The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-01-16
STATE LEGISLATURE
Senate and House Complete Organ
ization and Buckle Down to
Regular Business:
Senator HamerIand Representatives
) Serline and Enger Placed ON
Important Committees.

AMpOILauL OOmmlCCeeS,
The state legislature completed it's
organization on Tuesday and is now
giving its attention to the considera-
ton of bills and resolutions. Among
these is communication from the
federal government placing before the
legislature the ratification of the pro-
hibition constitutional amendment.
Because of the death of Senators R.
c. Dunn, c. L. Wallace and Harry F.
Weis a number of changes in impor-
tant senate committees were made by
Lieutenant Governor Thomas B.
Frankson..
Special elections will be held to fill
the seats rendered vacant by the
deaths Of Senators Wallace and Weis
within short time.
One Of the principal bills introduced
in the senate on Tuesday was by Sen
ator Chas. N. Orr Of ST. Paul to per-
nit the annexation of the city of West
st. Paul to Ramsey county. A like
bill was presented in the house.
Four tonnage tax bills have been in:
troduced, two in the senate and two in
the house, and were referred to COM
mittee. ,.
A bill to prohibit the publication of
legal newspapers in anything but the
English language was introduced by
Senator Cliff of Ortonville and Sena-
tor Ole Sageng of Dalton presented
measure to create state department
of education, under which should be
board of five men, appointed by the
governor to serve without pay and to
have general supervision of educa-
tional matters throughout the state.
A resolution asking that the Mime
sofa legislature go on record as favor
ing an investigation as to why Amer
lean troops are in Russia, and indi-
eating that the United States form an
alliance with the soviet government
was presented in the senate by O. A.
Devoid, socialist member from Mime.
apolis. The resolution was laid over
for future debate on a motion by d..
d. Sullivan, St. Cloud.
Another resolution, asking the SEN
ate to go on record as favoring the
league Of nations, was referred to a
committee.
Senator Hamer was appointed on
the following important committees:
Agriculture and horticulture, dairy
products and livestock, soldiers home,
towns and counties, and public domain.
Representative Enger was appoint
ed member of the drainage, public
highways and towns and counties
committees, while Representative
Serline received appointments to the
markets, state development and towns
and counties committees. "
Senator Chas. N. Orr of st. Paul
was appointed Chairman Of the i'm
portant committee of insurance and a
member Of other committees, including
cities Of the first class, finance and
judiciary.
Representative Chas. Warner of
Aitkin was appointed chairman of the
committee on elections and member
of the education, civil administration,
reconstruction and rules committees.
Further deferring to the state
legislature, the state public safety
commission yesterday presented to
that body a measure making all Of it's.
orders now in effect imperative on
February 5, unless it is otherwise in
structed by the legislature at its meet
ing scheduled for February a. The
resembling order states that the sign
ing of the armistice makes a renewal
Of the war practically impossible and
changes conditions on which nearly all
of the previous commission orders are
based, but suggests that the legisla-
ture now in session may desire by leg
islative enactment to continue the or
.ders, or some Of them, in force.
Appropriations amounting to ST.
PTS, 1888 were passed without OPP
position by the house Of representa-
tives yesterday. The appropriations
were $1,07O, 900 provided by the Ben
dixen-Swanson bill to pay the de-
ficiencies in school aid for the years
1856, and $50, 900 with which to pay
wolf bounties between January and
August 1, present fiscal year with the
balance for legislative expenses.
a sharp clash took place in the.
house when a resolution to investigate
the promotion operations Of the Pan