The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-26
LIST CLOSED.
Senate Gets Started and Is
Ready For Business.
A New Division as to Politics, and Con
stituents Made, the Republicans
Having Small Majority.

The senate of the state OF Blue
Earth held it's second session Friday
evening, and after this will meet every
alternative Friday evening at the Y.
M. C. A. rooms. The last opportu'
nifty for joining was given that night,
and the senate will have forty-eight
members Under the tutelage of
Senator Barr, it is expected that great
progress will be made in parliament
tary practices, debate and the study
of questions of public interest.
The senators were given new dis
tricts by lot, and were also assigned
to political parties by lot, 50 that the
Republicans have nice working ma
jority with a membership of p,
against II Democrats, 6 Populsts and
Prohibtionists. The drawing of
seats will occur at the next meeting.
Senator Peterson called up his resO-
luton for the employment of two
pages at 81 day, and a lively debate
occurred on an amendment to reduce
the pay to $3.50 a day, which Was
carried by narrow majority. The
resolution then went through, and
the pages will be appointed at the
next meeting.
A communication was received
from the house Of representatives,
through Chief Clerk Moffat, that il
had organized and al pointed a COM
mittee to wait on the governor and
inform him that it was ready for
business. The senate appointed
similar committee, Senators Soaring,
Barnard and Roblee, which performed
its duty.
Senator Hughes resolution favoring
arbitration between the United
States and England was Indefinitely
postponed by large majority, with
out debate.
Senator Morr son introduced reso-
luton thai the senate do not endorse
the action 81 the supreme court in
prohibiting the sale Of liquor to In
dians, alu this went over under the
rules. notice of debate having been
given.
On motion of Senator Peterson, the
following resolution introduced by
Senator Moffat was made a special
order for the next session:
Resolved, by the Senate, the House
cOncurriDg, that the state board Of
corrections and charities be and il
hereby Instructed to investigate the
system of caring for the insane by
counties, now in operation in Wis
cOnsin and elsewhere, and report its
findings to the next session OF the
legislature.
This will probably draw out an in
teresting debate.
President Emerson announced the
appointment of the following stand
ing committees:
Judiciary-A. o. Eberhart, chm,
J. r Snow, E. E. Soaring, @ L. Ken
nedy, Geo. Beise.
Flnance-Roy Hudson, chm. Guy
Currier, J. II. Moore, f. L. Stephan,
r. Holmes.
The remaining committees will be
announced later.
Senator Barr announced that he or
others would give talks to the senate
at the beginning of each meeting,
VI On such suit jects as the following:
"The Demagogue," Money or Or
ruption in the Legislature" "The
Talking Legislator" "The Two
Houses" "Eugrossing and Enrolling,"
SPACES and File Clerks" Senator
Morrison, who was page in the legis-
lature OF 1891, will address the senate
on the last named subject at the next
session. Senator Peterson, who has
been clerk in two legislatures, will
later speak upon the next to the last
subject.
The permanent list of senators,
with their counties, districts and par
g.