St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-24
POLITICS RAMPANT.
Partisan Feeling Stirred From
Center to circumference.

Partisan Feeling Stirred From
Center to circumference.
No measure before the present session
has cut deeper than the bill introduced
by Senator S. ID. Peterson to regulate
the receipt. shipment and storage of
grain at elevators and terminal points.
1t was quickly maze party measure in
the committee of the whole. The
speeches were fiery. Senator Leavitt
eXcoriated the measure in his most
acetic style and he, as usual, called
down upon his head the maledictions of
Senator j. d. Smith and Senator
TaWney. Senator Leavitt insisted that
the measure was In the interest of the
elevator combine and the railroads, and
he took a hard fall out of the present
grain inspection system, holding that it
Is too arbitrary and that favOritism is
used too often. Senator Home was in
his most ironical mood. He trampled
upon every section of the bill and de-
nounced the provisions from to z. He
even charged that it was
j. Hill Measure,
and that it is calculated to extend the
powers now exercised by the railroads.
The license feature OF the bill he held
to be snare and delusiOn. The dis
cussion ran on to the noon hour, when a
recess was taken until o'clock.
The afternoon session opened with a
desultory discussion upon the amend
ments that had been offered 1t was
conceded on most hands that Senator
DOnnelly'S amendment had been ac-
cepted, and that it had become a part of
the. bill, but Senator Leavitt had a
doubt, and he argued at some length
that it would prove the worst feature of
the measure, and Senator March claimed
that the elevators can make more money
by being outside of state control. Then
he went into
A Graphic Description
of the operation of the bill If it be-
comes law, and placing it in contra
distinction with the methods of the
past. He opposed the bill upon the
theory that it affords peculiar favoritism
upon the larger concerns to the detri-
ment of the lesser. Senator J. d. Smith
reviewed the famous investigation by
the senate committee two years ago,
and he said that the one great complaint
was that there was no open market for
NhO hhN0b Va WV OlobNs lit DllCC was
fixed and all the elevator companies
maintained it. No matter where the
farmer went with his products he found
only the one price. Senator Leavitt in
terrupted to emphasize his objections
to the bill. He claimed that it diScrim-
mates against the smaller elevators in
the state. Senator Smith charged that
there was an attempt in the
senate to draw party lines, but
he denied all participation in
that feature of the controversy, and he
walked over the Democratic senators
with drastic strides. Then ne climbed
upon Senator HOmpe's collar because
the latter had intimated that there
will be an uprising of the people against
the injustices visited upon the populace
by the railroads, elevator companies and
grain inspectors. Senator Smith ia
vOred the bill because it corrects pool
ing at country points. Senator Davis
made set speech. He gave realistic
rehearsal of the partisan phases of the
controversy. He referred to the plat
forms Of the three political parties. He
then wished to say that he owed his
seat, although Republican, largely to
Democratic votes, and he accentuated
the thought with frank declar alton
that he loved the Democratic party and
loved the people who belong to it, V ct
his heart bled because of certain falla-
cies enunciated by the party leaders.
This was followed with rather
ScathIng Arrangement
of the principles OF the party. and the
senator from NIcOllet criticised Senator
Brown for introducing bill to abolish
the grain and warehouse commission.
He was glad, he said, to have the bill
called a Republican measure. He in
sisted that all there is to the bill is a
compulsory system of fixing grades.
Here ensued warm dialogue between
Senator Davis and Senator Brown be-
cause of the caustic criticisms of the
Brown bill abolishing the grain and
warehouse commission. Senator Taw.
ney regretted that the debate had taken
partisan turn.
He made vigorous reply to the argu-
ments against the merits of the bill.
The bill, he said, does not go as far as
the law DOW on the statute books of
North Dakota, and there are no COM
plants coming from that state since the
supreme court of that state deem
ed that it was within the power
of the legislature to regulate them and
fix the charges for the handling and
storage of grain. He could not under
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