Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-03-11
FOURTH HOSPITAL

FOURTH HOSPITAL
ANO'<A-HASTiNGs ASYLUM FIGHT DIS.
CuSSEO BY LEGISLATORS.
Finally Decided Not to Locate 1t at An.
Okla, Whether fIastns. Gets It or Not.
The End Will he Reached Later.
Crime for Corporations to Contribute
t" Election Fundx-Work of Reapp"r-
tio"ment - L .censing lsicyclists - Tho
Douglas Eili-L .bor bureau Invest ga
ton. -
ST. PAUL, March 9.-[Special The
subject OF most discussion during the
week just ended has been the famous
fourth hospital for the insane, and tie
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 utter the legislu-
ture and thus far the Hastings people
have victory Oh Their side. And it was
4 famous victory. The old English
battle Of Hastings is famous i'll history,
but there is now famous Hastings
fight i'll Minnesota to mention ut the
same time. That old battle between
the Norman aud the Saxon was soon
over, but this modern Hastings contest
is more prolonged, having already ex-
tended OVER more thalea 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 u JOINT committee was APP
pointed to investigate the acts of the
commission i'll locating Il hospital ut Anc.
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 aud bad, Ior
the change Of views on the part OF
Commissioner Hopper, whose vote being
changed from Hastings to Anoka, gave
the commissioners decision in favor o1
the latter city. When the Investigate
ing committee reported, a minority
favored Anoka, and 50 stated III sep
arate report. Both houses took Up
these reports as special orders, but tne
house has thus far alone taken definite
action. In the senate, where the sub.
ject occupied full attention Thursday
afternoon aud night, vote was cast
Anoka, but no action towards locating
the hospital ut Hastings was taken,
the victory of that city being Of IL
negative sort. However, there was
nothing OF that in the action of the
house, which spent all the day aud
evening OF Friday Oh it, aud finally
passed Q bill expressly revoking the
action of the commission in locating
the fourth insane hospital ut Anok:.,
declaring that said site snail be ut
Hastings, and appropriating $4,000 to
pay for the Hastings site. And now
what will the senate do?
The average partisan csnnot resist
OF the Republicans Of the third house
the other day in speaking Of the Hast
lngs.AnOka contest said that he under
stood the POpulists were seeking to re-
woke tho Anoka location Us first step
toward knocking out the fourth hos
rital entirely. AS an explanation OF
their plan he said they feared the OPEN
in 0f inc. Inv, Il
reduce their vote, as inmates of such
institutions were not allowed to vote.
Crime for Corporal ons to Contribute.
Senator Howard of Hennepin county
evidently believes that corporations COR
rupt good morals in politics and he has
introduced q most stringent measure
looking to the correction of the evils he
sees i'll 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 u law a. Senator Howard
seeks to enact and with candidates OK.
penses limited by laws heretofore
passed, it may become difficult for
those who have lived by managing
and manipulating in elections to
continue i'll affiuent circumstances.
Mckinley Informed Of It.
President Mel inley knows that the
Minnesota legisla sls happy over his
accession g his high office. for thts
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