The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-14
qrsf 25Me Political Mil

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George D. Hammond yesterday filed hi,
ceruflcate of candidacy for Republican
nomination to the assembly. Mr.. Ham
mona lives in the Second ward and ha,
the Endorsement of the Second ward IRE
c1nct organization He ran for tbe az
sembly two years ago, and was beaten
lie lays his defeat to his position on ths
ticket and thinks that, relieved Of the
maneuvers of City Clerk Jensen. he car
pull through this time
II. Simons is a candidate for Republi
can nomination to the municipal court
Dehcn. lie filed his certificate yesterday
Mr. S1mons is a resident of the Tenth
ward and has practiced law in St. Paul
seven years.
Former Attorney General Childs saws
the people swayed by prejudices anc
ignorance, will not pass constitutions
amendments framed for their protection
It's really too had, about the dear
Ignorant people. Gen. Childs should be
appointed q permanent guardian fol
them. The arguments offered by the gen.
eral and Gideon s. Ives might be con
strued to mean that the members of the
deIunct tax commission would be will
ing to cut up the guardianship business
as the members of permanent tax
commission.
Mr.. Ives remark, THE people are be-
ginning to think there is something wrong
with this law" seems pertinent. Pc
tluons protesting against the passage OF
the bill are coming into the house with a
regularity and in a ratio of increase that
tends to corroborate Mr.. Ives fear Yes
terday the merchants and farmers OF
Two Harbors, Owatonna. Big Lake,
Carver county. Tyler and Granite Fails
contributed their quota to the mass OF
protests that are rapidly filling the pigeon
holes in the chief clerk S desk.
The fight in the house. long overdue
over the committee on the reception OF
Oils, which the speaker has not seen
NJ 70 announce, was unWittingly avert ed
yesterday morning by REPRESENTATIVE j.
FL. O'Neill of Hubbard county. The
house members have about given up hope
OF The appointment of the committee and
Tor several days, it has been their custom
upon introducing a bill, to move for the
suspension % the rules and the immediate
passage of the bill. Some of the meas
ures are obviously neither curative, pure
ly local, nor tax bills, and they have
been consigned to the mysterious COM
mittee on the reception of bills.
The friends of the rules object siren
uously to the suspension business IS
practiced, rather than to the bills, and
to the element of uncertainty which
shrouds the future of the bills that are
daily finding their way in the ''receo-
ton hopper With a majority vote
they can force the appointment of the
committee or kill the rule and throw
open the doors to any legislation
ONeilrs bill yesterday opened the way
for the fight, but before it could be pre-
cipitated O'Neill ducked and saw his bill
go glimmering into the reception COM
mlttee,' much to the disgust of those
who thought he would stand out long
enough to bring out a trial of strength.
Mr.. O'Neill sent up a bill providing
that the money realized by the state au-
ddtor from the sale from the sale Of
down timber in the State park be appro-
priated for the construction of state
house in the park on the shores Of Lake
1tasca. He moved for suspension of the
rules and the immediate passage of the
bill, and was nOnpluSsed by the objection
of Mr.. Dunn, chairman of the committee
on rules Mr.. Dunn said he thought the
time was ripe for a determination of the
value of the rules adopted at the OPEN
ing of the session. If there was to be
a committee on the reception of bills,
bills should go to that committee, other
wise it was time to wipe out the rule
Dunn's move was calculated to force