The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-14

attention to the fact that the general
laws provided salary according to pop
ulation. There was possibly a senti-
ment in the county for and against the
measure. In this case it would reduce
the salary about $100, and he renewed
his motion to have the bill sent to the
judiciary committee.
Mr.. GutterSon (RepD. of Blue Earth.
thought it strange there should be any
opposition to the bill, after the state
ment by the author.
Mr.. Marin (Pop), of Polk, hoped the
bill would not pass simply for the rea-
son given by the author, and he did
not want the house to go on record as
raVorlng such proposition. The mo-
ton 70 refer TO the judiciary commit
tee was lost on a viva voce vote. and
by the same manner of voting the
Dill was ordered to a second reading
and passage.
On the roll call Mr.. Foss (Rep1. of
Grant, stated that he had looked up
the population of the county, and the
effect of the bill would be to reduce
the salary from $500 to $500. He had
been judge of probate for eight years
and $500 was little enough for the work
The result of the roll call as announced
was 81 for and 8 against, and the bill
declared passed. Those voting in the
stevens tDem.). Of Crow Wing. and
Won der Weyer Oem.-Pop9. of Hen
nepin.
THE PARTY ORGANS INSULT
Mr.. Foss Rep.), of Grant, opened
the discussion which followed by the
introduction OF the following resolu-
ticn:
whereas, The world-renowned state of
tne North Star has been very unfortunate in
It's choice of legislative members for the pres
ent session. and
Whereas When the members of said
legislative body humbIy presented themseIye.
west, the reporter for the Minneapolis Jour
nal, 1t was found that only three members
passed muster under that august tribunal:
Lhe rest, upon examination, was found to be
hopelessy 'lop-sided," now, therefore he it
Resolved, That said three members he an
tnorlzed to .enact the necessary legislation
and that the aforesaid "lop-sided' conting gent
De relegaCed to their homes, there forever to
remain, their names henceforth and forever
to be Dennis, and never to be mentioned
except to point moral or adorn a tale
The reading of the resolution was
greeted with laugher, and Mr.. Jacob
son (Rep), of Lac qui Parle, moved IFS
adoption Mr.. Roberts Rep.), of Hen
nepin. wanted it laid over until the
last day OF the session. The gentle
mad 1t referred back to him for amend
ment and it will not appear on the
minutes Of the house.
NO JOKE ABOUT THIS.
Mr.. Nyquist Rep), Of Waseca. who
served as a member of the house ar
the Thirtieth session, evidently did
not take kindly to the comment made
by the Minneapolis paper With him
it was no joke. and he had prepared
the following resolution. which was
read and followed by a motion to
adopt:
whereas, certain daily paper called the
minneapolis Journal, in an article published
IN It's notorious political column on Jan. II
1eS9, grossly and maliciously beIittled and in ,
suited 116 members of this body, be it there
Resolved That all reporters and solicitors
OF said paper are hereby deprived from en-
tering upon the floor of this house or its eaI
'ierles until said paper publicly apologies
article - sou
ONE OF THE TRIO.
Mr.. Staples (Rep), of Dakota. WIN
was mentioned in the newspaper item
as one of the trio who constituted all
that was worth speaking about in the
house, favored the resolution being re-
ferred To an appropriate committee
1t might be found that the reporter
was IN no way responsible for the ar
licle.a4eA stranger had accosted him
Yesterday about the item and seemed
to think it was a 1attering notice II
was hardly possible that the three nar-
sons mentioned were responsible for
the item and the reporter was not to
blame. He suggested the resolution
De referred back to the author for an
investigation.
Mr.. Roberts Rep), of Hennepin. said
ne was surprised that some of the
members of the house should paw at
lention to such things In newspapers.
Ii all the members lived in the Twin
Cities they would get used to such no.
tees He moved action ON the resolu-
ton be postponed until the last day Of
the session. 1t would then be shown
that the political reporters comment
ekS not correct.
Mr.. Beach (Rep) of Mcleod. did nor
take a serious view of the item or reso-
luton. His idea was that the item
Wouid be In the nature of an incentive
for the members.
Mr.. Jackson (Rep), of Ramsey, said
too much fuss had been made over the
Item The publication was a joke: the
resolution was a joke, and he favored
the adoption of the motion of Mr.. Rob-
erts to postpone action on the resolu-
ton until the last day Of the session.
MIR. YALE'S FATHERLY ADVICE.
Mr.. Yale Rep). of Winona, said the
trouble Was the item touched on a
tender point Most of the members
would like the people to understand
they had more brains than they realIy
had. He did not believe there was a
conspiracy to place the three members
mentioned in the item above the other