The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-12
QUICK WORK
IN THE SENATE
CLOSING BUSINESS Is DISPOSED OF
WITH DISPATCH.

The senate adjourned sine die at 11:5S
yesterday morning, after a duh session
Which lasted but few moments. All the
work was finished by 1O:15 and a recess
was taken until lilo, as there appeared
to be some fear that if the senate adj
journed before IL o'clock, complications
might ensue. The session was not only
brief but tame, the only thing that re-
heved the mOnotony was the verse in
troduced by Senator Snyder which met
with the hearty approval of all the SEN
ators present, who numbered but thirty
three out of a total of sixty-three.
The verse written by the Senator from
Hennepin is as follows:
Here's to the public service corpora
tons great!
Here's to the jobbers of this sovereign
Here's to the railroads and mines!
Here's to business men in all other lines
Here's to the bank deposit, the widows.
mite!
And all tax bugaboos abroad at night.
Assign to these and not TO US the cause
Of failure to enact complete taXauO4
laws.
Here's to William Tax Code, who was
To death and indecently buried.
His death, this strange antithesis i'm
Though dead as whole he lives in
parts.
Here's to Billy Substitute. Be quiet!
On such the corporations love to diet
And as they do it, they chew it on the
sly,
And when they swallow, they wink the
other eye"
Senator Stockwell made the last speech
Of the session in an effort to have his
resolution calling upon the president to
put stop to the Philippine war passed.
He said that he knew that it was useless
to hope to get the resolution through
but he felt it was his duty to do as
much as he could. He said in part as fol-
lows:
Il would gladly shirl1 this duty Of in
PRODUCING the resolution, which in the
closing hours Of the senate may inject
a feeling Of discord that has heretofore
been entirely absent. But feel as 1 may,
I cannot help but know that IL l neglect
this, my last opportunity, I viii not
have fulfilled my obligations to myself
and my fellow man. If the senate would
for time lay aside all party prejudice,
l have not the slightest doubt but what
this resolution would easily receive a suf-
ficient number Of votes. I do not think
that there is a senator within the sound
of my voice who can consistently sup
port the policy of the administration in
certain matters, and this IS one Of them.
l know that this is but a small feather
cast on the road upon which the forces Of
Imperialism are marching to destroy, and
too we'll I know that it will fail to pass
The vote to pass the resolution was I2
to g.
Senator Miller's resolution, calling upon
the attorney general to investigate the
alleged merger Of the railroads on the
Missabe range was passed without any
opposition.
The legislative expense committee rec
commended that Caroline HamOn be paid
So She was the operator for a telegraph
company in the legislature. The com
mittee recommended that the resolution
to raise the pay of Harold KnUtson TO
S. a day be not passed Senator Stock
well took exception to this, saying that
80 per cent of the salaries paid to senate
employees were gratuities, and he thought
the young man in question should De
treated as the rest, although he was
opposed to the principle Of the whole
thing.
Senator McNamee requested that Sen
ator Royerud. as chairman OF the COM
mittee, inform the senate why this re-
port was made. Senator Roverud said
that he had learned that KnutsOn had
not performed his duties entirely salts
factorily. Senator Stockwell went out
and investigated, and brought in a denial
Of this statement The report OF the
committee was adopted.
Pearl A. Putnam and Lillian Grind
ley were voted $ day for the first six
days of the session, not having been
paid for that time. They were senate
stenographers.
Senators Wilson, A1cGovern and Stock
ton were appointed to inforzn the gov
ernor that the senate was ready to ad-
journ, and Senator Daugherty, Reeves
and Ives carried the same news TO the
house.
Senator Stockton was elected president
pro tenn, and the senate adjourned,
each senator with a wastebasket full.