St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-08
The Present Costly Equipment
Not Admired by the
Changers.

duout toeO,oou Sifcll 10 llitLI ny biG COu-
gress of the United States for the pur-
pose of establishing and maintaining an
agricultural college,
This, the alliance claims, was accom-
plished by the act of the legislature Of
1868, attaching the lands voted for an
agricultural college to the state univer-
sity fund. and then making an agri-
cultural college in the university. At
the time the alliance made its inyesti-
CATION they estimated the value of
these lands to be:
Present fund from sale of lands. S430. .996
Prospective sale of balance of
1anu.. .....- 5U,uU0
Prospective sale of experimental
lafn. ......... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2oo,ouo
.
President Atwood, of the alliance,
now values these lands and the fund
connected with them at 81, ,230,9 ,996. The
alliance claims that the work of the
farm OF college is carried on on basis
which yields no benefit to the farmers
of the state. President Atwood, of the
alliance. writes of it under date of Feb.
25, from st. Cloud:
'There is no one who would do more
to break up that diabolical scheme than
| would. 1t is disgrace and by-W0rd
to the state. For twenty years the
rights to the benefits of that magnifi-
cent fund donated to the farmers and
mechanics of this state.'
Senator HiXSOn has always believed
in the separation of the agricultural
college from the university and yeSter-
day intro duced bill whose context is.
to that effect, and which is given in
substance herewith:
A bill for an act to reorganize and
better provide for the endowment. gov
ernment and regulation of the agricult-
ural college of Minnesota and merge
therein. with the endowments, the agri-
cultural college. including military tao,
tics, and the college OF mechanical arts,
ROW established in the University of
Minnesota, and to revive aud continue
in force and re-enact chapter nine (93 of
the general laws of 1865, and to amend
and revise, and continue in force, as
amended. chapter twenty-one (2D of the
general laws of 1853, as amended : by.
chapter seven O, the general laws of
1865. The object of the agricultural
college of Minnesota shall be, to fulfill
on the part OF the state the conditions
named in article third (3d) of section
five o. OF the act of congress approved
July 2, 1862, entitled: IAN act donat-
ing public lands to the several states
and territories which may provide col
leges for the benefits Of agricultural
and mechanical arts" and without ex-
Guiding other scientific and classical
studies, to teach such branches of learn
ing as are related TO agricultural and
mechanic arts. and to furnish and Sc
cure through theoretic and practical in
struction to those sciences and arts
which hnar Hirnofly inIn trio
pursuits. including military tactics"
That chapter nine (9)A of the general
laws of 1865 be, and the same is hereby
revived. continued in force and re-en-
acted. That chapter one-hundred and
piled pile statutes (the same san be be-
ing chapter twenty-one (2D of
of the General Laws of 1859 as amend
ed by chapter seven (7) of the General
Laws of 1865. except as altered and
| amended by the provisions of this act,
in force and re-enacted. That board
is established which shall be known as
the agricultural college board, to con-
sist of ten Q0) members, and the gov
ernor of this state and the president of
| the college shall be ex-officio members
of said board. The following named
persons are hereby appointed members:
E. HI. Atwood, of Stevens county; E. J.
Hodgson, of Ramsey county; T. FL.
Barrett, of Stevens county; John Frank,
| of Mower county; John L. Nelson, of
Wabasha county; 4. A. Costello. of ST.
Louis county; Adolph Evert. of Pipe
stone county; Andrew Sture, of Polk
county; j. J. Fulkerson, of OImsted
| county; Swan Nelson, of Kandiyohi
county, who, with the governor of the
state and president of the agricultural
college, shall constitute said board. The
| usual powers of bodies polite and cor
porate are given to the board. The
president and treasurer of the board are
to give bonds of $4,000 each. The first
| meeting of the board is fixed for May 8.
1889, at the governors office. The i'm
portant feature of the bill is:
THAT all and singular the grants. en-
dowments, properties. incomes, reye-
| nues, immunitieS, rights, powers, fran
chiSes and privileges granted or donated
to or conferred upon said agricultural
college under whatever name or style
by said chapter twenty-one (2D of the
General Laws of 1858 and said chapter
seven (7) of the General Laws of 1865.
or by any and all other acts and laws of
this state, or intended so to be granted,
donated or conferred are, with all other
to said agricultural college, hereby CON
tinued to, regranted and reeonferred,
unchanged and undiminished to and
upon the said, the agricultural college
board for the endowment, support and
maintenance of the said agricultural
college of Minnesota as perpetual and
inviolable endowment for the objects
and uses in said several chapters and
acts, and in this act expressed, recited
Il HnI
college board hereby established shall
succeed to, have, possess and exercise
all and the same rights, franchises, i'm
munities. powers, offices and privileges,
and perform and discharge all and the
same duties as the board of education
under said chapter twenty-one (2DOf
the General Laws of 1865, and the agrl-
cultural board under said chapter seven
90 of the General Laws of 1865. except
as otherwise provided in this act; and
said board of education. under said
chapter twenty-one (29 of the General
Laws of 1868, and the said agricultural
college board, under said chapter seven
| q of the General Laws of 1866, shall
immediately terminate and be dissolved
OH the organization of the agricultural
college board herein provided and es-
tablished. The said college of agri-
culture, including military tactics, and
the college of mechanic arts. established
in the University of Minnasota by SAID
chapter one % of the General Laws of
1868. as amended by chapter ten 1O) of
the General Laws of 1872. are hereby dis
established. separated and taken out of
and removed from the University of
Minnesota, and reunited and reincor-
porated with and restored to and merged
in the said the agricultural college
of Minnesota in this act estab-