The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-01-21
ARE WIDE t.P.lRT
BOTH HOUSES or Ts+s LEGISLATURE
ON THEIR DIGNITY

Regarding the Proper Formation Of .
Reapportionment Committee Sen t.
Demands Equal Representation With
the House-NIuch Expected From the
New Legislative Comnittee- Donnelly's
Mountain Iron Resolution Unanimously
Passed--spenoer's Bill to Keep State
Funds in Vaults - Other Legislative
Items Of Interest.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 49,. Especial. With
the standing committees of both b ouse
and senate appointed, affairs legisla-
tive are well under way and the law
mill IS already turning out the more or
less finished product. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Gibbs announced the senate com-
mittees on Tuesday. and those for the
house were announced on Wednesday.
The committees on Legislative expen-
ses, through whose hands all details
of expenses must pass, were at ono6put
to work, their first meeting being called
almost Immediately after their appoint.
anent. It is for the committee to say
whether additional clerks or other en-
ployes shall be appointed, and members
of both houses with office-seeking
friends court the committee, presenting
all manner of arguments to pre-
vail over their ideas Of economy
and necessity for the service
desired Few committees have more
power than this, especially in the
house where it requires a three-f ou rths
vote to overcome its adverse report,
and whether it be an economical or ex-
travagant session. to this committee
belongs the credit Or blame. For this
reason great care is taken and few
members seek an appointment on a
committee like this where the RESPONSE
bility is great. the co mplaints numer-
Gus and the work heavy.
The New House Committee.
There is new committee in the
house and much is expected of it. Mr..
jacobson of Lac qui Parle, who is serv-
ing his fifth consecutive term in that
body, believed that business would be
much expedited if committee to re-
lieve the usually congested condition Of
the Judiciary committee business and
to consider all bills of general nature
were appointed, and the committee OIL
general legislation is the result. AL
ready number of important measures
have been referred to this committee
and much. is expected from it.
What at times seems like small
and captious criticism may often result
In considerable benefit A case IN poin.
is the action of Judge Hicks OF Eenne-
pin county on Friday, when he insisted
that two bills be sent back tetleil
authors because their, titles were rot
sufficiently explicit. To some OF
the newer members it look "a
like an unnecessary blocking OF rne
Legislative mill. but those of NJ
experience approved of the action, be-
cause every inaccuracy III the bin Is
introduced requires separate alnAt. T.
ment and creates confusion and da.ag.
( Mistakes will occur even in Hewspa :,p..s
and in such minor matters as the max
ing of laws, painstaking care Is also
necessary to prevent errors that may
Mr.. Johns the other day introduced
the bill prepared by the union DaberS
of the state. which i'll detail speeches
the requirements for journeymen Lar
beers and the issuance of Iicen ses ia
them. The Popnlist leader, Mr.. Don
nelly, paid very close attention totl,y
first reading of the bill and then, al.
dressing the speaker, said !: IN the
bill just read, move you that wlesa-
ever the word barber appears hr.l
there be substituted therefor the word
farmer
Both Branches ON Their Dignity.
"Whatsoever ye would that nef
should do to you, do We even. so q
them," repeated Chaplain Heard ii
the house Saturday morning. before HI
prayer, and many wondered whethe.
his scriptural selection had been 81 =
gested by the deadlock between The
two houses over the reapportionnlsl
matter. At the present writing bota
houses are standing on their dignity Iii i
conference committee will later -
to act as peacemaker. The house
adopted resolution for joint com.
m.ttee on reapportionment. having II
representatives and S>senators as mem.
bers. that beng the usual proportion OF
members on such committees. Befors
the senate acted, Speaker Jones TN
nounced the house members Of ili.
committee. Then the senators. assert.
ing that on such an important matter
as reapportionment they must have All
equal share in the preliminaries. amend
ed the house resolution to allow esicl
body IA members of whom two shois4e
come from each congressional disEraa
This being reported to the EoaS,
that body very promptly ART
emphatically refused to agree K
the amendment and asked for a cou.
ference committee, that being the u Il i
procedure in such cases Both hoa !.
have taken a firm stand. and senate
! and representatives insist that III
viii not yield but will maintaln wnss
they consider to be their rights
are all sorts of reports about this axa9i
lock, one of the most interesting peins
the assertion that the present S t III Sd
had been brought about By and 81 is.
interest of those sections of the
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