St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-18
House Committee on Elections
Listens to Arguments in
the Dunn Case,
But Will Not Be Ready to Give
Their Decision Until To-
Morrow.
The False Economic Cry of
Members Hungering for
Cheap Glory.
lettings on Legislators and
the Investigations Into De-
partments.

Legal arguments were yesterday
heard by the house election committee
i'll the contest of Il. G. Dunn for the
seat of E. E. Price. Cy Wellington rep
resented Price, and d. W. Bruckhart
conducted the case for Dunn. A vast
amount Of oratory was expended over
the two precincts alleged to have been
Illegally organized. These pr ecinet
were at Pine river and the village offs
Princeton. At Pine river Dunn re-
ceiyed IS votes and Price 8. These
votes were not counted, and the repre-
sentative of Mr.. Price labored strenu-
ously TO prove that the precinct
was not legally organized.
Mr.. Wellington also makes a
strong effort to prove the same in re-
gard to one of the precincts at the village
of Princeton. In this precinct thirty
six votes were counted for Dunn. Mr.
Bruekart raised strong opposition. He
went fully into the case, claiming that
the precinct was properly and legally
organized. There was not much fight
over the Pine River precinct. MIR.
Dunn'S representative basing his clients
election largely upon the recount which
took place at Little Falls. The com
mittee was occupied several hours in
hearing these legal arguments, and adj
Juurned without arriving ut any de-
cisIon. A meeting will be held Mon
day morning, when the report to made
upon this contest will be decided
S. a. Stockwell. of the Hennepin del
egation, is acting i'll the only way pos
sIble if he desires to become light
weight i'll the house. Mr.. Stock Well is
one OF those gentlemen consumed with
burning idea to economic Legislative
expenditures, and like all enthusiasts,
he falls into the old trap of saving at
the tap and frltterlug away the state
treasury at tile hunghOle. The waste
by legislators is inGnitiSmal compared
with the alarming and in some in
stances, outrageous expenditures in
state government. If Mr.. Stoekwell
would devote his time to lOp-
ping Off such profigacy, instead
of occupying himself with such ques-
ti0ns as to whether page shall receive
$3.50 for his services or not, he will re-
turn to his constituents with record
that any man may be proud of. Mem
bers OF the house VINO get up and pro-
test against these customary expenses
only make themselves Objectionable,
and in the end their usefulness is con-
siderably weakened. The main body of
legislators will necessarily resent the
action Of man VINO Is continually
frothing at the mouth with cries OF
economy. when the expenditure pro-
posed IS perhaps paltry SO or $50 bill.
+. M. Currier, Of Blue Earth, who is
bright member, is, however, evidently
mistaken i'll his idea of the value of a
dozen or so copies of the journal daily
to be sent to his constituents. HeaVensl
just think or the poor farmer and his
wife wading through the journal of the
house. If citizens of the state were de-
Iuged with copies of the journal of the
dOIngs of the Legislature, the hospitals
of the insane would have to be III
creased. No sane man would read these
journals with the view Of obtaining q
clear idea of the legislation proposed
AMI enacted