The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-18
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE
AFTER ADJOURNMENT GETS
DOWN TO WORK.
Several Important Measures are In
truced Including a Two cent
Railroad Fare.

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today the thirty fifth Minnesota legis-
lature came into existence with the
calling to order of the state senate by
Lieut.. Gov. A. o. Eberhart and the
opening of the house of representa-
tives by julius HI. Schmahl, secretary
of state. In the senate the members
were sworn in by Charles M. Start,
chief Justice of the supreme court;
in the house, by Calvin L. Brown,
associate justice.
In both branches of the legislature
the minority made some objection to
the republican states, but with no
avail so far as changing of the sched-
ules was concerned. In the house,
Lawrence HI. Johnson of Minneapolis
was nominated for speaker by Judge
HI. G. Hicks of Minneapolis. DIR. j.
HI. Dorsey was nominated for speaker
for the democrats by James Handlan
of st. Paul. Johnson received 106
votes, Dorsey Is. The remainder of
the slate then went through without
any trouble. Adolph E. L. Johnson
of Minneapolis received 116 votes for
chief clerk, Archibald III. Vernon of
st. Paul was elected first assistant,
A score of men were employed as
committee clerks, door, cloak room,
and gallery keepers, etc., at the
usual compensation of S. day.
The program followed by the SEN
ate was like that of the house, the
adoption of the prepared slate and
the doing out of a lot of minor jobs
to waiting politicians. Samuel A.
Langum of Preston was named sec
rotary of the senate, a job he has
held every two years for so long that
only ''the earliest Settlers can re-
member he ever had predecessor.
w. H. Alton of st. Paul, a new man,
was named assistant secretary.
Frank Holcomb of ST Paul was
named enrolling clerk. E. A. Nelson
of Hallock secured election as en-
crossing clerk and so on down the
slate. Then came lengthy resolu-
ton by Senator candy" Stephens of
Polk county, naming the long list of
minor employees. Senator MCGOWAN,
democrat, of Minneapolis, wanted
action delayed on the resolution until
the morrow. The republicans couldn't
hear him., He then announced notice
of debate. Notice of debate under
the old senate rules compels the tab
ling of resolution for "a hours. But
Lieut.. Gov. Eberhart ruled that the
senate as yet had no rules, the old
ones not having as yet been re-
adopted; and the resolution would
have to go to immediate vote. 1t
carried by vote of 81 to 4, good
preliminary score for the republican
machine in the senate. After the
transaction of some minor business
preliminary to perfecting the senate
organization, adjournment was taken.
st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 9-The pre-
sentation of the governors message
to the legislature which was expected,
and the introduction of a grist of
thirteen bills in the senate, which
were unexpected, were the two
events of today's session at the capt.
toll. The senate convened with the
house to hear the message. The gal
leries were crowded with people,
many being ladies. Gov. j. A. john
son spoke for nearly three hours.
Even though he took this length of
time, he cut out considerable of the
seventy pages of his typewriter
manuscript in the delivery.
Senator Peterson has the honor of
introducing the first senate file, S. F.
No. which was bill to appropriate
$3.50, 200 for the general expenses of
the legislative session.
There were several other senate
bills worthy of special mention. Sen
ator Sullivan introduced S. F. 2, to
permit the state board of control to
establish plant at the state prison
for manufacture of farm machinery
and thus compete with the farm ma
chinery trust in this industry as well
as in the manufacture of Irvine. The
board is authorized to use half the
net proceeds of the prison for this
purpose by the bill. The same sena-
tor fathered a measure to create a
legislative reference and information
bureau at the capitol, similar to the
Wisconsin law.
Senator Calhoun introduced bill
to provide for election of delegates
to state, congressional and judicial
conventions by the Australian ballot,
anyone desiring to be allowed to
have his name placed on the delegate
ticket.
Senator Wilson introduced bill to
create a state tax commission OF
three members. Senator Calhoun in
,troduced two measures, to appro.
pirate commissioners of three mem
beers each for preparation of Mime.
sofa exhibits at the Alaskan Yukon
Pacific exposition at Seattle in 1909
and at the Jamestown, Va, exposi
ton in 1907. The two bills carry ar
aggregate appropriation of $15O,OOO
Senator Peterson introduced meas
ure to fix a two cent a mile rate fol
passenger traffic on railroads. Sena