The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-02-15
Lees Pet Measure Defeated When
Roll Call Showed Representa-
tives Were Evenly Divided
BOB DUNN IS H0NoRED
Presented With Flower and Silver
q Coffee Set ON Birth and Wed
ding Anniversary
~ United Press.

~ United Press.
st. Paul, Feb. 15.- BY invoking a
privilege which has never before beer
taken advantage Of by a Legislature
In the history of the state of Mime.
sofa the senate this afternoon by a
vote of 81 to 25 rejected the woman
suffrage bill. which was transmitted
to the upper body early this week b,
the house, where 1t passed by a vot,
OF 80 to 81.
1t took eight roll calls on variou!
motions to decide the matter before
the matter before 1t was finally dis
posed Of. Even after the motion te
reject, made by Sen. G. H. Sullivan,
Saltwater. was carried, 1t looked as
If the bill would be given a tenn
porary respite which might save it
after all.
This was when Sen. Ole Sageng
author Of the woman suffrage bill
which failed of passage In the SEN
ate a few'weeks ago by three votes,
announced that he changed from
no to aye for the purpose of max
Ing motion to reconsider.
Had 1t not been for the fact,
however, that Lieut.. Gov. Burn
quist, the presiding officer, recog-
nized Senator Sageng as having
the floor instead Of Senator Sulli-
van. the former would not hav,
enabled to change his vote, as
Senator Sullivan intended to maxi
a motion to adjourn.
After Senator Sageng had an
nounced his intention to chang,
his vote, Senator Sageng moved to
adjourn. Senator Sullivan demand
ed q roll call. The motion wa
lost Is to 81. Senator sulliva,
then moved to reconsider tn
motion whereby the vote was re
1ected. for the purpose -. of heading
of Senator Sageng's intention OF
putting it off until next week
when all the senators would b,
present.
In making this motion Senate,
Sullivan asked all the senator's te
vote against the motion. The re-
suit was that the motion was lost
81 to Is, putting an end to woman
suffrage for this session.
: County option was lost in thu
house Friday by tie vote of Sc
to 50. II two Of the members, who
were absent on account Of Illness
had been in the house the vote
would have been 81 against SO
Albert Pbander> Of New Ulm . an.
w. H. Westcott of West St. Paul
the absentees, are both opposed t.
county option.
: For days J. F.. Lee, author of thu
bill, knew that he would have
flfty-nine votes on his side. HI
had promises OF others, but reali
zed that they were. wobbly., This ii
just what occurred. Representa-
tive Bendixen of Morgan, ant
Coates Of Sank Center, we're sale
to have promised to vote for tn
measure. They were found in op
position.
The house put aside business To-
ten minutes to express its friend
illness for Bob Dunn of Princeton
and to congratulate him. Frida.
was "Bob's" Hfty-eighth birthda!
anniversary and his twenty-sixtl
wedding anniversary. '.-'- 80
Mr.. Dunn asked to-, be excused s.
that he might celebrate the da.
with his wife at Princeton. Speak
or Rines knew what was going o,
about the house chamber and re
fused the excuse, reminding hin
that county option .was up for !.
vote today.
The Princeton man was calle'
away from his ssat shortly Ate