St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16


would the country be worth without rail
roads? do not see why we should not do
the same by the northern part of the state.
Mr. Giidea claimed that the railroad grants
were
An Actual Damage
to the country districts. There were hun
dreds OF sections of land owned by railroads
never opened to the public There are many
sections down where he lived upon which
there was not house.
MIR. Cross-Because you live there. Laugh
ter
Mr.. Currier gently intimated that he would
not be surprised if the house voted this rail
| road grant The house was friendly to rail
roads. That was the reason why proper
and more comprehensive railroad bill had
not been passed. He warned members of the
reception they would receive from their con-
stituents if they voted any railroad grants.
They would find The same reception awaiting
them as awaited the poodle legislators of two
years ago. The Democrats and the Repub
licans would like 10 better plum than that
the Alliance members should vote for this
bill
Mr. Reeve could not understand the re-
marks or MIR. Cnrrier. The railroad bill that
| had been passed was an Alliance measure.
| 1t received the vote OF every Alliance mem
Der excepting one.
Mr. Currier replied by saying that it was
| well known the bill was not satisfactory to
! the Alliance or to Senator Hompe who in
| troduced ii.
Mr.. Reeve-Then why did the gentleman
! introduce 1t If II was not what was wanted
| by the farmers?
Mr.. Currier-When the bill was introduced
| by Senator Hompe it was all right; when II
! passed it was all wrong.
Mir. Mcguire said the people had spoken
with no uncertain voice against further land
grants. The land grant business had been a
| curse to the state
Mr.. Lynn was of opinion that at this stage
| of the development of the state they could
1
the state and give it TO any railroad for the
| purpose of building road.
Mr.. McAilister indorsed the remarks OF
Messrs Lynn and Mcguire.
Mr.. Sheets raised the question of the con-
stitutionality Of the bill.
Mr.. Kendall remarked that was question
| for the governor and the attorney general.
Mr.. Kendall proceeded to deliver Il very eX
| hauSt1Ye address i'll support of the bill. lie
| showed the importance of this railroad TO the
| northern part of the state; how at present
its resources were only
known 10 Few
but that with the building of this railroad 6
boundless and rich country would be opened
! up. he also enlarged upon the great gain i
was going to be to the state al large by the
| enormous increase in the value of the public
! lands in the northern part of the state. Mr.
Kendalrs effective speech was well and
! favorably received.
Mr.. Bell was against the passage of the
| bill.
Mr. Kendall-The question is whether the
| Duluth d Winnipeg or the Great Northern
| gets the land grant?
| MI Tucker opposed the bill.
MIR. Lomen, of Ramsey, delivered q very
| eloquent speech. lie said:
| Gentlemen have fashion of getting up in
their seats and entering a loud protest
against the injustice that this bill will inflict
| upon a contiding public. The people are
against land grants, they say. submit that
| this is not argument. | am reminded that in
| all climes and at all times the development
| OF Il country is what has made it prosperous
| Alexander would not have been great hao
| he not followed up his conquests by coloni
zation. The same is true of Julius Caesar, OF
| Rollo the WandeTer, and William the Con
| queror. OF what value to the world was the
| discovery of America by Left Erickson,
| What did Europe gain by the fact that his
! discovery was not taken advantage of and
| America suffered to lie for centuries a vasl
| wilderness: The discovery by Column
| bus was the more fruitful because
| of the colonizations that followed
| and these were induced and made possible
! by reason of the charters and land grants
| given to adventurous pioneers. Without
| the facilities of travel there can be no coloni
Zation, and no industries built up.
| My farmer friends complain of hard times
! and high taxes The cost of living and the
| expense of government is burdensome IL
| proportion to the number and wealth o1
| those who contribute to the support OF either
| Develop your resources. Open up a rich
| portion of the state that will afford a diver
sity of industries. Bring i'll capital from
abroad, and your taxes will come down, be
! cause there are more to contribute. The eX
| pense, per capita, of running the state!
prison is less when you have many prisoners
than when you have few. The
Same Is True
of any other state Institution. The burden Of
| those who support these institutions is les
,1t1,
| those who contribute. Open up your mines
| and your forests. What is it that made
either of them valuable: Certainly thei
availability. What is it that makes lot val
| uable Ill St Paul? Is it not its availabiit'
for trade, ana commerce and manufactures
| How do you build up city? Ask my col
league, Lane X. Stone who sits upon the
! floor of this house. A few years ago where
now is located the enterprising village O.
| North st. Paul. with it's manufacturing
plants and pleasant homes, was nothing bu
farm lands. A majority of the Ramsey
| county delegation voted, the other day, to IN
corporate the village into the city of st
| Paul, and would have felt proud of the pos
| session. This community was built up by
| the liberality and enterprise OF the proprietor
i'll granting bonuses of land and money.
support this bill on the same business prin
ciples. Gentlemen say the road Will be bull
anyhow. But when? How long are we t
wait: What do we loose by ratifying the
old grant or making a new one? The land:
remaining are made more valuable, and ou
| industries and wealth are multiplied. Thi
house voted the other day not to disturb the
land grant to the Duluth. St Cloud, Man
kato d Austin road, on the ground that i
| would interfere with the building of the
| road. Many Alliance members voted to sus
tain the grant. | voted the other way. Now
in order to develop q wilderness. l vote for
| grant. Give the northern part of the state
chance with the southern half The railroad
TO sustain itself must develop the country i
| fOra n IL
| Mr.. LOmen resumed his seat amid hearty
burst of applause. The speech was regarded
as one of the ablest delivered this session.
Opposition Fails.
The motion to indefinitely postpone wa,
then put: Yeas II, nays 90.
Amendments.
Amendments by the score were then show
| cred upon the chairman.
Mr. Bell proposed that FIVE of the ten sec
| tions of land to be granted the railroad be
reserved for the cultivation of flax and hemp
| fiber in the interests of agriculture.
Mr.. Boyd pertinently stigmatized thi
amendment as either one to gain politica
capital or personal capital, or was matte
of spite. The amendment is entirely irrele
want. 1t was an outrage TO put before de
Lucrative body such proposition.
Mr.. Kendall rise to point of order. TIL,
amendment is not germane to the question
Mr.. Greer lin the chair)-The chair rules
the point TO be we'll taken.
Mr.. Lynn moved to amend the bill by re
stricting the grant to five instead of ten sec
tons mile.
The amendment was lost: For, Al; against
A. Other unimportant amendments wer
disposed of.
The bill was recommended to pass by
vote of 81 yeas to - nays.
| The committee rose, and the report was in
dorsed by the following vote:
Yeas-57.
Anderson, Englebert Penney,
Battley, Feig, Price,
| Benner, Foley, Reeve,