The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-17

threats as well-threats which would in
! d1cate that at least some of them have
| been engaged in some villainy, the expos
ure of which they fear, for be it known
| that the names of the Defeating plug
| uglies who are said to have made these
threats have not been mentioned by the
/ writer.
| A story is told on two country members
| who, in the course of their evangelizing
| tour, found their way into Mother
place of resort, and while engaged in their
| exercises were scooped by the police of
| st. Paul, who do not seem to appreciate
| their labors in behalf of the heather, and
| 1t Is said to have required a deal of per-
| suasion on the part of st. Paul member
TO get these evangeists out of the tolls
OF the police, who may possibly have been
| of the opinion that here a chance to
| gain votes on the pension bill.
we have noted the attitude of Senator
Fuller. of Morrison, on all matters affecting
railroads, and it seems to be a foregone
conclusion that what the railroads want
| they will get if Fuller's vote carry it,
and while we do not wish to make in
Vlduous comparison, it is we'll to note the
| fact that we have seen a pass reading as
| follows:
| Pass-Fuller, state senator, over Duluth,
| Redwing and Southern
L. F. HUBBARD, President.
| The bankers have had in an apparently
|
| passed the house AS amended we regard
| 1t as very pernicious bill, that will
| practically do away with the law against
usury, though we admit that Foss and
| Douglass got in an amendment which, if
sustained by the court, would punish as
| crime the taking of usury. Still, there are
SC many exceptions in the bill that be-
| lieve any one take usury with impuni-
! ty. When we state that the bill is backed
| by Henry B. Corey, the lobbyist,
| form some idea of it's features.
| This bill is H. F. No. 3O1, and we note
with pleasure that Brevig, Henricks Lee,
| Meilicke, Moore, Nelson and Vigen, Popu-
lists, and Foss and Mullin, Republicans,
voted against the bill. and time will show
| that they were right though they were OPP
posed by 70 members of the other side.
| Ioung's bill to forfeit the Hastings and
| Dakota land grant has passed both houses,
| receiving 80 votes to one Robllard against
| 1T. 1t is now in order for the house to in
| vestigate, if it dare, the charges of bribery
made in relation to an attempt to defeat
| this bill
| The dilatory tactics to defeat the Mel
| lcke freedom of market bill in the senate
has seemingly been successfully resorted to
since the bill, after coming from the COM
| mittee on grain and warehouse, has been
| sent to the judiciary Said committee has
| had two hearings on the bill, at which the
| chamber of commerce was numerously rep
| resented by it's members, also by eX-Attor
| ney General Geo. r. wilson, Wnen Mr..
| Meilicke and Freeman p. Lane made able
arguments in it's defense. Whatever may
| be it's fate, Mr. Meilicke deserves great
| deal of credit for the able fight he has
| made
Hanna's bill for the election of railroad
| commissioners was defeated in the senate
| by the following vote:
| In favor of the bill, Cronkhite, Greer,
| Hanna, Hanscom, Hits, Jones, Johnson, A.
G., Knatvold, Larson, Lloyd, Miller, Near
thur, McHale, Peterson, Potter, Ringdahl,
| Schaller, Sevatson Theden, Thompson
Thorpe and Wing
Against the right of the people to chooses
| Allen, Barr, Cole, Collester, Currier, Day.
Durham, Fuller Hodge, Howard, Morgan,
Ozmun, Pottgieser, Roverud, sheehan,
Smith, Spencer, Sperry, Stebbins, Stevens,
| Stockton, Sweningsen, Wyman and Yale.
In order to secure full vote on this bill
| Mr. Hanna had moved a call of the senate
as there were apparently some who were
| lodging the vote. johnson, w. E., was one
| of those absent and when some one asked
| that he be excused on account of illness,
| Mr. Hanna said that on certain memora-
| BILE occasion it required doctors certificate
to secure an excuse, but he would not press
| a similar request in the present instance.
| ThedenS bill to repeal the anti-Scalper
law was defeated after hard fight in
| favor of it's repeal by Theden, Howard, Wy
| man and others. McHale, Yale, Keller and
| Greer speaking against the repeal. This
| bill has been holly contested, the railroads
| having for weeks maintained a powerful
| lobby Myers the alleged conductor, and
various of his satiites being on hand con-
| stantly; hence it was amusing to see Yale
| kick about Howard being in close prOXim
ity to those favoring the measure-but How
ard got back by remarking: HE was not
attorney at Winona for the Milwaukee and
| did not have a in the purchasing
| agents Office of the Great Northern.
The bill was finally defeated by the fol-
| lowing vote.
Against the bill: Allen, Barr, Cole, Col
| lester, Currer, Day, Durham, Fuller, Greer,
| Hodge, Hits, Jones, Johnson, w. E., Kellar
Knatvold, Miller Macarthur, McHale, Pott-
gieser, Roverud, Smith, Stebbins, Stockton
| Sweningsen Yale and Young.
In favor of the bill: Cronkhite, French
| Hanna Howard Johnson, A. G., Larson
Lloyd, Ozmun, Peterson, Potter, Ringdahl
Sevatson Sheehan, spencer Sperry, Tneden,
Thompson, Thorpe, Wing, Wyman.
Thus the senate has been again consistent
by defeating a measure calculated to de-
prive the railroads of their autocratic
power.
1t is not often that we feel inclined to
commend Dave Clough, but candor COM
pels us to state that believe his veto of
Johnson's building loan bill, S. F. No. 800,
is eminently proper, and we hope all bills
introduced by Mr. Johnson and those i'm
bued with his views will receive close
| scrutiny.
|
the bills assassinated and it sometimes
seems as if the committees had been Sc
! lected with the object in view Of securing
| unfavorable reports just remedial
| measures Indeed, more than one Repub-
lican member of each body has had occa-
| sion to express almost similar views, in
dicating that they are getting a surfeit of
corporation crow
An underlined rumor is going the rounds
that Bowling has received a cablegram
from Germany in reply to the congratula-
tory telegram sent some time ago. We
| have not consulted Bowling, but if one has
been received, it is presumably follows:
| Berlin, 1895. To Meinherr Michel Jo-
seph bowling ST. Paul, Mimi, U. S. A
Ich bin sehr krank Bismarck.
Mr. Knatvold had a bill introduced to
reduce freight charges on iron ore and
| COAL which the committee on railroads had
reported to be indefinitely postponed. 1t
will be remembered that some days since
the same committee reported favorably
RingdaPs bill to investigate the cost of
| railroads, but on motion of Wy1nan the
senate refused to adopt this report, and
defeated the bill; hence, when Mr.. Knat-
void moved a non-concurence in the COM
| mittee's report, Mr.. Ringdal said the senate
had seemingly adopted rule to go by
contraries, and to be consistent he hoped
the senate would not adopt the report of
| orders.
The drainage bill has been signed by the
| governor.