The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-09

LIE UWO ldW-ludAAA6 OOOAG0 Va
Minnesota were called together at
II M, Tuesday, Jan. 9Th. 1t was
the trial of a legislature with three
parties.
THE SENATE
Was called to order by Lieut.-Gov.
Ives. The only absentee was Ham
mer, OF Spring Valley, who is sick.
But few old faces were seen. The cy-
clone had struck the Senate as well
as the House.
OF course routine work was taken
up-handing in certificates and tax
ing the oath.
Mr.. Donnelly made the first motion
of the session-as an alliance man
did in the House. He moved to ad-
journ until 3 p. M, as it was then
about 12m. The republicans at
once made war on the motion-de-
manded the statute, etc. The stat
ute stated that they should proceed
to elect officers Immediately after
roll call. Mr.. Donnelly told the SEN
ate that if the statutes meant con-
tinuous session, then they would Of
ten have to remain over night and
for weeks even; that the statute
meant no other business should in
tervene.
The President reluctantly decided
in favor of Mr.. Donnelly, and the
vote stood 80 to % in favor. This
was the first of a series of victories
for Mr.. Donnelly in which the vote
usually stood % to 26. In the
afternoon Mr.. Donnelly assumed the
aggressive. The Democrats and Al
lance men had united forces, and
made out a schedule Of the "ohces. !"
The afternoon was a long continued
fight between Mr.. Donnelly and the
entire republican side-and the Sage
literally mopped the aisles with them,
winning every point. The strongest
point gained was taking the ap-
pointment OF committees away from
Lieut.. Gov. Ives, and having them
elected by the Senate. This was
fought very hard, and the debate
was OF extraordinary interest. Mo-
tions to adjourn were continually
put, but were continually defeated,
and the ruling of the chair was over
borne more than once.
THE HOUSE
Called to order at 12m. Only
seven old members were reelected,
and the faces were new. Certificates
were presented and members sworn
in.
First motion made was by J. J..
Furlong, at 11:30 and it was a dila-
tory motion to permit caucusing.
He moved "that when the House ad-
journ it till be tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock" 1t was carried.
The House proceeded to vote for
speaker, with the following result:
Searle, Rep..............................4
Stiyers, Dem. 40
Champlin, ..32
Adjourned.
Reports in GREAT WEST will usual
~ close with Tuesday p. m. each
week.
In the House the following was the
vote for speaker on Tuesday.
For SEARLEs, Rep.-Messrs. Ames,
Anderson, Bell, Benner, Bonde, Boor-
en-, Boyd, Caswell, Church, Coburn,
Cole, E., Cross, Daily, Demo, Diment,
Diepolder, Erickson, Feig, Greer,
Holler, Huset, Jensen, Kendall,
Keyes, Kinney, Lloyd, Lockwood,
Lomen, Lyman, Nelson, Searles,
Setterlund, Smout, Starks, Stevens,
Stone, Thompson, P. E., Turrell,
Wahlund, Weatherston. Zelch.
For ST1vERs, Dem.-Messrs. Bar.
rett, Battley, Berning, Bull, Camp.
ion, Caneff, Capser, Champlin, Christ.
lieb, Coates, Darelius, Deafing, Foley
French A., tiallager, Hagney, Har.
wick, Helms, Hemstead, Huntington
Linnemann, Long, Lynn, McAllister
McGrath, Nelson N. p, Nilsson, Pen.
ny, Price, Ringwald, Roach, Sheets
Sikorski, Sinclair, Smith, Stockwell
Trip, Wacek, Walsh R. A.
For CHAMPL1N, All.-Messrs. ALL
ness, Bjorge, Cantleberry, Carleton
Chesley, Cole T., Currier, Doyle
Englebert, French c., Furlong
Gildea, Gilmore, Green, Hadlan1
Knudson, Koehnen, Larson, Lewis
Mcclure, Moore, Ongstad, Peterson
Richardson, Stivers, Thompson A..
Tucker, Wagner, Wells, White, Viii
son, Wright.
WEDNESDAY.
Wednesday the Senate met and ad
journed until Thursday morning a
10 IN accOunt IF the committees III