Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-02-07
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE

st. Paul, Jan. 81, 1901. M. Hack
ney anime, was late today ac-
corded the right to retain his seat in
the senate as representing the 37th
senatorial district, and which right
mas been contested ever since the
election Nov. by Pierce Butler, his
democratic opponent. The final vote
on the subject stood AZ in favor of
Hackney, 10 for Butler, almost a
straight party vote on each side. The
vote was the climax of a series Of
arguments of attorneys who were
given open hearings by the senate
and occupied three hours. E. P.
'Sanborn spoke first, representing
Butler. He cited the testimony of
many students in the state agricul-
tural school precinct and claimed
they had no right to vote because
they were only legal residents of the
places where they came from. He
was followed by Harris Richardson,
for Hackney, who cited that if these
worthy young men, nearly every one
of whom is working his way through
school, are not allowed to vote where
they are now living, they would be
disfranchised as they cannot afford to
make long trips just to vote. He
cited many court decisions to main
tain the legality of their vote at the
school. Ripley V. Brewer, republi-
can senator two years ago from st.
Cloud, but today attorney for the
democratic contestant, asked the
senate to permit the whole thing to
be referred to the judiciary commit
tee as it was purely question of law
to be settled. It was suggestion to
put off the inevitable, but it did not
work in delaying matters even for
moment. Samuel G.. Lord of Kasson,
attorney who closed the argument
for Hackney, explained that the cleo
lions committee of 9 members, of
which were lawyers, had voted in
favor of Hackney, to 2; and that
out of 6 members of the judiciary
subcommittee on constitutional law,
to which the contest would 20 if it
ever was referred to the judiciary
committee, five are on the elections
committee and voted in favor of
Hackney. This "cinched' matters,
and the vote to permit Hackney to
retain his seat was then taken.
Outside of the settlement of the
senatorial contest today, there was
little of Importance done by the leg
islature. In the senate during the
morning, there were bills introduced.
An interesting bill was introduced
by Senator Bedford. It prohibits
tipping" in any and all forms, and
is also aimed against grating and
accepting of brides by the agent of
any principal. Senator Alderman
introduced bill which bobbed up
two years ago but died before it be-
came a law. The measure calls for
third state fish hatchery to be esta-
blished at Deerwood, Grow Wing
county, and appropriates $4,000.
SD. Peterson of New Ulm managed
to get the house today to pass reso-
aution endorsing the 'stand patti
attitude of former Congressman Nc
Cleary in opposing tariff reform. The
vote was a close one when ayes and
nays were called, but the chair de-
clared the resolution passed.
Representative Void fathered bill
prohibiting discrimination in any
form by sellers of coal at wholesale,
the bill being aimed at the combine
which only sells coal to members.
Representative Philips, in a bill in
troduced, would have all hangings
take place at the state prison. Re-
preventative Knox presented mea-
sure to establish another normal
school, located at Cass Lake.