The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
VETO IS REATEN.
State Senate Passes Sugar DOunt]
Bill Over Lind Veto.

State Senate Passes Sugar BOuntl
Bill Over Lind Veto.
ST. PAUL, Feb. 2l.-The senate this
| room endorsed the action of the house
and passed the sugar bounty appropria-
| ton bill over the governors veto. The
vote stood IL to 16.
Except for three Democrats that voted
| with the Republicans it was a straight
party vote. The first man to answer on
| the roll call was Senator Baldwin, WHO
answered aye" The other Democrats
voting for the bill were Senator Johnson
of St. Peter and Senator McNamee of St..
| Paul. .., d.
Considerable delay was had in taking
the vote, owing to the desirability, under
call Of the senate, to await the return
Of Senator e. z. Smith from Minneapolis
It is reasoned that if Senator Baldwin
had voted to sustain the governor, he
could not logically urge the passage Of
| the pig iron bounty bill when 1t comes up
in the senate In other words, the SEN
ator has been true to his constituency
at the hazard of the favor of his partisan
friends.
When Senator Z. e. Smith had re-
trrhed from Minneapolis the senate was
reconvened, with Senator Wilson (Rep.,
| Hennepin) in the chair. 1t was moved
that the vote by which the appropriation
bill was passed be reconsidered and that
the bill be passed Notwithstanding the
governors veto. The veto message was
read, and Senator Schaller CDem., Da-
/ kota) objected to a vote ON both recon-
sideration and passage at the same time'
claiming that the two questions required
division and separate vote. Senator +. ).
| Jones Rep., Todd said that the recon-
| sideration referred to in. the constitution
was merely an act of courtesy to the
governor and that reconsideration and
passage are indivislbie. President Pro
Tenn Wilson ruled that the question was
not Invisible, and the vote proceeded be-
| ginning with the vote of Senator Bald
| win (Dem, St. Louis) for passage over
| the governors veto. The vote on the
question was as follows:
Ayes-Baldwin Oem., st. Louis), Bar
| ker, Benedict, Brewer, Buchanan, Chill
ton, Dickey, Daugherty, Greer, Grinde-
land, Halvorson, Hawkins, Horton, Hos
pes, Jepson, Johnson Dem., st. Peter),
| Il. j. Jones, J. D. Jones, knatvold, Lar
son, Lord, Macarthur, Mccarthy McGill,
| Mckusick, McNamee Dem, Ramsey,
Miller, Myran, Nixon, Potter, Reeves,
| Roverud, Ryder, Schelibach, Sheehan,
Shell, Sivright, Il. e. Smith, J. H. Smith,
Snyder, Somerville, Stockton, Swening-
sen, Thompson, Underleak, Wilson,
! Young-46.
| Nays-Batz, Collier, Daily, Dart, DuToil,
Everett, Fitzpa trick, Gauseweitz. Grue,
Ives, MCGOWAN, McGovern, Meilicke,
schaller, Stockwell, Viesselman-16.
| Senator Greer (Rep., Wabasha) ex-
claimed in voting that he voted for pas
| sage on the assurance that the bounty
! act will be properly limited or repealed
at the present session.
! Senator Ives Dem., Ramsey said he
| believes the obligation just and legal
one, but that the governor has used only
his constitutional right and prerogative
in thus pointing out evils that he could
! not speak of in the usual way Of legis-
| lators.
Senator Halvorson Reo., Lac qui
Parle) explained that he voted for the
! ra ssage because the claim was a legal
one, not that he favored the bounty
Itself.
Senator McGovern (Dem., Waseca) said
| that he voted to sustain the veto, not be-
cause he did not believe that the claim
was an unjust one but because he be-
LEVIED that the legislature had exceeded its
powers in providing such bounty. Sew
e1al others explained their votes because
they had voted for the bill on its first
passage. Senators Wilson (Hennepin) and
Young (SwifD criticized the act of the
governor in interfering with the legisla-
tive branch of the government.
The senate after the announcement Of
I; the vote adjourned until Thursday.