The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-01-20

Slmlldr TO tndU III inc senate was lQCrO- |
duced in the house.
st. Paul, Jan. Ex-senator Sheehan
is still mad, and when Lieut.. Gov.
Gibbs announced the committee on mu-
nicipal corporations today his name
did not appear as chairman or any
where else. Just how much Sheehan's
refusal to serve will be grief and
damage to Gibbs is something no fell
lah can find out" at this writing. There
is row on between the senate and the
house relative to the size of the reap
portionment committee. Senator Stew
ems offered resolution providing for a
committee composed of nine from the
senate and eighteen from the house.
The house passed a resolution giving
the senate seven members and taking
fourteen for itself. Now the senate is
mad about the excessive number of
the house members, and amended the
joint resolution of the house giving the
senate fourteen also. In this shape it
goes back to the house for continue
ton of the contest. The most import
ant bills offered in the senate today
were duplicates of those offered in the
yCSCCIddy, hdlhC1y "A JILL w AO0
peal the struck jury law and also to al
low state banks other than savings
banks to demand sixty-day notices
from time depositors before paying
back their funds.
The speaker made good many
hearts glad in the house this morning
by announcing thirteen appointments
of clerkshlps, doorkeepers, ETC., as well
as those of seven pages. While this
brought happiness to twenty, in the
aggregate, it would be safe to add two
ciphers to those figures to indicate the
mum Der to whom it brought unhappi-
ness. But the world is too large for
every body to be happy. Eighteen APP
pears to be favorite number in the
house. as that was the number of bills
presented today, as well as yesterday.
None of the bills were of great import
ance, though many of considerable in
terest. One compels cities and all cor
porations to pay wages weekly, instead
of monthly; another gives three years
instead of one to enforce the mechan-
les lien; another repeats the law CIV
ing a bounty for the arrest of horse
thieves. AS there is a law suit after
nearly every arrest of horse thief to
determine who saw him first, great
bone of contention will be removed if
this repeal bill passes. Mr.. Donnelly's
resolution to investigate the action of
Auditor Braden in relinquishing the
right of the state to the Mountain Iron
lands on the Mesaba range was passed,
of course. The house could scarcely
do less after the issue was made. This
puts Donnelly in his element. The
only change made in the resolution
was to make the Investigating COM
mittee smaller, it now being limited to
four senators and seven representa-
tives. The committee may find that
mistake has been made on the part of
the state officials, but it is not at all
probable the state can take the land
back. any more than the man who
deeds property for consideration, and
is sorry for it afterwards, can recall
the act and again assume possession.
There are some things which become
everlastingly too late to correct, but
the finding out may prevent its hap
pening again.
st. Paul, Jan. 15.-The recent APP
pointment of DIR. Reynolds to succeed
DIR. Hewitt on the state board of health
was the occasion for an animated ex-
ecutlve session today. The friends of
DIR. Hewitt classify DIR. Reynolds as
horse doctor, while DIR. Reynolds
friends style him a veterinary surgeon
with superior meteorological qualifca-
tions. 1t may be necessary for the
mem bers of the senate to call in DIR.
Reynolds as their personal physician
before being able to determine whether
he should be confirmed or not.
Organized labor made itself felt in
the senate today by the passage of the
resolution ordering an investigation of
the state labor bureau. There was
quite contest upon the question, but
whether the majority of the senators
really favored the investigation or not.
they evidently did not like to go on
record as opposing the demand of the
labor forces. Hence the resolution
passed with only twelve negative votes
and there will quite likely be dozen
regretful senators in some future cam
paign. 81
Senator Theden, of Minneapolis, evil
IDENTIFY regards our election law defect
i've, for he introduced ten different bills
today, each one amending the election
law. If he should succeed in passing
them it would be necessary to drop the
term Australian System" in referring
to our ballot and style it the ''Theden
System" All of the other senators
combined only introduced nine bills,
and none of them were of great mo-
ment. Lieut.. Gov. Gibbs has found
craftsmanship for Senator Sheehan af-
ter all. He has placed him at the head
Of the committee appointed to investi-
gate the labor bureau. If Sheehan &C
cepts. this will break the ice which
was heavily CONCEALED by the judiciary
committee incident.