The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-02
Hastings Has the Majority, Bnt
Anoka Is Hopeful.
Hopper IS Not Accused OF Anything Corrupt But
the Hastings Report Says His Ex-
plantations Are every
Unsatisfactory"

AS was anticipated, the committee
appointed to investigate into the
Anoka-Hastings insane hospital loca-
| t1on, found itself utterly unable to
agree, and this morning there will be
presented in the respective branches of
the legislature, two reports, one from
the minority and one from the ma
Jority of the committee.
The two factions in the committee
met separately at first and spent about
two hours in executive deliberations.
after which they united in the room
or the senate Judiciary committee.
Every member was present, and after
cutting down the bill Of one of the
stenographers, which was pronounced
eXorbitant, Representative Staples pre-
sented report which he said had been
| signed by six members of the commit
tee.
Senator Young read portions of the
report, which was as follows:
commission was duly appointed by the
governor OF this state, under chapter 157
General Laws 1885, comprising seven per-
sons, who should locate and purchase a site
Tor the fourth hospital for the insane at
some point as near as might be practicable
to the cities of st. Paul and Minneapolis
which, In their Judgment, should be most
available and suitable"
The commission was authorized by the act
to receive proposals from towns, cities and
villages, or the inhabitants thereof relative
to the advantage of their respective locali-
ties, with a guaranty for the sale to the
state at reasonable price of a suitable tract
of land with suitable sewerage water priv
ileges, etc. They might purchase under the
act not less than $40 acres, nor more than
1000 acres for the site, and for the use Of
the hospital.
By the act the commission was directed to
advertise in two daily newspapers at St. Paul
and Minneapolis asking for offers Of a proper
site for the hospital. These offers or propo-
sitions were received from number of cities,
towns and villages.
By the terms of the act the commission
was directed to examine all such proposed
sites, and to secure such site for the said
hospital as should, in their Judgment be
most advantageous to the state for the pur-
pose contemplated in the act.
The records of the commission and the
testimony taken by your committee show,
first that the city of Hastings offered one
site only; the city Of Anoka offered three.
sites.
On the 18th Of Oct, 1895, the commission
met at Hastings and examined the site Of
fered by that city On Oct. "a the commits
sion examined the three sites offered by the
city of Anoka. This examination was the.
last made by the commission before its ac-
tiOn Dec. is. That day the commission met
at st. Paul and upon motion of one of the
commissioners, after an informal VOTE de-
d
ballot to be continued until the place was
chosen" On the ninth formal ballot Hast
ings received four votes, follows: Bondy
Carlson, Smith and Hopper; Anoka received
three, Block, Merriman and Eastman. Then
the minutes of this meeting declare that
Hastings having received a majority of
votes, the site offered by that city was de-
clared selected, and on motion Of Mr. Smith
the vote was made unanimous" Upon each
and all of the nine formal and the one in
formal ballots, Mr.. Hopper voted for Hastings
and for no other site
On the following day the commission met
at St. Peter, and on the day following, Dec.
20, at Rochester. Both of these meetings
were held at the asylum. The purpose Of the
meetings was to assist the commission in
preparing plans and specifications for the
new hospital
Dec q, 1895, the commission met at Fer
gus Falls, to which place the meeting had
been adjourned from Rochester. Thereupon,
as soon as the commission was assembled,
Commissioner Eastman moved that the vote
taken by the commission at st. Paul Dec. IS,
in favor the location of the hospital at Hast