St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01

ate, and II adopted there an interesting
question ariseS-will the prison man
ayers obey the dictum of the legisa-
ture? From the action of their press
supporters it is conjectured that they
will not. it being claimed that the legls-
lature has no authority to depose eXecr-
tive officials: that the only course /
legislators to get at such officials, II the
office is created by statute, is TO aboll> II
it by statute. A clash between the
prison managers and the Legislature,
with Gov. Merriam quietly looking On,
is something TO live for, and will Gel
tainIy make the present Legislature a
remarkable one in the history OF the
state. 1t is quite time the management
of the state prison was Overhauled,
and whatever opposition is raised
against the investigators Will merely
increase the dlStruSt the people have In
the board of prison managers.
1t is computed that the bill before the
house, and recommended by the rail
road committee to pass, requiring rail-
roads to have all engines and cars sup
piled with air brakes and automatic
couplers, will entail an expenditure of
nearly $5,O00,000. A few more bills OF
the same kind and what would there be
left in the treasury of the railroads?
A bitter struggle may be looked for in
the house tomorrow afternoon, when r..
w. Durant'S contest for the seat held by
j. DAILY is up for final settlement. Two
reports have been filed by the commit
tee on elections, and it must be con-
fessed that that Of the minority mem
bers, in favor of Mr.. Durant, deserves
the most careful consideration of mem
berS-that is, if there is any desire to DO
justice to tho contestant. If success
full, Mr.. Durant gets his seat by ma
jority of three votes.
There is a probability that J. j. Fur
long may trade his position as chairman
Of the judiciary committee with IL. l..
Penney, who is chairman of the commit
tee on public lands. Mr.. Penney was
very DESTROYS of the Craftsmanship OF
the judiciary committee, and, as a law
yer, he is the most capable man in The
house for the position. Under the com
pact between the Democrats and the
Alliance, the speaker was obliged to
give the craftsmanship of the Judiciary
to Mr.. Furlong, and he could not have
made better appointment from the
Furlong, however, secs the desirability
of having lawyer at the head OF this
committee, and it is understood that the
change mentioned will take place in a
few days.
Emerson Cole, the missing member of
the Hennepin delegation, put in an APP
pearance the latter part of the week,
the first time since the opening of the
session.
Frank E. Searle is one of the most
promising debaterS in the house.
Speaker Champlin has explained why
he gave but two chairmanships to the
Ramsey delegation while Hennepin's
delegation got 10 chairmanshps. There
are fourteen Democrats in the Henne-
pin delegation and one Republican; on
the other hand, there are only five
Democrats and five Republicans in the
Ramsey delegation. The speaker had
but four Ramsey Democrats to choose
from, as one personally requested that
he should not be given craftsmanship.
If Ramsey, as she should, had sent more
Democrats, why, more chalrmanshlps.
of course, would have followed.
Rev. W. Wilkinson, the chaplain of
the house might, with advantage cut
his prayers. A two-minute prayer at
the opening of the session is all that is
necessary, five minute prayer is slight
ly too much of a good thing.
The member for Kandiyohi has dis
tinguished himself with the usual capt.
tai scare resolution. The removal of
the capital is talked of at every session
of the Iegi Stature, but it never comes to
aught. 1t was laughable to see the
avidity with which the Hennepin mem
bers voted for the removal of the capital
from st. Paul. but when Mr.. Stone
proposed that the university be added
their mirth quickly dried up.
The blatant would-be economists in
the house were delightfully."- sQuelched
over the resolution to appropriate $40 to
each member for postage. s. A. Stock
we'll led the opposition, but the manner
in which he was handled by his fellow
members of the Hennepin delegation
was uproariously applauded. This APP
preparation for postage is nothing but
Just, as the mail of members is very
heavy, and it is hardly to be expected
that they should have to supply from
their own pockets the means whereby
large correspondence with their con-
stituents is kept up during the sitting
of the legislature.
The junllets or the legislators to the
various state institutions will commence
next week. There is one drawback to
these official visits-the officers of the
institutions visited know when to eX-
pect their guests, and, of course, every
thing is found in excellent order.
The bill abolishing the state board Of
corrections and charities has been re-
ferred to a committee. This is but just.
There are many people who believe that
the board is of no practical use to the
state; that the money paid for secretary,
clerks and members expenses is
wasted. 1t is only fair, however. that
1.-The other side" should be heard. Sec
rotary Hart now has the floor to demon
strate why the board, Of which he is the
real head, should not be abolished.
Hon. J. Nj. Diment, otherwise known
as Jim" Diment, has hitherto kept
pretty quiet. 1t is fact that Diment
is more of a worker than talker, and
his usefulness in committees cannot be
overestimated. He made an excellent
record in the legislature two years ago.
Z. NJ. Currier, the Blue EarD repre-