St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-17
A POINTER FOR DAVIS.
Senators Declare Against the
Extension OF the Pacific
Railroad Loans.
A Joint Resolution That Is
Really a Blow at
Davis.
Donnelly Indicates the Clerk
Of the Warehouse Com
mittee.
Large Number of Bills Read
Large Number Of Bills Read
for the First Time Yes
tepday.


Probsttield, of Clay, was read the sec
ond and third time and passed by a
vote Of 80 to l. This resolution recites
the history Of the government grants
and loans to fhe Pacific railroads and
the various manipulaJions that have
taken place After giving the history
Of all the changes and deals, the amount
of the debt in 1897 is set at the follow"
ing figures:
Principal ..... S54 So 5!3 VI
Interest Neutrality-suspicious.. Pol, AZ So
Total Observation-Disclosures Sis, SSi,150 80
The government up to the present
time has made these roads gifts that are
appalling III the aggregate. the entire
sum reaching to almost $500, 600. In
detail the amounts follow:
Principal ................... S6l az W
Simple interest. go. 24S l54, 2S6 80
Lands granted .................. l51 iDD 80 W
Total. St63, ISL, D4S So
Following a review Of all the facts in
the history of the cases of The Union
Pacific, Kansas Pacific, Central Pacific,
Sioux City q Pacific and Western Pa
ciiie roads, the directions ana conclu-
sIons or the legislature were given as
follows:
Straight at Davis.
And, whereas, The said companies,
despite these facts, have induced GER
tain representatives OF the people to
consent to all extension OF the time of
payment of said debt to remote period.
and from senate reports OF 1887 and 1883
at page s of United States Senate Re-
ports Ne. 1850, committee reporting in
favor OF said extension, says "the bill
makes provision for the punishment OF
those WHO are charged with having en-
riched themselves at the expense OF
these companies"
Therefore be 1t resolved by the senate
Of the state Of Minnesota, the house OF
representatives, concurring, that our
representatives i'll congress are re-
Quested and Our senators instructed to
use all honorable means
First, 70 ascertain by what authority
the said Sl,970, 500 Of subsiding bonds
j were so issued by the United States 10
said Western Pacific.
Secondly what right the said sum
of $53, 12l.632 of bonds was so issued Oh
the main line of said roads when the
total issue thereof was limited to $780,
100000.
} Third-To take all necessary steps to
collect from SAID companies, and each
of them named herein, and any or all
sun!s that are due or may be due the
United States, and in default of such
payment 10 forecloSe the lien of the
United States on said lines of road to
the end that the same may be forever
used as q public highway.
These resolutions the governor is in
Structed to send TO each member Of the
lower house and each senator from this
state as soon as passed.
The reading oT these resolutions had
not proceeded far until their signlii-
canoe was felt by Senator TaWney. of
Winona, who speedily communicated
his fears to Senator Day. of Martin, and
the pair at once commenced to endeavOr
to head off, Or rather. defer considera-
ton of the resolutions. Bat before they
had gathered themselves together Sen
ator probStfield had moved to suspend
the rules and pass the resolution in
order that it might he hurried into the
house This prevailed, and the second
reading was ordered.
II move that we reconsider the vote
by which tie rules were suspended"
said Senator TaWney i'll desperation.
This was defeated by large majority,
and the third reading was had. and the
roll call on the final passage Of the joint
resolution commenced. When Senator
Deans name was called he arose to eX-
plain his vote.
There is, presume" he said. mo
good citizen who does not desire that
these railroads be made to pay The
money advanced them by the govern
ment, but as We know that this whole
subject has been considered by COM
mittee of the senate, and by it made the
basis of a bill which is recommended to
pass, [ feel it would be asking too much
for us to ask the members to make a
new investigation"
No Sub-Trea sury.
Senator Dean, in a brief b interest
ing speech, gave the history of the Pa
cific railroads and their obig ationS to
the government, but lie was not able to
persuade the hard headed members that
there is any more reason for the govern
ment loaning these great corporations
money at per cent than there is for
extending the same favor to the farmers
and business men, and the resolution
passed by 80 ayes to ore no-Senator
Dean.
Senator Tawney was out urlng the
roll call and Senator Day declined to
vote. That the passage of this reSOlu-
ton was not on the Davis programme
was shown by the opposition Of Sena-
tors Tawney and Day, who have as
sumed to be the representatives of the
senior senator urins the session.. BY
them the snap senatorial caucus wa
called. After the Probstfeld resolution
was passed Senator Day remarked:
'.There are lot OF senators who
would like to vote against Davis, but
they dare not"
ax,ie 10 nP Tim
SentativeS of the people" on the senate
committee which has recommended the
extension of the debt of the Pa3 fife
railroads. viii he obey the instructions
of the legislature of this state, and de-
inand that measures be taken to secure
immediate payment?
i Taken all in all, the senator from
Clay county played a very shrewd trick
on the friends Of Senator Davis yeSter-
day, at the same time expressing the
undoubted feeling of the people of Min
,neSota regarding the question.
In his prayer at the opening OF the
session Of the senate yesterday after
noon, Chaplain Tawney caused slight
sensation by praying that the "infiu-
| ences of corruption be removed. HIS
reference was so pointed that all knew
to what he referred. This was followed
by the usual roll call, and then the busl-
ness of the day really began. Senator
Crate called up a resolution offered by
him several days ago, providing for an
engrosslng clerk, and moved its adop-
! ton. This aroused Senator Keller. who,
as chairman of the same committee,
| two wears ago was refused clerk until
! far along in the season, and he leaped
| to his feet with an emphatic protest.
"That committee has no need OF a
clerk for six weeks yet" he said. "You
would not give me a clerk two years
ago when / needed one, but now you
| vote clerk for every committee"
Two More Clerks.
But the engrossment committee car
ried the day, and the resolution was
| adopted. The amusing event of the
day then came on. Senator J. w. Peter
son called up a resolution authorizing a
clerk for the railroad committee. Sena-
tor Donnelly, in facetlous manner, re-