The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-09
FAILED TO APPEAR
LEGISLATORS WERE ABSENT IN
LARGE NUMBERS FROM YES
TERDAY'S SESSION
THE ITASCA-BELTRAMl BILLS
PRECIPITATE THE ONLY ENLIVEN-
ING DEBATE IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVE
SENATE FAILS OF a QUORUM
At the Afternoon Session and Is
Compelled to Take an Adjourn
ment to Today

It was nearly 1890 yesterday morn
ing before there was a sufficiently
large attendance of members to call
the house of representatives, and there
was not much for them to do when
they did convene. The usual grist OF
petitions, asking for county option, q
handful of bills, most of them asking
for money for roads and bridges, and
a bunch of resolutions were submit
te6, after which the house went into
q committee of the whole, with Rep
resentatIve Foss, of Grant county, in
the chair, and acted on several bills
on general orders.
Representative Feig created quite a
little stir by motion to have referred
to the committee on towns and cOun-
ties II. F. 331, which is a substitute
for H. F. 1877, providing for the organ-
iZation of unorganized counties in this
state.
The substitute was returned by the
committee, to which the original bill
was sent, and provides that county
commissioners and county officers shall
be named by the governor, instead Of
having the governor name the COM
the county officers, as planned in the
first bill. The substitute also makes
ali organizations already affected le-
gal, and, at the same time, legalizes
the necessary expense gone to.
When some opposition to the motion
developed Mr.. Feig explained that
there were a number of interested
parties, who, he thought, should be
given an opportunity of being heard
by the committee on towns and coun-
ties. Mr.. Jacobson, after the fact had
been developed that the persons de-
string to organize in the northern part
of the state had been before the first
committee, opposed the motion and
stated that certain lumber corpora
tions were unwilling to pay their just
share Of the expense of supporting the
newly organized towns, and thus
fought such organization.
There were, he said several towns
o. 5000 population clamoring for the
right to organize, who had so wished
to be legally established since their
population had reached 1000 Mr.. ia
cobson could See nothing but an at
It mpt to delay the matter, and would
vote against the reference. MI Feig
thought his record was sucn as to
preclude the belief that he was in
any way representing the corporation
ColsoB ciIIO SdIO Ills Oily reason Tor
asking the reference was in order to
give all the interested parties a hearing.
Ar. HartshOrn wanted no more DELAY
ana cited the case of an unOrganized
county Of 5,000 Cass, which had been
held down for years by the lumber
rings Mr. Feig admitted that there
were cases in both Cass and ReItra mi
counties where the people were anX-
lous to organize, and added that. If
Ms motion were carried, he would see
that the bill was reported back within
q week, but that he was anxious To he
falT on all hands. MI DonnelIv added
ms word, saying he thought the nub
OF the matter was the disposition Of
the pine land owners to ayiOd as LONG
as possible, paying their share Of
tne support OF the county. The people
had expressed their desire and shouId
PC allowed to organize He. there
LCfe, FELT constrained to vote in tie in
terests Of the people. The house was
then ready to vote against the motion
put speaker jones clinched the mat
Ter by rising in his chair and explain
ing mat the people in the northern
part OF the state, which AIessrs. C41lnn
H&rtshCrn, Ferris and he and others
represented, wanted to organize. and
W!Shed steps taken which would al
low them TO Go so, and 90 so now.
me question was called and Mr.,
Felg's motion was voted down.
Inc persons who are at the bottom Of
the county option agitation, are Ger
talnly lndefatigable for a session rare
Iy opens without a big bundle from
PETITIONS from various parts of the
state Yesterday there were added tn
the list half a hundred names from
jackson county, the young peoples
societies from Trinity and the Lutheran
churches at Madelia, while Representa-
tive OIds sent in a long list containing
petitions signed by 1877 voters and
l,o95 minors over IS, and women, COM
Ing from some thirty-one counties.
There were all referred to the COM
mlttee on temperance
Representative Hayter (by reuuesb
introduced q resolution which REQUESTS
the legislature to enact a law com
pejl1ng corporations which require