The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-03
Had A SCANT QUORUM
HOUSE COMPELLED TO spend
DAY IN COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE
ROBERTS ELECTION BILL
1t Secures Favorable Recon-
mendation From the Committee
REP. O'Neill, of Big Stone, In
PRODUCES Bill Against Roxcot-
ting Rep. Hennessy Bucks Tn
Against Rep. Wheaton,s Guns.

The house was light yesterday, the
attendance being limited to between
sixty and seventy members. Commit
tees on state training school and nor
NAL schools went on junkets to these
institutions, and this accounted for the.
abSentees.
ABOUT the only business done was in
disposing of general orders. There were
only five bills on orders. and bv work
ing until o'clock thirty-six bills were
disposed of. Fifteen We're recommend
ed to pass, one Indefinitely postponed
ana progress reported on the other
seventeen
Among the more important bills rec
commended for passage was II. F. Al.
by Mr.. Roberts Rep), of Hennepin.
rms makes several changes in the
present election law. The ballots are
TO De Printed In blocks of twenty-five,
instead of fifty. Space is to be left on
the back of. each ballot for the initials
of two, instead of one, judge. When
ever constitutional amendment is to
be voted for. the proposition is to be at
the top of the ticket instead of at the
bottom.
In every case except that of presi
GENITAL electors the names of the can
diGates for office are to be printed al
ternately on the blocks of TWENTY-FIVE
ballots,- SO that the name of each can
dictate Is in the leading first, second
third or other place on the ticket. The
| first block of ballots is to contain the
names as nominated, and on the other
blocks OF ballots the names of the
second, third Or other candidates are
to be showed to the top of the diyis-
ion of the office to be voted for.
One cross mark opposite the name
OF any one or more of the presidential
electors nominated by any one political
party shall be counted for ali of the
marked or not. There are other
amendments in Mr.. Roberts bill, but
| the members voted them down. The
| one providing that sample ballots
should be distributed among the public
schools was opposed by several mem
| bers on the ground that politics shouId
be kept out of the schools.
| An amendment allowing onlv those
| to vote who were found on the personal
| property tax list was defeated
The proposed plan of counting the bal
| lots each hour during election day was
also eliminated on the ground that If
would tend to give the partv having
control Of the election board a chance
to know how the vote was going.
ANTI-BOYCoTT ACT.
H. F. 4S1, by Mr.. O'Nein Onion). of
| DIG OtoftS, iudkeS the practice of hOv-
cottlng misdemeanor, and seeks to
| prohibit 1t. 1t is declared unlawful for
two or more persons to combine. aprea
| to combine or conspire together for tho
purpose of declaring a boycott against
| person Or corporation, or to- circulate
boycott cards or dodgers. or advertise
that boycott exists.
! Nlolaters of the law are punished NV
a fine; of not less than $50 nor more
than 5000, or imprisoned for a period of
| not exceeding six months.
MIR. HENNESSY REME,MREpEn
Mr.. Wheaton Rep.), of Hennenin
handed in memorial to congress re-
! guessing the enforcement of section
two of the fourteenth amendment To
the federal constitution relative to
the apportionment of representatives
among the several states. counting tho
! whole number of persons in ca oh state
Mr.. Wheaton protested against the
! disfranchisement of voters in some of
| the southern states and moved the
adoption of his resolution.
Mr.. Hennessy Oem.) of Ramsey
| called the attention Of the house to the
recent action taken in turning down
other memorials and gave notice of de-
bate. Under the rules the memorial
was laid over.
WILL USE MORE BLUE BOOKS.
H. F. 427, by Mr. West (Rep.). of
Mower. increases the number of legis-
lative manuals to be printed this year
from 10000 to 10000. and fixes the num-