St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-15
ANOTHER POOL BILL.
This Time 1t Is the Dean Bill
to Raise Public
Morals.
After q Hot Debate the Sem
a1e Recommends 1t
to Pass.
Railroad Officials Fiereely
Fight the Peterson Rate
A Constitutional Cigarette
Bill will Be Reported
Very Soon.

q day in the senate without an cpl
sOde of an exciting nature would Ger
tainly be a novelty. But the session
yesterday passed along so smoothly for
nearly two hours that every one pardon
ably felt that a spirit Of peace and rest
pervadcd the chamber and graced the
presence of the grave and dignitled
Solons. But the air OF quietude soon
gave place to one of those feverish de-
bates that have made the senate famous.
1t was in the committee of the whole,
and the inspiring genius was the Dean
anti-po0l room bill. Senators O'Brien
and Mayo combatted the legions alone
and almost unaided. And there were
some pretty caustic sentences uttered
during the progress of the session. Sen
ator O'Brien was openly and frankly an
enemy of the measure, and Senator
Mayo was qualified opponent.
He felt that the municipal cor
poratioHs ought to have moral
stamina enough to protect them
selves from the Invasions of gam
bling clements, and not undertake to
make cats paws of the members from
the country, who really have no interest
in the matter directly or indirectly. He
was somewhat severe in his structures
upon the author OF the measure, and he
has penchant for now and then send
ing jayelin straight to the bulls eye,
so to speak. After Senator Dean had
made an eloquent and effective plea for
his pet measure. Senator Mayo INDUCED
in a very drastic arraignment Of the
principle of calling upon the state to
provide police, regulations for big city
that should be able to take of its own
internal affairs. He called the author
to account for voting to legaiiZe what
the speaker esteemed one Of the most
gigantic gambling institutions in the
world, and then swoop down upon a
pool room where betting is done on
horse races. He referred to the vote of
Senator Dean on the anticipation reSOlu-
ton, approving the Washburn bill. and
ne reasoned that upon the same theory
the senator in question would
probably vote for bill to
license the wearing of tights and the
continuance of houses of ill-fame. This
bold criticism created a sensation in the
chamber. But it provoked no singing
rebukr from the senator from Ramsey.
The bill was amended in the committee
of the whole so that pool selling may be
allowed during race meetings at the
race tracks. but for not more than thirty
days in any one year, and the report of
the committee was adopted by the seu-
ate immediately upon its Using without
further debate. Indeed, there.had been
very little left unSaid, for all the mem
berS who seemed TO have any interest
whatever in the measure had taken
shy at the bill. Still, it is conceded
that the outcome is still enShr0uded in
the element of speculation and con-
lecture. A large majority OF the senate
has neither expressed any sentiment.
nor did they vote in the committee of
the whole or upon the report of the
committee.
Ihe so-called good-roads committee,
appointed at the good-roads convention
held Ill the capitol a short time ago, has
been active. and the fruit of their laborS
came before the house in the form of
specific measures. There were three
measures and they came from Senator
Mott. One does away with the time
honOreI and beWhiSkered system of
working out poll taxes on public high
ways, another reVOlutiOniZeS the present
method Of electlng town supervisors,
and the other provides for a good-roads
commission. They were all read and
referred to the proper committees.