Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-01-22
Wednesday, Jan. IA.
SENATE

The following protest was presented and
Mr.. President: We, the undersigned,
members of the senate ofthe twenty seventh
session of the legislature of the State of
Minnesota, desiring to avail ourselves of
constitution of the state, do most respect
fully but earnestly dissent and protest
against the passage by the senate of the
resolution taking from the lieutenant gov
ernor the right Of appointing the commits
tees OF the senate, and electing the commit
the Democrats and Alliance men Of this
body, believing said acts to be injurious to
the public, and they tend to weaken and
destroy the principles on which representa-
tive and constitutional government is found
ed ask that, the following, our reasons
the senate of this day;
First-For the first time in the history Of
this state has the presiding officer of this
senate, elected by the sufffages ofthe peo-
pie, and at the same time every member of
this body was elected, been denied the right
tees, right universally conceded to that
officer by precedent and courtesy. The
lieutenant governor is made part of the
executive department of the state and the
presiding officer of this body by the .consti-
tuition, and placed III that responsible posi-
.on By the people in Whom 81 political
tionary attempt has been made successful
by huckstering and in jeopardizing the ag
riCultural interests Of this state by design
ing and ambitious men and political man
lpulatOrS.
Second--That the prosperity ofthe state
depends mainly upon the prosperity of the
ton should have in view the fostering and
encouragement Of these interests which
contribute so much to the material pros
perity of the state. The Democratic ALI
ance fusion, made for thepurpose OF obtain
ing the possession of few unimportant
committees in this body in order that legis-
lation might hereby be influenced, has been
engineered by Democratic leaders in the
state and consented to by the self-constitut-
ed leaders of the Farmers Alliance in this
body, and has resulted i'll depriying
the farmers of this state of their
tant committees. The farmers are es-
peciaily interested in all proposed legisla-
ton passed upon by the committee on
finance, agriculture banks and banking,
roads and bridges public lands, internal
Improvements, corporations and towns
and counties, and yet they have, by this
Democratic and Alliance combination,
but one member on each of these commit
tees. They have only an insignificant mi
| nority representation on the committee on
railroads and grain and warehouse. From
| this it will be seen that the substantial in
| terests ofthe farmers OF this state, without
regard to party, have been bartered
| away for few paltry subordinate
positions in the senate, with which tie po-
| litical debts of these selfconstitutcd leaders
have been paid
Third-The Republican party, casting a
| plurality ofthe votes in the late state cleo
| ton, and having twenty-si out of the fifty
four members of this body, is given, under
| this iniquitous combination, 4 smaller rep
| resentation upon the most important COM
| mittees OF the senate than the Democratic
| party, which has only fifteen members Of
| the senate In this way the will of the peo-
| pie has been thwarted and their interests
betrayed. Entertaining these views, we
cannot, conscientionsly with our duties as
| senators and citizens of this state, permit
the senate to take 4his action without enter
ing this, our formal protest, against it.
Mr.. Donnelly made vigorous effort to
! failing in that he attempted to have several
! Objectionable sentences exposed. The pre-
| sident Of the senate hearers, refused to en-
| terrain the motion, as the constitution
made special provision for tbs privilege OF
protest.
| The speaker announced the following
members as u Gollliilttee On electlons, W
investigate the three contests between Jor-
gen Jensen, kepu1ilcfasn!, ana -. ?. low Ts
m m; Allace, ~ .ne Plieie n n,sef1ee nh
can, in the Sixth district, and John DAILY,
Republican. and -. S. Durant. Democrat
| in the Twenty-third district; Messrs. Gal.
laphcr. Rioree Cantleberry. Casper and
Stevens. 80
Henry Feg, submitted a proposed amend
ment to the constitution which provi des
for the repeal of section ! of article of the
third chapter of the General Laws Of 1881
reducing the duration of the legislative
session to eighty days and providing tina.
! no bills be introduced during the last TWEEN.
| ty days of said session.
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nursoay, Jan. 10.
. The first new business of the day was an