, 1873-03-15
The Squabblo Over the st.
Croix and Superior
Land Grant,
Tho Prize Awarded by tho Assembly
to the Milwaukee, & st, Paul :
Railroad Company.
10 Reasonable Doubt that This Action Will
Do Concllrrsd in by tho Senate.

The Lacrosse Bridges--The Temper
ance -Railroad Taxation
--soldiers' Orphans Homo.
Fto1s Our 0scn Correspondtns
MAp1aoN, Wis, March IL, 1879.
After contest, Bharp, Bllort, and decisive"
III the Assembly, over tho disposal OF tho 81,
Croix d Superior land-grant, which has boon tho
absorbing and ovorshadowing question Of this
session OF tho Legislature, bringing and Keeping
tho lnrgost lobby over known hero for SO great
e 1ongth OF time ito tho great delight Of hotol
and boarllng-houso Reopon), That body
has, by large majority, voted to
boBtow this valuable prize upon tho
M11wAuKEH sr. PAUL RAILROAD COMPANY.
The. preliminary Bkirmish for Tho final battle
wes on Monday evening, when AIr. Darrou moved
that the" bill to provide for tho speedy exoeu-
tion Of tho truat assumed by tho State Of Wis
conBin, In it8 acceptance Of tho granta OF 1and
made by Congress, by acts approved Juno O.
1856, and Aay 6, 1864, and to grant said lands to
the North WISCONSIN Kairad Company" 10 made
the special order for 10:15 q. m. Tuesday, and
continuing it tho special ordorHtill disposed off,
thus r',tting 1t ahead Of tho milwaukee, 4
st. Paul bill, which was, On Friday, made tho
special order for II q. N. on That day. A1r.
Palmer, tho champion OF tho Milwaukee Il st.
Paul bill, moved to amend by making o'clock
=. m. tho hour; which, after little spnrring be-
tweon MesarB. ralmor mud Barron, was carried
by a vote Of 30 to d, ind tho motion as thus
amended prevailed by voto Of ~ to 40.
Tuesday forenoon, promptly at II O'Clock, all
tho members Of tho Assembly in their places, o
goodly number OF lobbyists ranged around tho
floor ct the side Of the Gpcaktr'a desk, and many
ladies boing proacnt, somo Of thom % most fair o to
look upon and elegantly attirol,- bill grant
ing certain lands to tho milwaukee, l. st. Paul
Railway Comnnuy, and to craonto TIM tr1st M.
saHea py Inc ssate OF WISCONSIN, py l1s aeoops-
anco ol GIG grants OF lana naao W ConBFesH oy
acta approved June 8, 1856, and May 8, 1904,
was tahcn up as tho special order, and
considered in Committee Of tho Whole. scy-
oTaI .1uondmnn." ~ ,rar" n1onted ID ,on,n1v :, ~o,a-
ton to the outside railroads included in tho bill;
changing tho extension Of tho Southern Wiacon-
~, - t,,o ,1;nar.1 pa;,,t na;fro.a ~. a;n;n,.
~ ~ ~ "nA4 o'ns NV SWING
tho option o1 running the chdppo"a valley hoaa
BY way of MondoVia or Durand; one to protect
tho rights Of settlers. The flrst senBation WAS
ranaa6 hr Mr. po1nocr,e hocktno ar+ of IN
ar,ondn,o,,+ s,a;,r ao-+;o,, - H. 1..,a a..a.s
nnlsno1oeIl k1F4n6 pots1oh u tne 4ana-Brants
to tho ,,,o.oo n,o,,,o ~ .,,,.
mhich he had reported On Friday, but now said
That 1t WAS without due toliboratton, and the
friends OF tho bill did not want 1t encunbered by
snas a. psoposlt!on' l., A., ,,,u..,.
comnanT Judre d;bbs. "a the epoco1 adyncato M ~
the 5hiesso f Iiuo oponod a bs al
tories On the frat namod@ Company, and frod
some bot shot into it, telling What 10 In knew to
tha 1;sndvantn0a of i+a nnnsrera nnw sn1 Il,
e.,;r - 1,ri, ~ tIat = go ~" aG .i -
eatneh 20 taa1 II was enseactefs.o