John Day Smith called for
the regular order, and Senator Don
nelly appealed from the decision of the
chair. Senators Craven, Leavitt and
others debated the question some time,
but Gen. Sanborn still held that no ap-
peal from his decision that the protest
offered by Senator Donnelly was not
protest and could not go on the record.
Senator Craven appealed from the
decision of the chair to the effect that
the words ''ridiculously false" were un-
the members voting on strict party lines
until the name of Senator FL. f. Stevens
was reached, when he arose and after
explaining that he thought the protest
should go on record voted no. The
decision of the chair was repudiated by
a vote of 2S to 20, and Senator Donnelly
| moved that the communication of
twenty-eight senators entitled "a pro-
test" be printed in the journal. John
Day Smith wanted the motion reduced
to writing.
ut is motion, and not resolution"
said the Sage. II understand that if l
reduce it to writing the gentleman from
HennepiD is lying In wait to give notice
| of debate" rs this going on as a pro-
test" asked Senator Smith, of Henne-
| pin.
"We will talk of that after we vote"
remarked the Sage, smiling all over.
After half hour of scrapping, the
voting commenced. When the name of
Senator John Day Smith was called, he
took the floor to ''explain his vote" He
Intentionally assailed the majority, and
was called down several times. Finally
the voting commenced, resulting as fol-
| lows:
| Ayes-Bell, Borchert, Brown, Craig, Cra-
ven, Dedon, Donnelly Erickson, Geissel,
| Grape, Hompe, Keller, Kelly, La Due, Lom-
| men, Leavitt, Lienau, McHale, Mcmillan,
| March, Mayo, Morse, Mott. Nelson, Phillips,
| Probstfeld, Sevatson, Wood-2S
Nays-A lien. Ayers Burkhardt Canestorp,
Crandall, Dougherty. Davis, Day, Dean,
| Eaton, Glader, Grinnell, Guderian, Kiester
| S. W. Peterson. j. W. Peterson, Stevens,
Stockton, Streissguth, Tawney-2O.
The senate, on motion of Senator
! Dean, then took a recess till o'clock.