The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

peateu. Inns Dill was reported
from the committee on public
lands without a dissenting voice.
The man who introduced it said
the interior department wanted it
and that it was reported fayorably
last congress. That ended it.
It may be that this scheme re-
garding the forest reservations
will be nipped before it becomes a
law, but ever since that section "a
was added tofthe land bill I have
felt that some scheme would surely
develop which would show where
the money was to be made from
the amount Of energy displayed in
getting the section in the bill and
afterwards having about 10000
600. acres Of public lands Of the
United States reserved. If the
schemers are not successful this
time they will bob up again in
some new guise, and will prob
ably accomplish their ends by
sneaking through a provision of
some kind which they can operate
under. 1t is we'll to remember
that in the general land office there
is one of the shrewdest men con
nected with the American Forestry
Association, and that he was the
man that came very near having
such a large tract of land in Min
nesota reserved which would have
included all the undeveloped iron
land in the State. ~
There was quite a wild. r;umor
circulating about the capitol. last
week to the effect that Senator
W ashburn was to be called to the
chair and refuse to recognize any
OF the silver senators, and put the
silver bill to a vote. It was found
upon investigation that there was
no truth IN the story and that it
was started by. conversation
upon the subject where it was
stated that there was no senator
who would dare do anything of
the kind and the reply was that
Senator Washburn would if he
was in the char. It was a tribute
to the Minnesota: mans nerve.
Senator Washburn would not care
to do anything of that. kind for the.
Democratic majority, but ii case
he happened to be in the chair and
cloture was under discussion, he
would no doubt tell the senate
when he had heard enough and
was ready to rule on the question
before the senate. BY the way,
Maj. Baldwin, the Democratic
representative of the Sixth district,
was praising Senator Washburn
the other day for the fight the
senator had made for the repeal
bill. He said that the people
Dug bit not to forget the good work
Washburn had done in this cause.
It seems that Boen is going to
try and get the best of McCleary,
in the matter of improving the
Red River Of the. North and the
Minnesota river. Boon has in
troduced a bill in which he ex-
poets to accomplish a great deal,
when it was general y understood
that they we're both going to work
together to connect the two rivers
with a large canal. That was Just
like Populist. ~ =.
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The senate did not accomplish
much by trying to remain in ses-
sion continuously until vote was
reached on the repeal bill. It did
show that the senate in order to
preserve a lost dignity has become
the most absurd law making
power in the world unless perhaps
the British House Of Lords and
that is really not considered a law
making power. The senate is tied
up with rules which gives a deter
mined minority the power to resist
legislation as long as it chooses.
This has been demonstrated very
often. When some Of us who we're
aware of this feature of the senate
rules indicates that there was a
possibility of the repeal bill fail
ing we were told very pointedly
that we did not know anything
about it. People who were out
side Of Washington knew that the.
bill had to pass, and it must pass.
That was all there was to it. But
the men from the silver states and
the men from the southern states
representing free coinage constitu-
encies are backed by the public SEN
timent outside Of those communi-