St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-02
THE DOGS OF WA r.
They Will Descend Upon st. Pau
From Minneapolis To-Day.

They " Ill DcSCGnu ~ pun OC' ou
From Minneapolis To-Day.
This afternoon the corridors of the
state house in st. Paul will resound
with the tread of Minneapolis feet.
Some of the highest and mightiest
among the business men who call Min
neapolis their home will desert for the
once the pleasant task of building fort
unes with which to make lawn tennis
players of their sons, and will mingle
with the base and sordid mortalS who
love in the vile pool OF politics and give
themselves up to the seductive
influences Of the lobby. These
Minneapolitans will go down
there to protect their interests
from the ruthless vandalism of the
Swart-broWed Farmers Alliance man
who objects to allowing part OF the
earth'S inhabitants to load their tables
with pate de foie gras and white seal'
while he must, perfOrce, content him.
self with chewing hay and drinking but
termilk. Some of the senate committees
will consider to-day certain bills in
which Minneapolis men are more or
less-prncipally more-intereSted; bills
which affect the seemingly supposed in
alienable right of certain individuals to
put barbed wire fences around the earth
and to file homestead claims to the
choicest cheese pastures of the moon.
First among these bills comes that OF
Senator f. G. Mcmillan, which provides
that no passenger on the electric cars
shall be compelled to pay his fare unless
provided with seat upon which to rest
his weary frame.
OF course the street railway company
is against that bill from the start to eight
miles beyond the finish. 1t is, to the
mind of the street car man, reyOlu-
ti0nary scheme compared with which
the projects of Ignatius DOnnelly'S
brotherhood of Destruction" were
mere ice palaces in Minnesota. This is
blow at the street railway cOmpany's
right to make OF its cars miniature pack
ing houses. And it will be fought as
only Tom Lowry can fight. Be it said,
too, that Tom has the reputation OF be-
ing able to put up lively scrap when
the occasion demands.
Another bill which creates interest in
the bosom of the Minneapolis million
aire, and which will be considered to-
day in committee, is that fathered by
one Senator Allen. 1t is intended to
restrict the requirement of large tracts
of laud by corporations and aliens. In
truth, it is aimed at the lumbermen-at
least, they so regard it. This bill de-
clares that no one corporation shall &C,
quire more than 100000 acres of land.
The lumbermen resent this attempt to
interfere with their system OF securing
government land through their en-
ployes, who take up claims and after
ward sell out to the company. A large
delegation of them, armed with hand
spikes, canthoOks and pixies, will go to
st. Paul by an early train. and attempt
to work upon that little bill. The lum-
bermen are ION the drive" and sena-
tors must look out for the breaking OF
the jam.
Another bill to be considered down
there to-day emanates from the brain OF
the illustrious farmer, Ignatius Don
nelly. While it strikes no blow directly
at the freedom and prerogatives OF
Minneapolis people, it will nevertheless
find good many strenuous opponents
in the city which "Scrap-lrOn Bill'
calls home. 1t is a measure to control
the mercantile agencies. snch as Brad
streets and Dun's, and is designed to
call such agencies to strict account. A
portentious war cloud hOyers over the
state capitol.