The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-06
AGAINST SHORT SESSION
NOT ALL THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE
MEMBERS FAVOR EARLY
ADJOURNMENT
MOVEMENT MAY BE DEFEATED
Sixth District Member Says 1t Is
Merely Scheme to Sidetrack
JacObsOn's Gross Earn
fngS Bill.

Because the Republicans who cau
cused Monday night agreed that it be
considered as the sense of that meeting
| that the legislature close on April 8,
and further because the resolution pro-
viding for early adjournment passed the
senate today, it does not necessarily fol-
low that this legislature will adjourn at
that time
A Republican member of the house
from Duluth, who made this statement
yesterday goes even further, and says
that the resolution will be defeated in
the house and that the term of the legis-
latUre will continue the usual length of
time.
While there'NNas very little open oppo-
sition TO the resolution in the senate the
the house, if certain members do what
they have said they would, or in other
words, if their courage does not fail
them, will defeat the short term move
ment. Six prominent Republican mem
bers of the house were interviewed yes
terday upon the subject and without an
exception they expressed the belief that.
the resolution could not pass that body.
Members of the Democratic and POpu-
! lists side were approached and gave the
! same view.
Monday night when the Republicans
| We're caucusing there was considerable
said about certain OF the press" hay
| ing made the statement that the short
| session movement would possibly result
in sidetracking MIR. Jacobsons gross
| earnings bill and that this effect had
| been anticipated by some who were most
| interested in the short term. The idea
was scofted at by Senator Young ami
others but nevertheless the same thing
| was discussed by Republican members of
| the house yesterday and member from
| the Sixth district, whose opinion is not
| generally very bad, stated that he was
not only of the opinion. but that he knew
| it to be q fact. that 1.-The boys are after
Jacohson's scalp" Ry this he meant
| that Mr.. Jacobson's bill is not popular
| with the majority of the machine Re-
| ruhlicans and they believe they can en-
compass its defeat by shortening the
session This may not, however, have
| f'een the only object sought by the early
| adjournment.
PLEDGES GIVEN TO JACOBSON.
In discussing the matter further with
a reporter for the Gl be, the same
gentleman stated that he believed that
| had Jacobson not gained an oral pledge
| from the caucus that his bill would be
| dealt with before adjournment he would
never have yielded to the early adjourn
ment. This idea the G l o b e advanced
yesterday 81 know that Jacobson was
| not favorable to this short session
| proposition when it looked as if il might
| interfere with his BILL, said the mem
| Der from the Sixth district. And so
! far as that is concerned, l don't believe
this resolution is going to pass this house
| or be finally acted on until MI. jacobson
| gets some assurance of the safety of
| his bill. What believe he will do is to
| have the resolution calling for the short
session tabled when it reaches the house.
! whether that is Wednesday Goday) or
| whenever it is. Jacobson VIII hold that
| thing up in some manner until his bill
| has passed the danger line. You mark
| my word
Several members of the house, among
| whom are Representatives Wallace, Pen
nington, Laybourn and others, have eX"
pressed very forcibly, the belief that the
| fight in the house will result in the de-
| feat of the Young resolution, in which
case the jacobson bill will, probably,
| gain its due recognition, notwithstanding
| the implied prediction made by the gen
tleman from the Sixth district who has
been quoted. The opposition in the house
was very manifest yesterday, and there
is little doubt if any, that If the reso-
| luton had come into that body after
| having passed the senate it would have
| been defeated by OVerWhe iIn1ng odds
The contest seems to be between the
jacobson bill and the Young resolution,
| and although it has been declared by
| number Of the most prominent Repub-
| llcanS in the house that it is not intend
I ed to let JacobSon's bill through, still
the odds, as compared with the resolu-
ton, for the short session. appear very
much in favor Of the gross earnings tax
bill.