New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-01-16
Minnesota I legislature.

Prep nratory to the organization of the
Minnesota Legislature, the following officers
were agreed upon in a Republican Caucus of
the House, Speaker, Charles H. Graves;
Chief Clerk, C-sP. Carpenter; First assistant,
z. II. slocum; Second assistant, C. A. French;
ing clerk, Gilbert Gutterson; Postmaster, S.
O:sMorse; sergeant-at-arms, c. A. Baxter;
Assistant sergeant-at-arms, G. G. Hunt:
Chaplain, Rev. w. II. Harrington.
The Senate caucus put in nominal ion
the following officers; Secretary, o. T..
Cutler; Assistant Secretary. B. ". Day;
Engrossing Clerk, A. a. Bartram; Enrolling
Clerk, w. C. Whiteman; Sergeant arms,
clark Chambers; Chaplain, Rev. E. r.
Lathrop.
Tuesday, Jan. 8.
The Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State
of Minnesota is now in session, having for
mally organized at noon to-day as provided
by law. The organization was effected by
the election of the officers nominated in the
Republican caucuses the evening before
Neither house transacted any business further
than to prepare the way for the work that is
to follow
Wednesday, January ..
Senate-Mr Day offered q Joint resolution
Inviting Henry George to address the legisla-
ture on the subject of ssSingle Taxation y
\ He luVlutGlOit WStS EXTENDED. senator Marcus
Johnson introduced bill authorizing Kan
aivohi county to issue bonds to the amount
OF $50 900 for the erection of a court house.
and it was forthwith passed This
was all the business transacted.
HoUsE.-There was quorum of the house
present when Speaker Graves for the first
time called it together yesterday at 10
O'Clock, and more came in later. The chaplain
was absent and SO the work of Yesterday
was unblessed. The approaching Joint SEES
sion made it impossible TO undertake any
business OF Importance, and all that took
place was the appointment of Oscar Acker-
man, son of Representative Alderman OF
Young America and Charles L. Chase of st.
Paul as pages.
Thursday, Jan. 10.
SENATE.-Mr. Holmes introduced a bill pro-
vioing Tor the furnishing of seed grain to
farmers in the counties where the crops of
last year were q total or partial failure
The president announced the following COM
mittees:
Judiciary-G Goodrich, Ives, Eaton, Edwards
scheffer, Ward, Daniels, Day, Child Halvor-
sen, Bowen.
Finance Buchanan, Crandall, Hoard, os-
Elections allmark, Whiteman, Burk-
hard, Goodrich, Child.
Claims Thacker, Eaton, Dodge, Lende,
Pope.
Education Swenson, Hoard, Day, Hay
den, Nachbar
Truax, Sampson, Anderson, Hayden, White
man.
Internal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Wood,
Hall, Burkhard, Bowen.
Federal RELATIONSHIP Chapman johnson, T :,
Wallnark, Nachbar, Hayden.
Agriculture Dodge, Chapman, Hoard,
Shields, Thacker
MILITARY Affairs-Tpoo Edworde non;oje
Child, Nelson.
Insurance Scheffer, Sampson
Goodrich, Pope, Welch Child
Banks Compton, Brown, Ward, Smith
WEIGH
Enrolment Brown, Finseth, Lende,
Retrenchment and Reform-Welch Wall
mark, Hixon, Halvorsen, Burkhartlt
Tree Culture-KelIar. Anderson, Bowen
Oswald Clark
Roads and Bridges-Day, Halvorsen, John
son, NJ. Compton, Kellar
Normal Schools-Seheffer, Holmes Hay
den, Dodge, Pope.
Geology and Natural History Survey
Eaton, Clough, Johnson, NJ, Brown, Glib
son.
Corporations-Jo hnson, T., Ives Swenson,
Durant, Nelson.
Railroads. all, Clough, Johnson. T.,
State Reform School-Finseth, Wood
Smith, Hall, Nelson.
Hospital for Insane-Daniels, Ward, Ives,
Gibson, Anderson.
Deaf, Dumb and Blind-Wood, Edwards,
Crandall, Gibson, Kellar.
Towns and Counties-Sampson, Holiness
Shields, Chapman. Nelson.
Indian Afairs-Shields, Sampson, Clough,
Smith, Buchanan
Public Buildings-Bu rkhardt, Truax
Clough, Swenson, Buchanan.
State Prison-Edwards, Durant Swenson
Buchanan !, J ohnson, T., Kellar, WEIGH.
Librarv-C randall, Daniels, Buckhardt
Printing-Hoard, Halvorsen, Day Bowen
Finseth.
Observation-Disclosures Wallmark, An
derson, Hayden, Hall.
Grain and warehouse-Hixon, Thacker,
Shields, Schefer Eaton, Wallmark, Dodge,
Chapman. Whiteman.
Taxes and Tax Laws-Clark Compton
Johnson, NJ. Thacker Oswald.
University and University Lands-Clough
Crandan, Dodge, Ward, Durant.
Labor-Truax, Lende. Edwards, Shields
Nachbar.
Clark, Anderson.
State Public Schools-Holmes Crandall,
Truax, Hoard, Oswald
HousE.-Mr. Flynn moved that the house
concur in the senate's resolution of invita-
ton to Henry George, and this was agreed
to after Il division. Mr. Keys introduced an
amendment to the election law. The feature
of the bill is that it provides for the Aus
tralian or secret system of voting, SO often
described in these columns. and so eagerly
desired by the agitators of election reforms
and the purity of the ballot. There have
been laws passed in several states which have
adopted this system in a more or less modi-
fed form In the preparation of this bill the
laws passed in New York, Michigan, Mas
sachusetts ard several other states are
copied.
Friday Jan. IL.
SEEATE-not in session
HousE.-A number of local bills were in
troduced, and also anumber OF resolutions
one relating to rules and another by
Mr.. Hoyt of Red Wing, which was of q
joint character. providing for the appoint
ment of committee of Eve consisting of
two senator's and three Representatives, who
should at once visit the penitentiary at Still
water and examine into the condition ofthe
convicts and report upon it, and also upon
the labor and employment question. Still
another was the usual one authorizing the