St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-26
WOODCHUCK IN IT.
Warmers Bill to Create the
Office Of Mineral Land
Agent
RAISES A DIMiNUTIVE ROW.
Proposition Very Coolly Re-
ceived in a Session Of
the House.
fHEPRISON MANAGERS KICK
On the Plan of Abolishing
Prison Labor in the Man.
ufacture Of Shoes.

The house put in five hours OF
good, honest work yesterday, the
greater part of it being in committee
of the whole on general orders. An
attempt was made at the morning
session to pass the calendar, but 1t
was found that the attendance was
too small to warrant the hazard OF
defeating good bills through a sim
pie lack of attendance, and Mr.Jacob-
son went into the chair, while the
house took up the second reading
of bills. SO closely did the house at
tend to business that every bill on
general orders had been disposed OF
before the adjournment, and several
bills were taken from the calendar
and passed at the afternoon session.
Among the more important bills
recommended to pass were Repro
sentative LoVejoy's bill regulating
the employment of child labor, Sen
ator Jones thistle bill, Senator Sper-
rvs bill making the excessive use
of drugs and narcotics sufficient
ground for divorce, JacObSOn'S local
option or county prohibition bill,
BOxrud's bill allowing a bounty to
farmers using wide-tired wagons,
HartshOrn's bill permitting judges
of the district court to fix the time
of holding such courts, and Schroed-
er's bill relating to the compensa-
ton of township assessors and allow
ing them 10 cents for each farm
upon which statistics are furnished
for the state department.
The Lovejoy child-labor bill was
such a good thing that Representa-
tive Johns quoted two verses from
Browning's poetry, and the recon-
mendatiOn to pass went galloping
through like a wild train on down
grade.
Representative Warmers bill to
create the office of mineral land
agent did not meet with the unani-
NOUS consent which should greet
the patriotic statesman who is al
ways creating a job for his friends.
A good many members thought there
ought to be some provision for de-
ports of miners on ore dug from state
lands, but each member seemed to
suspect the presence Of q WOOdchuck
In some form or other. Some thought
the governor ought to have con-
troll of the office, while others thought
it ought to be worked in connection
with the auditors office. OF course
the members realize that the bill is
simply intended to create another
office for another man, but until they
know who the beneficiary is they
are inclined to hold up the job.
1t was stated that the place had
been promised to McTnniS, but the
fact that he is a member of the leg
isIature which creates the office, will
preclude him from sharing directly
in the benefits of it.
tits now stated that the man who has
been definitely chosen for the place is
none other than the eX-consul to Dus-
seldorff, Soren Listoe. Mr.. Listoe,
owing to circumstances over which he
had no control, lost sight of his job
at Dusseldorf soon after his feaSting
eyes first rested on it, and he hasn't
seen it since. The argument that he
does not know a piece of iron ore
from plank in the Populist platform
is amply met and answered by the
single statement that he was in the
push on the senatorial election, is out
of a job, awfully hungry, and gives the
Administered ton accent to the letter
"j" What more can any one not an
pttar ir1bpoila' aSlS2
The committee of the whole decided
to report progress on the bill, thus
temporarily shelving it, but when the
members learn that the bill is emf
nently satisfactory to the iron in
terests," and that such distinguished,
unselfish and patriotic citizen as Mr..
Listoe needs a little something to
recompense him for the untimely TAX
Ing off of his consulate, they will I'M
doubtlessly acquiesce hastily He
never held a position in this country
until after he came to it, and it would
pc most un1ind to refuse him anything
he wants now.
Another effort to take up the cal
endar in the afternoon was more sue