New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-02-03
Official
Salaries,
Representative Heimerdlnger's Resolution
Relative to Trimming Salaries Dis
cussed in the House.
Donnelly Takes Hand and Comes to the
AID of the Brown County
. Member.
With Some Amendments the Resolution
Calling for Special Committee,
Was Adopted.


Was Adopted.
Representative Henry Heimerdingel
had his first real experience i'll the house
on Wednesday. Upon bringing up his
resolution calling tor the appointment
of a committee to frame law for the
trimming down Of Official salaries, Mr..
jacobson of Lac qui Parle emptled an
avalanche of frozen words upon it and
characterized it as pure "buncombe.' y
The Dis patch of St. Paul says that DON
nelly saved the day. He came to the
rescue of Mr. Heimerdinger and quickly
puta qaietus upon Messls. Feig,Jacob,
son, Douglas and others, who were dis
posed to defeat the effect of the resolution.
Immediately after the reading of the
resolution Mr.. Fe1g wanted all amend
mcnt which would strike out the recon-
mendation for cut Of 20 per cent in
such salaries While along the line Of
the demands of the public, yet MIR. Feig
said the resolution would suit him bet
ter if the committee should not be in
structcd as to the extent of the cut pro-
posed.
Mr.. Heimcrdinger said that the people
in his section of the state demanded a
radical reduction in salaries to CORE
spond to the hard times and the shrink
age in salaries paid by private individu-
ais and corporations.
Mr.. Donnelly said the poverty of the
people of the state demanded reduc-
ton in some salaries. He was in recei pit
of many letters asking that reduction
he made in county salaries. He was not
opposed to the suggestion made by the
gentleman from Kantloyhi county, as
he believed that some salaries should he
cut more than 20 per cent, while 10 per
cent might be enough Of reduction in
some cases.
The French have a saying SAID he,
s'that to make an omelette it is neces-
sary to break some eggs. 1t may hurt
some people to make Il horizontal re-
duction in salaries, as some of them are
smaller than bank officials receive in
some cases.
Mr.. jacobson moved to strike out the
portion of the resolution suggesting Il
cut in salaries Of members of the legis-
lature.
'.There is no Use in prctending,' said
he, ..that we are going to vote for a bll
to cut our own salaries, am not dem
agogue enough to pretend to favor such a
measure. am not going t. vote for
any such bill"
Mr. Shell sent up substitute resolu
ton, the purport of which was to recon-
mend that the compensation of men,
bers of the Legislature be raised to $3.50
5per day.
!. A laugh went around the hall, when
this was referred to the committee on
legislative expenses.
Mr.. Douglas argued that some effort
should be made t. reduce salaries, but
that it should be made by bills directed
at particular offices, and not be an ON
nibus measure that would not he passed.
81 don't believe in such broad-sword
measures said he. "This resolution
should be withdrawn"
Mr.. Feig said that the days of special
legislation having passed, there was no
other course left but to pass general
bill. He believed that the people de-
manded the passage of some such meas
ure as that suggested by Mr.. Heimer-
dinger.
Mr.. Donnelly voucher for the integri-
ty aud honesty of the author of the res
olution, and said he should not be cassi-
fed as demagogue. He did not want
to see his resolution laughed down.
"He comes from section of the state
where they are fighting billiards, with
the thermometer 80 degrees below zero,''
said Mr.. Donnelly, "and is conscien-
: tious man. His people believe in reduc-
ing salarles.'
The jacobson amendment was agreed
to-, and the resolution adopted.
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