St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-15
A GENUINE PICNIC.
The Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Ripped Up the Back.

When the general omnibus approprIa-
tions bill was taken up yesterday morn
ing Senator Stevens moved to insert an
appropriation Of $1,000 for the purposes
OF the forestry department and for
forest fire prevention, and he made an
earnest speech in support of the amend
ment. Senator Day wanted to know
where the money would go, and Sena-
tor Smith, j. D., said the law compelS
an ccounting for every dollar.
Senator Donnelly SAID he had re-
ceived letter from Col. j. H. Stevens,
of Minneapolis, the president of the
Minneapolis Forestry association, urg-
ing the measure, and explaining how
dishonest lumbermen set fires TO spread
over tracts of land that they have il
legally robbed of its trees in order to
hide the evidence of their guilt.
Senator CraDdall opposed the amen d
ment, and was quickly dangling from
the prongs of the Sage's toasting fork.
Senator Daugherty moved to amend
the amendment by increasing the sum
to $1,000, but this was lost, and the Ste
venS amendment was adopted as
amended by Senator Day, providing
for a report to the governor of the item
lZCQ VI LllO illOICJs
j. d. Smith offered an amendment. at
the request of Judge William Lochren,
to insert an appropriation of 5000 for the
purpose of recoSting the Gettysburg
monument in commemOration of the
valiant and heroic part the Minnesota
volunteer troops played in that great
national tragedy. 1t seems that through
inadvertency some of the troops had
been omitted on the tablet records. The
motion prevailed, and Senator Sanborn
introduced an amendment to increase
the appropriation of S1.326.4S for the
Itasca state park by adding 81, $50. the
latter to be used to prosecute condemna-
tion proceedings in acquiring the Wey-
erhauser tract. This was adopted, and
then Senator Leavitt moved to strike
out the entire subdivision relating to
the 1tasca park, and he supportedsit i'll
his vigorous style, but it failed, how
ever.
Amendment after amendment fol-
lowed each other in rapid succession by
the members who had horror for the
excessive appropriations attempted by
the bill, and each was as promptly voted
down. The senate found itself in
dilemma, anu at 1880 took recess until
2:30.
The bill omitted Jackson. Cottonwood
and Otter Tail counties from the reim-
bursement section-to reimburse coun-
ties for untaXed railway lands. Senator
SevatSon moved 70 amend by adding
jackson county s.. 200 and Cottonwood
county $780," This was adopted, and
then Senator Hompe presented an
amendment to give Otter Tail county
$4,000. This provoked an interminabe
fight, and the exciting scenes and
incidents that attended the fatal career
of the Markham bill were repeated
in a measure. Senator McHale, when
substitute motion was made by Sena-
tor O'Brien to strike out the entire Sec
ton, took the floor 10 demand Justice to
counties burdened by untaxed lands.
He confessed that the object of the ap-
priatiOns was to head off future Mark
ham bills.
Senator Craven raised the point of
order that the motion to amend should
take precedence Of striking out. This
is given in JetferSon'S manual, and the
senator from Carver insisted that when
amended the section might have very
different phase. Mr.. O'Brlen withdrew
his motion, and Senator DounelIy dis
cussed the merits of the provisions. He
uSdluoI lllO o1olClu IlOSI
emphatically, but he wanted fair play,
and he then proceeded to explain that
the opinion obtains that Otter Tail
county was stricken out by the house
because the senator from Otter Tail
county had voted against
The Markham Bill.
Mr.. Donnelly did not think the county
should be punished for the wrong COM
mitted by senators. He did not defend
Mr.. Hompe for his vote, but he did not
believe in Furnishing him here, for he
will probably receive that in the next
world.
"Can the senator give any assurance
that the Senator from Otter Tail will be
punished in the next wofld?" asked
Senator Stevens facetiously.
"That is the hope and expectations of
this senate" replied the Sage.
Senator O'Brien had no particular
objection to reiMbqrslng the COUNTIES,