The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-04
VAN SAINT NOT READY
GOVERNORS MESSAGE WILL NOT
Be READ TO-
DAY
THE LEGISLATURE MUST WAIT
House Will Organize and Adjourn
Until Wednesday, When Gov
ernor Will Send Tax Re-
port to Legislature.

The legislative session will be cut short
today because the governor has not com
pleted his message. His excellency has
round II a disadvantage to have too many
friends whose wants are not all alike.
When Lieut.. Gov. Smith called on him
some weeks ago, he said he would put
the message off until the last part OF
last week, as it could be written hastily
But when the fifty odd delegates had
finished giving the governor their good
advice, and he sat down to incorporate
1t into his message he found out that it
was not so easy a task as it had looked
through the enchantment of distance.
The governor confided to Speaker Dowl-
ing yesterday that it would be almost i'm
possible to get the document ready in
time for the opening session Of the
legislature, and he begged Bowling to
adjourn the house as soon as organiza-
ton was perfected. This will be done,
and the governors message will be read
at a joint session of the two bodies on
Wednesday morning.
The session Of both branches this morn
ing will be very brief-just long enough
to give the chaplains a chance to earn
s.. The senate, being already organized
by resolution Of the last session, has
nothing to do but appoint a committee
to wait on the governor The house or
! oeNA41H-o (lOL1 Will 1IOI take IluCn longer
AS stated in another column, Speaker
Bowling is speaker by virtue Of his cleo
ton at the last session. ands only the
other officers Of the house need be elected
again. This will not take long as the
old officials will all be reelected by reso-
luton, with two exceptions. George H.
Spear, of Brainerd, first assistant clerk
OF the last session will not be here this
session and another clerk will be elected
in his n13PP johnson oP
apo1is will be elected assistant sergeant
ta-arms in place Of Ward F. Gray, of
Minneapolis, who L. out Of the state.
Speaker Bowling says he will reappoint
all the old committees to save time, and
II special committees afterward become
necessary he will appoint them as the
exigency arises.
The house will adjourn Immediately
upon organization, out Of memory to late
Representative John w. Terry, of Meek
err county.
There has been considerable discussion
as to what would happen to those mem
bers who have moved into new districts
since the last election. Nothing at all
will be done. Several senators come
under this head, it is said, and there has
been a belief that some of them could
not serve. The senate is the boss Of
its own business, and if the senate votes
to retain these men, once they are in,
they remain, and cannot be disturbed
1t is not likely that the senate would
ever vote to throw out a member who
had served through one session.
Gov. Van SAINT, it Is understood, in his
message, will intimate that the tax law
may be improved by amendment He
will also favor the retention of the $1CO
exemption clause
Senator A. w. Stockton will present the
tax bill i'll the senate, and J. f. Jacobson
will perform the same service in the
house. Jacobson will be one Of the star
fighters for the passage Of the law. Gov
Van SAINT after a conference with some
thirty members Of the legislature is Sc
remedy confident that the bill will pass in
satisfactory shape. He said yesterday:
THE situation suits me. 1 have not q
worry on my mind