The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-02-13
BULL N 0 0 ST
State Senate Votes to lesaIize
the Animal
QUICK CHANGE OF BASE
Conservatives, Democrats, Stand
pattcrs, ProVresSiyes and
Others Join Hands
PROGRESSIVE BILL s
Legislature Makes Noise Like Aggre-
cation That Wants to Please
the People
PROGRESSIVE BILL S
Especial correspondence

ST PAUL. Feb l0-The action of
the Senate favoring the recognition
Of the Bull Moose party camea couple
OF days after an unexpected declara-
tioa by Gov. Eberhart that the Bull
Noosers are entitled to the same
treatment as the Republicans and
Democrats and, like the governors
statement, was entirely unexpected.
1t was little amusing to see men
like G. II. Sullivan of saltwater, Dux-
bury of Houston county and Sageng
OF Otter Tail join hands In support OF
the Bull Moose cause. 1t is another
striking illustration of the old saying
that politics makes strange bed-fel
lows. That the House will fall IN
line with the Senate on this pfoposi>
ton is, however, exceedingly doubt
full Tire Heuse Is more strongly Re
publican than the Senate and most Of
these Republicans are Progressives OF
tile LaFoliette school who view the
Roosevelt ird party movement
witt, suspicion, fearing that it viii
result in the permanent disruption Of
the Progressive faction. lnle S s
checked Within the next few years.
. = .
The passage Of the initiative and
ferendum bill brought joy to the Rines
organization and proves pretty conciu-
siveiy that the Progressives have a
safe working majority in the House.
Tie vote on the final passage OF the
bill was 10 votes for and only ! votes
against, three members being absent.
1t Is claimed that the real test vote,
however. was not on the question OF
final passage but on the amendment
introduced by g. w. Brown of Glen
coe. Brown was the leading candi-
date of the conservatives for speaker
last fall before the Rines movement
made such Roadway as to frighten all
opposition off the track and his
amendment was interpreted as an at
tempt to kill the bill by a flank at,
tack. His amendment provides that
the circulation of petitions to secure
signatures in initiating or referring
laws shall be prohibited and that in
stead the electors wishing laws to be
initiated or referred must call at the
Offices of town, village or city clerks,
at the countya auditors office or at
the offices of other persons that may
he designated by law, for the pur-
pose of affixing their signatures to
petitions. The debate on this amend
ment waxed warm and bitter, mem
beers hurting charges at each other
with little regard for senatorial
courtesy" and issuing "fair warnings"
as to the future. The principal spon-
sors for the Brown amendment were
Mr. Brown himself, Fl. II. Dunn Of
Albert Lea and d. p. O'Neill of Thief
River Falls. The men who led In
the attack on the amendment and
who upheld the bill in its original
form were W. I. Nolan and s. r.
Child of Minneapolis, c. N. Orr of St.
Paul and Thomas Frankson Of Spring
Valley. The vote on the adoption of
the amendment was 60 against and
So for. Other amendments of minor
Importance we're proposed, -but were
voted down.
The initiative and referendum bill
passed by the House was drafted by