The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-18
DEMURRAGE BILL IS
PASSED WITHOUT TALK

An attempt to make the demurrage
bill of the senate railroads committee
special order yesterday failed sig
nally at the forenoon session.
Senator Sundberg made the motion
whereupon Senator Hawkins, chair
man of the railroads committee, Of
fered as a substitute that the rules be
suspended and the bill be given its
third reading and passed. This mo-
ton prevailed and the bill was passed
-54 to Senator Fitzpatrick voting in
the negative.
Just before roll call Senator Cole in
CURED:
rs this bill on the calendar now?"
1T is" responded President Jones.
And can't be amended without
unanimous consent?"
mo, sir" responded Senator Haw-
kins.
Licked to a finish,' remarked Sena-
tor Cole as he resumed his seat.
In explaining his vote for the bill,
Senator Schaller said:
AS this measure is not the Nolan
bill, and the house will reject the sem
ate amendment, don't want to blemish
an already fair record, and therefore
I'll vote aye for the title"
Later in the forenoon notice of the
refusal of the house to concur in the
senate amendment was received, with
ference committee. President Jones
named Senators Schaller Hawkins and
Stone to represent the senate on such
committee.
To Consider Omnibus Bill
President Jones, at the request of
the house, also appointed seven sena-
tors to serve on conference commit
tee to which the omnibus bill was re-
ferred, naming Senators Brewer, Nc
Gill, Comstock, Ward, Stephens, Jep-
son and Rieke.
Senator Peterson's bill providing for
a constitutional convention to amend
the constitution failed to pass, receiv-
Ing only 10 affirmative votes to 20
against the measure.
Senator Calhoun's bill to confirm the
acts of the state auditor in making
settlement with the advice of the gov
ernor and timber board for timber TAX
Ell from certain state land, met with
similar fate, receiving only 81 votes to
25 against.
Senator Somerville opposed the bill
because the matter involved is in the
hands of the attorney general for set
Element, and he did not think the legis-
lature should interfere. He also pre-
dicted that the governor would veto
the bill if it reached him.
Senator Horton likewise opposed the
bill, declaring it unfair, in that it pro-
posed to recognize a settlement made
with only portion of those citizens
who had taken timber from state
lands.
Senator Calhoun made an earnest
plea for the passage of his bill, but it
failed by the vote already mentioned.
Primary Bill Passes
Senator Bankers primary bill as
amended was passed. 1t provides for
the holding in every county of the state
of a special primary election on the
last Tuesday of June in each even
numbered year, at which delegates will
be chosen by the people to county con-
ventions, which county conventions
will send delegates to the state con-
ventions.
The bill was further amended so as
to make special provision for Ramsey
and Hennepin counties by providing
that in all counties having more than
two senatorial districts, wholly within
such county, the delegates from each
senatorial district shall select the dele
gates to the state convention from
such senatorial district. The bill was
passed by vote of "a to II. as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Alley, Barker Buck, Cole, Dale,
Dunn. Eberhart, Everett, Fitzpatrick
Gjertsen, Hawkins. Jepson, Johnson, Lay
Nichols, Peachey, Peterson. Pugh, Put
nam. Rieke. Schaller, Schultz, Shell.
Smith. F. E.. Sundberg, Thorpe, Torson,
Ward, Wilson, Wood-34
- Nays-BatZ, Calhoun, Collier, Coliester.
Gomstock. Dart, Du Toit Durant, Frater
Hardy, Harrington. Laugen. MCGOWAN
McNamee, Morgan, Schain. Stone-17.
Representative Hickeys bill prohib-
iting the peddling of intoxicating
liquors throughout the state without
license in each county to sell liquors
was passed by vote of 40 to 6, but not
without opposition. Senator Putnam
declared the bill bristled with incon-
sistencies and Senator Gjertsen assert
ed that it compelled a citizen who
wanted wine in his house to patronize
saloon to obtain it.
Representative ManniX's bill design
ed to put the so-called salary loan
sharks out of business was passed by
unanimous vote. So were Repre-
sentative Chamberlain's bills providing
fof Juvenile court and increasing the