The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-07
Board of Control Men Make
Futile Attempt to Take
Educational Institution
Bill From Table-Meas-
ure in Fair Way for Pas
sage.

The friends of the Morley bill YES
terday defeated a strenuous effort to
take it from the table after the most
characteristic rough house" of the
present session.
The fight to take the bill from the
table and incidentally to give it the
benefit of a burial was started by Rep
resentative w. A. Nolan. His attempt
was finally defeated by a vote of sc to
A, but not until after several full
hedged rows had been started and
heated accusations. some of them of a
personal nature, exchanged.
Nolan backed his motion with an
immediate demand for call of the
house. The call showed 10 present, 6
excused, and Messrs. Tighe, Bosworth
and Nyquist absent. Nolan thought
he had enough, but Morley and his
friends insisted on the three absent
members being produced. a fifteen
minute squabble resulted in discontin-
uation of the call and then the fur be-
gan TO fly for fair.
Bedlam Let Loose.
Most of the time during the next
nall hour there We're from three to ten
members continually on their feet,
striving for recognition or to make
their voices heard above the uproar,
regardless of recognition by the speak
er. The house has not seen such bed
lam since the memorable last night
session of the 1901 legislature, when
jacobson, of Lac qui Parle, got his.
Nolan and his followers claimed the
Morley mems opposition 10 the at
tempt to take from the table lay in
their desire to hold the bill in abey-
ance until after the Peachey bill, an
nj ,to,.,
senate. If the Peachey bill was kill
ed by the house, they claimed then
the friends of the measure would wait
for chance to take snap Judgment,
call up the Morley bill when the lead
ers or strength of the opposition was
absent, and pass It,
On the other hand, Morley agreed to
take his bill from the table when the
Peachey bill is reached and consider
them together as a special order, and
his friends claimed that the Nolan
move was an attempt to create pre-
judice against the Peachey bill by talk
ing the Morley bill up when they felt
entirely competent to finish it for all
time.
johnson and Rosenwald Part.
The most touching incident Of the
debate was the parting of Johnson,
Hennepin, and Rosenwald, Lac qui
Parle, hard and fast friends until di-
vided by the university question. Ros-
enwald, who is a bit of an orator HIM
self, declared in stentorian tones that
there was an unholy combination
among selfish interests to down the
taxpayers by passing the Morley bill.
He insisted that it was the duty of the
representatives Of the taxpayers to
take the Morley bill from the table,
kill 1t and then make peach of the
Peachey bill when it arrives from the
senate"
1t was the combination charge that
burst the Rosenwald- johnson Damon
and Pythias arrangement. Mr.. John
sons Ire and oratOry were aroused. He
branded the combination statement
made by Rosenwald as false and cow
ardly. Il have up to this time con-
s1dered the gentleman from Lac qui
Parle honest. l voted for this bill hon
estly and as an honest man has a right
to do. / deny that there is any comDi-
nation TO my knowledge and the ac-
cusations dropped from the lips of
Mr.. Rosenwald a minute ago are ut
terly untrue"
Stand to Win Fight.
AS the fight against the board of
control management of educational in
stitutions now stands, there is more
than a fair prospect of the Peachey bill
being passed by the house. 1t was
passed with fair fighting majority in
the senate and the close vote which re-
suited in the defeat of the Morley bill
in the house holds out a strong hope
that the narrow margin can be over
come next week.
Late yesterday afternoon the house
committee agreed to report the Peach
ey bill for indefinite postponement.
This is not formidable opposition,
as that was the programme followed
in the Morley bill, and resulted in the
committee being promptly overturned
by the house.