The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-30
REPUBLICAN SENATE USES
HORTON BILL VETO TO
REPAIR PARTY FENCES
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alternately boom him for governor and
Tor congressman i'm his district. is an
0tner. FORMER Gov. A. R. McGiu of
ramsey Is a third. George p. Wilson
oi dennepin and Hitler II. Horton of
ramsey are the others. Gov. McGiU
presided at the caucus. and George r.
tary.
Senator Jepson BaIks
Inc caucus, 1t is said. was not with
out incident Senator l.. T.. .Jepson of
Hennepin protested that SO small q
matter De made the subject of a party
caucus He said il was not worthy TO
De oignifed as a party measure
senator Horton. author of the hill
mace long address in which he recit
ca MS story of the history of the bin.
ne sale ne had first submitted the
orart or the bill to the attorney general
and later to the governor. Neither had
mace any serious objection to the bill.
IL mad been therefore put through
Doth houses with no objection by the
governor. The objections raised since
Horton contended. were from outside
influences and not from the governor.
ne vi geo the senator's to override the
veto lnasmuch as there had been so lit
tie opposition in the senate to the mas
sage OF the bill originally. He denied
lhdt there was an intent to take from
the democratic governor any of the
preroSatives of his office. but because
there was some work left for the can
itol commission to do on the new build
ing ne argued that the commission be
Kept In charge of the building for the
next two years that conflict of au-
thority might be averted.
Combine Follows Horton
There were brief speeches from half
dozen other senators close to the
heart or the senatorial combine Hor-
tons cue was readily taken and the
members cried in chorus that no slight
was meant TO be put on Gov. Johnson.
throughout all the talk, il is said by
one who was there, the changes were
rung on the unhappy condition of the
republican party in the state IL was
oecIared that here was an opportunity
10 create partisan feeling against the
governor that might turn the tide of
anairs. which everybody with any
knowledge OF political affairs in the
state admits has been running more
strongly than ever in his favor since
ne assumed the governors chair
Inc caucus was in session for an
hour. Senator A. c. Johnson of St. Pc
ter, who represents Gov. Johnson's
nome county in the senate, was excus-
ed from voting. The other forty-six
present voted solidly to abide by the
unit rule in considering the Horton bill
and the veto against 1t.
Gov. johnson Tells His Side
1t may be necessary that detail
the circumstances connected with the
horton bill" said Gov. Johnson yester-
day. Senator Horton came to me
with the copy of his original bill. said
II was matter of absolute indifference
TO me who appointed the subordinate
employees of the capitol / was not
jealous of that privilege.
We did not discuss the bill on it's
merits, but l suggested that ii was a
Dill or Importance and before any ac-
ton was taken we ought to get togeth-
er. L suggested that he, myself, State
Auditor Iverson and the chairman of
the two finance committees of the leg
islature should confer and find out the
situation. and what the needs of the
situation were.
senator Horton said he would intro
duce the bill and that it could then be
amended. In effect, he said that we
could in the meanwhile get together
No conference has ever been held, and
the bill was passed by the senate be-
fore any conference was held
Il have no criticism to make of Sen
ator Horton, and certainly none Of the
legislature.
The bin that came to me for my
signature is. not the bill submitted to
me by Senator Horton. His bill con-
tanned provisions for the permanent
control of the capitol under a perma-
nent commission with a superintendent,
TO be member of the commission. who
should be equally permanent in his po-
sition. The bill that came to me for
my signature as governor simply pro-
vided that the capitol commission con-
tinue its work of construction. care
and supervision during my term Of
office.
My views expressed in the veto mes
sage are my personal views. They were
not reached as the result of any con-
ference of party leaders and no parti-
san considerations had anything to do
with bringing about the Veto"