The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12

Minnesota Legislature

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0The thirty-fourth session of the Min
nesota legislature convened at the new
State capitol January 3rd and pro-
ceeded to organize. On Wednesday
both branches in joint session in the
house listened to the message of the
outgoing governor and the inaugural
message of the new governor.
Very little business was done the re-
mainder of the week as the committees
were not announced until the first of
this week.
The legislature appropriated $780,
900 for legislative expenses. Each
house provided for the mileage of the
members, and made arrangements for
the employees of house and senate.
The senate had little to do in it's
organization as all the old employees
were given their former positions, and
the senate did not have to elect any
officers.
The house elected Frank Clague of
Lamberton as it's speaker, appointed
committee on rules which has made
several innovations in the working
machinery of the house. No persons
will be allowed on the floor of the
house but the members, employees and
ex-members. Even the members of
the press are obliged to remain in
their quarters in the gallery over the
speakers desk where they have hard
work to hear and take note of what the
house is doing.
The new speaker has started out
with an evident determination to keep
the house as free from outside in
Huence as possible, and has given it
out that there will be no sinecures in
that part of the capitol. The pay of
the house employees has been cut to SO
and $50 per day and everybody is
supposed to work who has any ap-
pointment.
Both bodies adjourned Friday until
Monday night.
Owing to the delay of the statute re-
vision commission in getting it's report
ready for the legislature curative and
amendatory acts will be very much
retarded as great care will have to be
exercised in the passage of legisla-
tiOOn of this character to see that
proper reference is made to the revised
code, and the latter must first be ap-
proved and given legislative endorse
ment before any new legislation can
be enacted. The report will not be
ready for the Legislature until the lat
ter part of January and it will then
require much time for the committees
to which it will be referred to look it
over.
The house and senate convened
Monday night. There was no quorum
in the senate and that body adjourned.
There was a quorum at the house
session, but that branch of the legisla-
ture adjourned after being called to
order.
The two houses settled down Tues
day for steady work.
Speaker Clague announced his COM
mittees Tuesday. The important chair
manships are as follows:
Appropriations, Roberts; banks,
Simons; corporations other than
municipal, Lennon; drainage, Kros-
tue; grain and warehouse, Hugo; in
surance, Bardwell; judiciary, Ander-
son; logs and lumber, Rider; mines
and minerals, Haugen; municipal
legislation, Selb; railroads, Putnam;
taxes. Wallace.
Emmett Mark is made chairman of
the committee on Indian affairs. and
is placed on committees on drainage,
temperance, grain and warehouse,
and roads and bridges.
Hon. H. E.. Craig secured the chair
manship on soldiers home. and is
also on committees on claims, game
and fish, State prison and reforma-
tory, towns and counties and univer-
sity and university lands.
Hon. Geo. Fl. Wymann is placed on
committees on elections, judiciary,
public accounts and expenditures and
taxes and tax laws.
Representative G.. II. Wyman Of
fered motion Tuesday appointing j.
W. Wells as official flag raiser at a
salary of 81 a day. It was sent to
the committee on rules. Wells is
colored barber at Anoka and was as
sistant sergeant-at-arms of the house
in 1895.
Representative Roberts has intro
duced an act providing for a 'wide
open' tax amendment to the constitu-
tion, while Representative johnson
has introduced a good roads bill. a
bill providing for county schools of
agriculture, and bill compelling rail-
road cOmnaniaS tO nOct b,,1Io+;oe NV,