The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-24

hastings people 10 HUI CHdIS0 IUdI
President Gibbs would have padded
the committee in Anoka's favor, but
they do delicately insinuate that Presi-
| dent Gibbs is not unappreciative of
| the supremacy Of Senator Knatvold IN
Freedom county politics. and Senator
Knatvold is one of Anoka's most loyal
adherents. That is all they say.
The promoters Of charges against
Labor Commissioner Powers gladdened
the hearts of the committee last even
ing by announcing that they had rest
| ed their case, and in view Of Mr..
| Evans assurance that two evenings
| testimony should be sufficient for the
| committee, there seems to be good
reason to believe that the thing may
be thrown back into the senate within
two weeks, which will bring it some
| little time before the final adjourn
ment.
There was nothing Sensational in the
testimony Of the final evening of the
| promoters Factory Inspector Mayo
was the first witness called. He said
| he had been with the labor department
since 1893, and that he had examined
% factories in May of that year, % in
June, 80 in July, II in August, % in
| September, rs in October, AZ in NoVem-
| Der, and 10 in December. In this time
he Travelled about 1900 miles. He was
asked about the practice in case Of
|
with factory owners. 1t had not been
found necessary to prosecute any own
! erS outside of Hennepin county.
His attention was called to Owens &
Co.'S factory on which it had been re-
! ported that an order to construct
fire escape had not been complied with.
| He had since satisfied himself that the
| escape was not necessary.
He was also asked about the Nc
| Kusick-Copelin, Hinkle & Co., and
| others. In the former case he had re-
| ported that they had not complied
| with an order to put automatic gates
| at the elevator matches. This, he ex-
| planned, the law didn't require but
was designed to induce them to put on
! some safety device.
In the Hinkle mill, the orders could
not be complied with while the mill
| was in operation.
The Reed & Rattan company was
! cited as another case of dereliction. but
Mr. Mayo said that the company had
moved out 40 days after rather than
go to the expense of a fire escape
Mr.. Mayo said he was gone eleven
days on the Rainy lake trip. Drew
his salary from the state.
Henry Ekman, formerly connected
with the bureau of statistics, was the
next witness. He was engaged in the
! collection Of probate court, tax and
mortgage statistics. Some of the tables
! prepared by him were used in Farmer
| Hayseed." He was paid by the state at
| 81 900 year.
| He was also on the Rainy lake ex-
| petition. He was not sure the tables
! had been used on Farmer Hayseed."
Frank CaSSeriy was recalled and ask
! ed about factory inspection at the St.
Paul White Lead and Oil company,
which had not been complied with;
the Northwestern Steam Dye Works;
/ NvJaip q to-
Laundry; Albion flats electric plant;
Guiterman Bros. and others, in which
cases it was reported that the orders
had not been complied with. He said
he did all he could to enforce the law
! but could not fully do so.
DIR. Cole asked why the Guiterman
shafting had not been covered. Mr..
| Casserly said he did not know.
Miss Kate Heating, whose sister was
! injured by having her dress caught in
! the shafting left uncovered in the
! Guiterman factory, was asked about
! the accident. Mr.. Evans objected.
The promoters then rested their case,
! but Mr.. Evans recalled Frank Valesh
! for cross examination in relation to
! the compilation Of tax statistics. He
wanted, he said. to correct the i'm
! preston that had been given in his
! previous testimony that the publication
! of these statistics was withheld ana
! it appeared that the statistics revealed
something Of nature dangerous to the
railroads in that they We're not paying
! their share of the taxes.
This was cleared up and then a
doubtful state Of affairs in the probate
! collection was similarly elucidated.
A few minutes was then spent in ar
! ranging for the continuance of the
! inquiry and it was agreed that the
committee should meet Friday evening
! at 1870, when the defense will begin
| its testimony.
! 1t is probable that a bill will be in
trOduced either in connection with or
| separate from the report Of the con-
mittee, recommending the cutting down
of the force and appropriation of the
| labor bureau about 80 per cent, which
| Will confine it entirely to the factory in
! SpectlOn and labor statistical work and
prevent the continuance of any Offens-
! i've semi-partisan publications.
Representative Foss was a visitor IN
the senate yesterday. The senate had
number of visitors. and the fact
might not have been noticed that the
representative from Wendell was there
| had it not been for his fOTcible express
! sion to Senator Ringdal, Of Polk of his
| FOss) entire disapprOval of the Polk
| county senator's course. Mr. FOss will
! be remembered as the author Of a bill
! which aimed to prevent young women
! from MASKING casehardened cOnvicts by
sending them bOUqets, tinted bilIets
| douX, and, mayhap, chocolate creams
! with skeleton keys in them. Senator
! Ringdahl is prOSaic. He is a Populist
! He occasionally reads a freight tariff
| with interest. and is more or less IA
miliar with grain prices, but the near
! est he ever got to the romantic is the
! beatitiC vision which iliumined the soul
! of William Jennings Bryan for several
| months last season. When the Foss
flower bill came up, Senator Jones
! moved that it be recommended to pass
! He did not dwell on it a great while
but he did make a bluff Senator Ring
DIAL moved as a substitute that the bill
be indefinitely postponed. Incidentally.
! he expressed the opinion that to pre-
vent Wide-awake American woman
! from dispOsing of her superf1uOus stock
OF sympathy in any old place she wanted
to was nothing more nor less than :,
! relic of barbariSm, and it was a SIR
prise to him that any legislative body
Of standing, which the senate admit
| teddy was. should give such a fool bill
any serious consideration. He was not
| surprised sufficiently to affect the ar-
! ton of his heart, however, for the SEN
ate only dwelt on it during the forty
five seconds of the Polk county mans
speech and then the knife already half
way through it was reversed. and from
gaping wound dripped the life blood
Of Representative Foss' dearest pet,
HASTINGS GETS IT