The Saint Paul globe., 1897-01-16
ON APPORTI0NMENT WORK.
THE TWO BODIES START OFF,
WITH A sNARL TO BE UN-
TANGLED,
Mr. ross seeking Legislative Relief :
1Or Grant COunty-BiIIs Intro
duced Yesterday.

AooAu IA the JEFFERSON manual. which
ne has a seat by virtue of considerable
experience and the possession of manv
desirable attributes, and who has come
10 De regarded as a leader yesterday
committed a violation of the rules
roundd In the Jefferson manual. which
is the basis Of the parliamentary rules
| governing the actions of the Mime
| sofa legislature
II came as surprise to his many
friends who know him to be far better
posted IN parliamentary law than most
OF MS legislative brethren. The rule
Whlch was SO TNthlessly fractured by
the Lac Qui Parle statesman provides
that 1t is breach of order in debate
70 notice what has been said on the
same subject in the other house. The
reason given for this is that each ho11sa
snail act independently and not be gov
erned or biased in it's action by the ac-
ton of the other The rule goes on 10
say that it is the speakers duty in
a case like that mentioned to pronptlv
interfere and not permit any such ex-
preston to be voiced which may give
ground of complaint to the other house
ana give rise to unpleasant complica-
tlons. Representative Staples was in
the chair at the time of the incident.
Immediately after the report of the
senate,s action had been made by its
! secretary, Mr.. Langum Representative
| LlttletOn attempted to get the floor to
| move non-cOncurrence in the senate's
| actlon. But the speaker held him off
| until after the bills had been intro
| duced and the matter could be taken
up IN the regular order. He seemed
impatient for the time to come and
| made several Intellectual attempts to
start the ball rolling which should
shatter the senate's high-handed pro-
| ceeding.
Mr.. Littleton moved, when the mat
ter was reached, that the house non
| concur in the senate amendment and
that the house portion of the Joint re-
! apportionment committee be made the
! house committee on reapportionment
| The suggestion. seemed to suit and il
| would probably. have been adopted
| but Representative jacobson got the
| floor to suggest a few changes. While
making these suggestions it was that
Mr.. Jacobson forgot the proprieties and
cast renect1OnS upon. the other house
/ He said in substance that the house
| would never consent to any such ac.
| ton as the senate proposed. From
time immemorial it had been the Gus
tom for the house to have members OF
| joint committees in numbers proper
| t1onate to the numbers of representa-
tives and senators. At this point Mr..
| Jacobson grew sarcastic and said:
| Nobody would have thought Of
such proposition except the present
house Ghe senate). They would never
think of changing a custom which has
always prevailed, and which 1 think
this house will never consent to have
changed''
But Mr.. Jacobson did not want to
| break off diplomatic relations with the
senate and have war declared instan-
! ter. He proposed committee of con-
| ference, and the suggestion was agreed
| to by Mr.. LittletOn and adopted by the
| house.
The chair appointed the following
committee to confer with a like COM
mittee Of senators: Messrs. Littleton,
Jacobson, Ferris, Reeves, Snyder. The
common idea is that each body will
finally draw up it's own reappOrtion-
ment bill, and not until that is done
will compromise be practical matter.
Speaker Jones announced the house
| portion of the joint committee on the
Mountain iron mine investigation as
follows: Messrs. Donnelly, Jacobson,
Dare, Smith, Reeves, Staples and Hill.
Grant county seems to be overrun
with horde Of Weary Waggles" and
Hungry Henrys' to such an extent
that instant and effective relief is i'm
perative Its representative in the
lower house, Mr.. FOss, introduced a
resolution which is really an appeal to
the house to help them out Of their
| difficulty The kitchen door route is
being into a rut and it is a question
how long "Old Mother Hubbard" can
continue her acquisitions upon the cup
board before the crusts and ham bones
are all gone. The resolution instructs
the speaker to appoint a special COM
go GTvn 70 dv~af h n CT s1o,.
ways and means to eradicate the evils
attendant to the incursions Of that
class OF nomands denominated
''tramps," and, as it was adopted, the
speaker took until tomorrow to think
up five experts on trampdom.
Representative Stockwell, of the
Hennepin delegation, introduced a reso-
luton indorsing the service pension
| bill Oh. r. 9209), now pending in con-
gress. He explained the measure,
| somewhat in detail and stated the
arguments usually made in support Of
the measure. He said he introduced
the resolution at the request of in
mates Of the Minne haha Soldiers home.
which is in his district. The resolution
went to the committee on soldiers
home.
Representative Staples introduced IL
resolution providing that all appropria-
tion bills be referred TO the committee
on appropriations. This was adopted,
and Representative Stockwell intro
duced a resolution providing that all
appropriation bills must be introduced
by Feb. 20, and reported on general
orders not later than March 20. Mr..
Staples favored this measure but sug
gested that the matter go over for one
day.
Representative Mcdonald introduced
a bill (H. f. 60) providing that it shall
be illegal to rent to any person, club or
society, any privileges of the exclusive
use of any brook or stream, which has
been stocked with trout, bass or other
game fish, by the state.
1t IS further provided that clubs or
societies violating this law shall not
only be subject to fine, but shall forfeit
to the state their charter and rights
for the continued favors from the state
hatcheries
The horseshOerS of the state. both
master and journeyman. are following
il the footsteps Of their brothers, the
BARRIERS and are taking steps looking
to the betterment of their profession,
by excluding from 1t all incapable and
otherwise undesirable members, A bill
introduced by Representative Lloyd
provides for a systematic registration
Of ali horseshoers in Minnesota, and
further, that board Of examiners, to
consist of one veterinarian, two mas