St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-20

DenseS incurred in holding Il conStltu-
tional convention" it is entirely and
absolutely false. Senator Casey drew
and introduced the bill. did all the
work In the comm. ttee and cot the bill
through. Pierce did not do a single
thing III the matter, except perhaps to
vote for il, and this is somewhat doubt
full. as it is matter of record that he
MISSED 2l0 roll calls, being absent on
some pressing business or other,
and it may be lie was not
III his seat when this bill came up and
passed. In regard to Claim No.2, Pierce's
newspaper is again wrong. The record
SHOWS that this bill to create the Office
OF surveyor general and establish a sur
veying district" was a general bill APP
plying TO all the new states. and was in
troduced by the committee for all four
states, and Senator Pierce as an i'll
dividual had nolning whatever to do
with the passage of the bill except to
vote for 1t. and to loclte the office at
Bismarck and to secure the appoint
ment Of Bismarck man to fill the place
Which was but another one OF his
official slaps in the face of the Red river
valley. Claim No. 3. ITO create an adj
ditional land Office in the state of North
Dakota" was Senator CaSey'S work.
Pierce did not even favor tile passage Of
the bill, but tried to have it hung up.
He is now using the fact that there is a
Register and Receiver
to be appointed. to trade on. These ap-
poilitmentS, of course, will not be made
until after the senatorial election. and
Pierce Is now using them To trade for
votes and Influences to advance his
greedy ambition this winter. In regard
To the transfer of section 81 in CaSS
cuunty.in Claim No. 4. the senate records
show that Pierce Was simply acting
under Instructions, and did not vOlun-
tarily act IN the matter. The last legiS-
lature memOrlaliZtd congress. and vir-
tuaily donated section 81 to the agri-
cultural college at Fargo, and simply
asked congress to legalize the transfer.
Pierce had really nothing to do with it,.
Neither did Senator Pierce have any
thing to do W til establishing IA port.of
entry at Npche." 1t was general com-
mittee bill creating several ports
OF entry at one time, one of
which was located at Neche.
In regard to Claim No. 6. this was an
important resolution, ''eXtending the
time Of payment to settlers OH the pub
lie lands in cases where losses of crop
have made them unable to make such
pay menls." he record shows that this
was juint resolution introduced by
Senator Plumb, of Kansas. 1t came to
the house as Senator Plumb's resolu-
ton, and passed the house as such.
Pierce had nothing to do with it from
its inception to its passage, and his
claim to have introduced it and passed
it Is the raj kest assumption. The only
possible way in which Pierce could have
had any hand IN The passage of the bill
was to have voted for it, but even this
is doubtful, as Pierce's friend, Mr.
Triplett, of New York. took up large
share of his til e during the entire ses-
Sion and the record shows that he
missed 210 roll calls; SO that it is quite
prouable that Pierce was
Not Even Present
to vote for this bill. But whether he
may have voted for it or not, the fact is
that his claim to the authorship of this
important measure is a rank Imposition
OH all his constituents. The United
States courts bill (ciam y was not
Pierce'S bill. 1t vas drawn and intro
duced in the house 10y Hansorough, and
duplicate copy was at the same time
introduced iii the senate in order to
hurry ftalong. The senate is body OF
eignty-four members, with two mem
bers from Dakota looking after her in.
terests. The house is body Of 33O
members, with one member to represent
her interests. 1t will thus he readily
dlScerned that it is mucu easier and
gu cker work to get Dakota
measure through the senate than
through the house, and so this
dupl cate bill got through the senate
first, as one would naturally suppose,
a Ilan t,ri,
pected; and after it passed the senate il
came over to the house. 1t is probably
OH the ground that it got through the
senate first that Pierce claims the bill
although MIR. HanSbrOugh drew it and
Introduced il in the house and furnished
l'Ierce the duplicate copy TO fire into
the senate. SO that rehily Pierce's
claim to this bill does not rest upon a
very substantial basis; and
Ii Is the Only One
in the whole list to which he has any
claim whatever.
Iht fact about the business is that
Pierce has not made mucn Roadway as
United States SENATOR. He spent
most of his time in New York city, ana
what little time he managed to teal
himself away from that city he
spent in Washington in secur
ing appointments for relatives and
divers and sundry friends. The fact
that he was at work for his friends
while in Washington is all right as
general proposition, but when we get
down into particulars and details. we
fiId that in many cases these friends
were the friends of other days and other
states. There was his friend and rel.
alive Haight. of Wisconsin, whom he
appointed deputy collector of customs
from Larimore. N. D., when. i'm fact,
he never lived at LarImore. There was
his friend Ham. of Chicago, whom he
appointed to fat place. By the way
there has been some sort of a feeble
and indirect denial on the partof Pierce
in the matter of this appointment, he
claiming he did not make the appoint
ment. Will Senator Pierce stand ur
straight and say he did not go around
with a paper among the senators and
get eight or ten of the senators TO sign
! that paper requesting the appointment
of Ham? And will he deny that he
worked diligently to secure the appoint
ment of Mr.. Ham, of Chicago, to tina,
place? ! do not think Senator Pierce
Il