St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-09
The HOUSE A BEDLAh
Yesterdays Scenes With the
SolonS We're Simply Dis
graceful.
Maguire Fails to Get His Cor
peeted Vote Duly in the
Journal.
Logs, Pool Room and Sena-
tOPial Election Doodle to
Be Smelled At.
Calls Of the House and OF the
Roll DisSipate the Aft
ePnOOn.

The action of the house yesterday was
disgraceful.
The one line explains all. but the Gus
tom of reporting the dolngS in detail
makes it necessary to recite somewhat
in detail the methods pursued on the
floor There was absolutely nothing of
Importance done. True, the general APP
preparation bill was introduced, but that
was simply a matter of form. The en-
tire morning was spent in discussing
the correction of the journal and IN the
passage of resolutions calling for in
YestigatiOn Of charges OF bribery until
nearly noon, when the general appro-
priauon bill was introduced.
During the afternoon there was alb
SOlutely no business transacted. The
entire session was passed in tllibuster-
ing. One faction wanted to go ahead
with the work in order that the reap
pOrtiOnment bill might be reached on
Monday. The other side did not want
10 reach it so soon, and they gave 1t out
cold that the opponents or tile oil
would not be permitted to make any
progress.
They made tlSir promise good. At
the opening of the morning session Mr..
Mcguire made a motion to change the
journal so that ii would show that he
had not voted affirmatively on the pass
age of 5. F.31l. He maintained that While
the journal recorded an apparent truth,
it was an actual falSehOOd. MeSSrS.
Jacobson, Cairns, Fletcher. ROdger. Iur-
rell, Wyman, Ives and Williams opposed
the motion: but several of these gentle
men expressed a Willingness to allow
Mr.. Mcguire 10 place a statement i'll the
journal showing how he came to be re-
corded for the bill.
MeSsrs. Greer, Wacek, Barrett and
FurlOng supported the request of Mr..
Mcguire One solid hour was given to
debate on the motion. Then Mr.. Ma
guire withdrew his motion and peace
reigned for few moments.
Mr.. Wacek set the wheels whirling
again with right good will. Mr.. Will
son, of Goodhue, offered a resolution to
perfect his motion of the day before,
calling for an investigation of charges
against Mr.. Markham and other mem
beers. Mr.. Wacek offered substitute,
as follows:
charged that money was freely used TO BRIDE
the committee on logs and lumber. and 10
bride the members of the house of represent
atlves for the purpose of defeating IL. +. 2S,
known as the Nyman bill; and
Whereas, 1t is currently reported and
charged that the railroad OmpanieS used
money freely to bride the members of the
house of representatives for tim purpose of
defeating Ii. F. -, known as the Walsh bill;
therefore be it
PaSOlvad That a oOrnn,itfaa of thrna he an
pointed. and said committee is hereby d.
Tected to make prompt ana thorough investi-
CATION Into the above as TO the truth or talsity
Of the same The said committee is hereby
authorized and empowered to send for per-
sOps and papers, to administer oathS and to
summon and compel the attendance of wit
nesses.
The most distractIng kind of a rum
puS at once sprung up and continued
for an hour. Showers of amendments
were offered, but many were killed.
Several were adopted, among those pre-
vailing being amendments to include
the Wacek bill touching systems of
land transfers, the Peterson grain bill,
the Horton anti-pool room bill, the cap
itOl bill, election Of United States Sena-
tor, and all other matters about which
rumorS of bribery have been circulated.
In the midst of the confusion Mr..
call was demanded. The time taken up
in calling the names gave the members
chance to cool down and saved them
from themselves. The motion was lost,
but in the meantime soma hot eX-
changes of opinion took place on the
damphOOiIShneSS of such a resolution,
Many members roasted the resolution
and its author, who defended it, wild
eyed and DugnaciOus as a rampant lion
The resolution was then adopted as
amended and the chair named as the
committee Messrs. Wasek, F. NJ. Will
son, KOerner, Underleak and T. Cole.
Mr.. ComStOck, of Blue Earth. offered
a resolution to recall S. F. 81 from the
governor for the purpose of getting 4
correct vote thereon. Mr.. ZelGh sent
the resolution over under notice of de-
bate.
The committee on labor and labor
legislation reported in favor of indefinite
pOstpOnement of the bill giving a lien
on logs for labor. On motion of Mr..
BOggS the bill was placed OH general
orders.
The grain and warehouse committee
reported 5. +. 300. the state elevator at
Duluth bill, with an amendment author
iZing the lease if il was found to be
feasible. The amendment was stricken
out by the house and the bill, as it came
from the senate apprOpriating $3.50, 1000,
goes on general orders.
Mr.. Wyman, chairman of the appro-
priations committee, then introduced
by request of the governor, the general
appropriation bill, which was read the
second time and placed on general or.
derS.
f. NJ. Wilson submitted the report oil
the special committee to investigate the
Brill-HOTtOn matter. The report recites
that, while the remarks of Judge Bril-
were ill-advIsed. there was nothing in
them that can be construed as VIOLATING
the constitutional rights Of member o.
the legislature by questioning him fol
DEBATE in the legislative halls. Mr.
Greer moved the adoption, and Mr.
Fleming amended by moving that the
report be laid over. Mr. Fleming begaI
to speak on the report, Notwithstanding
he had made q motion practically to lal
the report on tine table. Mr.. Dunn roSt
to point of order, and the chair ruleC
his colleague out of order, as the motion
to lay on the table is not debatable.
The house then took a recess to
o'clock.