St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-27
Giving Rise to the Utterance
Of Some Plain Talk Among
the Senators,
But the Attempt to Pass the
Bill Over the Veto Proves
a Failure.
Senator Donnelly Very Fopei-
bly, Scores a Morning
Newspaper.

day, and. though it worked on the regu-
lar order from morn until night. the
calendar was reached less than a half
hour before the adjournment. -Four
bills, including the new Minneapolis
charter, were passed, and then the sena-
tors wended their weary ways home
ward. wondering if they would even be
given chance to catch up with their
work. The event of the day was, of
course. the attempt to pass Sen
ate File No. "a, the trust CON-
pany bill, over the governors
veto. But this was a fiat failure. only
twenty senators voting to pass it, while
twenty-five voted to sustain the chief
executive.
A number of the senators went to the
state house yesterday morning armed
with resolutions, and so many of them
were offered and debated that the intro
duction of bills was not reached until
after - O'Clock. The first resolution
came from Gen. SanbOrn, and was
concurrent resolution fixing the time of
final adjournment at noon Friday, April
20, and making to-day the last day for
the introduction of bills. This was
adopted.
Capital Scare.
luton offered by him Tuesday relative
to the appointment of a committee to
secure and present information to the
senate at the next session relative to
plans and the cost of new state capI-
tOi. Senator Leavitt moved to indef-
nlteiy postpone, saying that he did not
believe the people of the state wanted
to be taxed for new capitol when they
had just spent enough on the present
shed to have insured a good building.
Senator John Day Smith amended the
resolution providing that the committee
should have no authority to make any
expenditures.
Senator DOnnelly was not willing to
vote for the resolution if the site was to
be confined to st. Paul. He believed
that the scheme involved in Senator
Glader'S bill to remove the capital to the
state lands in Kandiyohi county was
perfectly feasible. Lots enough could
he sold there to pay the expenses of
building the new capitol. Senator
Cra ndall opposed the resolution and by
a vote of % yeas to p nays the whole
matter was finally laid on the table.
Printing the laws.
Senator Leavitt called up the resolu-
ton which he offered on March II, rela-
tive to the printing of the stale laws and
moved its adoption. This resolution
follows:
Resolved. By the senate, the house con-
curing, that in the interest of economy and
more effective publication and distribution
OF the laws. committee of two on the part
OF the senate and three on the part of the
mouse be appointed to act as a joint commit
tee to ask for bids for the printing furnish
ing and distribution to the newspapers of
the state of the General Laws rassed at this
session SUCH bids to be reported to the
house and senate before being acted upon.
Senator DOnnelly opposed the reSO!u-
ton, declaring that this was "a scheme
of the Pioneer Press to get back at the
country newspapers of the state be-
cause they had refused to allow this pa
per to appropriate the lions share of
the appropriation. Up to two years ago
this paper had enjoyed a monopoly, and
secured the greater part of the appro-
priation, but at that time their exac-
tons became so great that the newspa-
per men revolted and organized an as
sociation, which procured the law sup
plements at slight cost.
And now comes this colossal institution
SAID the Sage. with its sham wealth and pre-
tended virtue, and asks US to help it revenge
itself OH the EDITORS of the state
Mr. Donnelly believed that the laws
could be distributed more cheaply
through the newspapers, owing to the
ldct ludV Ho postage necQ De paid IL
most cases, than ill any other.
Senator Hompe favored the resolu-
ton. He believed the laws could be
distributed at much less expense than
in the old way. 1t became simply a
question Of whether or not the mem
berS had the SAND to vote against the
papers.
Senator Day declared that the propo-
sition of the senator from Meeker was
absurd. The only way in which the
people could be reached was through the
newspapers. The association published
100000 copies of the laws and distributed
them within two weeks after the close
Of the session. The newspaper men
were asking no favors; they earned
every cent they received.
A motion to lay on the table was de-
feated by 2S nays to % ayes, and Sena-
tor Craven was recognized by the chair
man and made vigorous speech against
the resolution.
A motion was made to refer to the
committee on printing, when Senator
DOnnelly made another vigorous speech
on that side of the question. The mat
ter was finally referred to tue committee
Oh printing by the following vote:
Yeas.