St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-15
CONFIDENCE GAME.
Sat Down On Hard by the
House at Yesterdays Ses-
sion.
HARD ON THE FLOUR CITY.
Minneapolis Can't Sell Her
Parks or Buy the State
Capitol.
HARD ON THE FLOUR CITY.
A SALTWATER PROPOSITION
Rather More Feasible Than
That Put on Paper by
Minneapolis.

The steerers of the Minneapolis
Loring park bunco game made their
play before the house at its session
yesterday morning, and, with we'll
assumed appearance of good faith,
offered to donate to the state for
a capil 81 site the land which they
"TeL 0w they have no right to con-
ve7 The matter was brought for
.e,II.g before the house in the form
Of a memorial, Offering to convey
to the state in fee simple the site
known as Loring park, provided the
same was used as the location of
the state capitol. The proposition
was so obviously absurd and Illegal
that Mr.. Douglass, of Clay county,
at once took the floor to protest
against the entertainment of it by
the house. He clearly demonstrated,
Mr.. Underwood to the contrary not
withstanding, that Minneapolis
could not convey the property in
question, and in passing pointed out
the impracticability and inutility of
the various schemes presented for
ably supported by Mr. Warner, of
the Ramsey delegation, who met the
untruths of Hennepin members to
the effect that it would cost a great
deal of money to grade the present
site by the statement that the COM
mission had already received propo-
sitions from parties who would do
1,n i-,rr E., ~
be excavated. Messrs. Staples, ia
cobSon, Jones, j. D., Lockwood and
Mallette spoke in opposition to the
proposed scheme, each pointing out
some absurdity which the others had
not noticed. a motion to appoint a.
committee Of fifteen to consider the
proposition came from Hennepin
county. Mr.. Staples amended to re-
fer it to the committee on public
lands, but Mr.. Jacobson raised the
point that Mr.. Staples motion was
unnecessary, as it would go to that
or the judiciary committee anyhow.
ThlS point being sustained, it would
require two-thirds majority to sus
pend the rule, and the tWo-thirds
majority could not be had, so the
proposition fell through. and the
speaker referred it to the judiciary
committee.
After this disposal of the matter
Mr.. Sutton presented a resolution
which will commend itself as being
lar more practical than the Mime
apelis scheme 1t was as follows.
w hnrRac oil;
and Minneapolis and the renresentsi
yves IN the legislature of the resDect-
I've cities are hopelessly divided on
hte question of the location of the
state capitol, and
whereas, The question of the en-.
ployment of convict labor is an issue
before this legislature, and
whereas, The convict labor can he
pest employed, and with the LEAST
CoInpetltlon with free labor on public
i VOTES ana IN the cutting and dress,
Ing of stone; therefore,
Resolved, That a committee of tbro.,
pc appointed by the speaker, and thar
sald committee solicit proposals from
Ihe CITY or Saltwater looking to tha
city III lhat
MI. warner moved its reference to
the same committee which had charge
OF the Minneapolis idea, as it was of
the same general character and of
rather more substantial form, but the
house voted to table it until the Min
heapolls game was disposed of.
The house then adjourned for the
Duluth trip, or until Monday at Ia
a. m.