St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-01

For several days after the begin
ming of the session members of the
lower house kicked in vain for a
mirror in the west cloak room.
Nobody could get it except the COM
mittee on legislative expenses, and
the committee was a little slow.
Finally the glass was procured at a
Seventh street secondhand joint,
and it was a gorgeous affair. The
above cut presents a view of Speak
er Van SAINT trying to get a view
of his face in it, quarter section at a
time.
Representative Underleak's bill to
punish any person for pointing a
at human being was not aimed at
Representative Gum.
Representative Zier has introduced
our familiar old friend, the anti
patent medicine act. But the legis-
lature seems to betray an unfriendly
feeling toward this particular form
Of A. P. A.
1t costs about $3.50 a day, s13O an
hour, or 81 minute to run the
house. On several occasions the
committee on legislative expenses
has consumed an hours time, or
$130 in money, to defeat the pur-
chase of S. item of supplies. This
is the same kind of economy which
efinn6 I1xrf no Low
mittee in spending $40, to collect
S37, 500 of perfectly good bills.
Speaker Cory, of the Third house,
has not yet announced his COM
Senators HiXon and O'Brien are
slated for important chairmanships.
Lieutenant Governor Day has filled
the vacancies caused by the promo
ton of Senator Day.
The familiar features of the Cairns
primary elections law are again pre-
scented, this time under the auspices
of the senate. 1t will probably be
paSSed-up.
1t requires Is votes to overrule the
report of the committee on legis-
lative expenses. And it's only small
committee at that.
Representative Sutton, of the
Washington county delegation, is
one of those quietly efficient mem
bers who impresses every one as a
man who knows more than he tells.
He is generally mistaken for a Dem
ocrat.
While Senator Masterman was
auditor of Washington county he
had the record. of keeping the best
set of books in the state, with the
possible exception of Senator Hodge,
who now occupies a seat adjoining
that OF the senator from Washing
ton.
The protest against the confirma-
ton of Labor Commissioner Powers
comes from the labor organizations
of the state, and will have about as
much effect as a pocket pistol in
the battle of Bull Run.
Those country members who OBJ
ject to the confirmation Of Dairy
Commissioner Anderson on the
theory that Mr.. Anderson is not a
farmer, are laboring under a mis-
conception of the duties of the COM
missioner. The Office is simply po-
lice force to ferret out violations of
the health and food laws. The COM
missioner is not expected to go out
and show dairynen how to milk
COWS or nurse sick calves.
Bob Clark mas quit worrying
about his reappointment since he
heard that Tim Reardon was ''agin''
him. And well he might, by the
same token, begin to fret again,
for it is said Tim has withdrawn his
opposition.
Chief Clerk Bowling has taken the
pledge not to trim his whiskers
again until he is elected congress
man from the Third district. And
at that they will never get as long
as those of Representative Rich
ardson.
Senator Reishus, one of the Pop
ulist members of the senate, the man
who enjoys the distinction of de-
feating the most popular Repub-
Iican in a Republican district, says
the Populists would have carried the
state in the last election but for
one plank in the platform. The
senator has hat, but he never talks
through it.
Hi Foote is pretty we'll satisfied
with the present oil inspection law,
thank you, and will ask for no
changes, either in the law or the
Office force.
Dan Shell is still congratulating
himself on his failure to be elected
speaker.
The Feig investigation of public
Offices, banks and other institutions
coming within the scope of his ON
nibus resolution will begin on Au-
ditor Dunn's office, and proceed
hence by a circuitous route to the
end of the appropriation.
The committee on logs and log
ging will submit to the pine land
Investigating committee a PROPOSE
ton by which the latter will be al
lowed to take all they have collected
from the timber thieves" as pay
ment for their services, provided the
state is allowed to call it quits on
all pending cases. This seems to be
the only chance to save either the
money or the timber.
1t would be really interesting,
after the long lapse of years during
which the railroads have controlled
the state, if the conditions should be
SO changed that the state were put
in a position to control the railroads.
And this very thing is going to hap
pen just as soon as-it occurs.
Judge jackson Conyalescent.