The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-11
CODE IS now in
| CARE OF SENATE
NOT A DISSENTING VOTE CAST IN
HOUSE.
Debate Was Waived as No One Cared
to Make a Speech Against the Code
Few Explanations During the Roll
Oall-Work Of Typewriting Has Been
Evaded.
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Inc mousse OF representative passed
the revised code yesterday afternoon by
vote Of l08 to O..
=, Eleven members were absent, but
the bill: The Red Wing junket, the
cause Of the explosion Of the morning,
was called off, and L. H. johnson voted
aye on the DILL. ,-0-0-7,.- '''0
The vote was reached at $3.50, when
the house Lad spent about an hour Of
she na afternoon ,po session considering
one proposed by Edward Tanning, de-:
ferring the time when the code should
60 into effect to Feb. l, 1907. w. D.
Washburn, Jr., joined In urging this
amendment, but it was voted down
overwhelmingly, viva voce. Before the
amendment was voted on Chairman w.
B. Anderson of the judiciary committee
sent up to the desk two letters, which
Manniy by Judge H. C. Belden of Min
neapolis and Dean Pattee Of the univer-
sity law school. Both declared in IA
Vor OF Passing the code as amended by
the judiciary committee. Judge Belden
said he was surprised and pleased at the
admirable work that had been done.
framing amendment. He said. that
there Were, to his notion, fewer mis-
takes and less crudely drawn law in the
code than in the ordinary product of a
legislative session, and therefore no SER
1ous risk was being run in making the
code Immediately effective. AS passed
IN the house, the code becomes effective
Dec. l, 1905.
House Members Jubilant.
The house members were jubilant at
getting the vast work off their hands,
for a time at least, and applauded Wig
orously when the vote was announced.
On motion of General M. D. Flower, the
house rendered a rising vote of thanks
to the judiciary committee for it's faith.
full work.
There was no debate whatever. When
the amendments had been disposed Of
there was no member who could com.
plain Of gag rule, and no one cared to
make speech against the code. No
one wanted to hear speech in it's ia.
yyor. Broad smiles went around when
started on the ''thira reading Of f'G the
bill" He read rapidly for two min:
utes and then stopped, having covered
the LOO pages Of code and the 1es
pages of judiciary committee amend
ments in record time. When the roll
was called there were few explana
tions, from z. H. johnson, John G. Len
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their amendments had been given con
sideration and there was reasonably
full attendance, there were pleased tt
vote aye.
J. R. Hickey of st. Paul, just before
the vote was taken, asked how many
votes were necessary to pass the bill
W. B. Anderson, chairman of the iu
dietary committee, replied that the com
mittee did not feel sure on that point
If the code contained amendments t,
j the state banking laws, it would re
quire two-thirds, or eighty votes in tn,
house. 1t was hard to decide whethe
! the changes in language constituted
amendments, but to Be on the safe sid,
the committee hoped for a two-third
Saved Typewriting.
The house adopted a rule some day