St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
Pie IS HANDED OUT.
President of the Senate and
Speaker of the House Name
Il Committees.
MR.. CLOUGH WAS FAIR.
II
Senatorial Matter Cut No Fig
d ure in Dispensing Senate
FavopS.
SOME WERE SURPRISED,
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But All We're Disposed to Take
What They Got and Be
Thankful.
MR.. CLOUGH WAS FAIR
SOME WERE SURPRISED,
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SAINT are congratulating themselves that
the trouble is over, and they may now
take few days rest from the button
holing process to which they have been
submitted for the past ten days The
committees are in many cases a snr-
prise. both in the house and senate, but
especially in the latter. The Wash
burn men have given out that Clough
was trading off all the important APP
pontments for votes for Nelson, but the
list published herewith shows that some
of the most Important chairmanShipS
went to pronounced anti-Nelson men.
The Judiciary. railroad, finance, illumi
mating oils, labor, legislative expense.
| mines and minerals. state prison, tax
and tax laws and the university COM
mIttees. the most important committees
at the disposal of the president, were all
given to men who have publicly de-
clared themselves as opposed to Mel
son.
The house committees. on the other
hand, are, it is claimed by the knowing
the senatorial election and upon a basis
which will secure the greatest good to
the Washburn cause. Indeed. it is
claimed that the committees were made
up twenty-fcur hours before they were
given out, and that they were held back
for the purpose Of making some changes
suggested by Mr.. WashburD.
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members of both houses. but as a rule
the appointments give general satisfac-
ton. The appointment of Senator Day
to the chairmanship of the railroad COM
mlttee was one of the surprises TO every
body except the senator. MIR. Day is one
of the oldest and most influential mem
bers of the senate, but it was supposed
that pronounced Nelson man would
be chosen for this much coveted COM
mittee. Senator Allen was given the
committee of logs and lumber under
similar circumstances. Senator Hodge
gets the committee on pub
lie lands, Senator Wyman the
university committee, and SEM
ator Greer the tax and tax laws commit
tee on the same general theory. Sena-
tor MaSterman takes the committee on
state prison by reason of his locality
and familiarity with the subject. rather
/ than because Of his attitude Oh the SEN
atorial question. Senator Cronkhite is
made chairman OF the committee OH
legislative expenses, one of the most
important committees in the senate, be-
cause of his well-known qualities as
cool headed business man and because
lie is a fair-lninded citizen who will
perform his duties Without reference to
partisan effect. Senator Cronkhite is
Populist. but he is marked contrast
to the long-haired. uukempt ideal of the
clrtoonlst. He is one of the best
posted men III either house, and though
not assuming or inclined to push himself
to the front, will prove one of the most
effective workers i'll the senate.
The house committees are generally
good. 1t was expected that Dan Shell
would get the railroad committee, but
he comes out with only the committee
kicks. He could have had the railroad
committee by asking for it hard enough,
but he didn't care enough about it.
Speakers Vans early deal With the
Sixth district sticks out through all the
appointments like pump handle and
jabs into the eye Of the Hennepin dele
CATION in every direction. Henry Feig
gets the committee On agriculture, which
suits him to L. Melnness, of Duluth,
comes i'll appropriately on the mines
ana mining committee and Warner got
there Eli Oh the public buildings COM
mittee. He will come as near guarding
the interests of the state capitol as any
member who could have been chosen
from the republican column, for,
though the newspaper boys and politi-
clans are prone to have fun at his eX-
peuse occasionally. they all admit that
Eli is hustler. The committee OH
Legislative expenses goes to jacobson,
than whom there is not more con-
SiStent economist i'll the house. He
does not, perhaps, devote as much at
tentlon to small matters as his colleague,
Staples, but he has scent for wood
chuck which is truly marvellous.
Ramsey county fares as we'll as could
be expected considering the late hour at
which it tumbled into the band wagon,
ana HennepiD comes out all right cOn-
sidering that she has a candidate for
United States senate. The committees
are named in the following order.