St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-14
Wiped Off the Map by Repre-
sentative Brevig, OF Rem
vile.
NEED ANNUAL CONTRACTS
In Order to Establish the
Fact of Continuous Sub
scription.
RIGHTS OF UNION LABOR.
Attempt to Turn a Labor Bill
Against Labor Organ
iZatiOns.

first time in the house yesterday, ana
was responded to by a fairly good
attendance. Only two or three mat
tiers of unusual interest were dis
posed of, one of these being Mr..
Brevig's newspaper bill. Mr. Brevig
has not commanded any particularly
wide range of notice during the Ses-
sion, but the authorship, or rather
the introduction, of this bill, which
some one else drew, will give him
a certain notoriety, which will be
general, if not desirable. The pur-
pose of the bill is to require a new
contract between the publisher and
subscriber in order to renew sub
scription to a newspaper. The bill is
aimed at the country papers, and
does not affect city publications par
tic.ularly, as the latter class require
cash subscriptions. The country pa
per holds its subscription largely on
the open account plan, and a SUBJ
scriber may continue to take a pa
per for ever so many years, and I'M
less he has formally renewed the
contract at the expiration of the
hrst year he can only be held for
one year under the provisions of Mr.
BreV1g's bill. The country editors are
up IN arms against the passage of
the bill, and their representa- tives
on the floor of the house will be
heard upon the matter when it comes
upon its final passage.
Only few moments later Mr Pre-
Wig recorded another vote which
VIII entitle him to a certain if not
satisfactory, accounting with his
I1ehVllle county constituents, when
ne voted to Indefinitely POSTPONE a
onl Tor an appropriation to drain
some waste lands in that co,n+v
line Renville county people have
oeen making hard fight for tbis
Dill, and the house was disnosed ~
laVorably consider it, but when Mr.
breVlg voted in the affirmative ON
the motion to kill the bill Other
members did not feel like Thrust
tiis an appropriation upon him and
'iiele were few negative votes.
81 II-O w AS HOT
Just oefore the noon adjournment Mr.
staples received his first really me-,
oitlohal Knockout in The session NJ,
'ohhs mad introduced, by special ner.
- Dill to exempt from exec,-
'-oii oiie bicycle, and the bill. being n
60 'iiils' mad been pushed along nm
III 1t got to its final passage. There
wee only hfty-fve votes in favor of
tiie Dill being three less than enoueb
" pass, and Mr.. Dahl gave, notice IF
motion to reconsider. This ro,,sod
Mr.. Staples ire, and after delivari,,e,
phlllppic with Mr.. Dahl as tba crhfoot
,r lioVea 10 reconsider then and there.
MS lhhnlte surprise and chagrin the
went square back on him, and
INC iiioelon was carried almost unani-
ihously, and the bill was placed at the
mead OF the calendar, where if will
probably be reached next Monday.
Inc calendar was reached and eight
pllIs' including the delectable meat in
spect1on bill, were passed. On the vote
on the inspection bill, whose title
should be so amended as to read "a
Dill to establish a permanent source of
revenue for the Republican cam
pa1gns," the Republican members
voted unanimously as far as they were
present. In addition to the admins
tration bill the following bills were
passed:
H F. 527, relating to limitation of
actions.
II. F. 544, relating to shorthand re-
porters
H. F. 636, to make certain weeds COM
mon nuisances.
II. F. 657, relating to private banking
H. F. 424, relating to the organize.
ton of townships.
II. +. 621, to aid a town in Waseca
county TO construct, certain ditch
ii. f. 719, legalizing sheriff's certifi-
Gates.
ONE OF VANS TRICKS.
Judge Littleton was in the chair in
the afternoon, being called from his seat
by the side of handsome young laiy in
the center of the house by the sneaker
who Immediately pre-empted the seat
just vacated by the gentleman from
Dodge. The house went into commit
tee of the whole and disposed of some
thirty bills, most of them going to the
calendar. The only notable discussion
OF the session was upon Senator Nor
CAMS bill making it a misdemeanor for
any company to require as a condition
OF employment that the employee should
withdraw from or refrain from Join
ing any labor organization.
Mr.. Underleak, from the committee
on judiciary, reported an amendment.
the purpose of which was that no en-
ploye or member of any labor organi-
cation shall by force or persuasion in
fuence any other employee or candidate
Tor employment to join any labor or
ganization. Upon this amendment the
fight was made, and it was a hot one
from start to finish.
Mr.. Lockwood warmly supported the
amendment and got into a wrangle
with Mr.. Feig over the effect of the
resolution, Mr.. Feig holding that the
amendment not only invalidated the
original bill, but laid additional bur-
dens and hardships on organized labor
Mr.. Lockwood said if organized labor
could not afford to be subject to the
same law that governed organized
capital then it was wrong. The amend
ment placed labor and capital on the
odilS peSiS- Each was PROMPTED from
boycotting or coercing the other, and
the non-union man was given the same
protection as the union man. That was
fair and right, and labor organizations
would have TO stand by it.
Fl A $50 INCIDENT.
Mr. Underleak related an incident
that had much to do with the drawing
of the amendment. A stonemason who
had employment and desired to Join
the union was let out because the
union had raised the admission fee to
$50, and he could not get the money.
Mr. Tallman. bluntly characterized
this recital as a cock and bull story. {"
made up for effect and Mr.. Dahl said he
was a member of the judiciary commit
tee, and would like to see the color of
the hair of the man who had related
that incident. He landed on the amend
ment with right and left in quick suc-
session, and sarcastically alluded to