St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
And Puts in an Afternoon in
the Hottest Kind Of
Scrapping.
Senator PeterSon'S Grain Bill
Is Passed by a Deplora-
BILE Fluke,
But This Morning a Change
May Be Worked in the
Journal.

Oue Oh the IlOSI T0iIldThdUl0 SoSSIOliS
ever held by a legislative body was that
of the Minnesota house of representa-
tives yesterday afternoon.
In many respects the session was
travesty on even a poor imitation OF
lawmaking. La some other respects it
was disgraceful.
That these terms are not exaggerated
will be admitted by any one who was
present from 80 to $50 o'clock.
A board of trade on panic day
might possibly compare with the scenes
on the floor; red-hot political conven-
ton, in its most seething moments.
might equal the intense strain and eX-
ctement which everybody felt. But it
would be very hard to instance anything
else that could hold up its head with
any degree of success alongside of yes
terday's doingS.
A bill was killed, brought to life
again, once more bucked to standStill,
reconsidered again. and eventually car
ried by deplorable tiuke.
Clubs Were Trumps
and everybody held a full hand, but
ana the strongest cards of the kind
needed. At any rate, after the game
had been played with everybody
''fo'cin' de limick," as Brudder Gardner
would say, right up to the playing of
the last card in the last dealt was
generally understood that some people
had been "whipsawed" to standstill.
A day or two ago S. F. 81, Sen ator
Sam Peterson's bill, was taken out of
the truck" far down on general orders
and advanced to the calendar. This has
been dubbed ''the governors bill" and
the allegation has not been denied.
Many Republicans did not like the bill
a little bit, and have taken no pains to
conceal their dislike. Some of them
emphasized their opposition by voting
against the bill yesterday. Some others
who did not like the bill voted for it to
get it out of the way of the reapportion-
rhent bill, against which the Peterson
measure was to be used as club, if re-
ports are true. incidentally a rumor
was spread among the members that
the capitol bill was at stake, Gov. Mel
sons approval of it depending on the
result of the vote OH s. +. 37l. This
rumor was denied on the floor of the
house, as will be seen further along.
Maguire's Bad Break.
To sum up briefly and without preju-
dice: Senator Peterson's bill has been
passed by both houses. 1t received just
So votes, the necessary number, but the
fifty-eighth vote was given while Mr..
Mcguire was IabOring under the belief
that the bill had received more than
enough votes to pass. He desired to
move a reconsideration, and changed
his negative vote accordingly. AS it
turned out, he gave the bill just the vote
it needed. and did not discover
his mistake until the speaker had
announced $50 the bill is passed, and
its title agreed to-" Then the gentle
man from Lac qui Parle was almost
heart broken. He protested in vain; it
was too late to change. This morning
an effort will be made to correct the
journal, and several Republicans will
support Mr.. Maguire's plea. On this
move fight will undoubtedly be made,
and the scenes of yesterday may be re-
enacted on limited scale. Mr.. Fur
long. who changed his vote to yea just
before Mr.. Mcclure, asserts that he also
changed under the impression that more
than enough votes had been cast for it.
The Final Vote.
When every man had changed his
vote as he wanted and no more votes
could be coaXed or cajOled for the bill,
this was the result: