New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-01-18


lowing committees in the senate: En-
rellment, Hospital for Insane, Municipal
Corporations, Printing, Education, Uni
vsrsity and University Lands. He was
also made chairman of the committee
on immigration.
Speaker Dare announced the House
committee Wednesday last week. Rep
resentative Heimerdinger has been put
on the following: Municipal Legislation
Temperance Legislation, State Training
School, Towns and Counties, Public
Health, Dairy and Food Products.
Senator johnson, Nicollet county, in-
troduced two bills in the senate last
Thursday. The first provides that the
boards of county commissioners turn ov-.
er the receipts of all liquor sales in
townships excepting those Incorporated
in towns. cities, villages and boroughs,
to the treasurers OF the school districts
in the towns.
The second provided that the discharge
of patients from insane asylums he left
to the discretion of the uperintendents.
Rep. Larsen has introduced a resolu-
tion in the house naming Albert Boblet-
er of New Ulm for assistant file clerk.
Gov. Lind sent the following nomina-
tions to the senate last Friday:
j.. J. Heinrich, of Minneapolis, to be
state oil Inspector.
F. w. johnson, of New Ulm, to be
state librarian.
George H. Goodrich, of Anoka, to be
member of the state board of pharmacy.
The appointments were Immediately
confirmed
Mr.. johnson has been the editor of the
Review for nine years past. He lef. for
St. Paul Monday morning where he held
short conference with the governor.
He left st. Paul the same day for Madl.
son, Wis, where he will stay the week
out gathering pointers. His friends all
know that he will ''fll the bill'' with
credit to himself and to the state.
The senate Thursday spent consider
able time in discussing the proposition
of Senator McGowan's to have the attor-
ney general draw up bill to introduce
in Minnesota the Torrens system. of
transferring and recording titles to real
estate.
There was some discussion after which
a resolution was adopted directing the
attorney general to investigate the Tor
rens system in Illinois and Massachusetts
and report in ten days.
Through the efforts of Senator DAILY
of Otter Tail county concurrent reso-
luton was passed in the senate last week
Ny uAdu1u1ouo NotC duCoUluS tllCIC lAC
Minnesota delegation in congress sup
port the proposition to change the Unit
ed States constitution to provide that
United States senators he elected by di-
rect vote of the people.
This was great surprise to everybody
the more so because there wasno deb ate
on the resolution. Some Of the legisla-
tors account for the occurrence by the
fact that the present senate is composed
of mparatively young men.
The members ofthe drainage commit
tee IN the senate are somewhat at outs
with each other. They will probably
ask an appropriation of 100000.
The trouble will arise when it comes
to determine where the money whatev-
er the amount-shall be used. There are
nine members on the committee, five of
whom come from the northern part of
There are large swamp districts in north
ern Minnesota and the members from
that locality think they have right to
demand tue major portion of the appro-
prlation. H.. s.-
The legislature has passed joint res
olution providing for the appointment
Of committee-nine representatives.
and four senator's to investigate the
much talkei-of crookedness in the grain
inspection department and also in the
sale of twine made at the prison. The
committee was appoin ted last week.
At this writing it is impossible to
know anything about the senatorial
election The fusionists have been CROP
ing in tie dark for some time and it. is
hoped that they will soon come to an