Warren sheaf., 1893-04-13
Those who voted aye were:

There were exciting times in the house
when the Peterson bill came up for
passage. This bill places all elevators
under the control of the railway and
warehouse commission, and is known
as the administration bill" AS rule
the alliance members have opposed the
measure. Mcguire made strong
speech against it. When the time came
for passage call of the house was
made and 106 members were present.
The measure failed by AZ ayes to sc
nays.
Before the vote was announced
Young changed his vote to the negativ
and gave notice Of reconsideration.
The motion prevailed and the clerk
again began the call. One or two
changes were made for the bill. Alb
sentees were called and the cloak rooms
secured for many members, until 81
had voted in the affirmative. At this
point one of the opponents made an
error in calculation and did just what
he did not want to do, viz, supplied
the lacking vote. He had lost track Of
the vote and thought that over 60 had
voted for it, so he changed his vote tc
aye and gave notice that he would re-
consider.
When the result was announced as IS
for and 45 against, and the member
found that he had carried the bill by
his unfortunate change, he was para
lyzed with astonishment, and insisted
that there was a mistake somewhere,
for he made it 81 votes for the bill.
The clerk verified the vote, and found
that the result as announced was cor.
rect. Then the opposition tried to ge,
it changed, but they were caught, anG
the motion to reconsider was lost by .
vote of 3s to 81.
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The question of whether members
can escape voting on call, if they arc
present, was settled once aud for all in
the house. A local bill affecting Ram
sey county was under consideration an6
several members lodged. Mr.. Cotton
of st. Louis, who was temporarily in
the chair, ruled with great emphasis
that the vote couldn't be escaped. Mem
bers were snaked in from the cloak
rooms and all, forced to vote, except
Mr.. Wacek of lie Sueur He stood out
upon his constitutional right as a citi.
zen to vote or not as he chose. The
rules were read declaring that members
must vote unless excused. The house
refused to excuse. Mr.. Wacek con.
cluded that the rule should be obeyed
and he voted.
Another unsuccessful attempt was
made to pass what is known as the
state university bill in the senate. The
bill calls for an annual tax levy for the
support of the university, and Senator
Morse was the one to ask that the rules
be suspended and. the bill passed. The
vote was 81 to s, not the necessary two
thirds. Then an attempt was made to
have the bill made a special order, but
this was also defeated, it being openly
intimated that the country senators
wanted to keep this bill back until they
had the support of the Hennepin county
senator's on certain bills of their owu
on general orpers.
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2 Senator Lienau's bill, to provide fol
free employment offices. requires the
commissioner of labor statistics to es.
tablish in all cities having population
of more than 10000 free employment
office, and shall appoint superintend.
ent of the same. The city council Of
each city shall have the right of con.
firmation and are required to provide
Office room. The salary of the super.
intendent shall be fixed by the city
council. No charge shall be made
for providing employment. The su.
perintendent shall make weekly re-
ports.
The senate committee on roads and
bridges discussed three bills intro.
duced at the instigation Of the Good
Roads association. The bills call 70,
the abolishment of the poi tax, provide
that road work shall be done on con.
tract when the supervisors deem it ad
visable, and abolish tie labor tax. rh.
committee were favorable towards the
bills and decided 10 recommend then
for passage, although they will proba
bly, be slightly amended before the sen,
ate sees them, The good roads peonl.
believe that the passage Of these bill,
will help their cause materially.
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