St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-11
IGNORED SAINT PAUL.
Speaker Lee and Lieut.. Gov.
Clough Fix Up Their
Committees.
st, Paul and the Country Do
Not Figure Prominently
in Them.
Senator Wood Would Michi-
ganize Minnesota at This
Session.
Senate Committees and a Di-
gest Of Several Impor-
tant Measures.

Speaker William E. Lee and Lieut..
Gov. David NJ. Clough pulled together
nicely yesterday and the pair have the
satisfaction of knowing that they have
sighted the Capital City. defrauded the
minority in each house and as far as
they were able so packed the leading
committees as to make it certain that no
reform legislation can be put through at
this session. Neither Speaker Lee nor
Lieut.. Gov. Clough appear to have any
idea of the rights of mlnoritleS, as an
example from each of the two lists OF
standing committees will show. On the
important committees the Democrats
and Peoples party men get about one
place on a committee of seven. On I'M
important committees they sometimes
get a majority. Take Speaker Lees
committee on banks. 1t follows:
Cole, E.. chairman; Benner, Nelson,
J. r.; McEwen, Lockwood. Turrell,
Swanson, Minnette and Gum.
Mr.. Minnette is Democrat, and Mr..
Gum was elected by fusion OF the
Democratic and Peoples parties in his
district. But the committee stands
seven Republicans to two opposition.
But the committee on railroads is even
worse. On it are seventeen members, of
whom but one is a Democrat and one
member of the Peoples party. On APP
preparations there are fourteen Repub-
.licans and one Democrat.
AS predicted by the GLOBE at the
time of the contest for the Republican
nomination for speaker, Hennepin
county has received pretty nearly
everything worth having in the way of
committee appointments. So many
chairmanships were sent that way that
Mr.. Wyman was obliged to accept three,
and MIR. Howard two, while nearly ey-
cry one else gets one, or, in lieu thereof.
four or five places on the leading COM
mittees. st. Paul really gets nothing,
although her three Republican members
supported Mr.. Lee. Mr.. Wallblom is
chairman of the com mittee on immigra
ton, and Mr.. Sullivan of the public
buildings committee, neither of which
amounts to anything. Hon. Hiler Il.
Horton was awarded several inSIgnltl-
cant appointments, while young Min
neapolls attorney is made chairman of
the Judiciary committee over the heads
of veteran and able lawyers who have
served in former legislatures.
In the senate things are i'll about the
same shape. The Democratic and PeO-
pies party members are treated liber-
ally on the unimportant committees and
ignored almost entirely on the import
ant ones. Take the committee OF taxes
and tax laws for example. This COM
mittee has seven members, six of whom
are Republicans and one is Democrat.
The finance committee presents almost
as bad an appearance. Out OF five
members the Democrats have one. On
the game and the game laws committee
the Democrats and the Peoples party
members got better show because the
committee amounts to nothing.
The same spirit that dictated the ap-
pointments in one house directed
things in the other. The corporations
want no adverse legislation this winter,
and they have taken their first step to
prevent it. The interests of the state at
large and st. Paul have been sacrificed
for the sake of protecting certain great
interests at MINNEAPOLIS.