The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-23
READY FOR BUSINESS.
Speaker Champlfn Announces
House COmmittees-a'he
List i'm Full.
The Opinion Generally lPreva-
lent That a Fair Divvy has
Been Made.
The Bowman-JenseIl Contest from the
Fiftieth District Settled inFavor
of Bowman.

ST. PAUL. Jan. 20.-The first business
of importance in the house after assem-
bling at II o'clock Monday was the an
nounceinent of the standing committees
by Speaker Champlin. The committees
gave general satisfaction, so far is could
be learned, each party receiving fair
representation. OF the total number of
places. Democrats got 1872, Republicans
1913, Alliance men 80 and Prohibitions
lists f.
The committee on elections made a
report on the Bowman-Jensen case from
the Fiftieth district and recommended
the seating of Bowman. It was made
the special order for 3 o'clock, at which
time the matter was taken up and the
committees report endorsed Mr. Bow
man Immediately took the oath Of office
The house election committee is now
engaged in taking testimony in the
Daly-Durant contest from Washington
county.
No other business of importance was
done beyond the introduction Of bills,
but under this head Mr. Currier, of Blue
Earth county, brought forward a meas
ure to govern and regulate railroads. 1t
is modelled after the Iowa law, and con-
tains many changes of a radical nature
The senate convened at 2 o'clock. and
Mr. SanbOrn's resolution calling for an
investigation Of the state financial man
agement was taken up and adopted.
Senator Mcmillan introduced the most
important measure of the day 1t pro-
vides that all franchises granted by
cities. villages or towns shall be awarded
to the highest bidder Mr.. Donnelly in
troduced two bills, the first making it
Illegal for any chattel mortgage to be
filed unless accompanied by certificate
from the assessor showing that it had
been properly listed for taxation. The
second gives a property owner the right,
when listing personal property, to de-
duct the amount of all Indebtedness
Nothing further claiming attention the
senate adjourned.
The House Committees.
The committees appointed by Speaker
Chnmplin are as follows:
Appropriations-Bjor Wagner, Had
lund, McGrath, Stockwell Harwick, Stone
Bell Cross
Ways and Means-Lynn, Sheets, Dear
ing, French, c., Lewis, Ames. Erickson.
udiciary-Furlong, McGuire, Chesley,
Tucker, Penno, Trip, Walsh, r. A., Oar
elius, Bull, Wacek, Bell, keyes, Green
Stevens, Lomen
Railroads Stivers, Lynn, Roach, Bull
bearing, Currier, Furlong, Mcclure, Ches-
ley, Bjorge, Lockwood, Caswell, Keyes,
Searle Demo-
Public Accounts and Expenses-Walsh,
NJ, Helms, Walsh, r. A, Nelson, n P,
Glider, French, c., Lawson, Turrell, Searle,
Feig, Bonde.
tley,s Hemstead, McAllister, Kurtson,
Ongstad, Wells, Gilmore, Koehnen, Feig,
Cross Lockwood, Lyman, Wahlund
Education : Currier, Tucker, White,
CANTERBURY, French, A, Trip, Stockwell,
Wacek, Stevens, Greer, Benner.
Green, Peterson, Moore, Wright, Reeve,
Sheets, Zelch, Starks, Coburn, Jenson.
Towns and Counties-Helmes, bearing,
Foley, Hampstead, Ongstad, Wilson,
Wells, Smout, Beiner, Booreen, Holler
Military Affairs Wagner, Carleton,
Sinclair, Helms, Bull, Demo, Erickson
Incorporations-Penn Battley, Barrett
White, Lewis, Englebert, Lloyd, Turrell,
Huset
State Prison-Cantlebur Koehnen,
Darelius, McGrath, Capsar, Lomen,
Church.
Claims-Tucker, Ahlness. Boring. Nc
Allister, Ringwald, Boyd, Anderson.
Grain and Observation-Disclosures Ches-
ley, Bjorge Wagner, Koehnen, Helms
Harwick Reeve, French A., Sheets,
Canetf, teig, Reyes, Kendall, Setterlund
Chesley, Furlong Peterson,
Gallagher, Foley, Sikorski, Cole, F., Di-
ment, Thompson, p. f.
Immigrati0n-McIr Nelson y. P,
Nilsson, Ahlness, Wells, Nahlund, Wealth
erstOne
Normal Schools = Sinclair, Barrett.
Coates, Currier, Jensen, French, c., Searle,
Stone, Church
Hospital for Insane-Larson, Knudson,
Cole T., Hampstead, Lang, Nelson n. p,
Diepholder Smout, Caswell
Temperance Wacek, Battley, Hagney.
Capser, Gilmore, Starks, Booren dep
holder.
Labor and Labor Legislation-Stock-
we'll, Long, Price, Cole, T., French, c..
Thompson; A, Nelson, j. r., Thompson,
2. f., Boyd
School for Detectives Richardson, DOYLE.
Roach, Sirkorski, Berning, Diment. Ken
dali
State Reform School-Roach, Ringwald,
Green, Hadlund, Cross.
Roads, Bridges, Etc-Wilson, Peterson.
Price, Hagney, Campion, Turrell, Zelch.
Banks-Capser, bearing Walsh NJ,
Doyle, Gilmore, Lyman, Holler.
Printing lister nilsson, Coates,
Tucker, Wright, Blonde, Wahlund.
COmmerce-Ahlness," Capser, Smith,
HOller, Anderson.
Public Buildings attley, Darelius.
Moore DAILY Setterlund
Library = Knudson, Campion, Smith,
Kinney, Diment.
Mines and Minerals histIieb Price.
Foley, Carleton, Moore, Kinney. Lock
wood
Engrossing Lewis, Wells, Stivers.
Coates.
Enrolling-Darelius French, A Rich
ardson, Demo, Caswell.
FOrestry-Green, Canef. HUNTINGTON.
Weatherstone, Hurst
Soldiers Home-Cole, T., Doyle. Cuttle-
bury, Huntington. Helmes, Bull, Stone.
Cole, E., Stevens, Smout.
State Public Schools-Walsh, r A
Hemstead, zimmerman, Wright, Englebert.
Ames, Coburn.
Logs and Lumber-Hagney Foley,
Thompson, a., Kendall, DAILY.
Prison Labor-t'rench, A., Beming Can
eff, Glider W hite, Diepholder.
Public Property Glider, Gallagher.
zimmerman, Sirkorski, Nelson. j. r.. Ames.
Geological and Natural History Survey
kinney, Greer, Bell, Chistlieb. Stock
well, Tucker. Hadling
Joint Committees.
Taxes and Tax Laws-Kinney. Onostad
Lynn, Barrett Bell.
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