The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17
STATE LEGISLATURE
Committee List Announced In Senate
and House by President and
Speaker Respectively.
Legislators of Forty-Fifth District
Fare Well in Matter of Conn
mittee Appointments.

Ihe Minnesota legislature after
number of preliminaries, has finally
got down to working basis, that is,
the organization of the senate and
house has been accomplished. On
Tuesday the president of the senate,
and speaker of the house announced
their committees respectively.
In the senate interest conferred in the
announcement of, the committee on
railroads, which will handle the de-
murrage and 2-cent fare bills, and in
the committee on taxes.
The old senator's got good chair
manships as a rule. F. E. Putnam
wanted judiciary, and is given instead
the new committee on general legisla-
ton. candy" Stephens has banking,
Sundberg drainage, Dunn elections,
F. 81. Peterson finance, Thorpe grain
and warehouse, Laybourne insurance,
Wilson judiciary, Calhoun municipal
corporations, E. E. Smith taxes, and
A. S. Campbell of Austin heads the
important committee on temperance.
Several of the new senators have good
assignments. "Dar" Hall, who re-
turns after former service, has rail-
roads, Elwell has university, Fossen
public accounts and expenditures,
Garfield towns and counties, Wright
roads and bridges, White public
health and pure food, Nelson dairy
products and live stock, Clague reap
portionment, Durment public build
ings, Vail labor, Hinton normal
schools, and A. L. Hanson immigra-
tiOn.
Senator Swanson of this, the Forty
fifth district, drew appointments on
six committees, viz, dairy products
and livestock, finance, hospitals for
insane, public accounts and expendi-
lures, roads and bridges and state
soldiers home.
In the house the reading of the list
was attended with great interest as the
make up of the committees had been
kept secret.
L. G. Spooner of Morris, who heads
the important railroad committee, is
a new member, but known to be man
of ability, and he is committed to
some reform legislation.
The following receive important
chairmanships: Wells, appropria-
tions: Carl, banks; Mork, binding
Irvine; Putnam, board of control: CON-
pensation of public officials, Walz;
corporations, Peterson; dairy and
live stock, Knutson: drainage, Wright;
education, Sawyer; elections, Tighe:
express, telegraph and electric lines,
W. A. Nolan; game and fish, Rowe;
general legislation, Hugo: grain and
warehouse, h. O. Hanson; insane
hospitals, Adams; immigration, Op-
sahl; insurance, Timberlake; judici-
airy, Hicks; labor, Sotkes; logs and
lumber, Knox; mines and minerals,
Jefferson; municipal legislation, W.
I. Nolan; public accounts and ex-
penditures, Davis; claims, F.. T.
White; public buildings, Bouck;
public health and pure food, J. A.
Gates; railroads, Spooner; roads and
bridges, Howard; rules, Rockne;
sleeping and private car companies,
G. B. Miller; state fair, Lennon;
normal schools, Bjorge; state prison,
Zelch; taxes, Thayer; temperance,
Webster; towns and counties, Rachie:
university, Allen.
Representative in this 1.-THE forty
filthy legislative district have been ap-
pointed upon the following commit
tees: Appropriations, Davis; banks
and banking, White; claims, White;
dairy and livestock, Horton; hospi-
tails for insane, Davis; insurance,
Davis; judiciary, White; local bills,
Horton; state normal schools, White;
taxes and tax laws, Horton; towns
and counties, Horton; university and
university lands, White. .
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