The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18
CAUSED A RUMPUS.
Vote ON the Young Bill Questioned
and Expunged.

The vote by which S. F. $780, by Mr.. Young,
a bill for an act relating to limited divorce,
was on Friday night lost, under circum-
stances which it has been made to appear
were sensational was yesterday reconsidered
and all record of its passage expunged from
the record.
At the opening. Of the morning session yes
terday Mr.. Meyers called up the matter by
asking that this correction be made in the
journal for the evening session. 1t was
planned that the Journal had not yet been
received from the printer. The fact was
brought out that these gentlemen were ap-.
parently wrongly recorded the supposition
being that the mistake arose owing to the
rapidity with which the roll was called.
This protest was duly entered upon the
Journal. Mr.. Meyers contended further that
there were not only names wrongly recorded,
but that. in the affirmative vote, there were
names of men who were not even present.
Mr.. Jacobson thought the proper way to cor
. rect the record was to eXpunge only that
part which was tainted and which referred
to S. F. $50. He suggested that while the
roll was being called certain persons had
answered to the names of absent members.
Mr.. Meyers sent up list Of the following
names as being enormously recorded: Love
joy. HOlmen, Manchester, Won Lehe
Brusletten, Drommerhausen, Goar, Larson,
Meyers and Smith. Mr.. Mcdonald excepted
to MT. Meyers remarks and insisted there
was naught in the record to show that there
Gated In support of this he cited the vote
taken on several other bills. He insisted on
STRIKING out the result. MT. ADDOlC came TO
the defense of the reading clerk and pro-
tested against the limitations of irregularity
on his part. He vowed that persons had
repeatedly voted for Judge Hicks while that
gentleman, whose seat is near his own, was
absent during the entire session The same
thing had been done he said, on Mr.. Meyers
side Of the house and the clerk was in no
wise to blame.
Mr.. Feig also took shy at the question. The
house had had many roll calls during the
evening session, among them some were made
so fast that is was small wonder that there
were some mistakes. He joined with Mr. ia
cobson that the only thing to do was to ex-
punge from the journal all reference to S. F.
280. Mr.. Douglas, after coincding with these
two gentlemen went well to the bottom of the
matter by calling attention to the fact that
when the bill had passed the reading clerk
had read the negative vote and had announced
that all others voting had voted in the afirma-
tive, according to the usual custom. Mr. Doug
las made the point that if any corrections were
to be made they should have been made at
that time and not after the bill had passed
and opposition to it had developed when any
mistakes must fall partly, at least, on the
clerk.
the clerks, but with the members; if they re-
manned in their seats and voted they should
the clerk would make no mistake.
During the progress Of the discussion, not
a few of the members explained that they had
been enormously recorded one or another
of the many bills passed, and the debate de-
veloped into number of acrimonious per-
Sonalities
The motion to expunge went through with
out dissent, and stated, the vote which
passed the bill reconsidered 1t was re-
garded yesterday as improbable that the bill
has any chance for another life, owing to the
near approach of adjournment.