St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-03

Mr.. Furlong insisted upon a sus-
pension of the rules he declared that
unless the request was withdrawn
he would make a charge which
would be fatal to the bill. Mr.. Fur
long promptly called the bluff and
asked Mr.. Feig to state the charge.
Feig, with dramatic tone and man
ner, said: Mr.. Speaker: L have been
informed upon what / consider reliable
authority that the friends of this bill
have made a proposition to a certain
man to give him a part of the appro-
priation for lobbying this bill through"
Instantly there was intense excite
ment and confusion, and dozen men
were on their feet yelling, who is the
man?" Name the lobbyist "Give
your authority" and other exclama-
tons of surprise and indignation. The
speaker raped the house to order, and
in matter of fact way declared that
it was proper that the house should
know the name of the lobbyist who
it was claimed had been promised
part of the appropriation.
Feig stood to his guns, and when the
name was demanded declared that the
man in question was the ex-secretary
of the association, w. f. Cross.
p. II. Kelly was on his feet in
moment, and declared the accusation
to be absurdly false. The appropria-
ton, he said. was made by the COM
mittee on figures furnished by the
water department OF st. Paul. and the
work could not be done for less than
the amount of the appropriation. Mr..
Robbins, of the committee on approp-
riations, joined Mr.. Kelly in repeiiing
the insinuation contained in Mr.. Feig's
statement, and the latter promptly
disciaimed any intention to reflect on
the aps ropriations committee. He
made the statement On the authority
of gentleman whom he considered
reliable, and gave it for what it was
worth.
Mr.. Warner warmed up to the sit
uation, and moved that Mr.. Feig be
requested to quote his authority. Mr..
Jacobson counseled conservatism, and
to prevent any rash action raised the
point that the motion required a sus-
pension Of the rules, and as there were
less than two-thirds of the house pres
ent this settled the matter. Mr.. Fur
long Withdrew his motion to suspend
the rules, and quiet was restored.
RANDALL SAID IT.
Subsequently it developed that Mr..
Feig's authority was Secretary Ran
dali, of the state agricultural society,
who succeeded Mr.. Cross in that office.
After the adjournment, as the mem
bers were walking down town, P. H.
Kelly happened to meet Mr.. Randall,
and asked him if he had made the
etc fat,
dali promptly denied it, and while they
were talking the portly figure of Mr..
Feig hove in sight. Mr. Kelly got
them together, and sharp debate fol-
lowed, Mr.. Feig insisting that Mr..
Randall had said it and Randall de-
claring that he had not, or at least
That he had not said it in the way Feig
said he had. Before the conference
broke up it was joined by Mr.. Cross.
and there was a pretty warm session
for few minutes. The meeting final
ly broke up where it started. Feig
affirming and Randall denying.
During the afternoon Mr.. Staples
bill to regulate the disposition and Gus
tody of state mineral lands was
reached, and Mr.. Cant sent up an
amendment. Before the amendment
was iedu MI JOHNS declared that he
would not permit action on the bill
until he had some more information
as to the purport of the bill. He said
that Mr.. Staples had had the bill re-
ferred to the committee of which he
was chairman, had recommended it
for passage and secured a suspension
OF the rules to get it on the calendar
without having it printed. The bill,
he said, handled some vast interests,
and for all the house knew of it might
entirely change the present law. He
might ultimately support the bill, but
he would not do SO until an explanation
was forthcoming
The author of the bill being absent,
and no one appearing DESTROYS of
espousing his cause, the bill was
passed over and allowed to retain it's
position on the calendar
The house railroad committee put a
final quietus, by a recommendation for
indefinite postponement, on Mr.. Feig's
two bills providing for a reduction of
rates on the shipment of freight of
Class D, ore. Kendalrs bill to prevent
discrimination in rates and Tiers bill
to compel trains to stop for physicians
were similarly disposed Of