The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-04-07
Old Railroad Bonds.
How the Measure Was
E8lEEldOMed Through
the HOUSE.
NAMES OF FIVE CONY ERT5, MEN
WHO CHANGED THEIR MINDS
SUDDENLY TEE TEE TRIBUNAL
pYt,Yy7 vy70n rn1rv7r~r~7
NOT YET CONVENED,

The following from the Little Falls
Transcript shows the despicabe means
resorted to by the agents of the bond
holders to crowd their measure through
the Legislature:
'tThe Sank Centre Tribune confirms
the report that Hon. Alex. Moore, of that
place, was compelled to vote for the old
railroad bond adjustment bill in order to
save the Little Falls s Dakota Railroad
swampland bill from being vetoed. The
Tribune referring to the matter says:
'Apropos to this article it is due to
Alexander Moore to say that the writer is
we'll aware Of the TACT that, had Mr..
}>Moore voted against the adjustment bill,
the Little Falls and Dakota Swamp Land
bill would have died the certain death
which had been prepared for it,
A letter recently written by Hon. E. x.
Lafond, of this village, to the Wright
County Eagle, concerning some matters
of local history there, refers as follows to
an appropriation for a bridge in that
county, passed by the legislature in 1872,
when llr. Lafond was a member from
| Wright county Of that body, at which
time Hon. Horace Austin was Governor:
On the day the bill was to be signed
by the governor there was another Dill IN
the House to be put on its final passage,
to grant eitherfour or six sections Of land
to The mile to the NJ & st. l.. r. r., and a
member from the Hennepin county dele
| ION tt,, ri,S cai j l
4 support their bill the governor would sign
1 my bridge hill: j said would not do it,
He then said it | did not support then
bill that L. Fletcher would have the gov
ernor veto the bridge bill, I said would
be sorry to have the bill vetoed on that
! account, but could not support their bill
under any consideration. About TWO
hours after their land grant bill was de-
feated, the governors veto OF my bridge
bill was sent into the house.
We should judge by the foregoing that
the practice of enforcing obnoxious legis
lation by the implied or expressed threat
of yetoing other bills is a somewhat ole
one but none the less deserving OF con
demnation We make no reference II
this article to the merits of the railroad
bond adjustment bill, but if members O.
the legislature are induced to vote agains
their own Judgment in order to secu re tn,
approval by the governor of bills of mucl
interest to their co nstituents and them
selves, it shows q remarkable degree o
moral turpitude on the part OF the per
sons who make, or cause to be made suc
threats, We hope, for the good name G
the public service at the State capito
that the alleged bul|dozing tactics resorte
to by unprincipled persons, with the az
proval Of the governor, have no founds
ton in fact, but the belief that there ar
facts to support these reports somewha
l extensively prevails"
: A few weeks ago the UNION mad
mention Of the fact that several {
: the members Of the legislature VII
were stopping at the St. James hote
| st. Paul, were very suddenly convert
r ed into the belief that the bill provic
! ing for the adjusting of the old raj
road bonds, without submitting tt
matter to the people as required b
!. the constitution, was proper and RICH
Time and again these gentlemen
= Messrs. McHenry, Thornton, Klossne
Kennedy and Zeiska gave our i
formant to understand that they WEI
opposed to the proposed plan Of Sc
g Element and would vote against tt
= measure when it came before Il
house. But, 10! and behold when II
ID vote was taken each of these five no
orable members voted YES! Thu
belied their assertions Of few hon
!, before. What brought about t
In !. wondrons change Of heart in the
n, gentlemen? Did they have a reyel
y. ton from on high or were tn
ssseen' by some Of the bond, holde
agents.