Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-29
DAY LOSES HIS SEAT
Contest in the State Senat0 De.
cided Against the Fair i
" mont Editor.
Vacancy Declared by q Vote OF
80 to "a and Mr.. Dunn
.' Then Seated.
Populists and Silver Republic
ans for Day--Other Par
ties Split.

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ST. PAUL, Jan. 25.-The Sixth dis.
trict senatorial contest was decided
Saturday by tho senate by tho unsear
ing of Frank A. Day and the seatins
in his place to represent the people Of
the counties of Martin and Watonwon
Of H. II. Dunn. The senate decided by
vote Of 10 to % to unseat Day, the
senators voting as follows on that prop
0sition:
Yeas-Barr, Cole, Collester, Currier
Durham, French, Fuller, Greer, Hanson,
Heheman, Iltis, Jones, Keller, Knatvold
Lloyd, Macarthur, Ozmun, Peterson, Pot.
ter, Pottgieser, Roverud, Sheehala. Smith
Spencer, Sperry, Stebbins, Sweningsen
Thompson, Thorpe, Wing @
Nays - Cronkhite, Culkin, Hanna,
Hodge, Howard, A. g. johnson, w. e.
johnson, Larson, Masterman, Miller,
Morgan, MoHale Reishus, Ringdal,
Schaller, Sevatson, Stevens, Stockton,
Theden, Whitney, Wyman, Yale, Young.
The Vote Analysed.
The Populist deleg ation-Cronkhite,
Hanna, Reishus, Rlngdal and Sevat.
son-supported Day to . man. The
silver Republicans-Morgan and How
; ard-supported him, as did also Nc
Hale and Schaller, two Of the three
Democrats in the senate. The other
| Ii votes in bis favor were cast by Re-
publicans. t. ,
The vote to seat Dunn resulted 80 to
~ in his favor, w. E.. johnson and
| Whitney voting to seat Mr.. Dunn
after they had voted against unseating
MIR. Day. On the vote to unseat Mr..
Day the Hennepin county delegation,
with the exception of Potter, voted in
favor OF Mr. Day, while the Ramsey
county delegation, with tho exception
of Mr.. Stevens, voted to declare his
seat vacant. In the vote to seat Mr..
Dunn w. Z. Johnson of Minneapolis
joined his colleague, Potter, in voting
aye, while the same vote was recorded
for the Ramsey county delegation.
Entire Day spent in Debate.
committee Of the whole, considering the
contest, and it was not until after
o'clock in the evening that final action
was taken that resulted as shown above
in the replacing OF Day by Dunn. The
day was spent in arguments for and
az ainsr series of resolutions that were
offered, the basis Of argument beng
the resolutions introduced Friday, one
in favor Of Day, offered by Senator
Yale, and tho other in favor OF Dunn.
offered by Senator Knatvold Of Free.
horn county. AS finally amended and
reported to the senate by the commit
tee OF the whole, in which form 1t was.
adopted by the senate, the following
resolution, offered by Senator Sheehan.
was adopted: n
The Resolutions - Passed. .
Resolved, That when this com1uittee
rise it recommend to the senate that, in
Its opinion, the facts rel erred to in the re-
port Of the committee on elections created
Q vacancy in the office OF senator from the
SIKH senatorial district Oh the 31st day Of
January, 1895, which va:ancy continued
until the Sd day OF November, 1885. "a
The above portion OF the resolution,
was pu1 to vote, On. the objection OF.
Senator Stevens, who called Tor davi-
81 On OF the measures. III the hope that
tho latter PORTION. providing tor the
seating Of Dunn, would he voted down..
The latter portion Of the resolution here
fOllOWs.:. q
And that n. n. Dunn was. on the: Sd
day OF November, 1S96, duly elected to the
office of senator from. the said district, and
" entitled to his seat as such senator. Z
A call of the senate Just prior to the
call Of the ayes and. nays on the ressAu-:
tions, showed the "a senators present.
During the roll call Mr. Day sat in the
railroad committee room aQd his name
was not called, 63 senators voting. -.
Legality OF Days Acts. 81
Doubt has beon expressed as to the.
lexanty Of the measures ON which, Mr..
Day voted during the time that he' per-
formed both the functions of a state
senator and lieutenant governor NJ.
ID. Mum. the counsel for Mr.. Dunn,
held that MIR. Day was then d. facto
senator's senator by the fact Of being
recognized a. such-and there can be-
NO question Of his right, undsr these
circumstances, to vete on the measures,
that were introduced in the senate
Even il question is raised the acts ct
tho senate OF 1895 are sealsd book.
No court, not even the supreme court.
can 20 behind tho record Of the legisIa-
ture to ask by what means did any
~s,ooar,rA hoNOmn a layU "a
LEGAL LIGHTS AT OUTS.
Attorney General ID sagrees With Jadea
h. Locke,s Filihusterin Decision. &
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2o.-Slnce the de-
cision OF Judge Locke, some days ago
At Jacksonville, Fla. in the case of the