The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-22
GOV. CLOUGH'S SIGNATURE WITH
HELD FROM THE SPERRY
PRINTING BILL
STATE OFFICERS FRETTING,
LEST THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABIE
TO GET THEIR REPORTS
PRINTED.
He Signs u Bill In Spite of Its Sina-
ilarity to the old Pharmacy
Law.

Gov. ClOugh yesterday signed the bill
FORGETTING the land grant of the Duluth
& Iron Range railroad, and it is ex-
pected that he will treat it's compan-
ion bill for the commencement of legal
proceedings similarly, but up to last
night he had not as yet attached his
signature to the Sperry printing bill,
which proposes to limit the amount of
printing done for the state to $4,000
annually. This bill takes a crimp in
the literary ambitions of L. G. Pow
ers and sundry other state functionar-
les who have been wont to write pom
derous tones for publication at the
states expense, and, as a result, these
people have been bringing considerable
pressure to bear on the governor, in
the hope of inducing him to veto the
bill. Secretary Of State Berg, who has
been practically the head of the print
ing commission under the old law, is
against the new bill, and it is said
that he and State Expert Printer Whit
ney have notified the heads of depart
ments, whose reports have not yet been
printed by reason of the exhaustion
or the old fund, that the reports will
not, in view Of the bill recently passed,
be published at ALL Naturally these
aspiring authors are somewhat taken
back, and they are waylaying the gov
ernor at every opportunity in the cor
ridors or in the dark corners of the
state house. So far as can be learned,
however, the best consolation that they
have received from his excellency is the
suggestion that it would have been a
ORC nol hOt1 i L
lot of trouble if they had hustled
around and beaten the bill before it
came to him for signature. This, Of
course, is not a refusal to submit the
bill to his pocket Veto" but it is not
strictly speaking, an encouraging re-
ply.
While the governor cleared away
about three score of new bills from
his table yesterday, as revealed by the
list published elseW here in this paper,
he still has two or three hard days
work before him If he attempts to
study and sign the remainder of the
measures passed by the session just adj
journed. In addition, within the next
few days, he must appoint the various
cent legislation, including the barber
commissioners, veterinary surgical ex-
aminers and commissioners to license
the plumbers, horseshoers and other
| crafts. No appointments have been an
nounced in any Of these lines as yet,
and it is not likely that they will begin
| to come in less than a week, as there
are reported to be a number Of con-
tests for the coveted places In re-
spect to the first named craft, the bar
bers, some speculation has arisen as to
whether or not the governor will fol-
low the strict letter of the law, al
though he signed it yesterday The bill
provides that one Of the three COM
missiOners to be appointed under it
shall be chosen from among the can
didates recommended by such unions
Of the jOurneymen BARRIERS as shall
have been in existence in the state for
two years or more This is a limita-
ton of the power Of the governor al
most exactly in line with the provision
in the bill covering the state board Of
pharmacy, which his excellency de-
clared was unconstitutional and refus-
ed to obey, the senate sustaining him
therein. In spite of this, however, it
has gone on and passed this new bill,
and the speculation is now as to whe-
Their or not the governor will grant
the limitation in this law he signed
| himself any more consideration than
he did in the other case.
1t is currently reported that the bar
bers' unions Of the larger cities Of the
state have practically agreed to recon-
mend M. E. Murray, of this city, for
appointment on the commission, and
the friends of the latter are curiously
awaiting the result of the governor 8
deliberations.
The governor also has to appoint a
new judge for the new Eighteenth
judicial district, consisting Of Anoka,
Wright and Isanti counties, which
hitherto have been a sort Of tail on a
Hennepin county kite.