The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-13

read this amended code thru and is
satisfied that it is the same as agreed
upon? asked Mr.. Washburn. Messrs.
Anderson, Roberts, Bennett, Chamber
word and Mr.. Washburn insisted that
action should be delayed at least one
day.
Would Invalidate Amendments.
Burdette Thayer wanted to know
what effect the passage of the code
would have on amendments at this sea-
son to- statutes repealed by the code.
Mr.. Anderson thought that such amend
ments would be invalid.
The feeling that there should be at
least one day $ more time given to the
code was strong, but Messrs. Anderson
and Roberts insisted that if the code
was not acted upon today it would not
be passed at all. They explained that
the officers of the Legislature could not
append their signatures to any measures
after next Tuesday, and it would take
all Of the intervening time to enroll the
bill before it could be signed.
They explained further that the
house must accept the code in it's pres
senate and house committees had made
concessions and receded from some
amendments from their respective
houses. The house could not obtain
any more favors from the senate, as the
conferees had insisted as strenuously as
possible for the retention of all the
house amendments, but could get only a
portion.
Long before the vote, call of the
house was demanded, and the sergeant
at arms finally landed 113 out Of 119
members and then locked the door until
the vote had been announced.
The rollcall was not exciting. Sew
eral members thought the action was
hasty, but swallowed their scruples anG
declined to vote, but Speaker Clague
refused to excuse them, and all Joined
the big column of "ayes.' H. G.
I Block voted 'no" but afterwarc
changed.
Wien the final vote was announced
as Ill to- 2. it was found that w. D
Washburn, Jr, of Minneapolis and Hen
ry McColl of st. Paul were the only
Several members with conjunction!
wanted to reconsider, and five or six
including G. w. Armstrong, L. H. John
son and Sherman S. Smith of the Hen
nepin delegation, voted for such mo
ton.
Arraigns Hasty Action.
W. D. Washburn, Jr., said to TIL,
} ou n a after adjournment:
&s,a"I voted against the bill because
do not believe in rushing matter O
such Importance thru without some con
sideration. The bill as returned iron
the senate had been amended to con
siderable extent, and the house mem
bers were givn no opportunity whateve
to consider the nature of these amend
ments. In regard to the right of emf
4 nent domain of street railways in cities
no member of the Judiciary committe
knew whether it still remained in til
code, or had any exact knowledge upo
the subject whatever. The final amend
ments had not even been read by tn
members Of the judiciary committee :
be sure that they were correctly copie
before being passed by the house,
Senate Acts Quickly.
The code passed the senate today. fl
a second time, with the amendment
as approved by the joint conferenc
committee.
Senator somerville explained that tf
pricipal change from the original SCI
d ate amendments was that the COO
would take effect March l, 1906, il
stead of Dec. l, 1905. He then move
that the bill be passed under suspensio
Of the rules. There were 81 ayes an
3 nays.
Bw
Cole. Collier. Collester. Comstock Cooke. Cowa
pse Rn au 9ster
hord McG MeGowan sGd Morgan on1 Naeseth LANES Ne
sehuts Shell. T. Smith. wv " 4. Smith, so1
erville. Stephens, Stone, Sundberg, 1hompso
Thorpe, Torson. Ward, Wilson. withcrstir
Those voting no were Senators Hardy, La
ioonrn and McNamee.