The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-14
VAND|VER IS OUT Of II
SENATE FINALLY DECIDES TO
DISPENSE WITH HIS
SERVICES
NO REFLECTIONS ARE CAST
Large and Expectant Committee
Disappointed at Absence of De-
bate - No Opposition to
Anti-C1garette Bill.


The senate sprung genuine sensation
yesterday by its silence and acquiescence
manifested when the 'Vandiver'' com
mittee's report came in. The report was
sent up by Senator Buchanan promptly
at II o'clock, the hour set for the special
order, and was accompanied by couple
Of resolutions. The question on the
adoption of the report was put and car
rid The ayes seemed few and faint
The "aoes'' were not at all. Each resofu-
ton was carried separately. Mr.. Van
diver has ceased to be a senate employee,
but the resolution embodied statement
to the effect that no reflection on the
character Of the eX-clerk is to be seen
in the report. He is merely decapitated
because there is nothing fcr him to do.
The report places at least one of the
senators who signed 1t in the peculiar
position Of having attacked the character
of Mr.. Vandiver on the floor of the SEN
ate and signed a committee report clear
ing that character afte.ward
However, the senate has indicated J.
S. Vandiver and that gentleman declares
himself, well pleased. 1t is understov..
that such report as was presented was
the only one for which his friends would
stand and it is limited that Mr., Vandiver
himself dictated it. .--i
A number Of ladies and many men well
known in the city, who were in at
tendance to hear the debate, which, it
was expected would be a lively one,
went away disappointed.
Following is q text of the report:
AS to the clerksh;p held by J. 8. Van
diver your committee reports that he
was appointed at the opening of the ses-
zion to a clerkship not at the time of his
appointment designated; that he was
afterwards assigned as clerk of the COM
mittee on reapportionment; that the
committee on reapportionment never
met; that thereafter, under q joint reso-
luton from the house, the senate COM
mittee on reapportionment was merged
With larger committee to act jointly
with the house committee on reappor-
tionment; that the JOINT committee on
reaportionment has appointed a clerk
from the house as clerk of the joint
committee on reapportionment; that your
committee finds that there is now no
work for the said Vandiver to perform
as clerk of the committee on reapportion-
ment, and recommends the adoption Of
the resolution accompanying this report
The resolution follows:
Resolved, That the services of J. s.
Vand1Ver as clerk for the committee on
reapportionment be, and the same are
hereby declared at an end and dispensed
with, to take effect this day.
Resolved further, That In passing this
resolution it is not the intention of the
senate to reflect In any manner upon the
character of said Vandiver
Mr.. Vandiver will remain possessed of
the privileges Of the floor as "a press rep
resentatiVe.
He remarked to one who essayed con-
dolence yesterday that he "wouldn t
starVe to DEATH and "the senate would
never get through under the sum ap-
propriated for legislative expenses if it
hadn't taken the harmless action Of to-
day.
Senator Halvcrson did some unneces-
sary pleading for his anti-cigarette meas
IRE when it came up under general or
ders yesterday. There was no opposi-
ton to the bill, and it will in all likeh-
hood become a law.
Senator Horton introduced bill rails
ing the limit on the cost of the new
state capitol building from $2,G09, 900 to
$3,OOO,OO0 the extra million to include
the cost CT finishing and furnishings. A
duplicate bill was introduced in the
house by Representative Jackson.
bill introduced by Senator Potter,
by request, was quite generally discussed
by the lawyers Of the senate yesterday.
1t refers to suits for libel, and offers the
party aggrieved the option of civil or
criminal suit and denies him the right to
institute suit of the one kind after
having won or lost a suit of the other
kind
Senator Stockwell yesterday introduced
the detention hospital bill, providing
for detention wards in city hospitals in
the cities Of st. Paul, Minneapolis AMI
Duluth for persons suffering and sick
with insanity" whose ailment is but
temporary, protecting such patients on
the one hand from the odium attached
to sojourn in the county jail, and, on
the other, from residence in hospital
for the insane, for which they are not
quite eligible The bill has the support
of the judges of probate and of the med
ical associations in the three cities
Senator Hawkins has introduced the
much-discussed election measure, provid-
ing for the grouping of party tickets in
separate columns and making it possible
for man to vote the straight ticket by