The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-25
SENATE EVINCES A DISPOSITION
TO CONTINUE AN INTERNE-
CINE CONFLICT.
ECHOES OF THE OLD FIGHT
PROMISE TO ARISE GROIN DAY TO
DAY IN THE DE-
BATES.
Senate VIII EndeavOr to Dispose of
the Theden Occupation Tax Bill
This Afternoon.

"War to the knife" seems to be the
sentiment in the senate now. Senator
Schaller, of Hastings, yesterday came
to the defense of Senator Dunn's res
olution for better train service on the
Southern Minnesota road, and Senator
Durham tried to knife one of Senator
Stebbins' bills about the linseed oil
inspection. Senator Miller's elective
railroad commission bill was menaced
by the proposition of the controlling
branch of the senate to slaughter mer-
cilessly the Torson bill from the house,
of the same general tenor, but not all
the members of the dominant faction
would force matters so Immediately.
Senator Ringdal made a savage on
slaught on the military CODE which
was recommended for passage the pre-
vious day, and added to it a charge
that no bill could get through the rail-
road committee of the senate with a
favorable recommendation unless it
was o. KID. by the railroads. None
of his railroad bills seem to have been
granted that o. K. as yet.
1t was just after the order Of petit
tiOns that Senator Ringdal moved to
reconsider the vote by which the Nc
Gill military code was recommended
to pass, and charged that there was a
great deal more in the bill than had
been explained on the floor, and he
read the section giving the assessor
the power to make an inquisition into
the private affairs Of any citizen. Talk
ing about wOodchucks, this was a
whole menagerie. There was more pure
Il
sugar-cOated damnatiOn in this bill
than in any that had come before the
senate this session.
Senator Greer said he had tried to
get the bill amended Tuesday, but in
vain. He favored the reconsideration
Senator Stevens said he did not be-
lieve in any Observation-Disclosures" mill
tia, and he believed the bin was a good
one, but, in view of the fact that the
explanation made by him, at the in
stance of his house colleague, had
caused some misapprehension, he
would not oppose a reconsideration.
The financial committee reported:
S. F. 281, Thompson, for preference
to education; relates to normal school
instruction in high schools.
S. F. 49S, for second edition, volume
II, history of Minnesota troops. To in
definitely postpone; adopted.
Senator Ozmun moved to place on
general orders the military committees
bill for the publication of a second
edition of volume 2 of the history of
Minnesota troops. He said it was a
record of the brave deds Of Minnesota
soldiers, but Senator Wyman corrected
him saying it was only the correspond
ence of the officers. He thought the
70 ChnI11H in the fiy Y1oiaJ
nittee and it did, indefinitely post
poni2g the bill.
The banks and banking committee
reported at last on S. F. "a, the bill
for an increase Of the bank examiners
force. The report praised the work of
the department, gave some statistics,
and submitted an amendment, and the
amended bill was restored to general
orders
The railroad committee split on H.
F. D. relating to the railroad and
warehouse commission, Senators Miller
and Thompson recommending the bill
for passage, the rest for indefinite
pOStpOnement.
Senator Miller moved to adopt the
minority report. Senator McHale
favored the consideration of the bill
in committee of the whole. Senator
Cronkhite said the question was
whether one man or the. people should
name this great administrative board,
and it was worth the consideration
of the senate. Senator Greer wanted
the reports tabled, but Senator Nc
Hale said that was only one way of
tracking. Senator Ringdal said
it was probably of little moment
whether the bill went on general orders
or not. 1t seemed to him that the
senate would not pass any such bill
that was not O. KID by the railroad
companies President Gibbs explained
that a two-thirds vote would be neces-
sary to take the bill from general
orders.
1t was finally made special order
for Tuesday at 2:30.
The first fight on the calendar was
on the Thompson bill to govern APP
preparations to county fairs. The bill
passed, however, the vote being as
follows:
Noes - Coe. Collester. Dunn, Greer. Hodge.
Itis Johnson, w. E., Jones, Keller. Master
man. Macarthur, Osmun, Schaller, Sheehan,
Smith, Stebbins, Stevens-17.
Ayes-Cronkhite, Culkin, Currier, Durham,
French. Fuller, Hanna. Hanson, Heneman,
Howard Johnson, a. G., Knatvold, Larsen,
Miller, Morgan, McHale, Peterson, Pottgieser
Reshus, Ringdal Roverud Sevatson, Spen-
Ger. Sperry, Sweningsen, Thompson, Thorpe
Whitney, Wing, Wyman, Yale-S1.
The two reports from the insane hos
pitfalls committee were submitted and
ordered printed.
The senate adjourned at noon in
order to give the committees a chance
To clear I'D accumulated work