St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-02
NOT A FARMERS BODY.
Business Men Predominant in the Legis,
lature This Session.
THE LAWYERS LOOM UP.
The Financial Part Of the Legisla.
tive Work Promises to Be
Heavy.

speaker of the next house, he will pre-
side over a body of lar different COM
piexion than the one of two years ago.
Inc farmer. as a distinct class of legis-
lator, Will not represent as large pro-
portion of the house as hedid in 1887.
The business man steps to the front and
will have control of the legislation. No
one has tried to explain yet why this
change has come about. 1t may have
been that the irrationality of the last
session disguised the people, and that
they determined to try another class of
citizens this time. AT any rate the bulk
Of the house of 1899 will be composed
OF practical business and professional
men. Inc prospects for conservative
and Woodworking session are good.
Orators will be numerous, but not of
the long-winded type.
SO
The only old members returned are
e. +. COmstock, Hennepn: J. e. Elm
qulst, Ramsey: w. X. Estes, Waton-
wan; Il. j. Farley, Scott; j. G.. Flynn,
Morrison: B. M. Law, Murray; E. SEQ
on,J0ckson-Seven in all. out of 1O3-
a strong rebuke to the remaining ninety-
SIX for course which the country has
seemingly refused to sustain them in.
The complexion of the last house was:
Pe,si,s -. D:
BUSINESS men,. Observation-Disclosures. "a
Low n oIs'... .......... ...........
No ~; .........'. 49,. ..............
NO business. ...............
otai' -. lO3
The canvass of the present house as to
occupation has not been completed yet,
put 1t was estimated yesterday as fol-
lows:
R BUSINESS men. o.
FARMERS Observation-Disclosures. ......... 2S
La"seIo... Observation-Disclosures. 10
DdHkerS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3
NO business. .............. ............. 3
Total ....................... .....1 O3
Among the business men country
merchants predominant, OF course. In
the Minneapolis and st. Paul delega-
lions the lawyers appear to have the
lead. Or the candidates for speaker,
three are lawyers, one a merchant and
one lumberman.
The complexion of the senate is:
business men,. %
Tariners.'... .......... ....................13
Pahhers.......... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Ia" U.s. ............. Il
NO business. -..........,..... $50. .......
IepOrted, will not be changed. are:
Secretary, 0. l.. Cutter; engrOssing
clerk, A. FL. Bertram; sergeant-at-armS.
f. A. Dayton: assistant sergeant, A. @.
Styve: chaplain, John Allison: second
assistant secretary, A. Il. SwanStrom;
second assistant sergeant, o. n. Strand;
page, Charles Hamilton.
M
The country members announce their
determination of watching the aDprO-
priatiOnS this year until they are GER
tain that there will be no necessity of
the governors vetoing the road and
bridge bill again. Gov. McGill did that
last year in his attempt to keep income
and appropriations within speaking dis
lance of each other. The saving by this
act amounted to $4,000. There will be
no hail sufferers to legislate for this
year nor cyclone bills. but the State in.
situations budget, it is said, will loom in
sight like nightmare to econo-
miSts. The purely legislative expenses
Will also be increased to 100000,
owing to the extension of the session.
This will be $1,000 more than in 1887.
If the new capitol scheme receives any
encouragement it will necessitate the
creation OF special fund and tax for it,.
The prospects for retrenchment are not
fattering, and no one appears to par
ticularly desire to go that way just now.
-
Despite the fact that they were oppo-
nents in the late campaign. Senator E.
&. Holmes and Hon. RI. Frazer do not
bear each other ill-will, and only short
time ago occupied the same bed to-
gether at the Merchants. Mr.. Holmes
succeeds Congressman Comstock, and
will probably sit on the same senate
committees which he did. viz: chair
mau of the judiciary, member of the
railroad committee, also towns and
counties and state public schools. He
may be added to the committee OIL
banks. although Senator Compton, as
chairman of that committee, represents
the Fifth district on that subject.