The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-11
TRYING FOR JONES
Senate Has Long Wrangle Over
the Question Of Temporary
Adjournment.
The President Keeps His Head and
Comes Out of Ordeal With
Credit.

Lieutenant Governor Ray w. Jones re-
celVed his baptism of fire this morning.
For twenty-five days he had been al
lowed to preside over the senate in COM
parative peace, and he had acquitted him
self creditably But this morning the
senators got into a fierce parliamentary
battle in which the chair was bonn
barded with conflicting motions. Mr..
Jones kept his head through it all and
though temporarily forced to retire in
favor of President Pro Tenn Thompson,
1t was only to secure additional ammuni-
tion He returned soon and remained in
the fight, master of the situation until
the end.
Out of this conflict, which lasted over:
an hour, Senator Samuel Lord of Kasson
came with flying colors.a Early in the
session it had been decided that when the
senate adjourned, it should be until Fri
day at 10 a. m. Later Chief Clerk Schnahl
of the house reported the passage of
concurrent resolution adjourning the house
until Monday at 10 a. m Senator Lord
imm ediately gave notice of debate, which
would, under the: rules, carry the concur
meeting of the senate. There was oppo-
sitiOn to this. Several of the senators
suggested that it would be an act of SIM
| pie courtesy on the part of the senate to
give it's consent to the houses adjourn
ing until Monday, and several motions re-
ldlllS ~ ILLS IeduTe were proposed. but
| Mr.. Lord continued to object to any con-
sideration of the house resolution. In the
midst Of the debate Senator Schaller rose
to a point Of order, stating that inasmuch
as amendments to the resolution had been
proposed and were being debated, the
senate had practically suspended it's rules
and the resolution itself was before the
senate for action He therefore moved
that the senate concur in the house reso-
i luton. President Jones ;, declared Mr..
Schaller out of order, thereby arousing the
ire of the gentlemen from Dakota county.
In the meantime, it had appeared that
many of the members were anxious to
adjourn until Monday instead of Friday
and several motions to that effect We're
offered. The lieutenant governor ruled al
these motions out of order and made the
ruling that the only proper proceeding
would be to reconsider the original motor
Of the senate to suspend the rules. Sen
, ator McGill thereupon moved that the
. rules be suspended, but this was lost
Senator Barker followed with motion
to adjourn, which would carry the ses
sion over until next Friday. This alst
failed to carry. &2IS% .*....'| ~,
Senator Smiths Protest.
Senator E. E. Smith at this point came
v into the fight with a motion to recon
. slider. Senator Lord scored the senate
f for it's dilatory tactics, calling attention
to the fact that 1T had been in session
twenty two days without doing anything
He objected to meeting. only three or fou
tt tdaysa out of the week and did not believ'
q the people approved of the numerous re
+ cesses of the legislature at SIS day 70
' the members and employees. Senate
Smiths motion to reconsider was adopted
Senator 3Somerville then. moved to ad
journ and. this sR'as lasta ssSsna,tor Cole
followed Withsaa Hi9t Ion { TO ad journ unit
! 2 u. ID. Monaay 9 viii u seonsent Of tn
house; this was declared out Of order.
:, The senate was now in hopeless confu
sion, and a recess was taken to alloy
!. the warning factions to collect thei
u thoughts and form new plans. In the re
= cess the house adopted a resolution askin
; the consent Of the senate for an ad
: journment until Monday. The senat
e gave it's consent unanimously, after Whic
II Senator Alley moved that the senate ad
s journ until Friday. This was adopted, 2
: IA. The ayes were. Alley. Barker, Col
: Ter, Collester, Dale, Rurant, johnson, Ley
S bourn, Lord, McGll, Maesth, Peterson
It Putnam, Rieke, Schain, Shell, Somervillt
|Sundberg, Thompson Torsen, Wilson
Witherstine, Wood. The nays were Ben
seon, Calhoun, Cole, Comstock, Dart, D
Il Toit Ferris, Gjertsen, Hardy, Mauste1
~ schaller, Smith &c. Ed, Stevens, Ward.