The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-06

Inspector on n Salary-AnOtIler
General OF Logs and Lumbr-
Prison Irvine Plant the Subject of
Another.
If there are to be aught but pleasant
relations between the new governor
and the senate. which has a majority
strongly opposed to his political be-
Hefs, no such contingency was in
dicated yesterday by the supreme
courtesy with which the smaller
branch of the legislature treated the
appointments of GOV. Lind.
Last session it was the custom 20
lay over appointments a day and then
TO consider them in executive session
in case any senator had notion to
oppose any appointment, but yester-
day the senate just put itself out to
help the new men along.
Gov. Lind sent in the following ap-
pOintments:
Edward NJ Pope, Mankato public examiner
and superintendent of banks, vice NJ. D.
kerr, oerm expired three years.
Peter VI. Ringdal, Crookston, member
railroad and warehouse commission, for three
years.
James NJ Bowler, dairy and food commits
sioner vice Berndt Anderson, term expired,
Tor Two years.
Martin T. McHale, Minneapolis. labor COM
missioner, vice L. G. Powers, term expired
two years.
a. c. Weiss, Duluth, member of state board
OF prison managers, vice 0. NJ. Hall term
expired, for five years.
Senator Greer moved that the sem
ate advise. consent to and confirm the
appointments. Adopted.
" hen the preliminaries had been
gone through. Senator Underleak call
ed up his resolution asking for the ap-
pOintment of seven pages at So a day,
and offered an amendment, making it
six pages at $3.50 a day.
Senator MCGOWAN offered an amend
n6nt. making the number five, but
the Underleak amendment prevailed
and the resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Senator Brewer called UP his reso-
luton providing for committee clerk
ships.
Senator McKusick opposed the reso-
luton. at least at this time, as it es-
tablished a bad precedent and one
which would not do the party a great
deal of good if it pushed through
resolution appointing clerks for COM
mittees that had not been named,
when not more than one of the clerks
would be needed for thirty days. When
the proper time came he would not
rebel.
Senator Brewer explained that the
resolution did not make any appoint
ment. but merely recommended the
several persons named be appointed
in the future.
Senator Young said it was a mean
ingless resolution for the senate to
adopt, recommending to itself today
what it viii do tomorrow. Its purpose,
he judged, was merely to commit the
senate to the appointment of clerks
for certain committees when they
were selected. and there were on that
list committees that had not had
clerks in the history of the senate.
The appointment of all clerks should
be referred to the committee on legis-
lative expenses. IF we go on the
plan which. it seems to me this reso-
luton indicates. this will be the
MOST .EXTRAVAGANT
legislature we have ever had"
Senator Collier wanted the words
i'for the session stricken from the
resolution. as it was evidently intend
z Gd to secure for the clerks in question
pay for the entire period. He thought
their compensation should date only
from the time they began work
Mr.. Young's motion to refer to the
committee on legislative expenses was
adopted and President Smith named
the following committee:
Legislative expenses, SlVr1ght, Miller,
ROVerud, McNamee, Stockwell, McKu-
sick, Jones. E. j.
The five temporary pages were per-
manently appointed, and Harry Cam
ming added to the list.
BOARD OF CONTROL FIGHT.
Senator Stockwell introduced a joint
resolution calling for the appointment
by the president and speaker Of a joint
: committee, consisting of three men,
: bers of the senate and four from the
house, five of them to be lawyers, and
not more than four of them to be of
airy one political party. The resolu-
ton apprcpriates $500 for the expenses