St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-03
failure before The question assumed ii

failure before The question assumed its
present form.
Because the laws against profanity and
misunderstanding are not enforced said
Mr.. Douuelly. would the senator advocate
their repeal:'
Il have nothing to say about profanity
answered Senator Lommcn, the chaplain
lectured us on that the other day, and | have
noticed vast improvement since.
Here Mr.. LOmmen el0Quently pictured
the condition of affairs in his district,
and read letter from one OF his con-
stituentS protesting against the passage
of bill that would ''Send the whole
upper country to hades." He. then re-
turned to the Sage of Nininger and
raped him after the following fashion:
1t may have been aggravating to some
senators TO have the senator from Dakota
call them blind pigs but did not mind it
at all, for | comforted myself with the
thought that he has formerly alluded TO US as
his brethren.
The chair now recognized Senator
Hammer, but Mr.. Donnelly cIamored
for the privilege. finally appealing to
the senator from Fillmore for the privi-
lege of the floor.
Il was attacked on the floor and thought
the chair ought to have courtesy enough 10
recognize me-
Tine chair has courtesy enough to reeog
nize the first senator who gains the floor
Il yield the floor TO the president of the
senate, " remarked the sage rs he sat down.
Senator Hammer made a good, solid
speech on the general question. He
thought he stood alone on the question.
If bill were passed reducing the rate
away below that III adjoining states
money would flow out of the state like
water. There was a bill on hand taxing
mortgages. There was no value in
mortgage. In fact it is worth 30 cents
less than the paper on which it is writ
ten.
Senator Donnelly here arose and
declared that the banking committee
bill was exactly what the bankers of the
state desired.
The senator from Dakota, said Senator
Leavltt Tor some purpose Is trying to per
SuGde the people into the belief that thiS
banking committee is trying 10 do something
wrong. This has always been a popularity
Of the senator from Dakota. lie has always
taken the position that some one else com
mitted fraud and that he is the only angel i'll
the business. All he cares about is TO per
petuate himself in this position. His con
slant effort is to smirch some one else's char
acter ana pose as the only one who has an
interest in the people. 1t is time for MIN TO
stop: time for him 10 stop both for the inter
csts of the state and for his own self-Tespect
| do resent the insinuatlons of the gentleman
from Dakota and | do not believe there is
any other man on this floor who would make
such inIimations. II shows the poverty of his
cause. He has always tried TO smirch the
character of some one else and persuade the
people into the belcf that he Is the only
man in it devoted 10 their interests
Il disavowed any impuatiOn OH the mo-
uves of the banking committee said Sen
ator DOnnelly excitedly. Il merely said
that it was unfortunate that this bill should
bear such a similarity 10 bin presented by
The bankers two years ago
Here a call of the house was de-
manded, and for few minutes the SER
geant-at-arms was searching for absent
members.
proceedings under the cali be dispensed
with, ana the question was then taken
OH the reconsideration of the vote by
which Senate File SO was recomme nde
to pass. This resulted as follows: