St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-30
DONE SANS DISSENT
Loring Park Capitol Scheme
Is Gently Put to
Sleep.
LEGISLATURE iSPOWERLESS
To Confer Authority to Min
neapolis to Make the
Gift.
MANY BILLS ARE ROLLED in
And Many Others Are Passed
"A Very Busy Day in the
House.
MANY BILLS ARE ROLLED IN

The house disposed of the Loring
park capitol site proposition in short
order yesterday by unanimously
adopting the report of the judiciary
comittee. The report was held by
Chairman Underleak until afternoon
that the Minneapolis delegation
might decide whether or not to pre-
sent a minority report. This the
Hennepin members decided not to
do, and during the afternoon MIR.
Underleak sent the following report
to the speakers desk:
Your committee to whom was re-
ferred the resolution in which the
city of Minneapolis offers Loring park
as a state capitol site, reports as fol-
lows:
Loring park was acquired by the
city of Minneapolis in pursuance of
Special Laws of 1888 and of 1882 and
comprises about thirty-eight acres.
A part of said tract of land was ac-
quired by purchase, a part by gilt and
part by condemnation proceedings.
There remains an unpaid balance of
$63, coo, secured by mortgage.
In 1888 and 1884 the city of Minneap-
$748,000, which bonds are still unpaid
and are lien on the parks of said
city. The city offers to take the nee
eSsary steps to release this park from
these liens and to indemnify the state
against any claim or liability which
might arise therefrom. and their pow>
ers to do so are not questioned
From the examination of the briefs
submitted and from such further ex-
animation as your committee was able
Of he 1ft,f1 l,,A
the city of Minneapolis has no authors
ity to convey a legal title of Loring
park to the state.
That it is beyond the power of the
legislature to confer such authority
MR.. FEIG EXPLAINS.
Mr.. Feig moved to amend the report
by adding land return the COMMUNE
cation accompanying the same to the
officials of Minneapolis.
Mr.. Warner seconded the motion to
adopt the amendment, and Mr.. Feig
declared his position on the PROPOSE
ton. When it was presented to the
house he favored referring it to a
special committee, but the house voted
to send it to the judiciary committee
OF which he was q member That COM
mlttee had considered the matter care
fully, and the only questions We're
whether Minneapolis had the legal
right to donate the site and whether
the legislature had the power to con-
fer that right The first was decided
unanimously in the negative, and the
committee was nearly unit in its de-
cision that the power did not exist in
the legislature. Property owners in
Minneapolis had vested rights in the
park, of which the city could not d.
vest them, neither did the legislature
have the power to confer that right
upon the city council of MINNEAPOLIS.
If Minneapolis would tender site
that it could convey the title of to the
state he would favor accepting. s,-
Mr.. Feig's amendment was adopted
and the resolution as amended was
adopted without a dissenting vote.
During the morning session thirty
bills were introduced, and another
large batch may be expected TODAY. as
this Is the last chance for the intro
duction of bills, except upon the re-
quest of Gov. Ciough, and he has
stated that permission will NOT
be obtained for any, except the most
deserving of measures.
The split in the Hennepin delegation
came to the surface yesterday when it
became known that Senator Howard
intended to oppose Mr.. Dahl.s bill pro-
viding for an additional judge in the
Fourth judicial district when it comes
up for consideration in the senate. Mr..
Dahl decided to adopt
RETALIATORY TACTICS.
and late yesterday afternoon moved a
Of he
was on the calendar, and Mr.. Feig had
previously given notice that he should
object to motions to take up business
out of order, SO the junior member
from Hennepin was compelled to wait
until the house was ready TO adjourn.
When the election contest expense bill
had been passed, Mr.. Dahl renewed his
motion to correct the journal. and the
matter was before the house before Mr..
Feig interposed an objection. Mr.. Dahl
then moved to correct the journal OF
Thursday to show that the Howard
charter bill had not been read the third
time. as is required by the constitution.
He was certain that it had not been
read at length, and said the bill was
full of jobs
Mr.. Gibbs inquired of Chief Clerk
Bowling if the records showed that
the journal had been approved, and
upon receiving an affirmative answer.
said that the record of the journal must
stand, and held that the time to make
the motion to correct was before l.
had been approved.
Mr.. Dahl insisted that he had tho
right to make the correction, and Mr..
Gibbs cut in with a motion to adjourn.
The point was raised that the motor
to adjourn could not be entertained, az
there was another motion pending. The
speaker ruled that a motion to ad
journ was always in order, and Mr.
Gibbs motion prevailed by vote of 4;
to 80.
There was not much debate durin;
the passage of twenty-five of the bills
on the calendar, except on the FeiF
bill to declare forfeited the swami
lands granted to aid in the construc
ton of a branch Of the Minneapolis &
st. Cloud railway.
A. E. Kelly offered two amendments
one to strike out the amendment,
adopted in committee of the whole
and the other to provide that the pro
ceeds of the lands should be covere
into the
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT
fund of the state. The first amend
ment was adopted, and Mr. Feig raise,
the question of the constitutionaiit-
of the second. Mr.. Johns thought t.
bill and the proposed amendrner..
should be sent to the judiciary COM
mittee, ard later moved to amend
the bill by striking out all after the
enacting clause and inserting a sec