St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-03
THEIR LAST Is TONIGHT.
Matters Decided and to Be De
cided by the Hennepin DeleSa

Matters Decided and to Be De-
cided by the Hennepin DeleSa-
ton.
Tonight the Hcnnepin delegation to-
the legislature will hold its last meeting
before it goes to st. Paul to grapple
with the men of brain and Drawn.
Don't forget the Drawn, for the Far
mers' Alliance is reality. At to-
nights meeting several important sub
jects will have to be settled. The re-.
suits of the deliberations of the delega-
ton have been presented from time to
time to the readers of the GLOBE, but
there are knotty questions still t0be
solved. One of these has to do with the
court house commission. What will be
done with it? Opinions are as various
as men. individuals can be found who
say Leave the commission alone.
because it is all right and
is doing the best it can.
But there is scarcely man on the Hen
nepin delegation WHO doesn't believe
that something should be done. The
commission isn't just what it should be
and has done always the best thing. AS
generally considered there are three
divisions in the court house commission.
attend the meetings, the commissioners
who do attend but who never say much
and think less, the commissioners who
boss everything. One proposition which
finds favor with many members or the
delegation who have considered these
three divisions includes the absolute
adjustment of the commission as
whole. 1t is proposed to then create
new commission. Some of the members
of the present body would undoubtedly
be included in the new organization.
Another proposition is to abolish the
whole commission and leave it SO. This
one, however, finds but few supporters.
1t is not probable that the fate OF the
commission will be settled irrevocably
tonight. Action on this most important
question may be postponed until later.
In all that has been said about the
proposed legislation to be advocated by
the Hennepin delegation there has been
information as to what will be done
with the patrol limits. No one need
worry about the obliteration of the so
called dead line" Such action will
never be taken by the present delega-
ton. So far as known but one man on
the delegation ever proposed any such
thing. That one man comes from
portion of the city south of Nicollet ave-
nue.. He is an ultra refOrmer. In some
ways he is in advance of Henry George.
Yet he wanted the patrol limit abol-
ished because it had been established
by Republican delegation. He was
sluelched. Nor has he ever referred to.
the subject since. The ''dead line'' will
not be wiped out, but will probably be
extended. How much or In what direc-
ton has pot yet been definitely settled.
1T is likely, however, that This part OF
the question will be left to the property
owners in the various sections where ex-
tensions are contemplated. If major
ity desire the extension 1t will be made.
In regard to this patrol limit line, the
delegation has decided upon one point
which will BIZ hailed as wise move by
most people. At present the line runs
through the centers of the streets, but
the dead line'' bars him out. When
the delegation has done with it, the line
will run through the block, in the alleys,
where they exist, and one side OF a
street will not be diScriminated against.
Here is another question in connec-
ton with saloons aud license, which
some members of the delegation think
requires little attention. Something
over $260,OO0 flows into the city treasury
every year from the issuance of liQnOr
licenses. This money benefits every
ward in the city. In the Eighth and
Thirteenth wards there are no saloons.
The Eighth Warders, especially, refuse
to allow saloon to exist i'll their midst.
Yet they share the profits from the
saloons. Some members of the delega-
ton are of opinion that this license
money.should go solely to those wards
which are afflicted with the drinking
fountains. That point may receive
some attention. s1