The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-01-06
Minnesota Legislature
Proceedings at the Minnesota State Capitol for the
Past Week.
Past Week,


st. Paul. H. H. Dunn, OF Al
bert Lea, will be speaker OF the
house of representatives of the pres
ent session. His nomination was de-
cided upon at the caucus of the Re-
publican members by a vote OF ~
to So.
Other Officers.
Chief Clerk-Oscar Arneson, Sew
enth district.
Assistant Chief Clerk-G. o. Hage,
Ninth district.
Second Assistant Clerk = Jerome
Rice, Minneapolis, Fifth district.
Enrolling Clerk = R. j. Thoreen,
Fourth district.
Engrossing Clerk-Crawford Shell
don, Sixth district.
Sergeant-at-arms-G H. Dean,
Eighth district.
Assistant Sergeant-at-arms-B
Seiz, Third district.
Postmaster-William Scanlon, Min
neapolis, Fifth district.
Assistant Postmaster-O. o. Hol-
man, Second district.
Chaplain-Moses M. Maxwell, ST.
Paul, Fourth district.
w. /. Nolan of Minneapolis proved
himself the real insurgent of the gath
ering and by his motion to place the
appointment of the committees in the
hands of a committee, demonstrated
the insurgent strength of the house.
Both votes were record votes and fol.
lowed series of speeches.
The final vote on the speakership
was as follows:
The Vote on Speaker.
For Mr.. Dunn-Aker, Anderson, A.;
Boothroyd, Bergen, Bouck, Brown G.
W.; Brown, l.. D.; Campbell, Christie,
Congdon, Converse, Crane, Denzer
Diessner, Dunn, R. G.; Dunn, H. H.;
Edwards, Ferguson, Fisher. Fowler
Frankson, Fuchs, Greene, Hafften
Hauge, Healy, Hegion, Hoffman, Hop
kins, Jelinek, Knapp, Kneeland
Kunze, Lee, S. N; Lennon, Liberia,
Lydiard, Mackenzie, Mcneil, Nash,
Nelson, A; Nelson, H.; Nye, Palmer,
Papke, Perry, Peterson, o.; Reed,
Rice, Spooner, Stone, c. E.; Warner,
c. H.; Washburn, Wescott, White-55.
For Mr. Burnquist-Anderson, j. j.;
Burnquist, Conley, Davis, Harding,
Holmberg, Johnson, c. E.; Johnson,
]. NJ. Johnson, ]. T. Klemmer, Knut-
son, Lee, l. j.; Lee, A. F.; Lindberg,
Lundeen, McMartin, Madison, Nolan
O'Neill, Orr, Peterson, A. j.; Peter
son, j. E.; Putnam, Rines, Robert
a :
Webb. .29.
Mr.. Dunn States Purposes.
"As speaker of the house." said
Mr.. Dunn, Il shall endeavor to be a
speaker, not from any section, but OF
the entire state. There have been
things said in this fight that were
probably said in the heat of political
contest 1, for one, wish to forget
them. l wish all members to feel free
to come to me just as if there had
been no fight. l have made certain
public pledges, and can assure you
those pledges will be solemnly carried
out"
Calls for Mr.. Burnquist brought the
defeated candidate to the platform
He thanked his friends for their sup
port and said he had been fighting fol
a principle and would carry out the
fight during the session and that nc
man could make him change.
Legislature convenes.
At noon the house and senate met
for the purpose of organization. Sec
rotary of State Schmahl called the
house to order The name of Mr.
Dunn was presented by the Republic
cans for house speaker and that OF
Albert Pfaender by the Democrats.
Denis. Want Rules Representation.
The Democratic members of the
house decided to ask for a representa-
ton on the rules committee, at an in
formal caucus held in the senate
chamber. They declare that in past
sessions the committee has been made
up exclusively of Republican mem
bers and that rules have been formu
lated to favor the majority party
They simply want minority repre-
sentation which can result in the sub
mission of a minority report in case
the committee report is unsatisfac
tory.
]. D. O'Brien of st. Paul who was
elected chairman, appointed the fol
lowing steering committee to handle
the interests of the Democratic mem
bers: Albert Pfaender, New Ulm; c.
johnson, st. Charles; J. d. O'Brien
st. Paul; Frank Minnette of SauB
Center and Lawrence Wisnewski OF
Foley.
A Native Son.
When Speaker Dunn stands up in
his chair" in the house, his head viii
be somewhere up in the dome. He is
probably the tallest man that ever oc
cupied that chair
If there ever was an abe" Lincoln
type of man in Minnesota politics, H
H. Dunn is the man. He is as tall as
the rail splitter and just as thin His
face is smooth shaven, and his fea
lures are keen and rugged. His bushy
black hair falls over on one side and
IOWA WIFE SLAYER &c HAIINLr