The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-03-20
back to either branch. As a result
the senate conference committee was
appointed to hold up the reappor-

appointed to hold up the reappor-
tionment.
On Wednesday afternoon the re-
port Of the senate conference COM
mittee, with the announcement Of
the appointment of the new COM
mittee, was brought over to the
house by the secretary Of the sen
ate. It came too late for considera
tion on that day, but the next morn
ing, under the heading Of sconsid-
GRAFTON of messages from the. senate $"
the fight was renewed. As soon as
the message was read Represents
tive Larson moved that the house
concur in the senate amendment,
Notwithstanding the report Of the
conference committee, and the re-
quest for a new committee. In
stantlv the friends of the reappor-
tionment committee were on their
feet to protest against the action,
claiming that the motion was out Of
order. But Mr.. Larson was armed
with rules of practice sustaining
his position, and when he read the
important rule in question Mr..
Speaker acknowledged that such a
motion was in order. Then came
another motion from the friends of
the bill, as a substitute for the Lar
son motion, to the effect that the re
port of the conference committee be
adopted, and that a new committee
be appointed. Again Mr.. Larson
arose and pointed to the fact, read
ing from rules of parliamentary
practice to sustain his position, that
no motion could justly be enter
tanned as a substitute for his motion
It was a splendid parliamentary
tactic on the part of the Redwood
representative, and Mr.. Speaker
stated that he desired to be fair in
the matter, and that he was we'll
aware Of the rule pointed to by Mr..
Larson, and that it was right, and
that he would have to sustain him
in the matter. Then Representative
Anderson of Winona county arose
and made a request on part of the
friends of the bill to vote down Mr..
|Larson's motion. He stated that he
was satisfied that If it was defeated
and a new conference committee ap-
pointed the senate, which was stand
ing out for the amendment on the
grounds of personal friendship to
Senator Somerville, would recede
from the amendment. A roll call
was ordered and Mr.. Larson S mo-
tion was voted down by quite a
large majority. Mr.. Larson pointed
to the promises that had been made.
in order to get him to drop the or
iginal contest, to the fact that the
promises had not been carried out,
and then stated that If Redwood
county was TO be pushed into the
new Seventh district he was glad
that it was being pushed into dis
trict where there were a whole lot
of good fellows, to which little com
plfment Mr.. jacobson and other
members from the new Seventh dis
trict said "Amen. =
As soon as the Larson motion was
voted down Mr.. Anderson moved
that a new conference committee be.
appointed. This motion met with
no opposition and Mr.. Speaker at
once appointed Messrs. Anderson,
Sites and Nyquist as such commit
tee on part of the house. Mr. An
derson was member of the first
committee, and Messrs. Nyquistand
Sites, with him, are unalterably
opposed to Redwood county remain
| ing Id the Second district.
While the matter Of reapportion-
ment could be held up in the senate,
for some time it might as well be.
conceded now, as later, that Red
wood county will be in the new
Seventh, and readers of The GAzETTE
are advised to trace the counties on
their maps, in accordance with the
list given in the first paragraph Of
this article, as counties constituting
the new Seventh district Of Mime
sofa.
Owing to the fact that there will
not be congressman elected from
/ this district until I 912# and wilIsnot3