The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-19
Grist Qg16e Political nil

AT last the local Republicans have
candidate for mayor on whom they may
unite If they wish. Dr. s. w. RobTlard
yesterday gave official notice of his will
hngness to serve the people Of ST. Paul
as mayor. DR.. Robillard is well known in
lhe FIRST ward, where he has lived and
practlced, at 81 Payne avenue, for many
years. He is not novice in politics.
ne mas been active in the work of his
party In the First ward. and several
rmes candidate for Office
Dr.. G. A. baltimore yesterday filed his
certlncate of candidacy for the Repilb-
lican nomination to the board of ai,1s,-
men from the Third ward DR.. Dal6mora
IS a well known veterinarian.
James Cornnican is a candidate for
nomination for justice of the peace in the
district west Of Wabasha street. Mr.. Cor
nnean deposited his entrance fee with
the county auditor yesterday. He fs a
Democrat, and has lived in ST. PAM
ABOUT fifteen years. Until recently he
conducted hardware store at ST. Peter
and exchange streets Mr. Cornoican n, ;
Irlends say he will make a hustling cam
pd1gn for the nomination and election
and that If elected his administrator,
OF the Office he seeks will be Of a char
acter to Insure the confidence of the pub-
The house Is In a peculiar situation.
which, if the friends of the tax bill
are strong enough to take advantage Of,
Will leave the tax code the only matter
FOR consideration until it is passed and
consigned to the tender mercies Of the
upper mouse. The tax code becomes q
speaal order this morning immediately
aIler the reception of petitions and other
communications in the regular routine IF
the house. Under the arrangement of
procedure, the special order recurring
each day until the code is out of the
way other legislation is shut out.
The introduction Of bills is not alone
headed off by the special order rule On
the TAX code. Even the committees can
lot report without first securing a sus-
pension of the rules. Technically. s11s-
pension of the rules is supposed to re-
qlllre tWo-thirds vote of the house. AS
a matter of fact, though, the rule NAV
De temporarily abrogated or killed ont
right by a majority in exactly the same
manner that a majority controls In any
other matter before the body. If the
1rlenos could muster sixty votes they
would hold absolute control of the situa-
tlon- The decks are clear for action IN
the tax code, and every bill in commit
tee could be kept there until the
friends were ready to receive any or
all Of them.
II such a contingency should arise the
Juu1clary committee would be in an I'M
comfortable situation. 1t has the con
sIltuuonal convention bill, introduced by
sherman Smith, ready to report out, and
VIII nave bill for the constitutional
amendments to accompany the tax code
ready In few days. The committee on
the reception Of bills Is also ready to
submit partial report on the twenty
bills before 1t, and there are two bills on
which the Judiciary committee will at
tempt to report out are received, it NAV.
10y a majority vote, be given a place along
with the code, and might form the basis
OF the hlIbuster1ng tactics which the
friends" claim the opposition is anxious
to employ.
The situation was overlooked by the