The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-07

After debate lasting the entire morn
ing the senate yesterday indefinitely
postponed the Soule garnishment bill.
The bill was killed on the recon-
mendation OF the judiciary committee
but not until Senator Laybourn had led
a hard and bitter fight to have the re-
port of the committee turned down.
The senator from ST. Louis moved as a
substitute for the committee report
that the bill be advanced to general
orders foc discussion and almost sue
ceeded in overriding the committee the
motion being lost on tie vote of %
to %.
The Soule bill was a measure ad-
Vanced by the retail grocers' associa-
ton. 1t provided an amendment maxi
ing 1T possible to garnishee the wages
of man paid by the week above an
SO exemption. The bill also proposed
an exemption of $32 a month, the pres
ent monthly exemption being S25.
Country Merchants Change Front.
This last provision brought opposi-
ton not expected by the retail grocers.
The merchants in the country districts
had responded to the appeals of the re-
tail grocers' association and had asked
their senators to support the bill, but
In doing this they had believed that the
$25 exemption was not Increased With
the provisions of the bill explained
they recalled their Endorsement and
their senators yesterday led the fight
against the measure.
Senator Schaller defended the report
of the Judiciary committee and styled
the bill blow at the poor man who
might be behind because of sickness in
the large family he was endeaVoring
to support. The senator from Dakota
used President Roosevelts speech
at the capitol to aid his argu-
ment by declaring that the
senate was in this bill offered the
first chance to put in practice the ad-
vice given by the president.
Decline to Starve Poor Man.
1--WE can beat this BILL" he said,
and then tell President Roose-
have decreed that the sturdy
American race shall not at least be
killed off by starvation"
Senator Morgan turned on the gro
GERS lobby" which he declared had
been working about the senate floor
with persistence that exasperated.
One of the lobbyists he declared, was
on the floor at that moment and the in
dignant senator suggested that the
senate might rid itself of him by pass
ing the bill.
grocers' association had sent kilograms
to the country merchants urging them
to influence their senators to vote for
the bill. Albert Lea merchants had
telegraphed him to support the bill,
and these same merchants declared
they had been deceived by the grocers'
association when he sent the bill to
them by telephone.
Tricked by Lobbyists.
"They were deceived, tricked and
lied to by these one horse lobbyists"
declared Senator Morgan. These
merchants were punched and gold
bricked"
Senator Jepson said that the bill had
received favorable consideration at the
hands of the Federation of Labor, but
Senator McNamee declared the the
Federation of Labor was taking no
hand at all in the fight.
Senator Wood Joined in the fight
against the bill declaring that it would
be good economic policy TO Kill the
measure. The senator from Todd argu-
ed that when the country was prosper
Gus the amount of exemptions was
of little Importance, while during
hard times the lot OF the poor man
was hard enough, without making it
harder by legislation.
Senator Putnam showed that if pass
ed the bill would make 1t impossible
to take every cent of a mans wages
as the So exempted would be eaten by
costs, lawyers fees and other ex-
penSeS.