The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-16
ERNOR CAN NOT CoERCE THE
LEGISLATURE.
EXTRA SESSION THREATS
DO NOT APPEAR TO BRIGHTEN THE
ENEMY IN THE SLIGHT
EST.
SAY THEY'LL SIT ALL SUMMER
Before They VIII Give A1vah East
man and His PartiSans the Salts
faction of Further Victory.

"Anoka will not get any appropria-
ton for an insane hospital from this
legislature" said one Of the Hastings
leaders last night. There has been no
detection in the ranks of the men who
voted for the Hastings site. because
it was, in their opinion the one which
was adapted by nature for retreat for
those whose minds were affected, and
they will insist that the future home Of
the insane patients Of the state shall
be better suited to the purpose than
a sand-lot on a sluggish stream, sur
rounded by nothing more picturesque
than rolling logs and switch shanties."
Then the 100000 asked for by Sen
ator Culkin yesterday will not be ap-
propriated?"
mo, sir. 1t will not. You can stake
the last dollar you have in the world
on that proposition and win all there
is up against it. It is as sure as death
and taxes"
us the fight over7"
1T ought to be- We have beaten the
Anol1a people three times, and If they
don't stay whipped it is not our fault.
We have just four more legislative
days, practically, in which to finish the
work Of this session. Do you think we
are going to waste any more time
chewing the rag over this hospital bus
mess? I guess not"
Suppose the governor returns the
omnibus bill without his approval?"
1--WE will pass the bill over his veto"
Twill he call an extra session then,
as has been suggested, to force you to
take action in respect to the crowded
condition Of the insane nospitals?"
Il don't know. In fact I don't know
Of any restriction that will prevent him
from doing just what he pleaSeS (and
the senator inserted a fOrcible epithet
before the 'pleases'D. He has been
doing it ever since he scratched in last
November, and he'll probably keep it
up. If he feels like 1t. He can call an
extra session and be - Cthe word the
senator used here would not look we'll
in cold type) "We'n sit here all sum-
mer before Wen recede from our posi-
ton. We are right. The truth is mighty
and will prevail, and while it is pos
sibIe for some aggressive individual to
delay the victory occasionally, time will
tell Extra session? Wen impeach him
as soon as he'll call an extra session."
after yesterday does not appear. The
eloquent speech of Senator Culkin, &C
cOmpanying his motion to appropriate
$4,000 for the Anoka hospital, was one
Of three things: A feeler to test the
sentiment of the senate; a ruse to de-
tract attention from the real plan of
the Sixth district people; or the pre-
liminary foundation for coerciVe action
by the governor.
II 1t was the former it was a success,
for the way the senators voted showed
that scarcely any had been whipped
into line. There was no roll call to
show of record just what the changes
were, and this is rather suggestive Of
the second object stated, that the mo-
ton was just a stall" and that the
Anoka folk will this morning demand
a report from the finance committee
as to what shall be done with Senator
Dunham's bill for the appropriation of
$500 900 for the Anoka hospital, which
it has had in its desk ever since about
March L The Anoka people cite the
speech Of Senator Iltis, an avowed
Hastings adherent, yesterday. as in
dicatiVe of q desire on the part of the
senate to go on record again on the
matter, and they are willing to give
them this last chance to remove from
their outer garments the obloquy which
the governor predicts that the people
Of the state will cast upon them if
they do not do something.
The Hastings people profess little or
no terror at this threat. They still
maintain that the governors is the sole
blame and that he must shoulder it
himself They express every conf
dence in the ability of the people Of the
state to locate the responsibility with
out any dictatiOn by the governor.
One thing seems to be certain, and
that is that the fight will be opened in
the senate if at all. If the phaIanx in
the smaller house cannot be broken.
it is useless to trouble with the larger
house. Furthermore, if the veterans
of the legislature can be swung into
line, the Anokans look forward to an
easy conquest in the other branch,
where many Of the members are fresh
from private life, and 10th to antagOnize
the powers that be.
The senate committee on taxes and
tax laws met last night and considered
the insurance earnings tax in executive
session. without as they reported. de-
Gliding upon any final recommendation
1t is the judgment of the committee
that the house bill alone can be con
sidered as an effective measure and
that is not as yet properly before them