Warren sheaf., 1897-01-07
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OF the case made to them. But ali this
is in stately, senatorial tones that have
little attraction FOR the spectator il the
q co ~ gallery. u the lower body.
Were are numbers, may be hard and ~
re- n oral or cal py rotecnnlt . tnat would
do tr. dit to any country sth ol house
debating soclety. Yet here may Also;
be heard some decidedly effective legis-z
lstt'e sparring, when such N n u men 81
as j. +. Jacobson, @. F. Staples,
Jens *. Grondahl, Henry Johns. Henry
sFeig, C.aaP. Reeves and W. B Douglas
take part in the discussion. There are
other good debaters. but al! are not
drawn out ON every discussion and
often y surprisingly good speech will
come from member whc has been
clas<ed as one of the brothers OF silence.
Besides these who served in the last
house there will be the famous and
only lgnatius Donnelly in this house to
add interest to all the proceedings. Mr..
Donnelly has served the state we'll i'll
various capacities, his last official posi-
tlon being as state senator in 1913,
and had announced his intention of
keeping out Of politics hereafter But
1t is hard for warhorse to keep silent
when the noise Of conflict comes near
and he will be in the thick of the fight.
Mr.. DonIel!y, being Populist and in
the minority, cannot expect to hold a
controlling place in the house. but he
has the twin gifts of quick wit and
ready speech and will make things. in
terestlng for the majority. He is cred
tied with a desire to put them on
record Oh various public questions.
He will meet with worthy antagonists
and when the invective loving Don.
nelly contests the field with the fiery
hammered, piercing voiced but cool
headed Jacobson, with the hard hitting
Staples or with the heavy artillery OF
Henry Felg, the gallery will be de-
lighted, the house edited and the vote
will be cast just as if they had not
spoken. These contests will be looked
forward to with lively anticipation by
the frequenters of the gallery.
Little Actual Work This Week.
The first week usually has little act
ual work, tho members simply getting
ready for action. This preliminary
routine began on Tuesday at moon,
when the secretary OF state called the
roll and the new members were sworn
in by one of the Justices OF the supreme
court. Monday nights caucus having
named the officers tor the chief posi-
tions they were soon installed and the
house settled down for business, proper
notice to that effect being at once sent
to the governor and the senate. The
senators holding over aud having been
sworn in two years ago did not need to
70 over that ceremony again, except in
the case of the successor to Senator
Allen, who resigned last year. 1mme-
diarely after organizing the two houses
adjourned over till Wednesday. and on
that day at noon they will meet in joint
session to listen to the reading of the
governors message. + &.| f. s.s.s
Then there will be a little delay
while the new committees are being
arranged, and after that business is
well under way. One OF the interest
ing opening ceremonies is the selection
of seats by lot. old members aud those
over 80 years Of age being usually al
lowed to choose first, however: There
is always a lively hustling to get the
first bill introduced. Last session house
file No. was the famous Anderson
railroad land tax bill. one of the hard.
est fought measures before that ltxisla-
ture. r h. E%# !.
The pages, those small boys whose
fathers or friends have sufficient influ.
ence to get them appointed AS messen-s
gers to the two houses, are q necessary
and at times lively and interesting part
of the legislature. They are not ap-s
pointed usually at first, q few days ex-
ercise as volunteers assisting in the
selection. Each candidate spends
nearly as much time campaigning for
signatures of his petition for appoint:
ment as he does in attending to the
duties of the place he hopes to secure.
This years crop tof candidates includes
one from the White Earth Indian reser-
vation, full blooded Indian boy, whose
petition is a decidedly unique document.
It is signed by fifty Indians, headed by
their principal chief, and the members
of the house from that section of the
state are doing what they can to fur.
ther the boys candidacy. He is a
rugged young son of the forest and it is
safe to predict that, if appointed, the
other pages will try TO play few pranks
on him.
The attendance Of members at the
opening is usually full and this years
first session was no exception to the
rule. The renewal Of old acquaintance
among former members cuts little fig
ure since the caucuses and preliminary