The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-02
READY TO 60 AHEAD
~0WERS INVESTIGATION WILL BE
RESUMED ON SLIGHTLY MAR
ROVER LINES.
ORGANIZING OF GOLD CLUBS
Is NOT INCLUDED IN THE NEWEST
SET OF FORMAL CHAR
GEES.
RGANIzING OF GOLD CLUBS
EMPLOYMENT OF ECKMAN, TOO,
BY the Republican Central Commit
tee, Is Also Omitted From the
New Series.

With the exception Of the ref
erences made to the organiza-
ton Of COLA clubs and the employment
Of one Ecsman, by the Republican
state central compittee while he was
in the pay Of the state, as was orig
inally charged by the labor people
against the Iaoor bureau, the Republi-
can and other members of the senate
yesterday decided unauimously-the
few Of them who were thereto in
struct the Powers investigating COM
mittee to proceed on its new lines
These we're presented by Senator
Young as fellows:
l. Non Eafurcenant Of Factory Law-The
factory law has not been enforced; and the
report Of factory inspection for lSa5-1S96 not
yet published although the law requires that
1t De issued on or before the first Monday in
January Propose to call Inspectors Mayo
and Casserly and the records of the bureau
from which it can be shown that the law
was violated by the cOmmissioner.)
.. Publishing an Unauthorized Work En-
titled Purchasing Power Of Gold, at state
EXpense-(a) This report is not authorized by
law. (b) 1t exhausted the printing fund for
1896. (c) 1t does not contain any statistics re-
lating to cooperation, strikes, trades unions,
etc, as specifically required by law creating
the bureau. Ia 1t is a political document,
and was published three months before the
required and customary time, while the fac
tory report is not yet published. Propose te
call McGiN Printing company, state auditor,
state printer and the office force in the bu-
reau.)
8. Statistics Gathered at Expense to the
State and Never Published-(a) Tax statistics;
Cb) milling statistics; (c) probate court sta
tiStics. Propose to call Inspectors Mayo,
Casserly, Paul, Valesh, Eckman and Miss
BeYans.)
4. Using ONCE Force During Office Hours
Upon Work Called Farmer Hayseed IA
Commissioner Powers used the office force 10
compile the book Farmer Hayseed,' which
Is not a state document, and is purely pri-
Tate enterprise, published for Mr.. Powers
own personal gain. (b) Mr.. Powers went to
Chicago On several occasions to arrange for
the illustration and publication of said book
at the expense Of the state. Propose to call
Eckman, Vslesh, Hammond, Casserly, Mayo
and Miss Bevans.)
5. Mortgage Statistics Garbed-Propose to
call the Office force to show this fact.)
{. Personal Charges-(a) Commissioner
Powers and several employees made a trip to
the Rainy lake country to take up private
claims Of government land, while under
states ray. CD Commissioner Powers and
after Aug. %, 1895, at Leech lake with their
families and drew their salaries while not
engaged III the service of the state (c) Com
missioner Powers used the office force to
make a general genealogical tree of his family
while under the states employ. I'D Inspector
Mayo received a horse and buggy from the
bureau contingent fund while gathering mill
ing statistics that were never published.
Gall the office force in the bureau.)
In speaking on the resolutions Sena-
tor Young said that ne thought that
the committee could go ahead now
anu get at the facts eXpeditiOuSly. He
sent up q resolution that the COM
mittee be instructed to resume it's con-
sideration Of the charges. This was
adopted without dissent.