Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-10-27

.6rity Of thirty -two votes for the Demo
cratic-Alliance fusion, the bill was LOST
| by vote Of Az ayes to So nays.
The ''fusion" speaker betrayed hil
trust by ihterbos,ns fslSe parllam sntaff
rulings to prevent a reconsideration
thus the bill died, and with it all the
farmers hopes from that reform" body.
Another railroad measure of import.
ance to the farmers, the Homps Eletatdf
site bill, which had passed the senate,
was killed in the house by about the
same methods, and at probably about
the same expense to the railroad com.
panies,
The whole reform programme thus
collapsed and failed, through the treach-
try of the speaker and the Alliance men,
bers themselves.
One plank of the Alliance platform de-
nounced land grants to railroads.
But when a Republican members Mi:
Bell, brought in bill to forfeit all land
grants to railroads, the Democratic-A ALI
ance speaker took the floor in opposition
to it.
The bill was defeated, ayes 48, nays 81
many Alliance men. including the
speaker, voting against it.
At least 500, 200 acres Of land were
thus left in the clutches of paper rail-
roads, which ought to have been re-
stored to the public domain, according
to Alliance principles.
Again the Alliance party was COM
mitted strongly by its platform to sub
nit prohibitory amendment to the
people.
But, by the terms of the .'fusion,"
the committee on Temperance" was also
packed against it, and the matter was
shelved and smothered.
The most damnable act Of political
per6dy remains to be revealed.
The Alliance was strongly committed
to the Australian ballot law.
Tho Democrats opposed this, and
dragooned the weak Alliance brethren
into opposing the salient and saving
feature OF the law, which requires .
cross mark opposite the name of each
candidate voted for.
But for solid Republican support,
reinforced by few honest Alliance
men of Republican aptecedents, the bill
would have been defeated.
What was the financial record?
Pledged to retrenchment, they did
not relrench.
Pledged to lessen tax .tion, they snor-
moualy increased i'll
Ineficisncy AMI rscklessnsss marked
the work of the finance committees Of
the two bodies, from beginning to end.
The appropriation bills were not re-
ported by the committees until the very
closing hours of the ninety days session.
Then it was found that the proposed
appropriations exceeded the revenues Of
the State, by over half million dollars!
Here is the comr arison:
Appropriations by legislature Of 1889
(Republlcan) $5.735,5l1.
Appropriations Ivy Legislature Of 1891
n. 53Y. Os2
M: 80 :,
intrio1;ny mi sc,a,,;ny-4Ia hna,a =,
tho 1o,a l,o,s+ of
forn,2
Tho h;,,o c,rrv;nc Tho .nor,oon. -
crease were passed.
Then to provide means for having Al,
these swollen aud extra agsnt appropri-
ations, the reform, fusion Legislature .son
the last night OF IT'S ignools and disas
'rous Session. passed Dill Increasing
LII :,
rule. to 2-l0 mills IA it stand. today-a
raise Of half a mill or about .A,o0 mo .
year.
This ia the dear nrica the dear naomi.
have paid for a ninety days experiment
with fusion" retorms.
The ..rafor,no rsn fa.t,,orod 4ho;r o,vn
nasts too,
They had been snecierv clanorou.
abon, rh. ex,e,.a or R.n.,,Iic,u ,rp,s.
lativ. sessions;
a., ., -,
reform iu this n..rt,r Of ,h..r own piux-
inps and pe. q Aisi es.
What was the result there2
,c.
legislative session 3 1874, waaA1au IRIS
mo 'o.ai oApelse VI tno Denuoc'a''c-
s,ca $40 =, ~ : ? ''''o'' = 80 -