St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-09
MINNEAPOLIS.
WANT THE CAPITOL
Aldermen Offer Loring Park
for a Site for the State
House.
]. 7. WYMAN TO THE FORE.
He Makes a Ringing Speech,
Opposing the Councils
Action.
THE PEOPLE DON'T WANTiT.
No Sentiment in the Legisla-
ture Favoring the Re-
moVaI.
THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT 1T.

The friends of the capitol scheme
had a regular love feast last night at
the council meeting, the presence of
j. T. Wyman being the only disturb
ing feature.
A number of citizens who have been
prominent in the movement were pres
ent when the council met, and after
some routine business had been dis
posed of the capitol business was
brought up out of the regular order
TO give the gentlemen an early oppor-
tunity for expressing themselves. Aid.
Miner, by unanimous consent, intro
duced a resolution indorsing the ac-
ton of the park board in Offering
Loring park to the state for a capitol
site, and uniting with the park board
In making the tender. Aid. Loye sug-
gested that the prominent citizens
present express themselves on the
subject.
F. G. Winston said the offer of Lor-
ing park to the state meets with the
approval of every thinking man in
the city and in the state, including st.
Paul. I'm response to certain charges
that have been made" said he, 81
will say that nothing but public spirit
has prompted the offers. We do SO,
not because the capitol is in st. Paul,
but because st. Paul has not done its
duty in the matter of procuring a
proper site at reasonable expense"
T. H. Shevlin was the next speaker
He said:
II know of no site in this part OF
the state which would be so suitable
as Loring park. If there was as good
site offered in st. Paul, l would say
take it,
r. B. Langdon also indorsed the
resolution.
j. T. Wyman was called for and
greeted derisively. He spoke as fol-
lows:
I'm the twenty-five years in which
I have taken part in public affairs,
this is the first time l have ever been
at variance with my fellow citizens in
such a matter but l am now. 1 I'M
derstand from the Evening Journal
that my friend Winston, who is here
tonight, said today that he was very
much surprised to find that 1 had said
the people of Minneapolis were nor
honest in making this offer. l want
to state here, and TO Mr.. Winston,
that L said just the opposite
of what was credited with
saying. l said the people of Minneap-
oils were honest, but that they misun-
derstood the situation.
Now, l want to say right here that
there is no sentiment in the legislature
in favor of removal of the capitol.
Minneapolis has two state institutions.
the university and the soldiers home.
and that ought to be considered
enough.
IF you make your offer of Loring
park it will be rejected, and will
amount to nothing. You sayI am alone.
1 tell you that every member from
this county in the senate thinks as |
do, and would say so if they frankly
expressed themselves. l know this Is
unpopular. L know 1 am not with the
majority, but L am right. You will
make the offer, and it will be rejected.
and 1 advise you to stop where you
are"
F. G. Winston arose Immediately to
reply: II said today before the park
board that one of the strongest rea-
sons why we should tender this park
was that it had been called buncombe.
That charge has been made, by some
OF the st. Paul representatives, and
that some of the gentlemen in the
legislature We're in this thing for
Doodle. l think it is the duty of the
city OF Minneapolis to give the legis-