The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-10
JOHNSON PRESENTS
HIS LIST TO SENATE
Governor VIII Ask the Upper
House to Confirm His
Appointments

nc oCholS Will receive today list
OF Gov. Johnson's appointments of the
heads Of state departments, and will
be asked to confirm the governors
nominees, and also several appoint
ments to the state boards
In the list appear but three ap-
polntments not announced prior to
Monday. These are all to state boards.
Alvah Eastman, of ST Cloud, and J.
L. Washburn, of Duluth, are reappoint-
ed members of the state normal board.
G. F. Macdonald, of st. Cloud is named
as member of the board of trustees
OF the state soldiers home
Mr.. Eastman and Mr. Washburn, are
both Republicans, while Mr. Macdonald
is Democrat. Mr.. Eastman's appoint
ment was asked for by Democratic
leaders of Stearns county He is ed
ltor of Republican newspaper. and
In the last campaign was a Johnson
supporter. Mr.. Washburn's appoint
ment was made at the request of Du-
luth Republicans. He is a lawyer. and
recently it became known that he had
expended some $4,000 of his private
fortune IN permanent improvements for
the Duluth school. Mr.. Macdonald, who
succeeds w. A. Hotchkiss, of Preston.
was member of the soldiers home
board for some years, until Gov. Van
SAINT failed to reappoint him He is
publisher of the ST. Cloud Times. a
strong Democratic newspaper.
Other Names on the List
Other nominations made by the gov
erner and to be read in the senate to-
day are:
W H, Williams. Minneapolis, to be
state labor commissioner
John w. Olsen. Albert Lea. to he state
Superintendent of public instruction (re-
appointed).
F. G. Winston, Minneapolis. to be sur
veyor general of logs and lumber in the
Minneapolis district
Fred L. Ryan, Duluth, to be surveyor
general OF logs and lumber in the Duluth
John E. King, Red Lake Falls, to be
state librarian.
Edward Slater, Fairmont, to be state
dairy and food commissioner
T. D. O'Brien, st. Paul, to be state in
Surance commissioner.
Fred B. Wood, Austin, to be adjutant
L. A Rosing, Cannon Falls, to be mem
Der of the state board of control
G. III. Mayo, Rochester. to be a member Of
the state board of health (reappointed).
The nominations were sent to the
senate last evening, but owing to q
lack of quorum were not read. Lieut..
Gov. Jones said last night that the
governors appointments would be pre-
sented to the senate this morning, and
under the rules would lie over day.
King May Encounter Trouble
1t was gossip in political circles yes
terday that opposition would appear
in the senate to the confirmation of
John. e. King as state librarian One
report was that friends of Lieut.. Gov
Jones would attempt to defeat the con-
firmation of Mr.. King because of ut
terances in Mr.. Kings paper in the
late campaign uncomplimentary to the
business record of the lieutenant gov
ernor.
1t was said that Senator DAME,
Shell, of Watonwan county, a close
friend of the presiding officer of the
senate, would lead the fight on the
hoor against Kings confirmation.
Lieut. Gov. Jones last night denied
any knowledge of an attempt to defeat
MI. kings nomination, and said that
so Tar as he knew all the governors
appointments would be confirmed.
am only the presiding officer of
the senate, he said, with some sig
nl1cance, however, "the senators have
the deciding power"
senator Samuel Lord, of Kasson.
said that he did not believe that the
senate would attempt to prevent any
appointment of the governor from he.
ing confirmed. Il served four years in
the senate with Gov Johnson" he
SAID, and | always found his judg-
ment sound"
While the governor will ask for the
continuation of f. G. Winston and
Fred L. Ryan as deputy surveyors of
logs and lumber at this time, it has
peen decided that they will not assume
the ofhces to which they have been
named at Minnea polls and Duluth. re.
spect1vely, until April 1. The question
OF the length of term of the present
lncumbents was presented to Attorney
Generai Young yesterday, and he held
that the vacancies did not occur until
April 1.
1t is possible that w. H. Williams
may not assume the duties of labor
commissioner until late in the present
month. John O'DonneH, the present
incumbent, is anxious to complete the
revision of the proofs of his biennial
report which is still in the hands of
the printer, before vacating the office.
Negotiations for the continuance of
Mr. ODonnell in the office until about
JAM 20 are in progress
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