The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
TURNED DOWN.
Several OF Lind's Appointees
Fall by the Wayside.
App GrtiOnment Comm ittee Now Named
and the House Wing will Oppose
Disturbing Present Conditions,

day passed upon the recess appoint
ments of Gov. Lind. Three of them
were turned down, and four confirm
ed. Those rejected were Rev. Gustaf
Whalund on the state board of chart
ties and corrections and J. E. King
and Andrew H. Hendrickson, members
of the state board of equalization,
Senate bills were increased from 81
to SO, and those of the house from 1873
to 140.
/ In the house the Blair Mahood con-
test was reported upon by the committee
on elections, the majority report favor
ed the unseating of Mahood, while the
minority report opposed it. The re-
port was made the order of business
for the house today.
The joint drainage committee pre-
sented bill, favored by the whole
seventh district, providing for the ap-
pointment of drainage commission,
consisting of the governor, auditor and
secretary of state, and appropriating
800, 900 TO be used in the next two
years in improving the drainage sys-
tenn, of the Red river valley.
To relieve the embarrassm ent of
secretaries of state in connection with
their incidental expenses, Senator
Greer introduced bill allowing the
secretary of state $400 for incidental
expenses during 1901, and 1000 per
year thereafter.
The Judiciary committee submitted
a substitute for S. F.. 8, providing that
divorces shall be determined in the
| county in which the action was begun,
but the presiding judge may order
change of venue.
The following bills were passed
Senator Wilson bill, S. F. 10, relat-
ing to preparation and settlement of
bills of exception; : Senator Golfers
bill, S. F. 81, relating to notice to
creditors
At the request of the State Ban kers
association, Senator Horton of ST.
Paul presented bill relating to nego-
table paper. The proposed law is
similar to measures in neighboring
states. 1t abolishes days of grace.
Senator Horton introduced a bill
by request of the osteopaths creating
state board of osteopathic examiners
of five members to be appointed by the
overnor, to examine applicants and
issue licenses for practice. The old
schools will introduce substitute
bill, which recognizes osteopathy, but
simply gives the osteopaths one mem
bers of the present roard, and requires
them to take the state medical ex-
animation. The osteopaths oppose this
on the ground that the old school
members of the board would be apt to
discriminate against osteopaths in
marking their papers.
The house passed the Wilson bill,
amending section 1919 of the general
statures of 1894, relating to the
duties of the supreme court reporter.
There is projected scheme for
proper edition of the roads and bridge
laws. Mr.. johnson introduced bill
naming Charles J. Draxler of Henepin
county as commissioner to revise the
work. Mr.. Draxler is to be paid 5000
and 2, 500 copies of the book are to be
printed by the state printer.
Mr.. Sweet proposes constitutional
amendment that will leave the term
of judges of probate to be fixed by
law.
Representative Hickey's bill relat-
ing to appeals from the municipal
court found hard Shedding in the judi
ciary committee. A strong protest
came from Minneapolis and the bill
was referred back to the author for
amendment Mr.. Hickey said: 81
have not heard any valid objections to
my bill I shall make some amend
ments, but do not say that I will
limit its operation to Ramsey county.
The country members favor the bill. F"
The house judiciary committee rec
commended for passage a bill authoriz-
ing probate judges to set apart money
from an estate for the erection of a
monument, amending the bill so as to
limit the cost of the monument to $50.
The Laybourn bill, creating a board
of five members to revise and codify
the tax laws, was favorably acted upon
by the house committee on appropri |
ations.
Speaker Bowling announced his re- !
apportionment committee list yester- |
day morning. The minority was re-
cognized in the person of one mem
Der, William Butler, of the fourth con-
gressional district. In the house this |
leaves Charles S. Schurman, of st. |
Paul. the only Republican from the |
fourth district
The house committee is very pro-
nouncedly -reapportionemnt COM
mittee. 1t will insist upon nine dis
tricts that do not disturb present con-
ditions more than is imperative ly |
necessary.
Speaker Dowling's appointees were
W. B. Anderson, chairman; FL. r. !
Hymes and w. w. Gait, first district (
]. F. jacobson, Thomas Torson and
James Larson, second district; Gun !