The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
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WORK TOMORROW
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FIRST SESSION WILL BE DEVOTED
i TO ORGANIZATION.
On Wednesday House and Senate Will
Meet in Joint Session to Hear the
Message Of the Retiring Governor
and the Inaugural Address of John A.
johnson.

The thirty-fourth session of the Min
row in the new capitol, St. Paul.
Caucuses this evening will settle the
first business to be disposed OF, that OF
organization. Adjournment, will then
"Wednesday, when the two bodies. the
senate and house, will meet in joint
session in the morning in the house
chamber to receive the message OF the
the inaugural message Of Governor-eleet
John A. Johnson. After Governor Van
4 SAINT reads his message, Governor,elect
johnson will be sworn in by Chief JUS
tice G. M. Start of the state supreme
court At this joint session Of the house
and senate, the speaker of the house
will preside. .
Thursday there will be a session in
the morning, after which it is expected
adiournment will be taken till the fol-
lowing Monday, when the. legislature
will settle down to real business.
The most important position in the
house, that of speaker, was settled long
ago and goes to Frank Clague of Lam
berton; In assuming the, speakership
Mr.. Clague does so without having
to committee appointments and other
plums, and as a result there is much
speculation as to "who will be who'
in the various positions which will be
filled by him.
To Fix House Slate.
Two members from each congression-
al district will meet this afternoon in
st. Paul and practically decide upon
the slate of positions for the house to
be adopted by the house caucus this
evening.
Julius Sehmahl of Redwood Falls, has
no opposition for reelection as chief
clerk of the house. Adolph E. L. John
son of Minneapolis will without doubt
be his first assistant, j. T., Jones Of
to be appointed by the speaker: Knute
o. sandum Of Bricelyn will doubtless
land as second assistant chief clerk.
There is still a contest on for ser
m Of the h hSS Ed M
4 Laes. county, is in the lead. He. has
Z Duluth district and much general
strength thruoqt the. state: Albert
developments tend to show that il
4 Spring is. unable. to land, he is likely
to be able to make trades by which he
may get the postmastership, and cut
7 out a number of candidates who have
been after it for some time. Barney
/ arms, with W. E. Edwards of Mankatc
and Frank Chute of Rochester pressing
him hard
!. For chaplain Of the house, Rev. T. F
Copper of St?ples seems to have H.; the
Of Ramsey county is conceded the posi-
ton of enrolling clerk. W. A. Gulicb
of Minneapolis is the only candidate out
after the place of engroossing clerk.
The battle for postmistress or post
. master of the house, has been, hotl1
+oH fnr ,oct Nov ~
those who entered for it have now
dropped into second place as candidates
for appointment as assistant. Mrs
Adele Van Smith,: postmistress two
ags Is dGadng e. sf Peter
Spring. the dark horse for the position
and Alec Mcneil of Minneapolis, wht
has the solid Endorsement of Hennepi1
/, for the place. ~
Those after the assistants position
include Mrs. Clarence Storms Of Ram
= sey, Mrs Nary Sibbett Of Eveleth
i Charles AaAnderson of Eveleth, Mrs
Kennedy Of Saltwater and j. P Dodg
or Duluth. .~E &5,-
Senate Situation Simple.
At the senate caucus this evening, i
seems assured that. nearly all of tn
appointees Of two years ago, who ar
y candidates again, will be re-appOinteC
& The general disposition Of senate plum
has been placed in the hands of Senate
4 Samuel Lord of Kasson, veteran mem
Der Of the senate in whom all have i'm
plicit confidence as to getting honest
fair treatment. The slate for the i'm
4 portant senate positions is, Samue
j Langum of Fillmore county, secretary
A. D. Countryman, Swift county frs
assistants; G.. B. Wollan, Pope county
second assistant; w. H. Alton, Ramsey
enrolling clerk; A. G.. Myron, Norman
engrossing clerk; Thomas Downs, Her
nepin, sergeant-at-arms; and Re,
George G.. Pollock, Meeker county, char
lain. I'm " ~