The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-01-16
STATE LEGISLATURE
President of Senate Burnquist and
Speaker Henry Rines Take
Committee Assignments.
&. G. Dunn Gets Chairmansi1io Of
Road and Bridge Committee
and is Well Satisfied.

Rines, speaker of the house. handed
out their patronage in the shape of
committee assignments on Tuesday
and the senate democrats obtained
unusual recognition, several impor-
tant committees being given demo-
cratic chairmen, so that the minori-
ty as whole probably did not suffer
much by jumping upon the ''com-
bine" proposition.
In the house the democrats only
secured two chairmanships, Albert
Pfaender landing crimes and punish
ments and Frank Minette the state
training school. but democrats Jared
we'll on most of the committees,
Speaker Rines having inaugurated a
new deal in the distribution of
assignments.
| No member of the house this year
serves on more than seven commit
tees or less than six. Another in
novation is the committee on cities
of II members. This replaces the
old ''tri-county committee COM
posed of all members from the three
large counties Of the state The
important chairmanships assigned in
the house are as follows:
Appropriations, Andrew Davis.
Elk River; banks, r. J. Lindberg.
Henning: corporations. Frank Hop
kins, Fairfax: dairy products and
livestock, H. II. Dunn. Albert Lea ::
drainage, D. P. O'Neill, Thief River
Falls: elections, n. J. Holmberg,
Renville: general legislation, G. r.
Knapp, Chisholm; grain and ware
house, G. NJ. Bendixen, Morgan; in
surance, Thomas Frankson, Spring
Valley; judiciary, C. n. Orr, St.
Paul: labor, W. A. Campbell, Min
neaPolis;; public accounts, S. r..
Child: Minneapolis; public health
and pure food, K. G.. Skartum, Lake
Benton; public domain, Thomas
Kneeland, Minneapolis; reapportion-
ment, c. II. Warner, Aitkin: roads
and bridges, r. G. Dunn, Princeton;
state prison. L. G. Spooner, Morris:
taxes, 7. T. Ofsthun, G]enwood:
telephone and telegraph, J. G. Len
non, Minneapolis: temperance, H.
A. Putnam: Amor: Transportation,
J. T. Johnson, Fergus Falls: uni
versity: G. L. Sawyer, Minneapolis;
workmen's compensation, J. B. San
born, St. Panl.
Numerous changes In chairmanship
are made in the list OF senate COM
mittees. W. S. Dwinnell of Mime.
apolis is made head of the committee
on taxes, superseding Senator Carl
L. Wallace of Minneapolis, who is
chairman Of the corporate commit
tee. This is a trade in the chair
manships. Senator G. P. Wilson is
relieved of the insurance chairman
| ship and Senator John Moonan of
Waseca given this place, while Will
son is made head of the new COM
mittee on cities of the first class.
Senator V. L. Johnson of Center
City. former chairman OF temper
ance, is made reapportionment chair
man. and O. G. Dale of Madison,
formerly chairman of education,
heads the temperance committee.
Senator D. A. Duxbury of Caledonia,
one of the leaders of the proposed
nti-Burnquist combine, is made
chairman of the education commit
tee. G. 81. Sullivan, another leader
of the combine, is made chairman of
the new committee on penal institu-
tions
Democrats Jared better under
Burnquist than in the last senate.
Moonan, Insurance chairman, is a
democrat; Senator Albert Schaller
Iof Hastings is head of the committee
on charitable institutions, new
committee; T. B.. eastman of Owa-
tonna heads the committee on agri-
culture; NJ. J. McGrath of Winona
displaces Duea of Ruthton as head
lof the banks committee, and
Julius Collier of Snakopee displaces
G.. 81. Sullivan as head of the munic-
ipal corporations committee.
Several important committee chair
manships are unchanged. Frank
Clague of Redwood still remains
chairman of the finance committee,
Senator J. T. ElweI of the uni
versity committee, J. e. Haycraft of
Madelia Of the elections committee.
G. Henderson Of Alexandria of the
general legislation committee, F. E.
Putnam of Blue Earth of the jul
dietary committee, and B. E. Sund-
berg of Kennedy Of the railroads
committee. N. e.. Fosseen of Min