St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-07

OeA1lA II no ulu uOl IutSG Ills NOlct Ill DIO-
test. Owing 10 the depressed condition
OF the industries and finances of the
state, he held that this is an inoppor-
tune time to build a new capitol. The
petitions that had been received from
the people of the rural districts were
paraded before the senate III picturesque
array, and then Mr.. LeaYitt raped Sen
ator CrandalPs knuckleS by declaring
that the petitions had been referred to
the committee OH finance, which he pro-
nounced polite way of throwing them
into the waste basket.
The whip, he insisted, is being cracked
over the heads of senators to whip them
into submission, and, explanatory OF
this eXtrayagant assertion, he said it
had been intimated that the bills of
those who have the temerity to vote
their conviction and oppose the bill
VIII never pass the house. Prophecies
OF the most drastic nature followed in
fast succession. He predicted fright
tul uprising of the people that will tear
down the capitol and remove it to some
other location. The legislature two
years hence, he said, "will have no use
for ST. Paul"
And Then the SIMeehOdss,
were adverted to with insinuating Sc
quence. He denounced the plan to pre-
sent an amendment bill, giving a half
mile site limit, as monStrous PROPOSE
ton. The tactics used from the first, he
accentuated, have been to bulldoze sen-
ators into supporting the bill.
Senator La Due, in his quiet but
earnest style, presented his reason for
supporting the bill. He represented a
rural district, and be firmly believed
that If he voted against the bill he
would be condemned by two-thirds of
the people of his county. Mr., La Due
warmed up to the subject and made his
great effort of the present session.
Senator DOnnelly regretted that Sena-
tor HOmpe had referred to little sally
In which the jackaSS had been referred
to. He wanted to explain, so that it
would no longer harasS the feelings of
the senator from Otter Tail, that he had
used the jackass in a metaphorical
sense. He did not mean to convey the
impression that the senator from Otter
Tail is jackaSS.
The Sage then proceeded to show how
the cities help the country. The farm
erS of Dakota county bring all their
products to st. Paul, where they find
ready market. His inclinations in the
Interests of Dakota county favored the
bill, but he occupied.a broader represent
tative position. He was at the head of
the Farmers Alliance of the state, and
he must look to its interests. Very
Few Desire a Removal
of the capital. and. he urged, there is
scarcely an advocate of that proposition
in either house. He believed that the
day is coming when the United States
and Alaska, now like two jaws on either
side will CWallOJu fhA
l1ces, and then the spot where he then
stood would be nearly the geographical
center of the nation, and that the ma
tional capital will be located here.
While lie could not denOunce the bill as
vicious measure or as piece of rob-
berry, he must vote against the bill be-
cause OF the financial condition of the
state. He wanted to wait for one or
two more crops to be harvested before
the step contemplated by the bill. He
would not vote no with any feeling of
bitterness, for he had the kindliest feel
ing for st. Paul.
Senator March asserted that his con-
Stituency is 10th to any increasing tax
alton, and he referred to the burdens
imposed upon Hennepin county by the
court house and city hall building at
and then he deprecated
the tendency to add to this load. The
item of expenses of the board of capitol
commissioners, ETC., was scored, as were
other features of the measure. He IA
vored st. Paul as the capital city, but
that the time is inoportune.
On the roll call it was popular to eX-
plain their votes, and some very caustic
things were said, and Senator Keller
made the echoes ring in reply to the op-
ponents. 1t was unquestionably his
best speech of the session.
The Bill Passed
on the first full vote that has been taken
in the senate since the first days OF the
SesSion--34 yeas to 20 nays, as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were: