The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-13
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE

was but a few steps from that of Mr..
Laybourn, the latter opened a relentless
fire upon him and for a few minutes held
the floor, in the face of the most urgent
protests and appeals of mis- partisans to
let GO and poured hot shot into the
strident-voiced Jake. He said:
II thought that no one but myself
would call this resolution up. At the
most pressing Demands Of my party asso-
ciateS | had about concluded TO let it lie
on the table bat since the matter has
been brought up / feel more than justi-
fled in defending the rights of myself
and the other members OF this house in.
demanding the consideration of the re So
luton. Those charges, let 1t be said in
justice TO every member here, were
ScandalouS, outrageous and unWarranted
and have been proven baseless. No mem
Der can afford to return to- his consttu-
ents with as dark a stigma as that UNI
explained and still hanging over him.
! will resent those defiant And malicious
insinuations and the blackmaIl contained
III them to the very last. Not only have
the members been stigmatizedo by this
man Jacobson, but four or five of the
daily papers of the Twin Cities have been
dubbed servile and parties to a corrupt
scheme The regulations Of men who
are absolutely innocent and who would
rather cut off their right arms are in
volved in the deplorable charges The
man that is responsible for thetsterrible
accusations ought to be made to answer
for them. ] fully realize that no men,
In court for falsehoodS that NAV be ut
tered upon this floor and the persons who
made these charges knew this at The
time. | therefore insist that thew have
not the right to take such mean and.
despicable advantage of their positions
as this, and | appeal for the adoption
or my resolution
speaker bowling saw the fierce trouble
that was coming unless something was
cone to prevent it. He acted fairly hut
was evidently DESTROYS of bringing the
matter to close. He announced that
the time for adjournment had more than
elapsed, but did not press the point
LAID ON TABLE.
Mr.. Dunn came to the rescue and said
that at that stage of the proceedings it
cid not seem possible to act upon the
Laybourn resolution (Which perhaps
would have required five minutes) and
moved to keep it on the table. His mo-
ton prevailed. Jacobson and Washburn
therefore, have been allowed to go with
out any cenSure except what Mr. Lay
bourn has given them for the serious
offense (Mr. Layboun styled it a crime)
of charging their colleagues with being
bribe-takers.
During the entire period of Layboufr
scorching speech jacobson sat hu6dicd
down in his chair, his eyes riveted on the
man who was burning him in a manner
which ne felt most keenly and which he
would like to have resented but dared
not.
just before adjournment Speaker BOWL
ing delivered a brief address, which was
as fellows:
Before further proceedings permit the
chair TO express its appreciation of the
uniform kindness and courtesy it has
received at your hands throughout this
busy, fruitful and important session.
without diSparaging any former legisla-
ture, it feels warranted in saying that
this thirty-Second session has been the
most beneficial. Industrious and business
like of any session in our legislative an
nalS, palnStaking patriotic. as all our
predecessors have been in framing laws
for the North Star state.
considered by the committee thereon.
something unprecedented In legislative
bodies. The attendance has been exact
and large. 1t has never been found
necessary to alter the hour of meeting
nor to hold night sessions. The proceed
1ngs have been marked by fairness and
good humor as becomes the legislature
OF our great progressive and solvent
state. The house has acted Affirmative
~ upon each suggestion made by Gov.
van SAINT in his MESA ges The repre-
sentat1ves go home leaving nothing I'M
done You have upheld the speaker and
enabled him to fulfill onerous duties
with pleasure and satisfaction The
speaker. in turn. is proud OF the zeal
without regard to party and thanks you
all for the generous manner in which YOU
nave expressed your estimate of his serv-
Ices.
GOVERNOR SENDS go