The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-06
Friends Of the Educational
Institutions of the State
Win Their Fight Against
Board of Control in the
Senate After a Long De-
bate.


! university, the state normal schools
the schools for the deaf and dumb and
bllnd, and the state public schools from
the management of the state board of
control passed the senate after four
hours of heated debate Yesterday aft
ernoon, by the vot of SO to 25.
The vote on the passage of the bill
follows: ''''
=, Ayes--Benson, Brewer, Buck Calhoun.
roit ToiIer' TSSomstock; Cowan, Dart. Dunn. Du
Ioit EDerhart Everett. Ferris Fitzpat-
TICK GJertsen, Hardy. Harrington Hor-
ton, ton; II iH,IaWkins, Jepson, Johnson, Laybourn.
son, Pugh, Rieke. Smith r. e., smith.
w, A; Stephens, Swedback. Torson. VIII
son, Witherstne-Total 80
Nays-Alley, Barker Batz CampbeU
Cole Gollester, Cooke. Dale Durant Iau,
gen, Lord. McNamee. Morgan. Putnam.
EofiTa SGhalG, a. Schaller Schultz, Shell, somer-
NiIle, Stone, Sundberg, Thompson. Thorpe
Ward. Wood-Total 25 "
IN Peachey and Buck bills. designed
TO remove the educational institutions
OF the state from the management OF
the board of control were made a spe-
clal order for yesterday afternoon and
| at ~ 80 O'Clock, the hour fixed for the
| debate, the senate chamber was well
hlled with educators Interested in the
passage of the measures.
Senator Durant wanted the special
order continued over to next week.
but Senator Peachey, although i'll. in
sisted upon immediate action The au-
| thor of the bill called attention to his
condition, but declared that the sena-
! tors were ready to vote. and moved
| the passage of his measure
SomerVilIe Offers Amendment.
| Senator Somerville secured the floor
when Senator Peachey had concluded,
and the fight against the passage of
the measure was on. The senator from
Brown offered an amendment and ex-
planned to the senate that this amsnd-
ment was designed to r,-love ONLY
the state university from the manage
ment of the board
In support of the amendment, Sena-
| tor Somervile declared that the board
| or control had already demonstrated
that the placing of the control Of all
the state institutions under the super
vision of one body of men meant a
| saving for the state, and went into
detail in describing the methods of the
board. He referred to the former sys-
TEN of allowing the heads of the of
terent institutions to purchase first
and present the state with nothing
but the statements for supplies already
contracted for and then pointed out
that under the present system the
, board secured estimates and bids be-
fore making the contracts.
The senator from Brown touched
upon the political end and referred to
the fear of the Hennepin delegation
to vote against the measure or for the
amendment. He charged them with
being afraid to injure the chances Of
the university appropriation bill by de-
claring against the board Of control
bill
Senator Witherstine followed Senator
SomerVille. The senator from Ohm
sted declared that although from an
institution town." he approved Of the
board of control and wanted the Ro-
chester state institution continued un-
der the management of the board, but
he was opposed to having the educa-
tional institutions controlled by the
| board.
Thompson FaVors Board.
Senator Thompson sided with Senq-
tor SomerVille declaring that he did
not believe that state aid meant ex-
travagance. He used his long career
in the legislature to point out that the
board Of control was a good thing fer
even the members in the senate. He
declared that before the passage of the
board of control bill, the districts
boasting Of state institutions sent
members to the Legislature who We're
expected to do nothing but see that
suitable appropriations were awarded
to their institutions.
Nov" said the senator from Fill
more, that made it hard for the
members. Suppose one senator from
an institution district was brighter
and sharper than the senator from
the other district with an institution.
He secured better appropriation and
the constituents Of the slow senator
would Immediately declare that he
would not do and would not send him
here again"
Senator Thompson then went On to
show that the superintendents and
heads of the different institutions ap-
proved of the board of control and he
read letters to the board from these
people to prove his claim.
This argument was answered by Sen
ator Peterson, who pointed out that
the superintendents and principals
wrote favorable mentions for the board
merely because they We're under the
control of the board. Would yoS
expect your hired man TO criticise
you?" he asked
Brewer Against Amendment
The speeches Of the afternoon fol-
lowed and were made by Senators
Brewer and Schaller. Senator Brow
er supported the demand to remove
the educational institutions from the
management of the board and Senator
Schaller attacked Senator Somervilles
plan to have the state university alone
exempted from the workings Of the
present law.
Senator Brewer began by pointing
out LndL WnlIe the IflendS OF the board
of control opened by declaring the
board a good thing, they at the same
time were compelled to go into details
In an attempt to prove their claims
He said that he had voted for the bill
to create the board Of control and HAT
his vote stood as his answer to all crit
icism. He still believed the board Of
control necessary, but did not now
believe any more than he did two years
ago that the educational institutions
should be included in it's workings
He pointed out that the commission
appointed to consider a board of con-
educational institutions should be in
cluded in the provisions of the law
and declared that they were put there
by the enemies of the bill who re-
fused to believe that the believers in
board of control could rise above
their own selfish interests. They
thought" he said, that by showing
us what was sauce for the goose was
sauce for the gander that they would
be able to kill the bin creating this
board"
SchaIIer for Taxpayers.
Senator Schaller, instead of declar-
ing for or against the bill, spoke for
the taxpayer. I'VE have heard" he
said, "all about the institutions for
the blind, the state prison, the reform
atory, the normal schools and all the
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