St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-05
THIRD HOUSE GOSSIP.

One thing can be said of the adj
ministration of the office of dairy
commissioner under Berndt Ander-
son: 1t has at least not given rise
to any scandals While Labor Com
missioner Powers was acting as a
Whipper-in of senatorial votes, Mr..
Anderson was graVely attending to
his business, and the Industrious
COWS of the state were all the time
giving down a constant flow of the
richest, purest milk on earth. The
opposition to Anderson's confirma-
ton, it is stated on good authority,
has been practically withdrawn.
Apparently the only man in the
house who takes a friendly interest
in the pine land investigating COM
mittee is Representative Sutton,
who, realizing that no man would
ever read the committees report eX-
cept upon compulsion, offered his
resolution to appoint a committee to
read the thing. The resolution was
tabled, and the report will never be
read. Perhaps, after all, the COM
mittee prefers that no one should
read it.
When Representative Underwood
seconded the nomination of Knute
Nelson for the United States senate
he betrayed his warm side for a
comrade. Since going East he has
secured a comrade who has taken a
contract to abide with until death
do us part" The genial Mime
apolitan has the hearty cOngratula-
lions of his colleagues and the press.
Some of the members of the pres
ent legislature have great fashion
of spending $40 worth of time on
10-cent job.
Representative Richardson is said
to do less talking, more thinking and
better voting than any Populist in
the house.
Chairman Lockwood, of the COM
mittee on temperance, has had his
weather eye on Budd Reeves cider
barrel ever since the latter estab-
lished himself at the Merchants
tavern. Lockwood, as the temper
ance man of the house, is a hold-over
from the session of 1893, and they
do say he is the best judge often
perance legislat ton in either house.
EX-Dairy Commissioner Ives has
said that there is plenty Of work for
a commissioner to do besides look
ing after butter and cheese He says
that the law makes ample provision
for preventing any imposition on the
people by the introduction of imita-
ton butter, if the commissioner has
intelligence enough to do his duty.
He takes the view that more atten-
ton should be given to food products
in general, covering many products
aside from those of the dairy, and
that an able and conscientious COM
missioner with a competent force
can do the state untold good along
the line of exposing adulterated
food products aside from butter
and cheese.
Senator Hodge is one of the men
always found at his desk He has
been county auditor of Pine county
for nearly a score of years, and is
as well posted as any man in the
legislature as to the need of care in
enacting new laws.
Senator Stockton is a believer in
repeating laws rather than enacting
a multiplicity of new ones. He
thinks simplicity better than multi
plying evils, and says that a dozen
good bills will be enough for this
legislature to pass.
Some one asked the other day,
Who wrote the song called "sweet
Marie?'
And Henry Johns blushed painfullee
AS he replied, 'It wasn't me-
When the present Legislature gets
through patching up the constitu-
ton it is to be hoped the venerable
old document will be safe from the
assaults of c. Tyson Butcher and
F. L. McGhee.