The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-02
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and there was world of irony in the
1nterjection, too.
The iron may have sunk deeply into
the soul of the Wabasha senator, or 1t
may not, but, before he left his feet.
he closed his defense of the present
law with vigorous denunciation of
legislation which was crowded in upon
every session of the legislature to fit
some single special case
Such bills are not always divorce
bills, and | do not-know that this is
one of such bills, but there are a great
many of them that are corporation
measures, and 1 think the present law
is a worthy one.
Senator Wilson walked toward the
rear of the senate chamber nervously
and made no reply.
Previous to this tilt Senator Ives
Dem.), of Ramsey. said he thought
the present law was all right He had
naught but contempt for a man who
would deliberately desert his wife, and
he did not think she should be COM
PEELED to wait longer than a year. The
trouble in South Dakota was not par
allel, but was due as much to the lax
fity of the courts as to faults in the
law.
Senator Young Rep), of Swift. op-
posed the bill on the ground that he
did not favor any measure VIII CHI
would make 1t harder for a helpless
woman.
Senator Ryder said the evil In the
North Dakota law was not with the
brief residence required, but in the
permission of notice by publication.
After the tilt between the senator's
the committee of the whole rose. and
the divorce bill being excepted from
the rest of the report, Senator Wilson
demanded call of the senate on the
motion to adopt the report as to its
indefinite postponemnt
He was unable to beat it, however,
the vote being as follows:
Yeas-Baldwin. Barker, Batz. Benedict,
erty, Everett. Greer. Hawkins Horton, Hos
pes, Ives, Johnson ]. d. Jones Larson Lord
mncArthqT n Meilicke, Nixon. Potter, Reeves
Ryder. Sheehan, Somerville Thompson I'm.
derleak. Viesselman. Young-34.
Nays-Du Toit. Fitzpatrick, Grue. Halyor
SON Jepson; E. j. Jones, Kuatvod Mccarthy,
ingsen. Wilson'S
cas,oss,a..- Absent and Not vosingaaBrower. Dckey
Myran. Schaller, Shell, j. H. Smth-I0
BRONSON WAS CONFIRMED
There was no trouble at all about the
confirmation of the nomination of Dav-
Id Bronson for the prison board.
When the matter came up, Senator
Daugherty, of st. Louis, Rep). who
was one of Mr.. O'Brien's colleagues
IN the senate six and eight years ago
I sald that he had been requested by Mr..
y Brien to secure the reference of the
nomination to committee.
Senators Underleak Rep), Of Steele
and Wilson (Rep), Of Hennepin, want
ed to know why the senate should be
called into the quarrel between tbe
governor and Mr.. O'Brien.
Mr.. Daugherty moved the reference
nevertheless. and it was voted down.
the nomination being then confirmed
by an almost unanimous vote
Mt O'Br1en watched the proceedings
from the coat room, and departing de-
clared his intention of testing in the
| courts the governors right to remove
| him.
SCHELLBACH SIGNED A NOTE.
Senator McGiH Rep.), of Ramsey
wanted his bill to appropriate $24, 500, to
oefray the expenses of the Minnesota.
exhibit at Omaha, recommended for
passage, but Senator Young Rep). Of
Swift, opposed it. He challenged the
truth of the statement of the advocates
of the bill that it had benefited the
| state 1t might have benefited certain
| interests but not the agricultural in
terests, which, if they coud derive anv
oenent 5 from advertising anywhere.
| could not get it from the West. SEN
| ator Ryder Rep), of Polk, wanted IN
know why the architect and builders
were not all going to be paid alike, if.
as he understood, some had been told
| that they would have to await their
reward from the legislature.
Senator Johnson Oem), of NicolIet
said the exhibit had given Minnesota
butter recognition in the markets Of
Inc East as pre-eminently superior
product. 1t commanded higher prices
and was an enrichment to the dfversi-
fed agriculture of the state
Senator Thompson Rep.), of Fill
more said that with Minnesota butter
two cents higher in the Eastern mar
ketS 1t meant an increase in the wealth
of the state Of 100000 annually, four
times the present appropriation.
Senator Schellbach (Rep.), of Yellow
Medicine, said he would vote for the
bill. He signed one of the notes HIM
self.
Senator Roverud Rep.), of Houston.
said the constitution would prohibit
| Senator Schellbach from voting on the
bill. He did not think this bill ought
| to be forced down the throats of the
farmers, and especially the butter
makers, when the foremost feature of
the exhibit was a log cabin advertising
the lumber interest
SNYDER BILL WATTS.
Senator Snyder Rep), Hennepin. had
his Children's Home society bill return
ed from the calendar TO its former
place on general orders and. in commit
tee of the whole, with Senator Horton
(Repo. of Ramsey, In the chair. offered
some amendments aiming to ohviate
the objections which had been made