Warren sheaf., 1897-01-28
DAY WAS RETIRED
FAMOUS CONTEST FOR THE SIXTH
DIs1RlcT&SENAToRSH,PE ENDS.
After Three Full Days Of Talk by At
tornoys and ,.sen.tor.-The Case Re-
viewed-solnes sQuscr B;lla Introdu ucetl.
Executive Sessions Abolished-Reap-
pOrtionment Deadlock.

A3ecutive SesetonA AbOlished-Reap-
Portionment Deadlock.
ST. PAUL. Jan. 26.--[Special. 1-Ex.
Lieutenant Governor Frank Day Will
probably spend, the rest of the winter
looking after his newspaper at Fair
mont, Martin, county, in person. At
any rate the state senate has formally
declared that he.ls no longer Senator
Day, having yielded up that title when
he accepted the place Of lieutenant gov
ernor two years ago, and H. H. Dunn Is
now the senator, from the Sixth sena-
,torlal district. This result was reached
1t o'clock Saturday night. after three
full days devoted, to the matter. This
famous contest Was made q special Or
der for Thursdaysmorning at IL o'clock
and nothing elsszwas thought of from
that hour until the final vote. Learned
arguments by the, attorneys for the two
men-N. D. Mum of st. Paul for
Dunn, and r. G. Evans Of Minneap-
oils for Day--were: presented On Thurs
day and Friday, Then on Saturday
came the chance for individual talks.
and 3neasly every senator wanted either
70 explain his own. position or else to
show. .thae hs. .cpulA .ssateaehe case, bot;
;tsr :s-ehnuss dsPeAkers whospreceded
him. This wss tn .Eesson for the pro-
lonesd seGsiop The main arguments
h. 1sssrs. Mum ,9nd Evans were able
expeditions ef tAestwo sides Of the con-
troversy and were followed closely by a
large crowd Of visitors, ,sas we'll ~ by
the senaters. Tho steps toward this
result are worth noting. United States
Senator W.. y. Washburn sought re.
election and the friends Of Governor
knute Nelson prevailed upon him 10
enter the raes.. Governor Nelson won,
thereby promoting LieutenantE Cover;
nor DavidA. Clough; to succeed whom
the senate chose Senator Frank A. Day
as lieutenant = governor. lieutenant
Governor DAY. presided over the legs.
lature two years ago, and, as president
o. the senate ruled that he was still en-
titled 70 vote ~ senator from tho
Sixth district: = Some very important
bills wsre passed by his deciding vote,
notably tho we'll known Anderson rali-
road Land tax law. Early last year An
opinion was asked from Attorney Gen
eral Childs BY voters In the Sixth DIS
trict. Frank Day having been nomln-
ated for congress on the fusion ticket,
the Republicans, by petition, had tho
name Of H. H. Dunn put on the ticket
as candidate for senator, and he was
duly voted for. His certificate of cleo
tion was presented 1T the opening of
the session and his notice of contest re-
ferred to the senate elections commit.
tee. It was later presented to the sen
ate and argued this last week. The
whole matter settled down to the one
question whether by accepting the posi-
ton Of Lieutenant governor Mr.. Day
vacated his seat as senator, although
the personal popularity of Day un.
doubtedly affected some votes.
Queer Ideas in Legsslatton.
Many people seem to think that any.
thing and everything can be brought
about by legislation, and some very
amusing bills are the result. Then
again there are bills that amuse, al.
tAOuBA VA0J AOAAAy UAAy Oo COAAA0AU.
able. The Sage Of Nininger caused a
laugh by introducing q bill for the pro-
lection Of song birds, although such q
measure is certainly necessary. A
more pronounced. laugh was aroused by
the reading Of bill introduced by Mr..
Foss Of Grant county, Ito prevent the
toostering Of crime BY undue and NOR
bid sentlm entality," by prohibiting the
sending Of flowers to prisoners awaiting
OF on trial. Mr.. Foss and Mr.. Cray
both introduced bills to suppress the
nuisance commonly called the tramp.
Then, Mr.. Mcdonald has pet measure
to; declare known burglars, thieves, etc, J,
to be outlaws, and liable to arrest on
general principles. But Mr.. Fcig's
liability bill has in it one Of the most
peculiar provisions yet heard in either
house. It is an. humble request that
judges please construe the law liberally
toward employees. II other words i