The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-03-12

y illaess Of about eighteen hours,
sssssd BY . rupture Of blod vessel
i Ne hsart. Almost hin" last vords
1ees, .Tsks sars Of my Civil Right.
bils He vas little moro than sixty
lhlss ysas Of ass. One Of this eoun'
tsy's ablest statesmen and pursss AID
mast gifted men hss gone to
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9. aovERNO1 DAVIS vRT0ED.
OF the three HUNDRED and eighty
bin passed By the hast Legislators,
Dsyostosa were vetoed on the 9th and
9sA b. 0ovs.sor Davis. Among these,
md perhaps the most important, are
tlrss hills provid,ns for and besries on
The diseeganis.sioa Of Oaas county -
TIE Gsvsrsos's objections are that, in.
sssal Of disorgsnisinR Can county, the
first bill really declares that the count,
asvss ~ organised, thereby invalid.'
sisg he obligssiesa now in the hands Of
boos-6ds holders. Whether BY aoe'.
dsas u dssisn, 10 provision 10 made 10
the bin for the assumption Of these lie
biisiss b The counties among which
Oass sosstJ vas 70 b partially divided
The Go,sr,os il of.hs opinion that the
enissio. to provide ~ assessment to-
tAs funded debt ~ "uadoub.sdl, By
dsaien" Hothioks The nee - adop''
ID b secure the disorganiaation, dso.
esross - . prsesdsas, and in direct sio-
lotion Il The spirit Of the Coassisutie"
Ths bills providing for tho partition.
isg Of The coveted prise b<twsso the
sosotiss q Grow Wing and W.dsna.
require .ha. the proposition shall b.
subnistrd oalY to tho voters Of these
Two eoaoties, while the people OF Cas-
county ars. denied acy voice iu the mat.
tar, vhish 10 pisinly At vari.nee With
the provisions Of tho Constitution. As
Govsrror Davis says, sit WAS. doubt.
Len, undsr the inspiration of this d.
isnus that the frsmer Of these bills
hit upos The expedieut Of declaring
thss Cs>s eoonty v.s unorgaoised, and
in that connection used the word
'aull' add 'void.'"
This veto il oas eminently proper t.
b made. While mslfeassnoe has been
charged on The psrs Of the officers 81
Csss eounsy-and doubtless there were
very great Irregularities these bills
were really gotten MP 10 the Interest and
fox the b.nsh, Of the owners Of large
tlasts Of pine land who we're anxious
to svsde taxation. This Pine Lane
Ring, - the St. Paul Pres designs'e'
il, led prepared this scheme to rspudi
sts @l2, 900 Of the bonded indebted
men Of the eouat,, for which thei
property vss justly liable. They vii
~, % - auso pleased With Governor
Davis veto - will be the peopl'
shrosghout the State who are honestl!
paying their taxes Al this WAS Sen
stos Bsnsd,ct's pet messure-in fac
constituting the principal business on
trusted to his hands fur this session b!
Ghs parties vho elected him-he vii
ssssesly feel that DO ~as "vossh oil b
eoss."
Asothsr of tho bills vetoed souxh
70 70 amend the sohuol laws % to o.
hagr require County Superintendent
20 obtaio f'ss-erade certificates ireu
he Sests Superintendent, aid - I
lesvs their salary to the discretion o
County Commissioners: The G"veru
Or eoosidsFs thst such ohsoges vou'
b s.bversivs Of our uaiform syst q
Of school regulation.
The provisions Of the smendator
II sst empowering corporations to tx
ps,vs's property f"r puoI's uses, he re
sea,ds q Fs'psbly unjust, placing the il
dividusl property owner almost who'll
q The mercy Of railroad companies.
Ths bin esssslling IN isdebtedoes,
sso.ssieg 70 over six thousaud dollar
Of. the soslty Of Mile Laos, is disap
proved bsssuss "ths relief which i
,ssssts i extraordinary, and the exteu
Of thse sslisf = NOT SLOWED TO ,sppes
Spes III bill ~ - This ~ aoother 9
sssaso, Bssdis.'s LITTLE tjsbA,sg -
AZ Ano.hss Of bic bills A''eraosiug ce,
tain powers 10 the Commissioners Ill
Audituss Of ShsSbusns aud Mile Lac
.sosstiss,'' suffered : similar i.te, tor ,b
Seasoo thss the Governor could. zee o
rsasos Why IN redemption from tho op
srsaious Of tho general Laws should b
granted to the tax officials Of thes
4 soas,iss in respect to the. publicatio
Of hu.neial statements and delioquer
tAx lists. II il noticeable how ever
+ bill f.thsrsd BY Senator Benedict b.
a.,job"' 10 i. In ~iping these ont, tn
Governor, by stroke Of the pen, wip<
ont sssrly the entire results Of the tw
nos,hs' work Of the Senator from th
ssse side. Of the seventeen bills "
!. toed, I've (or nearly oue.third Of th
entire NUMBER were Senator Benedic.''
Ai,sl and alas -
The oiilrels.iog to ssruct juries
vetoed because sits provisions voul
iuposs speo the counties . most u1
bssrabls sxpsues." ~
Tho sossurrsot resolution sskin
gOussrss 70 grant . charter and rie'
ee Wy to the Daluth, St. Cleat y
Yapksss railroad il dissppro,sd for a