The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-12
COULD NOT FIND HIM
SENATOR MCGOWAN COULD NOT BE
FOUND BY THE SERGEANT
ALARMS
JACOBSON BILL IS KILLED
Senator Snyder Charged the Abb
semtee With Having Been a Pre-
tended Friend of the Measure,
and Insisted That the Senate
Wait While He Was Produced to
Vote, but In Vain.

Rarely has more feeling been shown on
the senate floor than yesterday afternoon.
The senate had as a special order the
house bill Oyer. Rep, of Pipestone) pro-
posing to raise the gross earnings tax on
express companies to 6 per cent 1t was
set for 2:30 o'clock.
Senator Snyder Rep), of Rock, de-
manded a call of the senate.
The regular order r-of business was No.
IL, motions to take matters from the ta-
| BILE, the first time it had been reached in
several days. Senator Snyder Rep0, of
| Hennepin, moved to take from the table
| the motion to reconsider by which the ia
| cobson railroad gross earnings tax bill
| was killed, and demanded call of the
| senate.
| After half an hour 1t developed that
| Senators MCGOWAN. (Dem.), of Hennepin,
| and Schaller (Dem.), of Dakota, were the
| only unexcused absentees. 1t was recalled
| that Senator MCGOWAN had been late be-
| fore under similar circumstances, when
| the Jacobson bill was up, and possibly it
was this that provoked Senator Snyder at
| O'Clock to move that the sergeant-at-
arms be provided with the proper war
rants and instructed to produce the de-
| linquent senators. in the chamber.
| Senator Ives Oem.), of Ramsey, said
| pointedly that when it came to a question
| of sending warrant for an absentee he
| would move that further proceedings un-
| der the call be dispensed with.
| Senator Miller protested.
YOUNG WAS PERSONAL.
| Senator Young Rep.), of Swift in sec
| onding Senator Ives motion, said that the
| suggestion of sending warrant was not
| one which would be made by a man ac-
| tuated by his reason.
| Senator Snyder rose to a question of
| privilege and the sharp rap of the presi-
| dents gavel called the senator from
! Swift to order.
| Senator Ives said his motion was in the
| nature of rebuke, and it was so in
| tended. No one who knew Senator
| Schaller would for instant suggest that
he was purposely absenting himself.
T. Senator Snyder said that his motion was
in the line Of the parliamentary practice
and was aimed to save the time of the
| senate. He asked that the motion that
| further proceedings under the call be dis
| pensed with be withdrawn temporarily.
/ Senator Ives consented to this, and the
| senate then waited until 3:20
| Senator Schaller appeared at $40.
| At 3:20 Senator Sheehan moved that
| the roll call be verified. It turned out
| all right.
At 3:45 Senator Snyder renewed his
| former motion, and gave the absent SEN
| ator scathing arraignment. He said:
MCGOWAN ON THE FIRE.
Senator MCGOWAN has been at the
| head and front in this action on this
| measure. He has been in consultation
with me in regard to taking this matter
| from the table He is in favor of the
bill. We have been together even In one
1 secret consultation, and he requested the
| privilege of making the motion of TAX
| ing this measure from the table, and l
| requested him to. He knew yesterday
the matter would be reached today. /
tried to get him this morning. 1 found
that he had been at his office this morn
/ ing. There they said that they did not
| know whether he would come not" AT
/ noon he had sent the assistant sergeant
alarms, not as an official, to make
! search for Senator MCGOWAN, and Mr..
Downs had reported by telephone that
Senator MCGOWAN had telephoned from
| ST. Paul to his home.
After an apology to Senator Schaller he
continued: Il think that the motion
should be insisted upon, and Senator
| MCGOWAN should be put in his seat
/ Senator Young moved that further
proceedings under the call be dispensed
with. but this was overwhelmingly voted
| down, and then the few who had voted
aye changed their votes in hurry.
1t was then agreed between both sides
to stick and await McGowan's arrival,
on the pledge of the friends of the bill
that the bill would be fought to a finish
1 on the spot.
So the senators loitered about in little
knots, and some of the leaders got to-
gether over against the north wall, and
agreed on a way out of it.
This was to be content with the kill
ing of the bill without getting Senator
MCGOWAN on record. BY unanimous con-
sent further proceedings under the call
/ were dispensed. with.
Senator Snyder moved to take from the
! table the motion to reconsider the vote
by which the Jacobson bill was indefinite
q ly postponed.
a Senator Greer rose. to a point of order
asking II it was possible under the for
mer holding Of the president to: keef
bill in allegiance of ALL ltirfe?s q
u Tho roll was called, and the motion te