The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-01
Lind MN TURNED DOWN
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SENATE REFUSED TO CONFIRM
SEVERAL OF HIS AID INTERIM
APPDINTEES
sToCKwELL SCORED BARKER
Minneapolis Senator Made Some
Pointed Remarks as to the
Motives of the Man
From Isanti.
The senate worked two full hours yes

| The senate worked two full hours yes
| terday.
The special order, being the considera
| ton of former Gov. Linds recess APP
pointments, came up for discussion, and
then the fun began. Senator Collier
moved that their consideration be post
poned on account of the absence of SEN
| ator Schaller, who is ILL., and who has
! taken special interest in the matter.
| Senator Greer mentioned that he didn't
want any more delay in confirming some
| of the appointments. Senator Johnson
moved to amend by excepting from the
list those to whom there was any ob1ec-
ton, for future consideration, then pre-
| coed to the consideration of the re-
mainder. Senator Collier withdrew his
motion Senator Daugherty ventured a
motion that the matter be laid over until
next Thursday morning at II O'Clock,
which motion was lost by a vote of 26 70
! %.
Senator Johnson moved the considera-
| ton of the list minus the names object
| ed to- which motion carried.
| Senator Barker asked that the name of
| Gustave Wahlund of Isanti county.
member of the board of corrections and
| charities be excepted from the list.
| Senator Reeves moved the exception of
Leslie Welter, of Moorhead, member of
the reformatory board Senator Jones, ].
| D., moved the exception of the name of
! A. H. Hendricl<son, of Otter Tail county,
from the board of equalization, and Sen
ator Shell wanted John E. King except
| ed.
| WAHLUND THEIR Bette NOIR,
Senator Jones moved that committee
! of five be appointed to consider the mat
! ter of excepting the names mentioned,
and report to the senate Senator Dart
favored the molten, as did a majority Of
| the Democratic members. Senators John
| son, Young, Dalyt and Stockwell opposed
| the appointment of a committee, Senator
DAILY stating that het would rather hear
the statements OF the men under discus
sion first hand. Senator Stockwell stated
| that the gentlemen should be given a
| hearing, and warmly replied to the re-
marks made by Senator Barker In sup
porting his motion to- except the name of
! Rev. Mr.. Wahluad.
II have served in Gthe house with Mr..
| Wahlund,' he said, and I have never
found him other than an honorable, up
! right gentleman He may be slow of
| speech and action. but he was not too
slow to make it almighty hot for the
senator from Isanti, in his race for the
| senate. He may be slow in speech, but
| he is quick to think and fearless in the
expression of his views. He was a Re-
publican, when a member of the house.
For reasons which appear to him good
and sufficient, he is not now a Repup-
lean. He is pastor of the Swedish LuUh-
eran church at Spring Dale, not an
! ignorant man II any sense, and the fact
| that he differs politically from the sena-
tor Should not be sufficient to constitute
reasons for the refusal of this body to
ratify his appointment
Senator Barker responded with some
| heat, and remarked that he had no idea
| that the senator from Hennepin would
make personal matter of it.
ROVERUD ROSE ABOVE PARTY.
Senator Barker was sustained on roll
call by a vote of "a to II, on party lines
/ except that Senator Roverud voted with
| the minority. Absent and not voting were
Senators Ives, MCGOWAN, McKusick,
| Sivright, Schaller, Thompson, Brewer,
| Greer, Halvorson, Nixon and Sheehan.
| Senator j. d. Jones, in moving the eX-
| ception of A. H. Henrckson's name from
the list, said that he had been petitioned
A.. by large number of taxpayers from his
district, and from those of Senators Daily
and Brewer, to oppose the confirmation
| of that gentleman, He said Mr.. Hend-
| rickson was not regarded as a fit man for
the place on that important board, and
| stated that he wis1edlto make known his
| regard for the appointments of Gov.
Lind, which were generally very capable
| ones. They had been made with due re-
| gard to fitness and the public good.
81 believe" he said.l that ex-Gov. Lind
! was actuated blythe highest motives in
! the selection of his appointees, but no
man is infallible, and very few mis-
| takes were made. / believe and the peo-
] pie of his home believe that a mistake
was made in the appointment of Mr..
! Hendrckson. 1 favored the appointment
| of a committee TO look into the matter
that he and the others mentioned might
| appear in their own behalf. I regret that
| the motion did not carry
The appointment was rejected by a vote
of ~ to 10, Senator Steckwel1 Oem.) stat
! ing that he had opposed the appointment
| of Mr.. Hendrickson, and was in favor of
| the Jones' notion
Senator Reeves moved for the excepting
| of Leslie Welter, of Clay county, mem
| Der of the reformatory board. Senator
| Brewer came to Mr.. Welter's rescue and
spoke warmly in his behalf. Senator
| Reeves withdrew his motion, and Mr.
| Weiter's name was not excepted.
Senator Shell moved that John E. King,
| of the state board of equalization, be
not confirmed Senator Johnson was on
| his feet in an instant and warmly de-
| Tended his brother editor, stating that
| he had known Mr. King as a fair-minded
noble, honorable man for a number of
years. Mr.. King is editor of the Mobiles
| county democrat.
Senator Miller, in explaining his vote,
which was against the Shell notion stat
ed in a plaintively humorous way that
| he had had as many unpleasant expert
| ences with the Democratic editor under
| discussion as had the senator from
| Mobiles, but that he would not vote
| against his confirmation on that ground,
| and upon investigation could find no
| other. Senator Ryder, for old times sake,
having worked with Mr.. King years ago,
asked to be excused. His request was
| granted. Mr.. King was excepted from
| the list of those approved by a vote of
SO to 49,, many senators not voting.
| Adjournment was taken Immediately
after the disposition of the recess APP
! pointments until this morning.
| The substitute introduced by the senate
| judiciary committeed, for the Stockwell
| memorial and the house memorial, was
passed yesterday3under suspension of the
| rules. and now congress has the unani-
nous. expressed opinion of the Minnesota
legislature that United States senators
should be elected by the direct vote of
the people, since just before adjournment
| the chief clerk 81 the house announced
| that the house had c6ncurred in the SUBJ
| stitute memorial
Senator Horton introduced bill pro-
viding for the appointment of a state
| board of osteopathic examiners to exam
| inc applicants for degrees and to issue
licenses for practice. The bill was intro
| duced by requests and it is said that a
counter bill will rbeO drafted and intro
duced shortly by old-line doctors or ply
SicianS