The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-16
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
The transactions of the Lawmakers at
81 PAULA Short Summary of
the Regular Routine.

| the Regular Routine.
st. Paul, Jan. 6.-The thirty-third leg
| islature OF the state of Minnesota began
| as an existing body at noon today.
/ Yesterday marked the beginning Of a
session which will be eagerly watched by
the voters of the state and its enactments
| and omissions will be closely scrutinized
| by all.
| There was nothing spectacular about
| the opening of either house. Lieutenant
| Governor Jones found some roses on
his desk. but this was the extent of any
| decorative attempt. The routine Of swear
| ing in tho members and electing officers
was performed in the same manner as
| for many years back. But one slight diff
| ference was noted in the swearing in Of
the house members, who this time took
their oath in squads of ten.
| The house caucus did not finish it's
business Monday night, and was contin-
ued yesterday morning. Everything be-
fore the caucus had been decided upon
during the night, so there was virtually
nothing for the caucus to do except adopt
the report of its committee.
| DR.. Babcock, of Wadena, being elected
speaker the house organized as follows:
| Chief clerk, Julius A. Schmahl, Red
wood Falls, reelected.
First assistant clerk, Adolph E. john
son, Minneapolis.
Enrolling clerk, Frank A. Holcomb, st.
| Paul.
Second assistant clerk, Knute o. San
dunn, Bricelyn, reelected.
Engrossing clerk, w. A. Gullick, Min
| neapolis.
Sergeant-at-arms E. Tanning, Stewart
vile.
| Assistant sergeant-at-arms. r. s..
Lerch, Duluth.
| Postmistress, Mrs Adele M. Van Smith,
| st. Paul.
| Assistant .postmistress, Mrs. M. A.
SOule, Litchfield.
Chaplain, Rev. Robert Forbes, Duluth.
The thirty-third session of the senate
| was opened at noon precisely by Lieut.
| Gov. Ray w. Jones, who after calling the
| body to order, spoke in part as follows:
II am fully mindful of the responsible
ity of my position as the presiding officer
| Of the senate and am deeply sensible of
my lack of legislative experience and
| knowledge of parliamentary procedure
/ but l will endeavor to discharge my du-
| ties honestly and fearlessly and will ex
| pedite business in every way.
1T will be my effort to treat every
| senator courteously and 1 look for SIM
liar consideration from the members of
this body"
| Senator Hitler H. Horton of ST Paul.
| was then named to act as temporary Sec
| rotary and only two members failed to
respond to the roll call. These were SEN
ator Durant and Schaller. but they ar
rived in time to take the oath admins
tered to the several districts in numerical
| order by Chief Justice Start of the state
| supreme court.
Rules-Senators E. e. Lord, Smith,
Hawkins, Pugh, Somerville, Shell, Hor-
| ton, Brewer, Schaller.
| Mileage-Senators Collester, Cole, Col
| Ter.
Senators Wilson, Ward and Thompson
were appointed a committee to arrange
for joint meeting of both bodies for the
| purpose of hearing the governors mes
sage, and the first named, when the noti-
| fication from the house was read announc-
| ing that this morning at 1880 had been
decided upon by the members of that
| body, entered an informal protest, con-
| tending that common courtesy would sug-
gest that the convenience of the governor
and the senate might at least be first
consulted, before the time was fixed.
ST. Paul, Jan. LESS than ten mir
utes sufficed for all the business coming
before the senate yesterday. The roll call
was hurried through, and when the order
of business was read out, it was received
! with silence.
! Then Senator Brewer introduced the
| first bin Of the session, providing for
the appropriation of $15O,O0O for the ex-
penses of the session. Under suspension
of rules, the bill received its third reading
in less than one minute, 46 votes being
recorded in its favor.
! The lieutenant governor announced the
appointment of seven pages, as follows:
George Brandt, st. Paul; Max j. Levi,
Minneapolis; Fred Williams, Minneapolis;
Henry Korngable, st. Paul; Raymond
/ Ornberg, Grove City; J. Wackman, De-
| troit, and Robert Olson, Willmar.
| This completed the routine proceedings,
and the senate waited nearly twenty min
utes until Chief Clerk SchmeH of the
informa ton that that body was waiting to
meet in joint session. for the purpose of
hearing the governors message read.
Both branches adjourned.
! st. Paul, Jan. S.--The legislature fin
ished all preliminary work this morning
and both houses settled down to real
work. Four bills were introduced in the
senate and like number in the house
and, having gone this far, both bodies
adjourned until Monday night.
/ The senate session was quiet one and
lasted but short time. In the house the
report of the committee on rules stirred
up some opposition from an unexpected
source. The report provided for an in
crease in the number of house employees
and Representative Haugland was much
opposed to it. The report was adopted,
with but four votes cast against it.
Senator Wilson introduced a bill pro-
viding for the submission of a similar tax
amendment to that which was lost at the
last election. Senator Gjertsen's bill alb
rogateS the rule which permits the man
agement of the soldiers home to require
old soldiers to pay the home portion of
their pensions.
The renort Of the committee on rules
was the first business of the house. The
Joint rules of the last legislature were
adopted. The old house rules were adopt
, ad with two changes in rules 81 and 63.
| Four bills were Introduced, the first by
| Representative Johnson. 1t provides for
| the abolition of the system of working
out" road taxes and provides that the tax
| shall be paid in cash. The Good Roads
| ure.
| Representatives Haugland and Gandrud
each introduced bill providing that sep
| arate colored ballots shall be used when
| constitutional amendments are before the
| voters at election. This is part of a rec
/ ommendation contained in the governor S
| message, and it is hoped by this change
! to get sufficient votes an amendment
| to pass it. Heretofore the great majority
| of voters overlooked the amendments en-
| tirely.
Representative Gandrud also intro
| duced a bill relative to the loaning of
| money from the permanent school and
| university funds to cities, towns and