The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-11
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accounts for the defeat IN the House
of the land grant bill, as follows:
THE ST. CROIX LAND GRANT.
Our good State Of Wisconsin got
bIow-a foul blow-last night.
from a set Of men here at the Capi-
tol, who have no excuse for it. OF
course refer to the defeat of the
st. Croix land grant extension" :"
Apparently the blow falls on Mr..
Baldwin and the men of the "WeSt
Wisconsin" but they are not the
ones most affected who are the real
sufferers. | think of the hundred
and fifty miles of dense forest wastes
between the st. Croiy and Lake Su-
perior, that might be made to
blossom as the rose;" Of the hun
dreds Of cabin settlers on the antic-
ipated line of road, struggling with
poverty and priyations, who might
be made glad; of the beautiful bay
on the lake; of the undeveloped
mines; Of the inaccessible timber:
Of the needs of commerce: Of the
added wealth to our State, all tenn
porarily struck down by the preiu-
dice or assinine stupidity OF 4 few
men.
on THE SPEAKER'S TABLE
The q" ST. CroiX extension bill, >" as
passed by the Senate and endor ed
by the House Public Lands Com
mlttee, has been on the Speakers
table for the last twenty days, the
third one behind the civil rights bill
II could have been taken up at any
time, on = motion to suspend the
rules by 4 two-thirds vote, but n
one could see the . two-thirds." "
Things were running at this gait till
yesterday morning, when the House
voted to 90 to the Speakers table,
taking up the Senate bills first in
their order. The bill 10 extend the
time for the completion Of the
ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC
was reach d at half past tour. This
road runs from St Cloud on the
Mississippi through to Red River.
There had been two efforts before,
within the last month to get this bill
from the Speakers table on a mo-
ton to suspend the rules, followed
by failure each time. his tailur,
discouraged 81 CroiN. Luck favor
el 1.-The 81 Paul grant yesterday. The
no'ion 10 SuSprn! the rnlrs was fol
lowed hy u general burst Of "ay"S
.,ud feeble sound IF ..noe-, whvn
the Speaker declared the bill car
riel IIoImaa mt this stage called
tor the ayes anil noes" by roll cali
Twenty seven rose in support ot the
call. Not a sufficient number up
shouted the Speaker, and The bill
was declared passed, 10 The over
Whclmiug joy of the Ninnrsotians.
The passage of the 81. Paul anG
Pacific bill stirred the hopes fer our
Wisconsin, friends The Honse tooI
a recess at six, till eight o'clock
with six bills on the Speakers tabiC
ahead of the St Croix.
LAST NIGHT.
The Civil Rights bill was reached
last night at nine o'clock. There
could be no dodginG or getting
around it. Mr. EIdredge made tho
dlatory motion to adjourn, whicI
took half al hour to vote down
Then came the motion to g suspend
the rules" and take up the Civil
Rights bill. One hundred and forty
.'aye>," and uinety-one nays" Not
two-thirds, and so the bill stuck fast
TO the speakers table.
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
The ST Crojx bill was reached at
eleven o'clock, when fifty members
had left, and the rest were tired
and many were dcmoralized by the
civil rights contest 1t was an
unfortunate time fol ',St. Croix' bat
the bill was reached, and had to be
disposed of. And "Holman" was
there, he who had always been
death ON the St. Croix extension.
lie started in with his motion to
adjourn, but was voted down, una
ble to get the "ayes aud noes" "
Mr.. Sawyer, who was standing 4
little to the lett, supported by Mr..
Rusk and McDIl, moved that the
"'rules be suspended, and the St.
Creix bill taken up" Our Wiscon-
sin delegation, who had gathered
TO the front, were anxious, aS all
could see. There could be no
speaking, no explaining. They knew
that the success of the bill rested
upon the chance OF All open vote,
without the call Of the ayes and
noes" The speaker put the vote.
There was full aud hearty response
OF "aye,n and diminutiye ''nO.
By the sound" SAID the speaker
"two-thirds have voted in the
affirmative, and the bill is passed. "
-'Ayes and noes,o shouted the inap-
peaSable Holman. The seconds :
were called, ana thirty-seven rose
in their seats, "a sufficient number
up" sand the speaker, and the ayes
and noes were ordered.
BATTLE LOST.
The "battle was lost" as our
friends well knew, when the call
commenced. Could the bill have
been reached at nine o'clock, there
is little doubt that it would have
taken the same turn as the st.