The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-03-28
After Heated Debate, Lasting More
Than Six Hours, Vote Was TAX
en- Resulting sc to AZ.
STONE UPHELD FAR1BAULT MAN
Was Brought Before House and Call
ed Upon to Make Specific Charges
as to Packed" Committees.
(By z. a. wilson,
Bemidji Pioneer Legislative Bursau

8smidji Pioneer Legislative Burssu
st. Paul, March 2s.-(Daily Pho
neer Special Wire Service. ALL
day Monday, amid scenes at times
closely bordering on anarchy and de-
clared by one representative to be
mob rule" the Minnesota House of
Representatives listened to an apol-
ogy from F. L. Klemer, the member
from Faribault, who last Wednesday
charged that the committees of the
House were packed, but the House
refused to accept his apology and
censured Klemer by a vote of sc to
49,
This vote came after heated de-
bate lasting from a. m. to 5 p. m,
during which time Bob" Dunn of
Princeton had called Representative
Clinton Robinson of St. Charles a
"whiffit;" w. l. Nolan of Minneap-
oils had defiantly asserted that bull
doing and unfair tactics were
continually being employed by the
controlling portion of the House; Dr.
W. T. Stone of Park Rapids had
hurled a bomb by saying II believe
that the gentleman from Rice
tKlemer) inadvertently spoke the
truth and that is SO rare-on the
floor of the House that I am going to
stand by him. Campbell of Mime
apolis, speaking on the vote of CEN
sure, had said "outside of the legis-
lature they would call this proceed
ing mob rule
This by no means recites all the
thrills which were to make memoir
able the proceedings yesterday for
an addition.
There were times when members
threatened to appeal to the sergeant
alarms to preserve order There
had been much loud talking, some
disorder and plain charges and coun-
tercharges which generated a feeling
of bitterness and worked the men,
bers up to a high tension before the
vote of censure was taken.
But the end was not yet
AS soon as the vote censuring
Kemer had been announced, Klemer
insisted that his resolution calling
for an investigating committee of
seven be taken up.
Speaker H. H. Dunn, who for the
day had turned over his gavel to
Representative Charles Fowler of
Minneapolis, and who occupied
seat on the floor not far from Klemer
jumped to his feet, every fibre of his
tall, lank frame fairly swapping with
anger, thundered:
'Mr. Speaker, move, sir, to amend
the Klemer resolution so that this
House shall COMPEL the gentlemen
from Rice (Klemer) and the gentle
man from Hubbard (Dr Stone) to
be brought to the bar of this House
and that they be compelled to state
specifically, here and now, what
committees are packed and who the
men on the packed committees are. -
Applause greeted the speakers
motion and to cut the story short, the
chair ruled that Speaker Dunn was
out of order by attempting to amend
lie "Ac4COpOAs 0POoAOA
Dunn made a distinct motion cover
ing the same ground as the proposed
amendment.
Representative j. N. Johnson then
gaze notice of debate ON the Klemer
resolution which carried it over for
the day.
s.S Speaker Dunn then renewed the
motion, calling for. Nemer and Stone
to make specific charges at once.
It carried SO to &c.
Representatives Kemer and Stone
were then escorted to the front OF
the chamber to a point directly in
front Of the speakers desk and there