The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-01-26
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM THE
STATE CAPITOL.

added to history. Although the week
saw only one measure enacted into
law providing for 1000 more copies of
revised code) neither the Senate nor
House can justly be accused OF having
wasted the week. A United States
senator has been elected, number OF
important bills have been introduced,
several committee meetings held,
some junkets planned and time de-
cided upon, and the work OF the
session informally discussed and out
lined. The wheels are now fairly in
motion and promise to buzz industri-
ously and continuously from now on.
Two events of last week stand out
in bold relief as compared with legis-
lative doings generally, namely, the
election of Senator Moses E. Clapp to
succeed himself, and the introduction,
in both branches, of the revised code
in the manner of bill. Clapp's re-
election was, Of course, about as sure
as the prOverbial "death and taxes"
and yet the election was not without
interesting features. The majority OF
the democratic members cast their
votes for Mayor Robert A. Smith as
compliment to his long and dis
tinguished career as public servant,
but there were three democratic
senators and four house members who
rose above partisanship and voted for
Senator Clapp. Senator Collier of
Scott, prefaced his vote for Clapp with
few eloquent periods that brought
forth loud applause from his republi.
can colleagues. The lone republican
member who refused to vote for Clapp,
was Representative A. K. Ware of
Mortified. l understand he wanted
to vote for Joel Heatwole the worst
way-but didn't dare, so compromised
by casting his vote for Speaker
Clague, which nearly caused that
gentleman to lose his equilibrium.
Running all the way round the
Senate chamber in the nature of
border is the following apt quotation
from Daniel Webster: "Let us
develop the resources of our land, call
forth its powers, build up its institu-
tons, promote all its great interests,
and see whether we also, in our day
and generation, may not perform
something worthy to be remembered.
1t will be interesting to watch the
Senator's efforts to live up to the
beautiful sentiments contained in the
motto which is ever before them.
The revised code is the chief topic
of conversation in Legislative circles
these days. The volume comprises
something over 1000 pages and a
bound volume was introduced as a
bill in each branch, being known,
respectively, as House File No. 43
and Senate File No. A. Representa-
tive Anderson and Senator Wilson
had the honor of introducing the code,
which was referred to the Judiciary
committee in each house. There have
been and are widely divergent opinions
as to the proper method of procedure
regarding the code. Some would like
to see it passed at once in it's original
form and amended afterwards. Others
would have it carefully reviewed by
judiciary subcommittee, amend
ments to be proposed by them on
reporting the bill back. There are
also other views. The. second plan
mentioned has been adopted in the
House and the subcommittee are to
report Jan. 26.
When the revised code gets out into
the hands of the attorneys and county
officers of the state just watch out for
howl, an awful howl, very ava
lanche of roars that will reverberate
from st. Vincent to Luverne. Already
the storm is brewing and there have
been occasional thunder-claps, notably
from the auditors and clerks of court.
i. j. j.
Senatorial courtesy" received a
severe jolt last Friday, and from a
cause apparently most foreign at that.
AS is we'll known to Herald readers,
Senator Geo. w. Somerville has been
absent from his seat in the Senate
owing to his being attorney for DIR.
Koch in the celebrated murder trial at
New Ulm. That indeinable some
thing which, for want of more fit
expression, is called Senatorial
courtesy" in some unaccountable
way seems to have instilled in the
mind of nearly every Senator firm
conviction and belief in DR.. Koch's
innocence. One worthy Senator even
went so far as to predict that the jury
would return a verdict of "not guilty"
inside of fifteen minutes. When the
news was received that the jury had
disagreed after being out two nights
and a day, Senatorial courtesy"
stock dropped several points.