St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-12
after The BOARDS
Representative Jacobson De-
sires to Know if They
Earn Their Salaries.
The BIRTHDAY OF LINCOLN
The Occasion Of a Days Adj
ioupnment by the LOWeP
House.
PRISON LABOR CONTRACTS
To Be Terminated Under q
Bill by Representative
Sehupmeier.

Yesterdays session of the louise
was a busy. and, on the whde' a.
profitable one, the last bill onBhera4l
orders being disposed of and .theccaf-
endar cleaned UP. In the IpaFlla-
mentarv work of the day, Mr.. Nc
Kenney moved that when the house
adjourn it be until Wednesday
morning, this being in honor of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln. There
were objections to the proposed ad-
journment. and Representative ia
cobson urged that the house could
as we'll hold a morning session and
do some committee work and visit
ing in the evening. Other members
held that nothing would be lost by
an adjournment, even as a question
of economy, as it was proposed to
pay an official visit to the soldiers
home. Representative Johns de-
clined to vote for the adjournment
on the ground of economy, and, pIac-
ing the question on the higher plane
OF patriotism, declared that the day
had not yet come when it needed
more than the name of Lincoln to
conjure with. and he insisted that
his vote be counted for adjournment,
not as a question Of economy, but
because Of his reverence and venera-
ton for the memory of the mar
tyTed president. The adjournment
carried.
Representative Jacobson took the
occasion of the day to introduce a
resolution which means trouble for
some Of the holders of soft snaps at
the states expense. The resolution
is a sweeping one in its character,
and maps out a campaign against
all ofhcehOlders who are not earning
their salaries or fees. 1t provides
for committee of five members,
whose duties are outlined in the fol-
lowing specific provisions:
To secure for the information of this
house q full, competent and accurate
list of ali the officers. appointees and
employees Of the different departments
and Institutions belonging to the state.
together with the amount OF salaries
paid such officers, appointees or en-
plOyes. the amount of fees collected
each year, or other perquisites re-
ceived by such officers, appointees or
employees, the number of state boards
or commissions now in existence. their
per diem or other compensation, the
amount paid by the state as expenses
OF such boards, commissions or other
officials, appointees or employees.
To make a rigid inquiry into the bust
ness methods of the several state in
stitutions, departments, boards and
commissions, whether or not there is
now in existence any such board or
commission that can be dispensed with
or consolidated without injury to the
public service Of the state; whether or
not there is now employed in any de-
Dartment or state institution any num-
Der OF officers, appointees or employees
in excess OF a sufficient number nee
essary to run such departments, state
institutions, boards or commissions on
a sound economical business basis: and
whether or not there is any salary or
per diem paid or fees collected by such
officers, appOintees or employees, boards
or commissions in excess of a reason
able and fair compensation for such
services rendered the state.
The committee shall have full power
to administer oaths and send for per-
sons and papers and, when necessary,
to employ a competent stenographer,
and to report to the house by bill or
otherwise at its earliest convenience.
There is no buncOmbe business about
this resolution, according TO the state
ment of its author, and it is his inten-
ton to push the investigation to the
end that the public may know just who,
if any one, is enjoying a sinecure at
the expense of the state.
The calendar was taken up, and the
following bills passed:
S. f. No. u5-A bill for an act to ap-
propriate $4,000 for certain deficien-
cies.
H +. No. 6T-A bill for an act pro
viding for the adjustment of the in
debtedness of municipalities and quasi
municipalities partially annexed to
cities.
H. F. No. 101-Temperance. A bill
for an act relating TO liquor licenses.
II. r. No. 125-A bill for an act to le-