The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-03-18
FOURTH HOSPITAL
ANOkA-HASTiNGS ASYLUM FIGHT DIS
CuSSED BY LEGISLATORS.

ANOkA-HASTiNGS ASYLUM FIGHT DIS
CuSSED BY LEGISLATORS.
Finally Decided Not to Locate It at An
Okla, Whether Hastings Gets 1t or Not.
The End will Be Reached Later.
Crime for Corporations to Contribute
to Election Funds-Work of Reappor-
Douglas Bill-LabOr Bureau Investiga-
tion.
ST. PAUL, March Especial. THE
subject of most discussion during the
week just ended has been the famous
fourth hospital for the insane, and the
end is not yet. When the final decision
of the commission to locate the site in
favor of Anoka was announced it was
known Immediately that the Hastings
contingent would not rest content, but
would fight to the last gasp. They
went into the courts and Anoka won.
They have now gone after the legisla-
ture and thus far the Hastings people
have victory on their side. And it was
famous victory. The old English
battle Of Hastings is famous in history,
but there is now a famous Hastings
fight in Minnesota to mention at the
same time. That old battle between
the Norman and the Saxon was soon
over, but this modern Hastings contest
is more prolonged having already ex-
tended over more than a year and the
final victory has not yet been attained.
It will be remembered that this last
phase of the fight began several weeks
ago, when joint committee was ap-
pointed to investigate the acts of the
commission in locating hospital at Ano.
ka The first reported action having been
in favor of Hastings the adherents Of
that city were not slow to suggest all
manner Of reasons, good and bad, for
the change Of views on the part of
Commissioner Hopper, whose vote being
changed from Hastings to Anoka, gave
the commissioners decision in favor of
the latter city. When the Investigate
ing committee reported, a minority
favored Anoka, and so stated in sep
arate report. Both houses took up
these reports as special orders, but the
house has thus far alone taken definite
action. In the senate, where the SUBJ
ject occupied full attention Thursday
afternoon and night, vote was cast
against the location of the site at
Anoka, but no action towards locating
the hospital at Hastings was taken,
the victory of that city being of a
negative sort. However, there was
nothing of that in the action of the
house, which spent all the day and
evening Of Friday on it, and finally
passed bill expressly revoking the
action of the commission in locating
the fourth insane hospital at Anoka,
declaring that said site shall be at
Hastings, and appropriating $4,000 to
pay for the Hastings site. And now
what will the senate do?
The average partisan csnnot resist
the attempt to slur an opponent. One
of the Republicans of the third house
the other day in speaking of the Hast
ings-Anoka contest said that he under
stood the Populists were seeking to re-
woke the Anoka location as a first step
toward knocking out the fourth hos
pital entirely. AS an explanation of
their plan he said they feared the open
ing of another insane asylum would
reduce their vote, as inmates of such
institutions were not allowed to vote.
Crime for Corporations to Contribute.
Senator Howard of Hennepin county
evidently believes that corporations cor
rupt good morals in politics and he has
introduced most stringent measure
looking to the correction of the evils he
sees in political management. His bill
declares it crime for any corporation
to contribute to the campaign expenses
of any party or candidate and provides
heavy penalties for violation of the act.
With such law as Senator Howard
seeks to enact and with candidates ex-
penses limited by laws heretofore
passed, it may become difficult for
those who have lived by managing
and manipulating" in elections to
continue in afnuent circumstances.
Mckinley Informed of It.
President Mckinley knows that the
Minnesota legislature is happy over his
accession to his high Office, for they
have told him SO. A joint legislative
session was held on Thursday, several
speeches eulogistic Of the new president
and prophetic as to what the speakers
hoped to see come to pass were made.
It had been intended to adopt the con-
gratulatory resolutions Immediately on
receiving Geographic communication
that the new president had taken the
oath Of Office and arrangements to that
end were made, but one oversight pre-
vented complete success in this part of
the plan. The joint session met at II
o'clock, or noon, Washington time, but
| there was SO much to do at the ma
tional Capital before the formal in
stallation took place. At noon the old
senate retired and the new one was
sworn in, Vice President Hobart tax.
ing the oath, reading his address to the
new senate and being president from
that hour until I.18 o'clock when Will.
lam Mckinley subscribed to the solemn
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