The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-20
House Winds Up Fight for
Separate Management of
State Educational Institu-
tions by Slaughtering the
Peachey and Morley Bills
and Leaving Leavitt Blu.
reau Supreme for Another
Two Years.

The board of control reigns supreme.
None of Its powers viii be abridged by
the present legislature. The university
normal schools and other educational
institutions may nurse their upposi-
ton to the Leavitt bureau for another
two years. The house yesterday kill
ed and buried both the Peachey and
Morley bills.
The objections raised by Judge Will
son to the chronic habit of absence on
the part of members, Benefits argu-
ment, and the several votes were the
most interesting features of a fight
which occupied the whole afternoon.
When it reached the voting stage, the
house first voted down the proposed
amendments to the Reachey bill, which
were supposed to relieve the university
and normal schools from the board of
control management.
Then 1t voted down the bill and a
proposition to reconsider, which was
the bills funeral. The Morley bill was
next, and 1t got its quick. A motion
Tor indefinite postponement was car
ried with whoop, and another whoop
announced refusal to reconsider,
which left the board of control subject
just where it started, together with
ample proof that the present house will
stand for no change.
Wilson Would Arrest Members.
The trouble started with a call OF
the house, which showed about the
usual number of unexcused absentees
Representative Wilson, Mobiles, Is one
of the peaceful men of the house, but
motion to suspend further proceed
ings under the call reused his ire and
provoked him to a neat little speech,
full Of caustic protest against the dill
atory methods of members. He said:
Il object. We have calls of the
house nearly every day, and on every
call we find about fifteen members alb
sent without excuse. Let's have some
of them arrested and brought in. We
are paid to attend to this business, and
1t Is our duty to be here. l say let the
sergeant-at-arms do his duty"
Judge Wilson's speech defeated the
suspension idea, and perhaps Indirect
ly resulted in the arrest of one mem
Der, who was pulled off an out t-going
train by the sergeant-at-arms Judge
Wilson 'S~Short speech on the main ques-
ton was also the only one that could be
called a clean winner. AS he was the
only speaker who advocated keeping
all the institutions under the board of
control management. for at least an
other two years, to insure a fair trial
of the system.
BENEFITS Novel Theory.
Bennett, of Polk. advanced a new
theory when he informed the house
that the board of university regents is
body corporate, and cannot be inter
fered with by the board Of control. The
disposition Of the bills, however, indi-
Gates that the regents stand to meet
interference for another two years al
least.
The only ugly work attempted dur
ing the debate was a motion for pre-
vious question, made just as Mr.. Nor
ley rose to close the debate DIR. Dor
sey, Democrat, Mcleod county, entered
vigorous protest against such un-
fair methods, and did 1t so ably as to
give Mr.. Morley the floor without the
formality of having the motion with
drawn.
The proposed amendments, which
gave the board of control supervision
of building and repairs at the univer-
sfty and normals and abolished the To-
cal boards for the Owatonna and Far
1bault schools, were voted down by a
vote Of SO to so. Then the bill was put
upon It's final passage, and received
DO affirmative votes, as against 81 in
the negative, or five short Of a major
ity. To clfnch the victory, O'Laughlin,
Wabasha county, moved to reconsider
which was lost-59 to 48. That set
tied the Peachey bill for all time, and
the formality of roll call was not nee
essary to postpone indefinitely the
Morley bill and defeat a proposition for
reconsideration,