The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-01-18

St. Paul, Jan. lin an evident ef
fort to placate all factions, the speak.
er of the House, Ralph j. Parker, has
appointed every member who sought
speakership honors to the chairman
ship of committee.
Candidates who fell by the wayside
in the elimination conference, those
who remained in the race until the
last, these who helped engineer the
elimination plan and others who were
merely potential candidates, we're a.!
remembered.
Reward For Work.
Those who helped bring the speak
ership contest to a close, including
leaders in the Third district delega'
ton and in tho Ramsey county dele.
cation, were also rewarded.
Theodore Christianson OF Dawson
was given the craftsmanship of the
appropriations committee. Claude e
southwick Of Wells heads the com.
mittee on education. w. l.. Nolan
of Minneapolis is the chairman Of
the rules committee. John Hompe OF
Deer Creek gets the Craftsmanship Of
agriculture and horticulture.
Charles II. Warner of Aitkin is made
chairman Of the new committee o!
reorganization of state departments
Magnus Johnson Of kimball who stay.
ed, in the speakership race until the
last, is made chairman of the grain
and warehouse committee. Albert f.
Pratt of Anoka, mentioned as a pos
sible dark horse in the speakershir
contest, gets the craftsmanship Of the
judiciary committee. c. M. Bendixe'
Of Morgan heads the drainage com,
mittee.
Other Chairmen.
The two leaders of the Third dis,
trict delegation, the group that settled
the speakershir fight by going into
the Parker camp, are both rewarded.
Oscar Swenson Of Nicollet, who was
the Third districts candidate TO-:
speaker, is smade chairman Of the gen
eral legislation committee. II. ii.
Flowers of Cleveland, former speaker.
who was chairman of the steering
committee is given the craftsmanship
Of taxes and tax laws.
Most of the "eliminatOrs" who paved
the way for the Parker victory are
included in the chairmen Of commit
tee Charles T. Murphy Of Aurora
draws public domain; Pascal H. Frye,
game and fish; M. r. Moen Of Crook
ston, claims; George A. Sutherland,
temperature; w. L. Bernard, board OF
control
The Committees.
The committees as appointed follow:
Agriculture and IIorticulture-H HON.
Green 81; ma McEaughlin, welch Nett, John
Neuman, Swanson, Cumming:
Sudheimer, A. +. Teigen, Dealand, Dan
islson Miner Miner 1 H1lmes' Lee Horgan'
son, chairman; Corning, southwiek.
rye aammer MnrMn Mner
stone: Bjorklund' swenson, L. o. Tel
Banks and Eanking1silver, ehair-
Girllne. Papkc. Levin. Flowers. Malm-
berg. DAVIS, Burrows, Konzen, Erick-
SUB Board i'l of - control-Bernard, chair
ma1; DeveId chl1ds H. Fl r. R Harlison'
pasitSon Ga NJ HTfer ss dhairnan
Norton. solem. seebach, Pattison, Moen,
steen. sudheimer. Corning, 81, Nim n ks
luna, II. II. Harrison, Nordlin.
Claims--Moen, chairman; Andrew
M4ser NM MhlToers Nc
Commerce and Retail Trade-7Stern.
chairman: NeitZel. KentZ. Howard. Lar
son, Brown. Gullickson. Novak, Lennon,
Compensation of Public officials,
Nordgren, chairmaain; Searl S;i. Dealan I'd
Peterson, Girling,. Hicken. Miner.
Corpora tons Other Than Munici"al-
Stevens, chairman; B51rklund, a., Lemon nor
son. Davis. Washburn, Burrows, Pit
'e cIimc5 D"s and Puntshment-Nordlin
Mamberg An rdfys GUM
mi bssr Reef Prs s5snXick and Live Stock
Panke. chairman; swenson. Bendixen,
Book O.; NJ Peterson Swanson. L: o,
Mossmen, Green. GuIlickson, McLaugh-
lin, Stone. Anderson.
Putnam, Dealand, Cumming, Mossmen.
Pattison. Tollefson, Andrew Christian
son. Sutherland. Danielson. Burrows, III.
H. Harrison, Marschalk, Bessette, Min
err KnutsOn.
Education South wick, chairman;
Davis Holmer, Odland, McNiven, Bjor-
ge. Boock Madigan. Flowers. Grant,
Ryberg, Theodore Christianson, Pratt,
Frisch, Stone. Rodenberg.
Elections--Norton, chairman; Muel-
Ter. Davis. Hammer, Flowers, Seebach.
Theodore Christianson. SudheimeC.
Madigan. o. NJ. Peterson. Chlds. Hompe,
Nolan, Swanson, Bernard, Levin, Anton
Peterson. J. NJ Harrison. Frye. Moen.
Dare.
Election Contests L. o. Teigen.
chairman: Hammer Grant, Nordin. Pat
tiSOn Hale Bernard, Cumming WEIGH,