The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-12
ALL KINDS OF FUN III cHAMBER
HOUSE LOOKS LIKE KANSAS c,oHu
FIELD STRUCK BY
CYCLONE
MEMBERS HAVE ROUGH HOUSE
Air Is Filled With Books. Papers,
Waste Easlzets and cther rFarn,.
less AiissiIes-Corl4ddcra
business Done.

last
When that body reached the nracf :csI
end OF It's legislative existence m.
clanDer, where for three long rno,4be,
olsnlIled lawmakers have sat and ground
out the means of civic protection IN +Ee
people whom they represent. was 60
oeHIy transformed into a scene With
IesempIed Kansas corn field struc5c T,y,
q Iyclohe OF the same nativity Wild
Win excitement the members e,ra},had
their books, papers, waste baskets o,S
al Iact everything that could be e-raHba5
ana hurled through the air. with no 70
59Iu lor the other fellow or the visiro,,
IN the gallery AS a result the foo, vgaz
soon carpeted with the flying fra gr,er,4r
ana score or more OF Representatives.
were tunbling around in the chao.Io
mass In an endeavor to reach the cor
t1ooIra I1Ie LY1ng Within radius of sey eraI
OIockS could fail to have been apurfsed
OF the proceedings providing thev ba5
1@ts' Inc members shrieked until soma
rdu 10 stop IN fairness to their throats
"lthal the turbulent performance wae
enjoyed by those who witnessed it ana
aHorded the members Of the house an
easy means Of giving vent to their long
pent-up dignity.
II very large amount of business was
transacted by the house in a comoara-
IlVeIy snort time, the session beginning
at LeW minutes past-8 in the evening,
ana closing at 1910. The work was ali
routine, but the night was enItvened z,itT
d number of inspired speeches. and tha
very last act, the motion by which adj
Joul y. lHlIieht was taken, was a, matter
oL unusual interest and, in fact. VS.
largely responsible for the hilarious pro-
ceedings which followed.
JOKE ON JACOBSON
,,5;o% 1t was s., Joke on Mr.. Jacobson, ana ons
winch his opponents enjoyed to the fT,1I-
extent, Ior the member from Lao
Qul FaIls, IN making his motion to ald-
youLA, oeIeated the very object for which
ne mad fought so tenaciously and Nyhiob
nlS aoVersaTles were clamorfng- to t-tII
!Ae mouse during the day had enra o,aI
III bitter fight upon the resolution -
senator Miller to order an investiea+io77
VI the consolidation of the two iron ore
roads at the head of the lakes +l,a ~,
sabe and the Duluth & IRON Raroe ,I,.
jacobson had made a desperate fie-,+ 60,
the resolution, but had to submit Ia
deIeat Subsequent to the resolution, +
9eHi0'or miller, anticipating the formers
oe1eat, introduced a bill Carving tbe
same provision, and this bill was amono
tnose TO De considered by the house lass
night. All evening its enemies vyt7i,,11
included chiefly the St IoIIis ooI,,,+,. -i-NL.
delegation, had employed everv strataery
TO Keep the bill from. coming to a vote.
pul at ABOUT 1880 last night it looked . 9
~ tney would have to give Up the fight
1or there was but one measure in rro.t
u IT, ana no reason to believe Mr.
JACOBSON mad any idea of reIinquishins
Ohe tug Of war But when the noern1,a7.
went down with others. on a motion to
suspend the rules in behalf of another
pIll me- evidently perceiving that his
Iast chance had slipped by him. arose
ana made the motion for adjournment.
me amazement of the house was un-
comfortable, and din of hurrahs pre-
vailed some member called for the aves
ana nays on the motion to adio11rD ana
the vote showed eighty-six in favoT a1d
hut eighteen against it. Mr.. Jacobs1,
had walked into q trap but he ioined in
the uproariouS demonstrations with %
much enthusiasm as the most excited OF
the members.
WORK IS COMPLETED
The house managed to practically
complete all its work. and leaves things
IN good shape for today's halliday &C.
sion, which viii be consumed in com-,Ii.
Thentary speech, and attending to one
or two unimportant items which co,I1I
Hol De reached before. But one bill was
on the clerks desk last night which had
not been touched by the house. That was
senator Shellbacks bill providing for a
system Of reapportiOning the leetsIotj,,e
districts. The calendar and general or
GERS OF yesterday were completely, cIearso
UP. The death of many a bill ,.nsued h,,+
most o1 these came from the COMMITTEES
lepoits' the committee on appropriations
Staying the largest number The T,a,,-
oourn resolution to censure Messrs
jacobson and Washburn was not re-
called
Inc house indulged q considerable +irne
!ast night in discussing Senator Bene-
olct measure, which provided for an
assistant bank examiner. The bill passed
aIter hard fight. The Ramsey county
bill as amended, making it possfble for
aldermen and county commissioners TO
hold positions on the board of public
WORKS Slid through last night with votes
TO give away. This bill. it will be re-
membered was originally designed to
place Assemblyman Dix in possession Of
another position, but was later amended
so as to specify the board of public
works and In this way give wider lati-
tude and less partisan spirit to the bill.
The house wrangled a long time on the
bill of Senator Knatvold, making the SEN
atorial district the unit Of representation
and practically doing away with the con-
ventlons. The bill was finally passed
The total number of bills introduced
in the house during the entire session 3
1874. 1t may be rather unusual oc-
currence for nalf a bill to be introduced
and in justice to the occasion perhaps it
should be said that the author intended
his measure for a whole one, but owing
to a slight clerical error it had to be
numbered in this way.
Last nights session was attended by a
very large number of visitors The gall
leries were packed and all the available
space on the floor was taken the aud
ience was composed largely of the fair
sex and they displayed an eager interest
in the final proceedings. Senator Moses
E. Clapp and Gov. Van SAINT were both
present in the house and senate as we'll.
The house convenes for the last time
this morning at 10 o'clock, the usual hour.
SENATE PLAYS HORSE.