The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-03-11

the peaceful sobrlquet of the rosebud"
made herulean fight in the senate
yesterday afternoon against the pas
sage of bill introduced by Senator
Knatvold of Freedom county making
the fee for liquor licenses in cities,
villages and towns 81, 900 per annum.
The rosebud won. This is a measul e
the redaubtable Heinrich can always be
counted upon to combat with all his
might and main. From the Globe the
following interesting account of the
battle is taken:
''The afternoon session closed an
amusing, even though exciting, fight
over the Knatvold bill which would
have fixed a uniform saloon license.
country and city at 81 200.
1.-THE bill came from the temperance
committee without recommendation,
and the field was uninvaded.
Senator Knatvold made long plea
for his bill making a uniform saloon
license of 81 900, and an equally sin
cere and doubly enthusiastic orator
ical effort was contributed by Senator
Keller. Senator Iltis also attacked
the bill. 1t was denominated as prac-
tical prohibition. Some semi-serious
amendments were offered and defeated
Senator Greer wanted cities of less
than 1900 excluded, which would save
his county. This was lost, too. and
the bill was then on a motion for indefi-
mite postponement. This was lost, 16
to 10. There was nearly forty senator's
in the chamber, and Keller was indig-
nant.
::'What are you doing? he shouted
at Chairman Wyman. Are you ear
up there? Why don't you make these
people vote? When Keller is called
for he votes.
''Mr. Wyman explained that he fully
concurred in the sentiments of the SEN
ator of Stearns as to the gentlemen
who had not voted. but he had no pow
er to compel them to vote. He hen re-
quested the senators all to vote, and
his words were of some force, anyway,
for one more senator voted on the
next vote, which was 16 to IL that the
bill be recommended to pass.
s'The committee then rose, and when
it's report came up for acceptance, S.
F, 23O, the license bill, was accepted
from the rest of the report, which was
adopted without dissent.
"Senator Kantvold then moved that
the report on 23O be adopted; Senator
Keller that it be indefinitely postponed.
"The latter proposition was lost on
a viva voce vote, but Senator Keller
voted against his own motion, and there
was general confusion.
"Before getting to the final question,
a call of the senate was ordered for a
roll call, and there was some excite
ment over the claim of sharp practice
which was put in by Senator Potgieser,
who called for the reading of the alb
sentee list about the time that Senator
Knatvold moved that further proceed
ings under the call be dispensed with.
The Knatvold motion was adopted, and
then came the roll call. Barr was not
present. Cole and Collester voted no,
and Cronkhited explained, as he voted,
that he did so after careful cOnside-
ration of the wishes of his constituents,
and some self-abnegation, Keller and
Knatvold were SO busy hustling up
votes that they did not have time to
watch the count. When it was over it
was apparent to those who had kept
the count that, while the KnatvOld bill
had it's ever constant Is the roll
call had helped the opposition so ma
terially that it now had Is votes.
''Keller was so excited that he had
moved over into Senator Hodges seat
directly in front of President Gibbs;
Knatvold was quieter, but scarcely less
nervous.
''Neither knew, in the language Of
the street, exactly where he was at.
"Keller started back down the aisle,
and cordially invited Knatvold to help
him dig up the absentees.
ga friend pulled Keller's coat tail.
The friend had been keeping tab. He
whispered the result in the Sank Cen
tire mans ear. Keller turned around,
and standing i'm front of Knatvold,
where the latter could not observe his
facial expression, winked hard several
times at President Gibbs, as much as
to say: 81 boosted you against the
Dispatch the other day. Help me out
now" But the president of the SEN
ate did not see him, apparently, and
the Sank Centre man was in cold
sweat. Knatvold was afraid to search
the cloak rooms for fear some one
would take snap judgement on
him while they were out, and
and there they stood, both in
tremble, while Secretary Langum
leisurely counted up the card and
handed it to the president.
"There were Is and Is noes, said