Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-24
Defeat Of Reapportionn1ent in
the State Senate. 49,.
GOVERNORS WISHES IGNORED
Lower Branch Of Legislature Also In
Bad Humor Over the Turning
Down Of the Congdon Bill.
Especial Correspondence.

Especial Correspondence).
St. Paul, March 20.-Reapportion'
ment was defeated in the senate and
tonnage tax was beaten in the house
last week. It was a notable week in
the legislature for many other reasons.
The week saw the development of a
stiff fight between the governor and
the Republican majority of the senate,
tie awakening of a vigorous policy on
the part of the executive and a dispo-
sition on the part Of large faction in
the senate to ignore the governor. An
extra session, because Of the defeat OF
eapportionment, is now pending, and,
while the governor is intimating that
he may call one, the Southern Mime
sofa senators are standing pat and
say they will never submit to any kind
Of apportionment which will enlarge
the representation of the cities.
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The defeat of the Congdon reappor-
tionment bill was probably the chief
passed the house by an overwhelming
majority, had been amended in the
senate committee on reapportionnent
and finally came up for a hearing as
special order on Thursday. The final
vote on the bill showed it away by a
vote of So to 81. Those who voted for
it were Ahmann, Boyle, Cheadle, Den
eyre, Dunn, Dwinnell, Elwell, Fosseen,
Froshaug, Gunderson, Gum, Hackney,
Hanson, C. D. Johnson, V. L. Johnson,
Johnston, L'Herault, Pauly, Pugh, Rus
tad, Sageng, Saugstad, G. H. Sullivan,
J. D. Sullivan, Sundberg, Wallace and
Wilson.-27.
Those who voted against it were An
! derson, Bedford, Benson, Carpenter,
! eastman, Clague, Collier, G. F. Cook,
L. o. Cooke, Dale, Donaldson, Duea,
Duxbury, Glotzbach, Handlan, Hay
craft, Klein, Lende, McGrath, Marden,
I Moonan, Murray, Nelson, Odell, Olson,
Peterson, Poehler, Putnam, Rockne,
Schaller, Stebbins, Swanson, Thoe
Van Hoven, Weis and Works.-36.
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! One of the features of the debate
was a motion made by Senator George
H. Sullivan of Washington county;
made, it is understood, at the sugges
ton of the governor, to recommit the
bill to the committee for amendments
This was put as result of statements
made by senators opposed to the bill
that it was Objectionable. Senator Sui
livan suggested that if this was so il
should be recomnlitted so that the OBJ
jections could be met. Men like Sena
tors Haycraft, Putnam, Duxbury anC
| others contended that enough time
had been given to the measure and
that it should be settled at once. The
vote to recommit was lost by the exact
number accorded the bill on the fina
ballot-36 to q.
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The fight against reapportionment
has been conducted to large extent
by the Democratic senator's, under the
direct leadership Of Senator Weis o.
LIE Sueur. Both county optionists anC
anti-optionists Joined in voting agains
the BILL although it was notable thai
two Ramsey county Democrats, Hand
Ian and Van Hoven, anti-county OPP
| tionists, voted against it. The debate
| against the measure was conducted
by Senators Putnam, Haycraft, Lende
! Duxbury and others, while Senators
|! Dwinnell, J. D. Sullivan and George H
Sullivan, Boyle, Hackney and others
led in the debate for it.
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Previous to the final submission OF
the question there had been a good
deal of jockeying for position. During
the day previous to the vote Governor
Eberhart decided to call a caucus Of
Republican senators. Only fourteen
of them appeared, the word having
gone out for the rest to remain away
for fear they would be bound by the
caucus. To these Governor Eberhar1
represented that the Republican party
was pledged to pass reapportionmenl
bill by its platform and he urged the
Republican senators to get together
On some sort Of a fair reapportiOn
ment measure. He said he was moi
committed to the CongdOn bill-all hi
wanted was a fair reapportionmen1
| measure. After the conference was
over the governor said he would no
say whether or not he would call ar
extra session, as that would assume
the Republican senators would no
carry out their party pledges. But h<
intimated clearly he might do So Fol
lowing the vote in the senate he still
refused to say whether or not he would
call an extra session, inasmuch as tn.
senate still has thirty days in which
to reconsider its action, and he hoped
that within that time something Nigh
be done. If not it is clearly the inten
ton of the governor at this time t.
call an extra session and put the, re
| aDDOrtiOuMent question to tho front -