St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-18
BN0KA'S ANSWER IN
LATEST CONTRIBUTION TO THE
LITERATURE OF THE CAM
PAIGN OF TWO CITIES.
Mr.. HOPER'S FAMOUS SPEECH
Is GIVEN IN FULL IN THE DOCU-
MENT WHICH WAS
AZ FILED.
Mr.. H0PER'S FAMOUS SPEECH
-FOUR VOTED TO RECONSIDER,
And Then Gave the Hospital to An
Okla, Although One Commits
sioner Protested.

the location at Anoka, after Hastings
had been decided upon as the site,
yesterday filed in the district court an
answer to the application on the part
OF the people Of Hastings for an in
junction to prevent the location of the
institution at Anoka and to prevent the
payment OF any money from the state
treasury for the purchase Of the site
there. The answer is VoluminouS
document, and was prepared by Harris
Richardson, the attorney for the COM
mission, or this part of the commission
at least.
The answer admits that the city of
Hastings offered site, with a guar
antee bond in the sum Of $4,000 that
it should be suitable fJr the purpose,
the price to be $4,000 Anoka submit
ted q choice of three sites for $4,000,
also giving a guarantee bond. A num-
Der of proposals were also submitted
by other towns in the state, all of
which the answer gives in detail. 1t
then continues that on Aug. 27 the COM
mission held meeting at which these
proposals were examined, and it was
decided to have the commission visit
and inspect the different sites in Oc-
tober. On Oct. Is the commission
met in Chaska and examined the site
offered there, going to Jordan the fol-
lowing day and to Hastings Oct. Is.
An adjournment was then taken to
meet at the state capitol on Oct. q.
The commission visited Delano on
Oct % and inspected the site offered
there. Then it went to Stacy, and on
Oct. "a visited Anoka, where it ap-
nIa nd oI
journed, subject to call. The COM
mission met at the capitol Dec. IS,
due notice having been given. Various
delegations, representing different
places, were heard. On motion of
Smith a viva voce informal vote was
taken on the selection of q Site Bondy
voted for Hastings, Block for Jordan,
Carlson for Chaska, Smith for Hast
ings, Merrirnan for Anoka, Eastman for
Anoka and Hope for Hastings. The
commission then proceeded to formal
ballot, with the result that, down to
the ninth formal ballot Hastings re-
ceived 3 votes, Chaska 2 and Anoka
2, Bandy, Smith and Hopper voting
for Hastings Carlson for Chaska, and
Block, Merriman and Eastman for An
Okla. On the ninth ballot Carlson
changed to Hastings, making a ma
jority in favor of the selection of the
site there. On motion of Smith the
vote was made unanimous, and the
commission adjourned to meet at ST.
Peter next day.
At the st. Peter meeting nothing
was done but to instruct the commit
tee on plans to employ an architect.
The commission met at Rochester the
following day and submitted several
questions to the attorney general, ad-
journing to meet at Fergus Falls Dec.
q. All the commissioners were pres
ent at the meeting at Fergus Falls, and
Eastman moved that the vote taken in
st. Paul by which Hastings was Sc
lected be reconsidered. Hopper second
ed the motion, and on roll call Block,
Merriman, Eastman and Hopper voted
aye and Bondy, Carlson and Smith no.
The motion was declared carried,
whereuptn Eastman moved the adop-
ton of the following resolution:
Whereas The commission appointed to
locate and purchase a site for the fourth
state hospital for the insane, under and pur-
suant to chapter 157 of the laws of the state
of Minnesota for 1895, pursuant to due adj
posals from towns, villages and cities and
the inhabitants thereof relative to the adj
vantages of their respective localities and
accompanied by responsible guaranty for
the sale to the state of suitable tracts of
land for such site under such guarantees, re-
strictions and specifications as the commits
sion has heretofore determined upon; and,
Whereas, Said commission has properly
examined all such proposed sites and has
determined and decided that the site herein
after described is the most advantageous to
the state for the purposes contemplated in
said act, and the proposers of such site have
obligated themselves to convey the same and
all thereof to the state in fee simple for the
sum of $4,000; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That said commission does hereby
select and designate as the site for such
fourth state hospital for the insane the fol-
lowing tract Of land situated in the county
OF Anoka and the state of Minnesota, and
known and described as follows QIere is
given the dsscription9 Containing 652 6-1OO
acres, according to the government survey
excepting and reserving therefron, however
the four acres of land described az follows:
tion)
And be it further Resolved, That the prop
ositfon offering eaid hereinbefore described
site be and the same is hereby accepted and
said commission does hereby agree to purchase
said site in the name of and in behalf of said
state for the sum Of SIS GEO. but only upon
the express condition that deeds in proper
form conveying said site and all thereof to
the state of Minnesota in fee simple free from
all membranes Dhall be executed and de-
Ivered within thirty days from this date
and
BE it further Resolved, That upon the ex-
ecution and delivery of such deeds within said
time the chairman and secretary of said com
MISSION be and they are hereby authorized
and instructed to draw or cause to he drawn
proper warrants upon the state auditor for
the purchase price of said site in favor of
the respective parties entitled thereto and to
denver the same to such partiea.''
The motion and resolutions were duly
seconded by Hope, and on roll cali
Block, Merriman Eastman and Hoper
voted in the affirmative, Bondy and
Carlson in the negative and Mr.. Smith
declined to vote, protesting against
the consideration by the committee Of
q resolution relocating the fourth hos
pital, claiming that the action ALREADY
taken was binding on the committee to
locate the hospital at Hastings" The
motion was declared carried and the
resolution adopted. The committee
adjourned to meet at the call of the
chairman.
The secretary then notified the peo-
pie Of Anoka that their offer had been
accepted. The state auditor was also
notified. The following day the own
ers of the property submitted a deed
and the chairman and secretary drew a
voucher on the state auditor for $4,000
Which was indorsed by Merriman, East
man, Hoyer and Block
The answer denies that the bond of
the Hastings people was ever approved
by the committee. 1t also denies that
the commissioners connived with the
people of Anoka, and alleges that long
previous to the bringing of the action
they had selected a site in Anoka and
acquired the necessary land, and that
In due course OF time, they will pre-
pare plans and report to the state legis-
1ature in 1897. They deny that they
nave accepted any other site. They