The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-03-27
IN THE SEVENTH.
The amended Reapportionment
Bill Signed by the Governor.

Bill Signed by the Governor.
Redwood county is no longer a
part of the Second district. The
county and its people, politicians
and otherwise, so long associated
with the Second district, and sub
| iect to the domination of some Of the
smoothest Mankato politicians, has
been legally cut therefrom, and
goes along with Lincoln, Lyon.
Chippewa, Lac qui Parle and Vel
low Medicine counties, into the new
Seventh district. In fact, those five
counties, if they will hang together,
will be a large part of the circus
in that new district.
The second conference committee
on part of the senate and house met
on Thursday evening of last week
for the purpose of taking final ac-
tion on the senate amendment. Rep
resentative Larson had previously
conceded that it would be impossi-
BILE to get bill through the house
with Redwood county in any other
than the Seventh district, and Sen
ator Somerville did not care to hold
up his friends longer in the senate,
in the face Of the concession that
Redwood county must remain IN the
He therefore advisedSen
ators Jones, Knatvold and Daugh-
erty, who we're willing to hold out
longer for Redwood county in the
Second, that they were released
from their pledges to him. AS a re-
suit the committee voted to have
the senate recede from its amend
ment placing Redwood in the Sec
ond, and the house accede to the
senate amendment placing Waseca
in the First.
The .report.of the. conference com
mittee was made to the house on
Friday morning. The report was
adopted, and the bill placing Red
wood in the Seventh and Waseca in
the First was re-passed as amended,
Three minutes later the action of
the house was reported to the sen
ate by the chief clerk Of the former
body Senator Daugherty, who had
been waiting for the report, moved
that the rules be suspended in the
senate. and that the report of the
conference committee be adopted.
This was done, and the bill was re
passed, as amended by the senate.
Senator Daugherty then became
suspicious that the bill was not le
gally passed, his suspicion being
based on the opinion that the report
of the conference committee should
have been first made to the senate.
AS a result the secretary Of the SEN
ate returned the bill to the house in
less than twenty minutes after it
had been re-passed by the senate,
with the report of that action on
part of the senate. Mr.. Laybourn
Of Duluth reported the possible in
validity Of the bill, by reason Of the
conference committee having re-
ported to the house first, and ad-
vised a repassage by the house.
This was done, and the roll on the
passage Of the bill was then called
for the third time.
A few minutes later the measure
was in the hands of the house en-
crossing clerk, and later handed to
the enrolling clerk Saturday it
was signed by the speaker and chief
clerk of the house, the lieutenant
governor and secretary Of the SEN
ate and then went to the governor
for his approval
The bill has taken up as much
time Of the legislature as any other
measure before it, with the single
exception of the board Of control.
bill.
BELVlEW BRIDGE.