The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-16
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
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q. Paul. Jan. 6.-The thirty third leg
isleture of the state Of Minnesota began
rs an existing body at noon today
Yesterday marked the beginning OF
session which will be eagerly watched BY
the voters Of the state and its enactments
and omissions will be closely scrutin1zeu
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 the members and electing omcers
was performed In the same manner az
! for many years back. But one slight dif-
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 tts
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 organised as follows:
| Chief clerk, julius A. schmahl. Red
wood Falls, reelected: .s,.. = ,oh,.
Enrolling clerk, Frank A. Holconb. st.
Second assistant clerk. Knute o. San
dunn, Bricelyn, reelected. ,. ,r,.,
] Engrossing clerk. w. A. Gullick, Min
| neapolis.
Assistant serseant-at-arms. R. q.
| Lerch, Duluth.
Pestmlstress. Mrs. Adele M. Van Smith,
Assistant postmistress. Mrs. NJ. A.
Chaplain. Rev. Robert Forbes. Dulutn.
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 responsibil-
| ity OF my position as the presiding ohcer
| Of the senate and am, deeply sensible O!
my lack Of legislative experience and
Of aT
ties honestly and fearlessly and will. ex-
pedite business In every way.
1T will be my effort to t treat It. every
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 q committee to arrange
for joint meeting Of both bodies for the
purpose Of hearing the governors mes
sage, and the first named, when the notl-
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 su$-
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 min
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 bill Of the session, providing for
the appropriation Of $4,000 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
Grove RoSsrt c ny;on wii1aq De-
This completed the routine proceedings.
and the senate waited nearly twenty min
utes until Chief Clerk schman OF ne
meet in joint session, for the purpose OF
hearing the governors message read
Both branches adjourned.
st. Paul, Jan. s.-The legislature fin
ished ali preliminary work this morning
and both houses settled down to real
senate and a like number in the house
adjourned until Monday night;
| Inc senate S0SSlON WAS u 4u1SS oA0 e..A~
lasted but q 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
and Representative Haugland was much
opposed to it. The. report was vas. ADOPTED
senator Wilson INTRODUCED q a,I bi1l pro- re.
amendment to that which was lost at the
last election. Senator Gjertsen's bill ab-
l rrea tea fhe rule which permits the man.
agement Of the soldiers home to REQUIRE
old soldiers to pay the home a portion o.
The report Of the committee on rules
was the first business Of the house. The
Joint rules Of the last legislature ad were
ed With two changes, in rules g and 6;
Four bills were introduced. the first by
Representative Johnson. 1t provides to1
the abolition Of the system Of *w .Sn I'M
shall be paid in cash. The Good Roads
Association is responsible for this meas
ure.
Representatives Haugland and Ganarud
each introduced bill providing that sep
arate colored ballots shall be used. when
institutional amendments are before the
| .,oxoSo az o1oo<lou This ia mart Of a rec