The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-17
ROADS AND BRIDGE FUND.
jacobson Resolution Is Discussed
and Then Withdrawn.

AS suggested some weeks ago in the
" l b e, the roads and bridge fund.
amounting to some $4,000 has created
quite tempest in a teapot, and yes-
teruay when the Jacobson resolution,
Put IN saturday. was called up by
chairman HartshOrn, of the house
committee on roads and bridges, the
matter was taken almost to a finish.
Inc resolution provides that the fund
shall be divided equally among the
counties Of the state, except those not
ASKING for funds and those which have
within their confines state institutions.
When the matter had been reported by
the clerk, Mr.. Grondahl tackled on an
amendment, adding to the exception
counties which sent persons to various
state institutions. Mr. Hartshorn OBJ
posed the adoption of the resolution,
but said 1t might possibly give some
or the northern counties more than had
been allotted to them.
Mr.. Staples moved to indefinitely
postpone the thing, saying he had I'M
bounded confidence in the committee,
which he hoped would not make the
usual mistake of appropriating past
the sum available. He did not want
to see money given for this purpose to
the older counties, but where it was
most needed, in the younger sections
of the state. Mr.. Larson and Mr. Hol-
man made a strong fight for the rights
sidered was being sighted in the ap-
portiOnment of road and bridge money.
Mr.. Larson agreed entirely with Mr.
Staples, but explained that the DUR
pose of the resolution was to bring out
the fact that the Second district with
its Is counties, was to be given only
as much money as some of the others,
in which there were but s counties.
This, he said, was manifestly unfair
to the Second. The people in this dis
trict wanted only fair treatment, and
it was thus that the resolution was
sent up. He hoped it would be adopted.
Mr.. Holmen cited the fact that UNI
der the proposed division of funds
adopted by the committee, the First,
Second and Third congressional dis
tricts would be given each about &c..
700, while the Sixth and Seventh would
receive each over $4,000.
That meant, that after taking away
the two state institutions from the
total number of counties in each, the
Second and Third districts, there were
is and s counties, for each of which
there was a sop of $41S and 1888.
Under the resolution each county, he
thought would receive something like
$780, and this would mean a gain Of
SITE for the counties in the Second. Mr..
HClmen thought the committee had
failed to consider the number of coun-
ties in the different districts
linen IOlIOWeQ what developed INTO a
wrangle between the northern and
southern parts of the state. Mr. Feig
stated broadly enough, that the south
ern part of the state had controlled the
legislature, and for the past few years
had sent the money to that section.
The committee, he believed, would
bring in a proposition which would be
generally satisfactory. This set Mr..
Underleak going, and he asked Mr..
Feig rather warmly, if the southern
part of the state had not sent seed
grain to the northern part, and if they
had not voted to eXpend large sums
Of money for the drainage Of the Red
river valley. The statement was made
that the southern part Of the state had
with the two large cities, paid most
of the taxes long before the upper half
of the state was populated at ALL The
matter was discussed in a desultory
manner by a number of the members,
when the author of the resolution, Mr..
jacobson, said his cold would prevent
his making a speech, but that he
thought the matter had been sufficient
ly aired to make the committee aware
of the feeling of the house. He then
withdrew the resolution.