St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-05

ment of Old Minnesota state railroad
ponds In full and accrued interest, Mr..
Fletcher voted yea.
III. +. IL. Page so, Ii. Jan act to re-
peal General Laws of 1872 providing for
an exemption Ct wages from attachment.
MI, Fletcher voted yea.
Fletcher Believes in Usury.
FL. F. 90, Page 1Os, Il. IA bill to
prevent usury. Mr.. Fletcher voted no
IL. F. SO, Page 24l, Ii. ia bill to
grant lands to the Little Falls & Dakota
railway. Mr.. Fletcher voted yea.
ii. +. 577, page $50. II. IA bill to
grant lanas to the Minnesota Il South
western Railway company, SO nays, A
nays. Mr.. Fletcher voted yea.
I >. f. 323, page 626, ii. IA bill to
grant lands to Minnesota & st. Cloud
railway. Mr.. File tcher voted yea.
: In the extra session of 1881. Ii. f. Sc,
page $50, j. IA bill granting to rail
roads the right of way over all state
lands free. Mr.. Fletcher voted yea.
ii. F. SO. page 162, Ii. j. For third
time an effort was made to defeat the
liability of stockholders in corporations,
and Mr.. Fletcher voted aye.
Fletcher Against Farmers.
Fl. F. 1856. page 800, II. IA bill to
discharge the claims of the state to lien
on the crops of grasshOpper sufferers
for seed furnished by the state; upon
this Mr.. Fletcher voted no.
5. +. 80. page 142. q bill granting four
sections of land to the mile of road to
the Minnesota q st. Cloud railroad; Mr..
Fletcher voted yea.
Besides these important measures
relative to capital and to labor, the in
fE-I In. .taI. II NE
the poor, all of which go to
at all times evinced a favortiSm to
capital and want of interest in the
poor and the laboring classes, number
or other important measures during
various terms in which Mir. Fletcher
served as legislator were introduced
and pending touching of the right
OF the laboriDg man, more particularly
the wage Garner, upon which Mr.
Fletcher sustained his reputation for
dlsnterestednesS and sympathy for the
laboring man. Among these was bill
In 1872 giving to employees in construct
ing railroads lien for their wages;
upon this
NEr. Fletcher Failed to Vote
In the same year another act was pend
ing providing the exemption OF $50 of
wages OF laborers; on this bill he also
neglected to vote. Upon another bill
providing that the lien law of 1866,
which did not protect carpenters and
material men in the construction of
buildings for railroad companies lien
for their labor and material, and which
was intended to exted the law so that
1t would operate against railroad COM
panies the same as against other indivl-
duals. and in the interest of material men
and carpenters dong such work. Mr.
Fletcher also failed to vote. Upon a
bill to exempt from levy and garnish-
ment a judgment obtained by a debtor
whose exempt property had been
wrongfully selZed and sold, Mr.. Fletch-
er also neglected to vote.
AT the time when each of these last
measures was pending. Mr.. Fletcher
was present in the house, as shown by
the Journal, at the session when each of
the same came I'D for final passage.
In most of the cases here is given the
import of the measure pending, where
the full meaning could not be discovered
by the title of the bill. Any person
questioning their correctness may 90 to
any of the law libraries OF the city or
the public library of the city and ascer-
tain for himself the correctness of the
statements set forth.
If this be ''rOorback" or falsehood,
the house journal will prove it. Mr..
Fletcher and the journal are invited to
danv IL