St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-05
BLACK DEFAMATION.
A Plutoeratie Scribbler Libels
the Last Legislature in a
Shameful Manner.
And Speaker Champlin Re-
flutes Each Of It's Damnable
and Cruel Statements.
Appropriations in All Cases
Made to Meet Republican
Extravaganza.
ADocument Which Will Stand
as a Disgrace to the Man
Who Wrote 1t.

brace up and hold in line all members
Of their party who contemplate votins
anything but the Republican ticket.
In their Infamous sheet is an article
under the title of "Shameless Record, y
in which the most atrociOuS falSehOod:
are presented as facts to the Republican
party of the state on the eve of election
giving little opportunity TO refute their
| ISLANDERS. This shows to what eXtrem.
tiles they are driven and to what means
they will resort to carry the election.
| Having been elected speaker, L am
made the object of their attack, and
| feel that should present to the people
! of the state a counter statement and
| one that cannot be contrOverted.
| ask, Mr.. Editor, that you find room fol
| the following, that your subscribers
may have an opportunity to read both
sides of the case.
| shall prove what have to say by
the records of the last Legislature,
which no man can dispute. Now, OH
page 249 of the Legislative Manual for
1891 you will find the names, occupa-
tions, etc., of the members of the last
house of representatives. and on page
10 of the journal of the last house you
will find their political status in the
vote cast for speaker, showing Demo-
Gratis Al, Republicans 41,and Alliance 80.
The article in question bears the ear
marks of member of the last legisla-
ture, one who is familiar with its pro-
ceedingS, but whose party zeal does not
stand upon the truth, for whenever he
makes statement it is so distorted tnat
scarcely semblance of the facts re-
mains. After lauding the Republican
party for its noble work in the past, he
reaches the objects of his hate, to wit.
the Democrats and Alliance men OF the
last house of representatives, upon
whom he vents his spite. the speaker
coming in for large share of his
spleen, charging that he "betrayed his
trust" and "that the whole reform pro-
gramme failed through the treachery of
the speaker and the Alliance members
themselves"
The writer charges that the speaker
packed the committee on railroads in
the interest of the railroad corporations,
and that ''only eight out of the seven
teen were farmers" Now for the facts.
AS before stated, on page 249 of the
manual will be found the occupation of
the members, and on page 81 of the
house journal will be found the names
of the committee on railroads.
Ten of the fifteen are farmers,
and OH page III two additional names
were added by order of the house. one
whom, Mr.. White, was farmer, max
ing eleven Of the seventeen farmers, in
stead of eight, as stated III this Repub-
lican supplemfnt..
How is that for packing the railroad
comWittee? No wonder the author of
that libel did not sign his name to it.
He says that the Courier bill" was
held by the railroad committee two
months, until the corporations could get
in rheir deadly work on the cheap
members Of the house; and when this
great relief measure for the farmers
came up in that body for final passage
il was lost by a vote of 49 yeas to 55 nays.
The fusion speaker, he SAYS, betrayed
his trust by interposing false parlia-
mentary rulings to prevent reconsid-
Grafton.
Now for the facts. He does not tell
you that the Republican candidate for
speaker was member of that railroad
committee and not farmer, or that
Mr.. Currier was also member of the
same committee, and could have called
the bill from the committee at any time,
and that when it was reported Mr.. Cur
rier asked to have another bill blouse
File No. 90D substituted for ii.
Neither does he refer in his dishonest
charges to the page in the journal of the
house, SS5, where the vote OH the bill is
recorded and where the deadly work
was gotten in. Among the names re-
corded as voting for the bill we find ev-
cry Alliance man, including the speak
er-nOt an exception, but one absentee.
So the deadly work was not put in on
the Alliance members very etfectually;
But. Mr.. Editor, you will find that
twenty-eight Of the forty-one Republi-
cans voted against this bill. Now draw
your own conclusions as to the alleged
''deadly work."
The charge that the speaker inter-
posed false parliamentary rulings de-
serves some notice. Of all the hundreds
of rulings made by the speaker during
the session. but one appeal was taken
from his decisions, and that was upon a
ruling upon vote taken Oh the recon-
sideration of the Courier BILL" There
was no rule of the house covering the
question, and the speaker decided upon
his Judgment as to the merits of the
case, without regard to the question in
controversy. On page $3.50 the journal
will be found the vote on sustaining the
speakers ruling, and it is: Ayes So,
nays 45, so the decision was sus-
tanned; not only sustained, but the
co mmittee Oh rules brought in repor
as king the house to adopt the speakers s
ruling as the permanent rule of the
house to govern future action. This
the house did without a dissenting
voice, and this alleged false rullng''
stands now as the permanent rule of
the house, satisfactory to Democrats.
Republicans and Alliance men alike.
Thes action of the house by which this
rule was established will be found on
page 955, journal of the house. This
falsifier OF the records and defamer of
character next charges: when a Re-
publican member, Mr. Bell. brought in
q bill to forfeit all land grants to rail-
roads, the Democrat-Alliance speaker
took the floor in opposition to it," Of
all the members OH the floor of the
| house, the one most hostile to the Alli-
| ance was Mr.. Bell. Heis a lawyer, and
represented the city of st. Paul, an able
man, whose record shows that he was
on the lookout for the interests of the
corporations. The bill which he intro
duced was directed to the forfeiture
of the grant to the Duluth, st. Cloud,
Mankato & Southern railroad. but it
also included the grant to the Duluth Il
Winnipeg. The title of the bill seemed
to imply that it was introduced in the
interest of the state, but in reality it
was in the interest of the Great North
ern road (Jlm Hill's).
1t will be remembered that the grant
to the Duluth, Mankato & Southern was
made several years ago, and that if con-
structed it would make a direct line
from Mankato to Duluth. our future port
through which our produce must event
ually pass OH its way to the markets of
the world, and from which we may ex-
pect the greater portion of our supplies.
This line of road, if completed. would
be wholly in this state. and would be
under the control of our state railroad
commissioners. would pass through
Mankato and southeast through Nc