Warren sheaf., 1897-01-14
MIN NESOTA SOLONS.
The Legislature Organizes and
Gets Down to Work.
J. ID. Jones Elected Speaker Of the House..
Defeating Ignatius Donnelly, WHO
Was the Candidate Of the
Opposition.

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st. Paul, Jan. 5.-The legislature of
Minnesota convened today with little
ceremony of special consequence The
organization was perfected by the
election of the following:
Secretary-S. A. Langum.
First Assistant tSecretary-A.D.C D. Coun-
tryman.
Second Assistant Secretary - H. s.
Barrows. ss-.
Enrolling Clerk-B. M. Brown.
Engrossing Clerk. E. Peterson
Chaplain-Rev. DR.. Robert Forbes
superintendent. e. Gibbon.
Assistant Sergeant-at-arms -F. b
Lampson. -
II. II. Dunn, of Fairmont, presented
his credentials, asking to be sworn in
to fill vacancy claimed to exist by the
election of Senator Day as lieutenant
governor two years ago. The matter
was referred to the committee on cleo
tions.
. A resolution was adopted for joinf.
committee to prepare a plan for re-
apportionment of the state.
Senators Yale, Durham and Smith.
were appointed committee to notify
the governor that the senate was Or
ganized and prepared to receive any
message which he may have for that
body. The committee reported that at.
IL o'clock tomorrow the governor
would be ready to deliver his message
to the house and senate, Jointly.
The house was convened at noon by
Secretary Berg: Henry Feig was ap-
pointed secretary pro TEN. The hall
!. of representatives has been renovated
and put in order for the winter, and
seems as comfortable as. it can be
made. For come time before noon the.
house was filed with members and
spectators and candidates for minor po-
sitions. ~
Organization was perfected as fol-
lows: -.
Speaker. D. Jones, Long Prairie.
Chief Clcrk-M. j. Bowling, Renville.
First Assistant Clerk-W. B. Slime.
Slayton.
Second Assistant Clerk-O. K. Dahl.
Houston. ~ 4 =
Engrossing Clerk-M. H. 1ngersoll,
Bralnerd. 81 "a
Enrolling Clerk-F. S. Krayenbuhl,
st. Paul.
Postmaster-F. w. Nash, Mankato.
Sergeant-at-arms-J. M. Bayer, Moor
head. --E..
Assistant Sergeant-at-arms-E. Fan
ming, Stewartville.
Chaplain-C. M. Heard, MINNEAPOLIS.
Representative Dare presented res
Dlutlon providing for a joint committe
OF house and senate on reapporiion-
ment. =. -
Notice was fled of contest between.
George L. Dingman and Matthias Lell-
man, Minneapolis, which was left with
the clerk until the proper committees
should be appointed.
Mostly all the afternoon session was
occupied by selection of seats, and ad-.
journment was taken until Wednesday
at 10, 80 a. m. -, S---z&
st. Paul, Jan. 6.-The senate almost
as soon as the opening exercises were
finished took a recess. and when the
reading of the governors message was
finished adjourned until the morning
of the 12th. A nominal session will BE-
held tomorrow morning to legallze the
recess. President Gibbs will not an
nounce his committees until next week.
The house met promptly at 1O:30 and
after roll call and reading of the min:
utes prepared to receive the governor
and senate. AS soon as the joint ses--
sion was organized Gov. Clough en--
tered. Advancing to the clerks desk:
the governor took the oath of office
administered by Chief Justice Start.
The message was then delivered and
The house adjourned:
st. Paul, Jan. THE senate reached
the introduction of bills today. The
hrst placed on the calendar was by
Senator Wyman of Minneapolis, appro-.
priating $14, 900 for legislative expenses
which was put to its passage under
suspension of the rules.
The most important measure intro
dnced was resolution by Senator The
len OF Henpepin, leveled against de-
partment stores providing for an in
vestlg4tion into their methods Of doing
business. and what ought to be done.
It anything, to restrain them.
The house has proceeded as far =. Il,
,an we'll go until its committees sre-
appointed, and ia its session yesterday
IN adjournment was taken oyer until
Monday.
OF the four bills introduced in the
house two were for the repeal of the,
struck jury law. Representative Stock
we'll, of Minneapolis, has for some
time been in the public eye Is the
probable author of the bill which wopla
be presented for the repeal Of the struck
Jury statute. but Duluth man beat