The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-21
SCHUMACHER SAYS
VoT[sOfF.AssEMBLY
AR:::CoNTR)[LED
ehagrined at1D Defeat of His Pet
Measures Regulating Saloon
Licenses, AssembIyman De-
cIares He Is Ashamed of
Body to Which He Belongs.

| IF William Hamm controls this body
then I want to know it. / gave the lie
to a party today when the accusation
I was made, but it seems now that I
owe him an apology. 1t was stated to
me that Mr.. HaInm had changed the
votes of this body. l am liar and l
want to acknowledge it right herei"
Assemblyman Sehurmeier was mad
when he made the remark quoted. He
had just suffered the defeat Of two of
his measures last night at the hands
4 of the assembly
By one of them he proposed to put
a. stop to the practice of allowing sa-
loonkeeperS several weeks in which to
pay their license fees after their ap-
plications had been favofably passed
upon. The other measure would COM
pei brewers and brewers agents to pay
a license fee of 81 ,009.
ITO the committee on license" cho-
rused several of the members the mo-
ment the first resolution was read, and
for five minutes President Schiffmann
was busy interpreting parliamentary
law and deciding who was really ent1-
tied to the f1oorsre.
Calls It Scharmeier's Fad.
ct is toe IMPORTANT measure to
pass upon off hand" said Assembly
man Haas. It should go to the COM
mittee. These men have some rights
and they should9be heard. We can't go
behind the law, but at the same time
we should extend to them what con-
has a fad, there is no reason that we
should be hasty in the matter"
ASSen1bfyman Arnold spoke and AS
semblyman Wheeler followed in a long
talk in behalf of the sreselutionsealling
for the payment of the fee. At it's
conclusion the vote was taken.
The motion to send to the committee
was lost on a tie vote, and then some
one suggested that it be put upon it's
passage. This, like. the first was lost,
Assemblymen Sehiffmann. Haas, Van
Slyke and Whitcomb voting against it.
while Assemblyman Resen, Arnold and
Wheeler stood firmly at the back of
| it's author, lAssenlblym Schurmeier,
and voted steadily for it:
f Next came the proposition to tax
|,the> brewers 81, O00 each where they
I sold goods in less than five gallon lots,
and when it also was lost, Assembly,
man Schurmeier could contain himself
no longer.
l. Says He's Ashamed of Assembly.
81 once; upon time made the state
ment,' said Assemblyman Sehurmeier,
when the vote of defeat was announc-
l.
the board Of aldermen for tWenty-four
hours, but I may say that 1 am thor
oughly ashamed of this body. And you,
Mr.. President, I am. surprised at you.
When I spoke of this matter at the
committee meeting, you We're entirely
satisfied, but you seem to have changed
your mind since them
81 told you," answered President
Schiffmann, shat no. saloonkeeper
should be allowed to sell unless he
/ had paid his money; but you have seen
fit TO make some changes In your ar
gument since then. am not opposed
| to the resolutions. but they are impor-
| tant enough to call for committee
hearing and not be rushed through Off
hand" "7s' y
well, 1. am not going to punish any
poor devil because some one has a
fad" interrupted Assemblyman Haas.
Between the numerous votes taken
and the motions introduced some of the
members were at a loss to know the
| status of the two resolutions, and final
ly, as way out of the difficulty. one.
providing for 8 immediate payment of
license money was laid over for two
weeks, and the other sent to the COM
mittee on license, Assemblyman Schur-
meier agreeing in both instances.
AT the close sMf. Schurmeier intro
duced a resolution calling for investi-
CATION by the license inspector of al
legged blind pigs TN the Midway dis
trict, and this was passed without
question.