The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-03-26
G0PAERs As s0L0NS
ONE THIRD OF LEGISLATORS ARE
NATIVE BORN.
Norway Is Well Represented Among
the Lawmakers; Germany and Can.
ada Next in Line; Farmers Pre-
dominate in the House and At
torneys in the Senate; Frank
Kelly Among Youngest in Bunch.

The Minneapolis Journal has been
book" and finds that more than one
third of the present legislators are
native Minnesotans and in spite OF the
seeming preponderance of foreign sound
ing names i'm the two houses, the blue
book" shows that less than twenty
five per cent are unable to claim the
United States as their native land. OF
the siyty-three members of the senate
nineteen are native sons and of the ll9
house members forty -three were born in
the state. which gives the native sons
a representation of siXtytwO in 1872
members of the two houses.
I'm the senate but four of the mem
bers come from Norway and four from
Sweden and i'm the house but nine come
from Norway and six from Sweden.
While both houses are literally dotted
with Scandinavian names. The Others
come from Minnesota and Wisconsin,
however, and not from the Scandinavia
an countries.
There are only two real Irishmen in
the legislature, Senator j. f. c. Robin
son and Representative ID. A. Stuart
The McGraths, MeGarys, Bradys OBri-
ems. Sullivans and other descendants
of the Irish kings are, after all, Ameri-
cans.
Norway Shows UP Well.
The foreign countries which have
given their sons to the Minnesota leg
islature are as follows: Norway, thir-
teen; Sweden, ten; Germany and Can
ada, each eight; Ireland, two; Wales
and Denmark, each one. The states OF
the union besides Minnesota that have
furnished the legislature with lawmak
ers are, Wisconsin, twenty one; New
York, nine; Pennsylvania, nine; Hi
nois, eight; Iowa, six; Ohio, four; Micn
ryan, three; Vermont, three; Virginia
New Hampshire, Maryland, Maine ant
Indiana, each two; Massachusetts, Da
kota, West Virginia and Connecticut
one each.
Ten of the senators and nearly thirty
Of the house members sit in the legis
lature as the representatives of the
communities in which they were born
and reared, and these are the following
In the senate: George ID. French, Wi
mona; Alex S. Campbell, Austin; T. f
Cachman, Owatonna; i. n. Anderson
Albert Lea; Julius A. Collier, Shakopee
G.. II. Sullivan, Saltwater; Victor l.
Johnson, Center City; j. C.. Hardy, st
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Minneapolis. In the house: o. b. Mel
son, Spring Grove; j. C. Henry, Lew.
stOn; Matthew Fitzpatrick, Stewart
Vile; j. o. Rustad, Whalen; Leonard
Virtue, 0watonna: Frank l.. Kenny, Ma
della; Joseph Davies, st. James; Al
bert Pfaender, New Tim; \. j. Holm
berg, Renville; G.. H. Dancer and join
Spence, lie Sueur; W. H. Wescott, West
st. Paul; T.. J. Greene, J. F. Selb, O.
Christensen and j. ID. O'Brien, st
Paul; J. G. Lennon. w. ID. Washburr
and George NJ. Nye, Minneapolis; Ale,
Mcneil, Dayton; Andrew Davis, Ell
River; f. NJ. Nagel, Buffalo; c..
Carlson, Cokato; Joseph Friedman, Elder
Valley; c. f. Johnson, Atwater; II. O
Barge. Lake Park.
Younger Men in the House.
the house is younger on an averag
than the senate, as the &aoes of th
senators range from thirty three year
to seventy light years with an aver
age of nearly fifty years, while tn
house members range in age from
twenty-five to sixty-four years with a
average of forty-siX years. Four o
the house members are under thirt
years, namely: j. A. A. Burnquist, f
r. Grant, +. l.. Kelly and George NJ
Nye, who is the youngest of all wit
but twenty-five years to his score.
Farmers lead in the house and law
yers in the senate, although the mel
Of the law are not scarce i'm the nous
by any means. There are twenty sever
farmers in the lower branch of tn