The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-12-07
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RIGHT PREVAILS.
THE HOUSE REsc1NDs IT'S ACTION.

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THE HOUSE RESCINDS ITS ACTION.
The men who made the minority re-
port knew they were right, and they
also knew that unfair means had been
employed to defeat the minority re-
port The right of protest remained.
The constitution of the State accords
to any two members the privilege to
dissent and protest and have the same
entered on the journal. Fleming and
Dunn prepared a scorching protest,
but before Offering it Monday they
deemed it best to give the house an
opportunity to right the damnable
wrong that had been done the pre-
vious Saturday evening. Dunn offered
a set of resolutions authorizing the
governor to take the matter into the
courts. In fact the resolutions were
more strongly worded than the minor
ity report that had been rejected by
such an overwhelming majority. But
many of the members were glad of an
opportunity to put themselves on rec
ord as favoring an impartial judicial
Investigation. Not so with the gentle
man from Stearns, P. B. German. He
Immediately gave notice of debate.
Notice of debate carries a resolution
over to the next legislative day with
out any further discussion. This was
a fair sample of the tactics employed
by Mr.. German. There is not an atom
= Of fairness or manliness in his compo-
Sition. Monday was the last day of
the session, and if the rules had not
been suspended there would have been
another paragraph added to Dunn and
Fleming's protest. But Dunn imme-
diately moved to suspend the rules,
and despite the efforts of Paddy Cor
man and the lickspittles of Auditor
Biermann and the S'pine ring" the
rules were suspended by vote of rs to
81, and the following resolutions were
adopted with only five dissenting votes
German, Howard, Holmberg, Lime
man and Noyes:
WHEREAS, It has been publicly al
legged that the sale of the stumpage on
section 36, town ~, range 49, of school
lands, was not conducted according tC
the provisions of chapter 269 of the
General Laws of the State of Mime.
sofa for 1885, governing such private
sales of school lands, and that said sale
was irregular, illegal and invalid
therefore.
Resolred, That the house of repre-.
sentatives, the senate concurring, does
hereby request the governor to take
such prompt action as he may deem
necessary to secure a full and further
Investigation in the courts OF the sale
of the pine stumpage on section &c.
township AZ, range 26, by the State
Auditor. to the firm of G.. A. Smith &
Co., of Minneapolis, and that the gov
ernor is hereby authorized to employ
counsel and incur such expenditures az
the proper conduct of such judicial in
vestigation may require and the inter
ests Of the State of Minnesota may de
mand.
The above resolutions, on motion O.
Senator Leavitt, we're unanimously
concurred in by the senate. Thus by
hard fighting victory was snatchet
from the jaws of defeat, the pine ring
sters were defeated and the lobbyists
we're completely routed. Had thu
minority report been adopted it would
only have been the action of one branch
of the Legislature, but the resolution
authorizing and directing the governo
to institute a judicial investigation
we're the product of both branches. .
GOV. NELSON'S BACKBONE.
The people of Minnesota made NJ
mistake in choosing Knute Nelson a
their governor. No ring, no corpora
ton, no man or set OF men contro
honest, rugged Gov. Nelson. Al
though no appropriation was made t.
enable the governor to carry out tn
expressed wishes of the legislature, h
never faltered for a moment-he kne1
his duty and he had sufficient nerve t
do it, He sent for the evidence take
before the house committee, and kee
practiced lawyer as he is it did nc
take him long to discover that RICH
and justice were behind the repor
submitted by Fleming and Dunn. N
precedents or sophistry could convinc
him that it was right to dispose {
100000 feet of pine timber to a rio
lumber firm at 50 per one thousal,
feet, when other responsible men stoo
ready to pay 81 per thousand feet. II
could see no justice in robbing the pull
lie schools of the State of $4,000 an
virtually making a present of thu
amount to millionaire lumber firm
Minneapolis. Gov. Nelson immed
ately wrote a letter to G.. I
Smith & Co. requesting that fir,
to settle at the rate of 81 per M. fl
what timber had been cut on sectic
IS, AZ, 26, and surrender their contra
for the timber remaining uncut on tt
section His rnnneSt wac mot nOrn Mi