The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-08
WORK OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE

code, but wouldn't vote penny to
commission to change the laws and
make a crazy quilt of them, I'm not
afraid to say that / won't vote for this
crazy quilt which would jeopardize
every interest in the state!"
Senator Collier Democrat)-If the
code is not made special order today
or tomorrow IL will not pass this legis-
lature. Nothing would suit the minor
ity party better than TO have this leg
islature fail to pass the code AS for
| myself, ! am as well prepared to vote
on II now as l ever will be-"
ITO railroad the code through this
senate is wrong, and you will regret it
If you do said Senator Dunn.
Senator Wilson denied there was any
attempt to railroad the code through
| the senate.
The senator's are familiar with the
code" continued the senator from Hen
nepin. Every chapter has been care
fully read. That code is as perfect to-
| day as Ii would be two years hence.
Give it to the people and let them op-
| crate under 1t for a year, and If there
| are mistakes they will be discovered.
We must take this code largely on faith
as we do other bills. The judiciary
committee has labored long and faith
| fully on the bill and their report should
| receive fair treatment"
Senator Somerville, chairman of the
| judiciary committee, indorsed Senator
Wilson. He said the code had had
more careful consideration than any
other measure in the legislature. The
senators could not study the code on
the floor of the senate, but only in the
committee rooms or their rooms at the
hotels.
SomervilIe Issues Challenge
now. Are you going to pass this code
or not?'
This closed the debate and the ron
was called on Senator Thompson's mo-
tion to suspend the rules and make the
code a special order for IL o'clock.
A two -thirds-42-vote was required
and it was during the call that the ex-
! citement grew intense as the call show
| ed only forty affirmative votes. The
| sergeant at arms and pages went Skir-
mlshing for absent senator's, and amid
| the confusion that ensued, Senator
| Laybourn jumped UP and exclaimed:
Il protest against these men trying to
! push this code down our throatsi"
Just then Senator Brewer entered and
voted mo-" but the opponents of the
code Were vanquished when Senators
Benson and Campbell changed their
votes to AYE" and the motion pre-
vailed.
The vote on Senator Thompson's mo-
ton to suspend the rules and make the
code the special order was as follows:
Yeas-Alley, Barker, Batz, Benson,
Buck, Campbell, Cole, Collier. Collester,
Comstock, Cooke, Dale, Du Toit, Durant,
Eberhart. Fitzpatrick, Frater, Gjertsen.
Gowan, Naeseth, Nichols. Peachey, Pc
terson, Putnam. Rieke, Schain. Schultz,
Shell. Shell. someTyille, Snndberg, swedbaek,
Thompson. Thorpe, Torson, Ward, Will
son, Witherstine, Wood-42
Nays-Brower Calhoun, Dart, Dunn,
Everett. Hardy, Hawkins, Horton, Lay
bourn Mausten, McNamee Morgan Pugh
Stephens, Stone-15.
tiers of an hour with routine business,
and shortly after II calmly took up
the code.
More Amendments Added
About fifteen amendments were made
in addition to those of yesterday. Half
a dozen of these applied only to st.
Louis county. the present laws affect
ing its officials being restored and its
basis of classification changed so as
10 include it under the head of coun-
ties of not less than $4,000 or more than
10000 inhabitants, as it is believed
the state census will show its popula-
tion to be in excess of 100000
Senator Hardy's amendment giving
control OF national guard armories to
| the officer in command of the majority
OF the troops occupying 1t, was stricken
out
Nearly all of the amendments adopt
ed restore the present laws.
Senator Lord announced that ii was
understood that the house would not
concur in the senate amendments, and
that conference committee represent
ing both houses would be appointed
eventually to consider the code.
Mr.. President" inquired Senator
Laybourn, how many votes does 1t
take to pass this code?"
"Thirty-two," answered President
Jones.
Aren't the banking laws in the code.
| and don't they require a two-thirds
vote, or forty-two votes?"
The chair is of the opinion that the
| point is well taken.''
The roll was then called on the bill,
which was declared passed, by the fol-
| lowing vote of A to 9.
The Vote
Yeas-Alley, Barker, Batz. Brewer.
Buck, Campbell, Cole, Collier Collester
| Comstock, Cooke, Dale, Dart Dunn, Du
Ioit' Durant, Eberhart, Fitzpatrick, Fra
son; Laugen, Lord, Mausten. Naeseth,
| Nichols, Peachey, Peterson, Putnam,
Rieke, schaiml, Schultz. Shell, somerville,
Ward. Wilson, Witherstine Wood-44
Nays-Calhoun, Hawkins, Laybourn, Nc
Gowan; McNamee, Morgan, Pugh Smith,
E. E., Stephens
Absent or Not Voting-Benson. Cowan.
Everett. Hardy, Jepson, McGill, Schaller,
Smith, W. A, Stone and Swedback.
Senator Peterson's bill, authorizing
| cities to own their own telephone sys-
TENS, was defeated by a vote of 25 to
| Il, on recommendation of the commit
tee on municipal corporations
House Refuses Amendments
Secretary S. A. Langum of the senate
| at o'clock yesterday appeared at the
| door of the house and with due for
mality announced that the senate had
| passed house file No. 43, and asked the
| houses concurrence in the amendments
attached TO it by the senate. w. B.
Anderson, chairman of the house ju-
| dietary committee, Immediately moved
that the house not concur in the senate
| amendments and asked for a confer
ence committee. There was no debate