The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
ScHALL[R ATTACKS
new CAPITOL BILL
Declares Measure Appropriate
ing $4,000 Should Not Have
Been Hastily Passed

Sarcastic badinage favored debate
In the senate yesterday between Sena-
tors Horton and Schailer over the lat
ters motion to recall the formers bill
authorizing the capitol commission to
maintain the new capitol until It is
completed, which measure was passed
at Mondays night session, in the abb.
sence of Senator Schaller.
measure was passed, here last
night, said Senator Schaller, that
ought not to have been passed in the
shape 1T was. am aware this is
oehcate matter to comment upon at
this stage, but I feel constrained to
express the opinion that this measure
was hurriedly and i'll advisedly thrown
together. Such a bill providing for the
expenditure of $4,000 year, until this
building is completed ought not to be-
come law, until it makes some spe-
chic provision telling what shall be
done with the money, how much of 1t
shall be paid out, how many people
shall be employed. AS it now reads.
the $4,000 superintendent may appoint
Janltors and lot of scrubs at his
pleasure. This alone shows we have
acted hastily. Other features can be
cited to show we have acted hastily.
We ought to recall the bill and talk it
over.
Felt 1t in the Neck
when learned what had been done
felt like man who had got it where
the chicken had got the AK. / felt as
II the right to discuss it had been un-
consciously waived. 1t seems to me
we ought not to pass bill squandering
$l50,000. l move the bill be recalled"
Il second the motion" added Senator
Johnson.
This was Senator Horizons cue and
he responded.
He said he regretted the absence OF
the senator from Dakota county Mon
day night. He denied that there was
anything unusual in the manner of it's
passage The bill was as specific as
the present law authorizing the en-
ployment of help.
Il fail to see that the bill leaves the
way open for the squandering of mon
ey' continued Senator Horton. 81 do
not concede that it has been hastily or
lily prepared. 1t may not reach the
high conception of the perfect intelli-
gence of the senator from Dakota
county, but I think it will answer. It
simply enables the capitol commits
sion to continue to care for the build
commissioners be impugned when
they have labored for twelve years for
almost nothing? They are men of
high repute and citizenship, and should
be given credit for their diligence
This bill is drawn carefully enough for
me.
1T is not my personal bill,'' conclud-
ed Mr. Horton, but merely an emer-
gency measure, and I hope the motion
to recall it will not prevail"
Senator SchaIler Replies
In reply Senator Schaller said he
entertained the same distinguished re-
gard for the senator for Ramsey that
the latter had for him, and he opined
1T would be well if the senator's con-
stituents thought as highly Of him.
II made no comment on the honesty
or good intentions of the capitol COM
mission" added Senator Schaller. II
don't know why we should be treated
to such high eulogium of the COM
mission, inasmuch as no member of 1t
has been criticised here. The protest
Of the senator from Ramsey reminds
| me OF Shakespeare's remark, The lady
doth protest too much And quoting
the senator's own expression as to my
perfect intelligence I will say 1t finds
some faults with this bill, and I there
fore renew my motion that it be with
drawn"
On the roll call asked for by SEN
ator Schaller the motion was lost by a
vote of 80 to 13, as follows:
Nays (not to recall bill)-Alley, Ben
son, Brower, Buck, Calhoun, Campbell,
Cole, Comstock Cooke, Cowan, Dale,
Dunn, Durant, Frater. Harrington Haw-
| kins. Horton, Jepson, Laugen, Laybourn,
Lord, Mausten. McGill, Peachey, Peter
son, Pugh, Putnam. Schultz Shell. Smith.
| p. F.; Stephens, Stone, Sundberg, Swed-
| Wood-39
| Yeas-Bar1er, Batz, Collier, collester,
| Dart, Fitzpatrick Hardy. Naeseth, Mich
OILS, Schain, Schaller, Thorpe, Witherstone
1t is believed that the bill will never
pass the house, several Republicans
Hhaving expressed the opinion that it
savors too much of small politics.
More Copies of Code Ordered
The report of the code revision again
claimed attention. A resolution by
Senator Wilson, providing that, the
mouse concurring, the report be re-
ferred to a joint committee, comprising
( nve from the senate and seven from
the house, was referred to the judiciary
| committee.
| Senator Thompson offered a resolu-
tion that committee of three from the
/ senate and four from the house be ap-
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copies. On motion of Senator Rieke it
was amended to read 1900 copies and
adopted. Senators Thompson, Alley
and Rieke were named as the senate's
committee.
Senator Laugen introduced a resolu-
ton requesting the code commission to
f1ie within ten days an itemized state
ment of all the moneys expended in
the work since its inception in 1903.
Senator Thompson thought the state
| auditor ought to be included in the re-
quest for information, but this amend
ment was voted down, and Senator
Laugens original resolution was
adopted.
| First Grand jury Bill
Eight bills were introduced and re-
ferred to committees.
Senator Laybourn offered bill re-
lating to the ordering and summoning
of grand juries. 1t provides that grand
Juries shall not hereafter be summoned
] or required to attend any term of court
within this state unless the judge OF
judges of said court shall file with the
! clerk of the court at least fifteen days
before the first day of the next term an
order directing the clerk of such court
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