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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-06
HOUSE PROGRAM CUT AND DRIED
Appointments Showed Surprising Aacry Making It's
Report-Babcock Had Full Charge of Distributing
.'"' the Patronage. p

nation at the primary elections. His ap-
pointment is expected to placate sixth
ward republicans who did not secure a
single representative. the four from the
forty-f1rst district all being residents of
the fifth ward. IN, .--.. -: : -. .~:@: =
The selection of w. A. Gullick as en-
crossing clerk is credited to P. c. Dem
ing. the committee turning down John
F. Bernhagen, who was supposed to be a
Hennepin candidate and whose claim was
ohampioned by George W.. Armstrong.
DIR. Forbes is q Methodist and is presid-
ing elder Of the Duluth district.
The opening session Of the house was
called to order promptly at IL o'clock,
with Secretary of State Hanson, in the
chair. B. s. Bennett was appointed sec
rotary and the members were called for
ward ten at a, time to be sworn. Follow
| ing this ceremonial, the chair announced
that nominations for speaker were in or
der. Lawrence H. Johnson at once placed
the name of DR.. Babcock in nomination.
He made no speech. James r. Hickey
was nominated as the democratic candi
date by DR.. J. H. Dorsey of Glencoe. The
roll call showed 1o1 votes for Babcock and
IA for Hickey. Neither Mr.. Babcock nor
Mr.. Hickey voted.
DR.. Babcock stepped forward and was
introduced by the secretary Of state. lie
was received with enthusiastic applause
The hour was late, however, and the DOC
tor attempted no speech, but advised the
house to complete it's work Of organiza:
| ton. ... &C. 49,. -e...
julius schmahl was then elected CHIEF
. clerk receiving III votes, and was sworr
in by the speaker. The remainder OF the
slate agreed upon by, the caucus was ther
put through without a hitch. -. ..,. -
/ The house concurred in the senate reso'
| luton for a joint notifica ton committee
and the speaker appointed Messrs. John
son, Tighe and Lightly. The committee
on rules was announced, consisting O
Messrs. Armstrong, Chinook, Wilson
johnson and Hickey. The committee OF
mileage consists of Messrs. Burns, Fossen
Perley, Graham and Wilson. The hous
then proceeded to draw for seats by lot
after which adjournment was taken TO
the day.
It is understood that r. J. Wells Q
Breckenridge will head the house rail
J., road committee and that the two lead1n
Babcock men in Hennepin will be reward
ed. L. c. Stevenson will be chairman q
, the judiciary committee and George W
: Armstrong Of the committee Of corpora
= tons.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-06
LAWMAKERS OF MINI.
AGAIN IN SESSION
THE LEGISLATIVE BEGAN TO-DAY PROMISES TO
49, BE A M0MENT0Us ONE
Some Rife the ude of the Senate Toward
Which the spakerhp Contest Was
Were a Purely Perfunctory Nature. "~

the interests Of the railroads. The plot
was exposed, and before they could win
the OPPOSITION had to pledge their support
to the governor -.
How About the Senate?
The question is-how far does TINS
pledge go? The first thought Is that the
pledgs~aoes not extend 1.-the members OF
the senate, the body which has In the
past baked legislation. The house mem
bers may carry out their pledge thousn
there are many devious ways Of avoiding
it. There is reason to believe that the
interests hostile to legislation wanted by
the governor are already getting their
grip on the upper house. The lower mouse
might pass bills without number, II the
senate was organized, as the last one to
block anything hostile to railroad or cor
porate influences. The house majority
could redeem all it's pledges without any
injury to these interests If the senate was
controlled by them. The personnel OF the
new senate is fully equal to that of the
last one, if not superior. Whether it will
excel the records Of it's predecessor re-
| mains to be seen.
! Senate Committees Criticized.
There is considerable feeling among
| some of tho old senators over the com
mittee assignments Of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Jones. They have not been form
| ally announced, but several facts have
leaked out causing a sensation. Forme.
| Governor A. r. McGill, who headed tn
! committee on taxes and tax laws at thu
last session is displaced from his chair
manship and Senator e. E. Smith of Min
neapolis succeeds him. The chairmanshi
of the committee on railroads Is give
| to Senator E. P. Hawkins of st. Loui
county. where the railroad interest
strongest in the state. For the judiciar
committee, Senators Thompson and VIII
son are passed over and the chairman
ship given to Senator Sornmerville. Sena
tor Lord one of the leading senator's re
turned is let down with the chairmanshi
Of the committee on rules. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-06

The house caucus completed its work
in short order this morning and the pro-
ceeding was not without it's humorous
features. Asgsoon as PC. Deming mad
raped the meeting to order, George w.
Armstrong secured the floor and moved
the appointment of a committee OF two
members from each congressional district
TO pass upon the eligibility Of candidates
in the house and to report. Mr. Arm
strong explained that a fair division of the
spells could be obtained in this way and
his proposition was carried without objec
ton. ..-- ---- .'~
Participating the action of the caucus"
said Mr.. Deming, II am ready to an
nounce the committee" He then read
the names of Representatives Dalen and
Morley, first district; Mork and Wilson,
second district; Anderegg and Lernke,
third district: Lemon and j. Olson, fourth
district; Fryberg and Helliwell, fifth
district; Bouck and Kinds. sixth
district; Anderson and Larson, seventh
district; Randall and Hugo, eighth
district. Every one Of these men
supported Babcock for speaker. The
Johnson forces did not even get a
look-in.
Immediately following the announcement
of the committee H. F.. Fryberger rose
from his seat.
-"As chairman Of that committee, am
ready to report" he announced. The eau
Gus burst into roar Of laughter and ap'
plause, but the report was made and its
recommendation accepted. The officials
selected were:
Chief clerk, julius A. schmahl, Redwood
Falls, who held the position at the last
session.
First assistant clerk, Adolph e. John
son. Minneapolis.
Enrolling clerk, Frank A. Hoiconb, st
Paul. '.--
Second assistant clerk, Knute o. San
dunn, from Bricelyn, reelected.
Engrossing clerk, W. A. Gulick, Mime
apolis.
Sergeant at arms, E. Tanning, Stewart
vile.
Assistant sergeant at arms, r. S. Lurch
Duluth.
Postmistress, Mrs Adell M. Van Smith
st. Paul.
Assistant postmistress Mrs. NJ A. Solue
Litchfield.
Chaplain. Rev. Robert Forbes, Duluth.
Adolph E. johnson is resident of tn
sixth ward, Minneapolis, and was can
didate for. republican legislative nomi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-06

The thirty third Minnesota legislature
came into being at noon, to-day. A ses-
sion which promises to be one Of the mo-
mentous in the history of the state was
opened with the usual ceremonies, but
with nothing further to mark the open
ing day. Senators and representatives
were sworn in and both houses organized.
Tomorrow both houses will meet In joint
session and receive the governors mes
sage. after which the routine business of
the session will begin. -'7
This legislature promises to develop
some hard contests over issues already
fought out. The gross earnings law will
have to be re-enacted and unless the rail-
road influence Is strong enough to pre-
vent taxation amendment to the con-
stitution Is to be submitted to the people,
and the form of that amendment VIII oe an
occasion for much controversy. There
will also be move In the direction OF
general tax reform The primary cleo
ton law and the board of control sys-
tenn will be under fire.
The speakership contest which resulted
in the election Of DR.. Babcock and the
triumph of the railroad interests, is bound
to have far-reaching consequences. On
It's face, it has simply been clash be-
tween the administration Of Governor Van
Sart and its enemies, In which the gov
ernor was worsted and the railroad inter-
ests scored a point in the fight for con-
troll Of the republican party In this state
However, as far as the administration Il
concerned, it Is victorious in defeat. The
fight that was made compelled DR.. Bah
cock and the members supporting him tt
declare themselves. They have pledged
their support to the governor and thu
legislation he desires. Discussing Thu
point. Alvah Eastman Of St. Cloud, on
Of the governors stanchest friends, sait
this morning:
1.-THE fight was well worth making, ever
If we lost. Beyond question there was
scheme on foot to undo all that was don
when we reelected Governor Van SAINT
and to control the politics OF the state Il
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i. "This is no longer a partizan question,
said he, .'but a question OF absolute hui
mainly. We are not on the verge OF
crisis in regard to coal but we are actual
frozen to death and my only soliottude Is
to find a remedy for this dfsgraceful
and outrageous condition of affairs
Appeals From Freezing Women.
Senators stood silent and dumb, he
said, either afraid or unwilling to take
any action answering the appeals OF the
poor, freezing women and children with
party cry "stand pat" Nothing is to be
done, he continued. with the sacred ele-
plant of the Dingley tariff law. The
senator from Massachusetts, (Mr. Lodge)
he declared, had endeavored to admins
ter a homeopathic dose in the shape Of
a suspension Of the duty for ninety days,
but If medicine is needed at all, it Is an
allopathic dose. BY referring the reso-
luton to the committee, he said,, it would
have no chance to pass. ..-
'Don't we know he continued, ''that
when we send the resolution to the finance
committee we send 1t to it's execution"
He then said that all he wanted was for
every senator to put himself on record.
He criticized the Dingley tariff law and
said there was no more chance to-day, in
| his Judgment, to reduce a single duty in
! the Ding1ey act than for him to carry off
! the capitol building on his shoulders. If
it was a question Of raising money for the
next campaign for president, that was
the end Of the discussion. -
Mr.. AldrIch Wants to Reply.
Mr. Aldrich s(R. H. said he desired to
| make full answer to Mr.. Vest, but as Mr..
| Iioar had, given; notice that he would
I speak on his trust bill, he asked that the
i took occasion to deny certain statements
| by Mr.. Vest, attributed to Mr.. Dingley ia
| the effect that the rates of the bill were
made unnecessarily high in order that
s RECIPROCITY treaties might be made.
1 Mr.. Nelson asked where the provision
4 relating to coal was inserted, and Mr.
1 Aldrich said In the senate.
Mr. Vest then said the congressional
record showed that Mr.. Allison Offered
5 the provision, that it was debated a.
| length and voted upon, the republican,
!, voting for it and the democrats against it
s He declared that the republican leaders
had sat silent under the declaration Of tn,
secretary Of the navy that the duty OF
( coal had ''been sneaked or smuggled int,
the Dingley bill "
) The resolution went over and Mr.. Hoa
! | addressed the senate upon his anti-trus
: bill.
! Senator Hoar's speech was devoted en-
/ tirely to the question of trusts and partl
i Ito an explanation Of his recently intro
d duced ANTITRUST BILL He began his ad
: dress with the assumption that a.
4 thoughtful men are agreed as to the ne
t cessity Of legislation. state or nationa
/ for the control Of trusts He said as We
{ there had been only apprehension an
alarm but no serious injury, except In tn
:. case OF the recent coal strike. on accour
8 Of trusts On the contrary. the progress
"a OF our material prosperity had been great
Z. er in the past few years than ever befo1
s. had been known and our workmen Wel
lie better off. Still there is, he said, actu;
IS =. a., : =, ;e-,-,,,,7 81 8.
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future be sold at the higher price. John
Markle, another large independent oper-
ator Of the Lehigh valley. will also fix
SO as his price: Five million tons Of in
dependent coal are affected by this action.
The retailers are skeptical about there
being any railroad coal to sell at IS.
IF there Isl said one Of them. II
haven't seen 1t. For the past week L have
received practically no railroad coal what
ever and my opinion is that the same con-
dition of affairs will continue for several
weeks to come ..... - ..--s:.. $50
While there was danger OF people buy
ing soft coal owing to its cheapness over
anthracite, the railroads kept down the
price Of the hard coal, but now that soft
coal has reached $3.50 they feel safe in
putting it up. -. ~. - ..--.. - p
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-06
INDEPENDENTS
Put Up COAL,
Scranton Reports That Those Who
Have the Coal Have Turned
Spectators.
Big Coal Companies Say They Will
Not Follow the Lead of the +
Independents.
But It Is Noticed That the Prices
! Are Up-Talk Of an Appeal
to the Legislature.

New York, JAN. 6.-Owing to action
taken by the independent coal operators
there will be none or very little coal at
$3.50 for the consumer during the rest Of
this winter. Hereafter all the coal which
the independents have sold to the rail- :
roads at 1926 will be sold to the public
at $40. "
Coke Brothers, the largest independent
operators in the anthracite fields, have
notified the trade that their coal Will IN
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-06
THE ENGLISH COAL TRADE
The American Demand Causes Boom
Abroad, z-s&.f

AOrOaOs =.
London, Jan. 6.-The year has opened
with excellent prospects for the north
~ England coal trade The conditions
which applied at the close Of 1902 still
obtain and are even accumulated, as it is
abundantly evident that the American
demand is destined to continue for some
time vet. The West Indies are now under
the necessity Of obtaining coal from this
country, and there are positive orders IN
the market for Havana and Cienfuegos,
/ in addition to those for New York, Bos-
ton and Providence, for which steamers
are being fixed to load in the Tyne.
| The American demand for English Goa
has had an unlooked-for effect in pre-
venting an expected decline in North.
umberland miners wages. The average
selling prices during the last three
months have been 50 well maintained
that the Cancellation board has agreed
4 that wages shall remain unchanged TO
the succeeding three months.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-06
A DISCUSSION
OYER COAL DUTY
Mr.. Vest Says He Is Anxious to Get
the Honorable Senators Upon
Record.
Mr.. Aldrich Gives Notice That He
Will Reply to Mr.. Vest
Tomorrow.
Senator Hoard Delivers His Speech
Upon His Trust Bill
To-day.

Washington, Jan. 6.-The Vest. resolu-
ton, instructing the committee on finance
to prepare and report bill removing
the duty on anthracite coal, was consld-
cred in the senate to-day.
Mr. Vest said there was nothing in the
resolution that the finance committee
could furnish light upon, and therefore,
he could not see the necessity of Mr..
Aldrich's motion made yesterday, to refer
the resolution to the finance committee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-06
COT "a .oNEr 3. Casey DEAD,

Denver, COL, Jan. Colonel James Price
Candy retired, is dead ut his home In this city,
aged 70 years. Colonel Candy served as payn,as-
ter in tile army and was retired In 1897 The
remains will be taken to W Wilmington. Del, his
birthplace, Tor burial. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-06
TRUST LEGISLATION
SUGGESTED BY The
ATTORNEY GENERAL
COMBINATIONS OF CAPITAL REGULATED, NOT DE-
sTROYED AND THE TENDENCY TOWARDS MoN0PO-
IIzATIoN CORRECTED.

Fair Open Field Should Protection Against I'm
fair Praotices-A Law Suggested
That Will Guarantee the Smaller Producers Against Praca
Advantages of Indvdualism Against
Cutting Attorney General Rec
ommends Commission Carrying Out the Act Of July
g. 1890. .s.. -5-@. '..-. T. 1885,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-06
CASE SICK AGAIN
Racine, Wis, Manufacturer Is in q
Dangerous Condition.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Racine, Wis, Jan. jackson I. Case
is dangerously i'll again. Several weeks
ago he was taken violently i'll and for
several hours it was thought that death
was close at hand.
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Judiciary committee and REPRESENT
Of the house
and Mt 1dtlehe asking the views Of Mr
view experience
and questions upon bon the @ ds. % Us n
% snaz
period allowed for H T the o4 Of M ]
enough briefly premise such n as h
the country is that CAPITA n e tendency toward
destroyed and that measures OF 1' sssume thing to
the business
interests Oh '"s 'a ASSURANCE OF FAR
ann @ HONEY g xs9 be The impossible Ssass
1tn as sie ana S a | 2
TWO or more persons
they do to discourage the disposition
exclusive
terms PROTECTION AGAINST P1RAr'cAL METHODS
~ r. sssss s ss ss, Bs ssa
WI ssa e h t ana a s eea
.1ndiulsm in protection has its advantages
ind ss ess s se9s @ so
fuel and TRANSPORTATION facilities yet eag aise
possible
'~ ' N ~. A suggestion for Legislation.
sss o s sss as S 5
This to take the form of penalzing
" regulate
reach corporations COM
Interstate commerce. rs
rebates
Nanton to
comprehensive plan get a. al
compel
ation Of he
$1,000 A TRUST COMMISSION RECOMMENDED.
aid in CARRYING out the act Of July T. 1890
fronth officers :
in
ntnung,M /.
should be developed WITH great
to act quck
pending ana
which yberai antitrust law.
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I am not familiar with such an.
UNI American law. When the county
or the state relinquishes the duty of
maintaining order, protecting life and
keeping the peace, then matters are
| reaching sorry state.
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they do is to discourage the
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the law guarantee smaller protection
cal methods competitions the highways to the
available the tolls charged to his poWer1u
thrive to astonishing degree
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-06

| I'm my judgment, monopoly In any industr
! this country where money is abundant and chea
within the reach of keen and capable men If compet
and open and protected against unfair artificial
j
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-02-28
The Municipal Contest.

To The Advertiser.
| have been trying in vain to
find reasonable explanation for
the desire Of certain gentlemen in
Lafayette to "oust,,' the present
City Council. Even the support
ers Of the movement themselves
are at a loss to give any particular
reason for doing SO, when question
ed on the subject. Nobody has
been. charged with malfeasance in
Office. 1t is conceded that the
members OF the Council now ser
wing, against whom the opposition
is being directed, are fully the
equal in Intelligence, good char
acter and patriotism. of any other
Sc. OF citizens in the town who
nigh, be desirous Of succeeding
them in Office; It Is adslitted on
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-02-28
Ideal School Grounds.

The purchase of the two lots of
ground owned by Achille Figaro
last Saturday by the City Council,
was the second serious step in the
movement inaugurated several
months ago to pr~vide enlarged
school facilities for the rapidly
growing population Of Lafayette.
This tract OF ground, with its
fine shade trees added to the other
two lots previously acquired from
Mrs. Beraud. will afford an ideal
location for the two-story modern
school building it has been the
purpose Of the Council to erect
during the course Of the present
year.
Our present school accomoda-
tons are entirely inadequate. and
no time should be lost in meeting
the legitimate requirements Of the
community in this respect. And
it will no doubt be Of interest to
the residents Of McComb Addition
to know that at the special meet
ing atthe Council held to authorize
the purchase Of the ground referred
to above, it was agreed to provide
a separate school house at some
convenient point for the children
fiving in that section OF the town,
on account Of the great distance in
tervening between the McComb
addition and the proposed new
school building down town.
Let the good work go on
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-02-28
Good Enough.
Lafayette. La, Feb. 25, Is

Lafayette. La, Feb. 25, 1903.
Mr.. Editor:
There may be others, but the
names Of Caffery. Demanade, De-
Blanc, Gardebled, Fontenot. Ro-
senfeld and John y. and A. E..
Mouton are good enough for
anybody, and ycu will see that a
great majority Of the people think
SO at the primary next Wednesday.
II not, why not?
AN OLD CITIZEN.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1903-02-28
For Whose Adganta &C?

In propounding the above ques
ton Tie Advertiser desires to di
rect the attention Of voters in the
primaries to be held March 4th
10 the communication signed "Cui
Bono in this issue of the palf
The question is a pertinent one
and our correspondent has eviicn-
tly been pondering over it, just as
a great many other members OF
the community have been doing.
II it be reasonably certain, as SO
many people seem to believe, that
no advantage is to be gained
by voluntarily giving up a
set Of public servants who have
made an excellent record as such
then why propose or riska change? ?
1t certainly could not be consider
ed iudicious move to do so sim
ply for the novelty OF the thing.
On Il e other hand there is
nothing passing strange in the fact
that FIVE members of the present
City council have expressed a will
lingness to serve another term to-
gether with three Others of their
feliow-townsmen who have joined
them in the movement They
have labored long and we'll for the
upbuilding Of the community in
which thev live, and it is a natural
and laudable desire on their part
to continue their efforts in the same
direction; and theirs is pardon.
able pride in wanting to direct tc
completion certain public improve
ment projected during their admi-
nistration in office, and for which
they stand. 1t is a perfectly natural
feeling under the circumstances,
and there can be no reasonable
grounds of objection on that score.
Truly. their reason for applying
for reelection should command
the highest consideration Of every
thoughtful citizen, and the com
munity sh ould be glad of the pri-
vilege thus afforded them Of retain
ing in the public service men ot
intelligence and integrity, who are
animated by good motives in their
willingness to hold office without
compensation.