The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-13
BABCOCK
ST. PAUL MEN
AT HELM
Appropriations, Municipal
Legislation and Printing,
Three of the Most Impor-
tant House Chairmanships
Are Given Tighe, Chin
mock and Lennon.

st. Paul men will preside over the
house committee on appropriations,
municipal legislation and printing
three of the most important commit
tees Of the house
Ambrose Tfghe gets the chair of the
appropriations committee; Chinook
draws municipal legislation, and Wal
ter Lemon will head the committee on
printing. Speaker Babcock will prob
ably announce his committee assign
ments today. They were expected last
night, but the speaker still had a few
changes in mind, and declined to give
out more than the chairmen until to-
day.
The selections made for chairman OF
th1rty-nine of the ffty-four commit
tees, however, indicates that DR.. Bah
cock Is going to organize the house
along practical lines, and that the
hight for the speakership is, SO far as
he is concerned, forgotten. Personal
fitness of the men and their geographic
cal location is indicated in every Sc
lection given out. The chairmen an
nounced are:
Three for St. Paul.
Appropriations, Tighe, Ramsey; iu-
dietary Stevenson, Hennepin; rail-
roads W. A. Nolan, Mower; public
lands, Deming, Hepnepin; education.
Anderegg, LIE Sueur; municipal legis-
Iauon, Chinook, Ramsey; military af-
fairs, Bouck, Morrison; corporations
other than municipal Fryberger. Hen
nepin; state prison and reformatory,
Soule, Washington; grain and ware
house, Hugo, ST. Louis; hospitals for
insane Larson, Grant; state and nor
mai schools, Graham st. Louis; state
training schools, Putnam, Goodhue;
roads and bridges. johnson, Hennepin;
banks, Smith, Hennepin; printing.
Lemon, Ramsey; elections. Cole, Cass;
public buildings, Lewis, r. T., ST
Louis, rules and joint rules, Wilson,
Mobiles; state library Bennett, Polk;
mines and minerals. Budd, Lake; en-
grossment, Nolan, W. l., Hennepin;
legislative expenses, Jones. Otter Tail;
soldiers home, Randall, ST. Louis:
state public school, Morley, Steele;
logs and lumber, Rider, Morrison; pub
lie parks, Kinds, Hubbard; taxes and
tax laws, Wells, Wilkin university
and university lands, Gillette, Henne-
pin; geological and natural history
survey, Bosworth, Houston; towns and
counties, Hinton, Martin; game and
fish laws, J. r. Kelly, Dakota; drain
age, Krostue, Polk; general legisla-
ton, Burns, Fillmore; crimes and pun
ishment, Ofsthun. Pope; census, Blue
ishment, Ofsthun Pope; Indian affairs,
Mark, Mile Laos.
Burys the Hatchet.
The assignment Of committee chair
men made by Babcock bears no indi-
cation of a desire to punish the op-
pOnents of his speakership ambitions.
Lawrence Johnson gets his old COM
mittee, roads and bridges; Gillette, a
prominent Johnson man, who swung
the club as hard as he could in the
speakership fight, gets university and
university lands, and Tom OfSthun
gets crimes and punishments again.
The selection of chairman for the
important committees is especially
happy. The three committee chairs
given st. Paul go to new members, but
are given to men who have demon
Strated that they are cut out for lead
ers. Walter Lemon, who draws the
committee on printing and its reSpOn-
Sibilities, is the Youngest member Of
the house, but he has been touted as
coming leader ever since his cleo
tiOn and the speaker has evidently
taken the same view of the young man
from the Second ward.
Renville Chinook has taken a COM
manding position in the Ramsey dele
cation, and was valued worker in
the speaGership contest. His commit
tee is Of especial is Of especial i'm
portance to St. Paul and his appoint
ment is a fine recognition Of his abi1-
tties The selection of Tighe to sue
ceSQ the G0OOuDIdpIc JdCpDSOH dl tIlS
head Of the appropriations committee
speaks for itself.
The same care is indicated through
out the list. with Robert ]. Wells al
the head of the tax committee; L. c.
Stevenson, judiciary; Bouck, military
affairs; Rider, logs and lumber; Put
nam, state training school; Jones, leg
tslative expense, Burns, general legis-
lation; Wilson, rules; Randall, sol
diers' home; Budd, mines and min.
erals; all men especially fitted for the
consideration of special legislation.