The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-10
REBELLION IN HOUSE
IS NEAR TO SUCCESS
Revolt Against Organization
Falls Short by Seven
Votes
The lid is still on in the house.

The lid is still on in the house.
With twenty-five members sitting on
1t, through the obscurity of the steam.
the kettle was found to have it's cover
on yesterday after warm morning
session A total of eighty-three menu
bers had attempted to kick 1t off, but
Speaker Clague ruled that ninety votes
We're required to remove IL.
The house yesterday reyolted
against it's leadership and came within
a few votes of throwing off the yoke.
Murmurings of committee domination
which had been rife for some DAYS
broke into an open rupture, and but
for the absence of eleven members it
is certain that the insurrectionists
would have accomplished their pur-
pose. Speaker Clague, in the chair.
attempted to pour oil on the troubled
waters. but his proteStationS of fair
ness fell on deaf ears. and the house
proceeded to record its displeasure.
Promises of a renewal OF the fight at
the session today were met late in the
day by a compromise on the part of
the offending rules committee tc report
resolution asking for an additional
clerk for the committee on public ac-
counts.
This was the casus belli, and the re-
fractory members will be for a time
placated- That there can be peace
war Is yer 10 De determined.
but ii is conceded that the sensational
incident of yesterday has done much to
clarity the atmosphere. That a mere
handful of members could defeat the
Will of almost three -fourths of the en-
tire membership and more than three
fourths of those present provoked the
majority into anger. and during the
noon recess threats of sensational de-
velopments to follow were freely made
Cause of the Trouble
A refusal by the rules committee to
stand for the request OF the committee
on public accounts for authority to
employ an expert accountant as clerk
provoked the Instruction. A. J.
Rockne, chairman of the rules COM
mittee, turned i'm the resolution as
amended by his committee to direct
the speaker TO give the committee one
of the regular house committee clerks
for the duty.
p Z. Bowling. chairman OF the public
accounts committee. instantly rebeIIed.
He had picked George w. Barrett of Ev-
eieth for the work Barrett has been en-
ployed for some weeks by the committee.
but has been paid privately. Bowling in
timated that the rules committee had not
had a meeting to reach its conclusion. He
protested that his committee wanted a
good clerk. one familiar with the work.
and wanted all of his time.
fireworks. THE public accounts com
rittee is not trying to blk anybody" he
declared But certain gentlemen think
t thy nave the guardianship OF the state in
their hands. 1t is time the house took
this management into its own hands"
The outburSt brought vigorous hand
ciapping from all over the house and ii
was evident that the reins OF government
had slipped out OF the drivers fingers
Rockne flung back the insinuation that
his committee had not met. I'VE met /"
rIee. 81
where or when. We have given the com
mlttee what il asked for. a second clerk %
Il don't believe that all honor and all
integrity rest in the breast of any man -
Chairman Bowling acclaimed, as he look
ed hard at Rockne. The house doesn' [
need to be constantly rebuked or any
SSreeiaI watchdog 10 see what it is doing.
We are not after anybody; we are sim
ply doing our duty"
Declaration of War
NJ ]. O'Laughlfn moved to strike out
the rules committees part of the amend
ed resolution. III. b. Undertake of the
accounts committee supported the mo-
ton We need this clerk. and we will
he shouted. We haven't prepared a
speech, but we will prepare lot of them
If We are not given sufficient help to
carry on our work"
You shall have all the helm YOU need. -
lnterposed Speaker Clague- II am sure
the house does not want to handicap you
Oy denying you necessary help.
BY vote of GO to % the rules COM
mittee's amendment was stricken out
Then Speaker Clague announced that I'm
der rule 81 il would require 80 votes 10
pass the resolution as amended. for il
called for the employment of an employe
not authorized by the rules committee.
This threw the revolutionists into a panic.
and the speakers ruling was called into
question ]. G, Lennon wanted to appeal
from the decision Of the chair. but did not
press the point w. 3. Anderson of the
rules committee raised his umbrella when
he saw the storm. He admitted agreeing
to the Rockne report. but he said he sup
posed il satisfactory TO the accounts COM
mittee. He had been told that c. A. Pit
kin could be spared from his duties as
general clerk for the special work He
was not busy and had not been for some
days.
''If Pitkixn Is not working and has not
been for some days. why is he kept on
the pay rolls?' asked A. NJ Hayes. and
the insurgents broke into laughter at the
discontinue of the men who had been
preaching economy during the session.
The final test gave the resolution.
shorn of its Objectionable amendment SO
votes. with but % against it. Anderson
and De Laittre. members OF the rules
committee. voted for the resolution.
Hickey. another member. was absent. 1t
was short seven Of enough TO carry It,
Members retired to the smoking room
to indulge in comments on the rules
which permit minority OF the house to
tie the hands of the majority.