The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-14
GOVERNMENT HELP TOO SLOW.
HAD TO WAIT THREE DAYS FOR
SUPPLY OF THREzE DAYS
RAT1ONS.
FRONTAGE TAX BILL PASSES.
Mountain Iron Matter VIII BE Taken
Up Again This Morning ON
Special Order.

the present session, and the members
are beginning to realize the need O.
prompt action and long sessions. Yes
terday was an extremely long and busy
day.
The house devoted a short time dur
ing the morning to reviving measures
which, for any reason, had been unfa-
vorably acted upon during the last
few days. The first was the Snodgrass
bill, H. F. 7S9, to provide for the use
or automatic voting machines. The
Dill which was upon the table was
called up and amended so that it pro-
vided for the use of machines which
concealed the result of the voting.
after which it was passed by a vote
of 70 to 4. Mr.. Staples also had re-
called his bill, H. F. 724, to establish a
probationary system for Juvenile Of
tenders. and the house, after submit
ting to amendments covering the age
Of the offenders, providing for the man .
ner of appointing the deputy proba-
tionary officers and other features to
which objection was made before,
placed the bill on the calendar
Mr.. Feig, as a matter of courtesy to
the author. succeeded in having res
directed the Mcdonald bill, H. F. 6S8,
appropriating $40 per month for the
widow of Mazomanie, the Mile Lac
chief and the bill now lies on the ia
BILE.
The sufferings of the people at Moor
head were brought before the house
during the morning session by the in
PRODUCTION Of a bill by the consent Of
the governor by Representative Doug
las. The bill provides for an appro-
priation Of $1,000. The relief to be ad-
ministered by a special committee con-
sfsting Of Hon. S. G. Comstock, Lars
M. Anderson, P. H. Lamb, Jacob Kief-
er and w. H. Davy. The bill, after
being slightly amended, was passed
under suspension of the rules
Speaking to the bill. Mr.. Douglas
explained that some 800 persons, most
ly belonging to the laboring class, had
been rendered homeless by the foods
which carried away some seventy five
houses from the lOwlands of Wood
land park in MOorhead The Red river
had risen practically in one night
3912 feet above the low water mark
and the unprecedented rise had caused
untold suffering. Mr.. Douglas action
was taken at the instance of the La
dies Benevolent society. The suffer
ers have waited three days for gov
eminent aid and have. at last been al
lowed three days rations. The money
appropriated by the state is designed
to furnish new homes on other land
S1If oil J, icyo
Of the present EMERSON.
The general subject of the final steps
in the Mountain Iron investigation
will be taken up at 1890 this morning
as a special order, by the house, to-
gether with the jacobson bill III. F.
GID, to name joint legislative COM
mittee to sit after the session and de-
eide title to certain property in this
state now in dispute. Mr. Donnelly
called the matter from the table with
a motion for the adoption of the re-
port and the discharge Of the commit :
tee. He dwelt briefly upon the findings
of the committee and asked for the
appointment of a committee, which
he said would have no easy task re-
claiming the valuable property to the
state, but would have to lock horns
with the present owners and their at
tOrneyS.
should go over a day to allow amend
ments to be substituted to both the
Mountain Iron and jacobson portions.
In this he was Joined by Mr.. Feig and
Mr.. Foss.
Mr.. Jacobson urged immediate action
if it was hoped to secure any salts
factory results from this sessions pro-
ceedings. There were, he said, over
/ 000, 900 acres of land, some very valu-
al Ina 0iSnIItp
and it would be almost criminal for this
Legislature to adjourn without at least
setting the wheels in notion
Mr.. Johns interposed objection to
action with such short notice. He
was not opposed to the bill in any way,
but thought it was more or less of an
anomaly. He considered the Jacobson
bill as providing simply for a junket-
ing party, necessitating the expendi-
ture of a considerable sum of money.
He further considered it physical i'm
possibility for the attorney general
to properly attend to this matter, with
all his other duties.
Mr.. Donnelly excepted to the state
ment that the proposed legislation
would call for a junketing trip. Mil
lions of dollars were involved, and as
an indication of what might be accom-
plished cited the results achieved by
the pine land investigation. He urged
that If the matter were not acted upon
very promptly, the fifteenyear limdta-
ton would expire before the next ses-
sion and the state claim would be out
lawed. After some discussion as to
details 1t was decided to fix the hour at
80 this morning.
The Stockwell measure to provide for
insane detention hospitals in cities of
$4,000 population, came up and was
passed after a brief debate. Mr.. Stock
we'll made a speech for the bill and
was supported by Mr.. Staples. Mr..
Donnelly, however, saw in the PROPOSE
ton q tendency to keep increasing the
state expense unnecessarily for such
institutions, and therefore opposed the
measure The bill was passed by a
vote of 73 to II.
The house was robbed or its promised
fun over the final passage Of the law
repeating the water frontage tax.
When H. F. 707 was called. Mr.. McGill,
its author, made a brief talk on it.
stating that majority Of the Ramsey
delegation was in favor of the bill. His
motion for passage was carried. Mr..
Mcdonald moved to reconsider, but Mr..
Dunn's motion to lay the McNnald
motion on the table,, carried, and the
bill remains passed.