The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-08

| night with, to speak Of in the legisla-
ture, the Republican party has gotten
INTO merry wrangle within itself, and
judging from the antics the senate Sec
ton went through with last night, it
would be difficult for many a physician
to detect whether it was peritonitis or
just plain green apples that allied the
patient.
But 1T was neither. 1t was green
plums.
And those green plums doubled some
of the senators up like the traditional
| jack knife. Up to this time there have
been two protests filed against the
passage of current legislation in the
senate. Both have been signed by SEN
ators from the northern part Of the
state mostly. Last night Senator Yale
sent in similar protest, so that both
ends Of the state now have troubles to
tell the unwary policeman.
1t was the passage of a reapportion
ment bill which led the Winona, sem
ator, the senior member, probably, of
all that body in date of service. to go
on record as a protestant against tyr
amy.
The bill did not suit the Populists
ana democrats much better than 1t
olo the Winona Republican wheel
morse, but they were happy in the con-
ISOLATION that the more dissension the
Republicans could get into the better
was the showing for the ''antis" here
after.
SAID one Of them: "The Republicans
have a terrible game to face next cleo
tlon. When they beat that Douglas
rate bill in the house they were taking
desperate chances; when they denied
tonight justice to the people of the new
sixteenth senatorial district, they add
ed fuel to the fire.
THE people of Minnesota will rebel
against such tyranny, even from men,
bers Of party to which they have
been devoted" .,t-
And it was not Senator Reishus who
was talking either
Senator Yale's protest that the reap
portionment bill, as passed, was un-
just, unfair and unconstitutional was
| presented only at the end of a fierce
hight, in which the bill, as originally
drawn by the committee was trans
mogr1led into very different article,
and that by methods which were dis
| owned by many of the members Of the
ruling party, in open utterances on
the floor of the senate.
Greed and bad faith were charged in
terms none too obscure, and it was
really a cat-and-dOg fight that culmi-
mated In the passage of a bill which
was satisfactory to many Of the ma
Jorlty which passed 1t only on the basis
that half a loaf is better than no
bread"
The reapportionment bill was taken
up at 2:30 as the special order Senator
Ozmun stated that the committee had
worked hard, and, while the bill might
not be entirely satiSfa ctory, it was
we'll menat
A huge map Of the state, showing the
| population of each county, hung on
the wall Tor the edif1catiOn of the sena-
tors.
Senator Spencer went more into de-
tail with the bill and explained that
houston county was left as it was
because there seemed to be no other
fair course open.
Steele and Dodge counties were
united likewise, against the oposition
of both. Unions were made in
other cases similar, and, while there
We're discrepancies in many cases that
could not be helped, he believed that
the bill was eminentIy fair.
NoCAoIOA opS11y, IIOIn steele. Off6reQ
an amendment to give that county a.
district by itself, with one representa-
tive; tO separate NicOllet and Siblev
counties and Carver and Scott counties,
and to give WinOna an additional rep
resentatiVe.
carver county lost a representative by
the amendment but was insured a SEN
ator. This was the representative ad-
oeu TO W1nona, so it made the basis
or reapportionment 63 senators and 126
representatives.
Senator McHale said the amendment
was satisfactory to Scott county.
Senator Reishus said that the conn
ties OF Yellow Medicine, Lincoln and
Lyon, with an aggregate population of
32,SO2, had only the same representa-
tion given Steele and Dodge with 2S, 900,
and less than Carver and Scott with
the same population almost precisely.
Senator Greer wanted an extra rep
resentative given to Wabasha county.
Senator Culkin wanted to give
Wright county three representatives
! instead of two
Senator Yale said that if there were
going to be amendments he wanted
WinOna county to have an additional
representative and Senator Master
man wanted similar addition for
| Washington.
1t was proposed by Senator Young
/ that the question should first be on
ial basis to 63 and 126 representatives.
This was adopted.
The Sperry amendment was adopted
as first offered, and it was then de-
cided TO make the representative basis
twice stXty-three or 126, which. after
the deduction of member from Carver
county, left seven to be added to other
districts. The matter was referred
to the committee for consideration. and
the senate took recess until o'clock.
When the senate reconvened, Sena-
tor Wyman moved that the bill be con-
sidered in quasi-committee. This was
adopted.
The committee then brought in an
amended bill
1t created the three additional sena-
torial districts, giving Steele and
! Dodge, Carver and Scott, and Nicollet
and Sibley counties all separate dis
tricts and rearranged the division of
St. Paul and Ramsey county as fol-
lows:
Thirty-third District-Flrst and Second
wards, ST. Paul, one senator, two representa-
tiyes
Thirty-fourth District-The Third Fouth