The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-19
SHOULD HE HAVE ANY DESIRE To
STEP INTO CUSH DAVIS
SHOES.
HAYTER SUCCESSION BILL
Is RECOMMENDED TO PASS BY THE
HOUSE GENERAL LEGISLA-
TION COMMITTEE.
NO MORE NELsONIAN TACTICS
VIII Be Permissible IL This Bill Is
Passed by the State Legis-
Iature

Two bills were yesterday sent to an
early grave by the house committee on
general legislation. One was H. F. 80.
of yesterday morning. providing that
the compensation of executors, guar
dams, etc. shall not exceed 6 per cent
of the value of the personal property
handled, nor per cent Of the value of
the real estate.
The other was Mr.. Torson's bill
amending the Russian thistle law and
declaring certain noxious weeds a COM
mon nuisance.
The committee was more gracious,
however, in its reception of Mr.. Smiths
bill exempting one typewriting ma
chine from execution for debt, which
was recommended to pass. Two bills
by Mr.. Schmidt of Duluth, relating to
liens on logs and lumber will be rec
commended to pass, practically, al
though the committee will bring in
substitute for H. F. q, one of them.
The committee also voted favorably
upon Representative Fosness bill to
abolish the payment of rewards for the
capture of horse thieves.
Mr.. TorsOn's bill relating to partition
fences was referred to the judiciary
committee.
House File IS, introduced by Repre-
sentative Hayter, which provides that
the state constitution be so amended
that, after its passage, no governor
nor governor-elect shall be eligible to
the Office of United States senator. dur
ing the time intervening between the
election Of the governor and the ex-
piration of the term for which he was
elected, will be recommended to pass
The bill further provides that the ques-
ton shall be submitted to the people
at the next election.
This bill is of especial interest, in
view OF a recent story to the effect
that, should Senator Davis be appoint
ed to the cabinet of PresIdent-elect Nc
hlnIey, Gov. Clough would resign in
time to be appointed senator by Gov.
Gibbs. Representative Hayter's bill, if
passed, will settle all chances of this.
Just what the senate will do today, it
Is hard TO determine. In the first place
the calling of the session at II O'Clock
makes the length of the first session in
determ1nate with the chances largely
IN favor Of short one. For that reason
1t is considered in some quarters as
probable that the august body will go
into executive session at the start and
take up the matter Of the governors
appointments which were left in an I'M
settled condition at the adjournment
FRIDAY. If then the friends of DR.. He
Witt are DESTROYS of continuing their
opposition to DR.. Reynolds confirma-
tlon, and the number of protests which
nave been received from representa-
tive medical men throughout the state
indicates some cause for such a dis
position they can fight the matter over
before the noon recess. 1t is very likely
that today the senate will have to break
its habit Of holding but one session a.
day. Even If it should take UP the
regular order at the opening Of the
session, instead of proceeding to the
continuation Of the executive session.
1t is doubtful if majority of the mem
bers would consent to an adjournment
before at least attempting to reach
the Mountain Iron investigation reso-
luton, which came in from the house
Friday just before the senate took up
the matter of appointments. and conse-
Quently was not reached. There seems
no doubt that the senate will concur
in the house resolution, in view of the
desire Of the house to take it up.
Some time during today, however,
Chief Clerk Bowling, of the house, may
be expected to thrust his head into the
senate door and announce that the
house wishes a conference with the
smaller branch Of the legislature with
regard to the reappOintment of the
legislative districts. When the request
comes regularly before the senate, too,
IT may be expected that the fur will
fly, so to speak. The senate considered
the matter very carefully before send
ing back the original house resolution
with its Objectionable amendment. The
men who favored the acceptance of the
short leg for the senate under the origI-
nal resolution, were clearly in the
minority, and there seems good reason
to doubt that the temper of the senate
has changed any since then. At the
same time, there will probably be moth
ing more serious than an explosion of
lung power. The senate will hardly re-