St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-06


SeVatson i'll the house, but not voting.
In explaining his vote on the bill,
Representative Ill. +. Stevens said:
II have received courteous com-
municatiOn from one of the largest
holders of securities of the st. Paul,
Minneapolis 81 Manitoba railroad Civ
ing me his views Oh this subject. For
weeks / have been peStered, prosecuted,
followed to my Office and home by ennis
saries of people interested in this SUBJ
Ject. There is something mysterious in
all this. This opposition is championed
LY the redoubtable general from Man.
kato, who understand has said that
if any one dared to vote for this bill his
spirit should be consigned to the cold
night winds. Such predictions can have
unfair nor unjust to grant to Duluth the
privileges once granted to other sec
tions of the state. A prominent gentle
man of this state only the other day
threatened ME that if 1 supported this
measure l was digging my political
grave. welcome that grave if that
gentleman can dig it for me. [Applause.]
From the great bulk of my constituents
L have received no complaint against
this bill, but from a small cOterie
on the swell avenue of this
city-those who want to be an
angel and with the angels stand-there
has come one continuous shout that l
must vote against this bill. | shall vote
for it. and in the words of the great
Shakespeare, if this is not enough for
them-"Lay ON, Macduff, and damned
be he who first cries, Hold! enOughv"
Applause and laughter.]
MIR. Stevens praised Duluth highly
and her interests, urged the develop
ment of the northern country and scath-
ingly arraigned Gen. Baker and the
Summit avenue opponents of the bill.
THE BILL.
The bill as passed by the house and
as sent to the senate reads as follows:
That the forfeiture by the Duluth &
Winnipeg Railroad company of the
8, 1878, to aid construction of a railroad
from Duluth n0rthwesterly to some
point on the north boundary of this
state west of the Lake of the Woods,
which forfeiture was incurred by said
company through failure to complete its
road within ten years from said date, be
and it is hereby waived, and the right
of the said company to said swamp
lands is hereby confirmed upon the fol-
lowing terms and conditions: First
Said company shall complete not less
than 100 miles of its road during the
year A. ID. 1889; and not less than an
other 100 miles thereof during the year
A. ID. 1890; and not less than another
100 miles thereof during the year A. d.
1891; and the residue thereof during the
year A. ID. 1892. Standardization
of portions of said railway made on ac-
count of engineering difficulties or to
secure lower grades shall not preju-
dice the right of said company
to select and have swamp lands
on account thereof under said grant.
Third-From and after filing in the
office of the secretary of state aud in
the Office of state auditor duplicate
maps showing the permanently located
line OF said railroad, or sections thereof,
state swamp lands shall become and be
subject to selection under said grant of
March 9, 1878, to the extent therein
provided, and the same shall SO remain
until said company shall be in default
under this act. Fourth-As soon
as each ten-mile section of said
road shall have been completed
the same shall be inspected, as
provided in said original grant, or by
the board of railroad and warehouse
commissioners; and, upon approval.
said company shall, with reasonable
diligence, select the swamp lands per-
tanning thereto under SAID grant, ana
shall receive patents therefor. Pro-
vided, That nothing in this act shall
operate to in any way. or to any extent,
impair or affect any subsisting rights of
the Duluth q Iron Range Railroad
company, under the grant made thereto
on March 9, 1875. or under any act
amendatory thereof or supplementary
thereto. The provisions of this act
shall become and be binding on said
company and on the state from and
after acceptance thereof by resolution
of the board of directors of said COM
pany, and the filing copy of such res
olution in the Office of the secretary of