The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-06
CHAMPION OF HASTINGS.


Mr.. Reeves was vigorously applauded
at the termination of his speech.
CHAMPION OF HASTINGS
Mr.. DonneIly said the proposed site at
Hastings was within five miles of where
ne lived in Dakota county. He traced
the history since their organization OF
Ramsey, Winona and Dakota counties
and said the last named had never yet
oeen made the recipient of any gift
from the state. He spoke, not in ar
lnVldlous manner, of the various state
institutions bestowed on the different
counties. and in this connection men
loned that although Dakota county
had as yet been given no recognition,
Hastings contained at one time as re-
hned citizenship as any city in the
country. She since had experienced
many losses. Mr.. DonnelIy denied that
Mr.. Hooper, who had been so much
maligned and who was "hoisted into
such ignOminious fame" was a Popu-
list. He said he himself was regarded
as a sort of grandfather of the Popu-
lists. IF Mr.. Hopper is a POpulist, he
is q PopuliSt as Judas Iscariot was a
Christian" he said. He described the
transaction as one of the most in
famous which ever disgraced the
records Of the state and told in a
pathetic way how the gift to Hastings
had been. stolen away by knavery,
after nine days Of graduation and hap
piness. He pictured the many advan-
tages to be found at Hastings
After word picture about Hastings,
he stopped for a minute and asked
What is there at Anoka? A sand
bank without any illumination save
AlVah Eastman. Why, if they bury
the unfortunates who die there in
AnOka the poor fellows will. unless
there is a top dressing on the sterile
soil, refuse to rise when GabriaI blows
his horn. 1t will be a crime said he,
to place the diseased minds of st.
Paul and Minneapolis in AnOka" Mr..
Donnelly added his share of criticism
for Mr. Hopper who, he said was not
2 fool to change his mind. but because
he could give no good reason therefor
Mr.. DOnnelly said that without mean
ing any d1SreSpect to the district court
the contention that there was no con
tract between the state and HASTINGS
because the minutes Of the meeting
ma a rot been stoned, was rare hit of
rettFog@ing. Who had not signed
them? It was Alvah Eastman. Mr..
ponnelIv DUnctured the point made in
favor Of AnOl1a on the score of cheaper
coal by quoting figures on coal from,
the south cheeper even than those
claimed by the AnOFa champions on
cecil FROM Duluth THO question of
ed there were instead Of but four trains
through Hastings more than two or
three tines that number. and for CON
nectiOnS in Minnesota were better ar
raro'ed than- at hnoka.
JONES DEFENDS HOPPER TOO.
Although s o'clock was the hour set
for the evening session, it was half
an hour later when Speaker Jones
raped for order. Upon request Of
Judge Hicks a call of the house was
ordered. The vacant spaces on the floor,
as we'll as the galleries, were filled
with spectators, many of them Of the
gentler sex. After some discussion as
to what should be done with the alb
Sentees, Speaker Jones, from the floor,
spoke of his connection with the matter
III his official capacity as head Of the
house. He had. as speaker, he said.
Kept away from any further relation
to the hospital struggle than the APP
pOintment of an impartial portion Of
the joint committee. AS a member of
the house from Todd county. he had
the right, he thought, and wished to
cover a few points touching on the
controversy. In the first place he wish
ed to speak of Hopper. who was so
heartily maligned There was not, Mr..
Jones said, any discrepancy in the tes-
timony given by Hopper and Alvah
untoward action on the part of mem
bers of the legislature, who could not
be called to task, to pour rebuke and
contumely upon this man Hopper, who
was a simple but incorruptible farmer
of Northern Minnesota. ..... % ..,.-..
Speaker Jones took occasion to hand
to Mr.. DOnnelly several sharp rebukes
for portions of his speech in which
Donnelly spoke of the Shallow petit
FORGERY of the supreme court" and
further made sighting remarks about
the population of the northern part or
the state. Mr.. Jones made a most logi-
cal and impassioned speech in support
Of a decision for AnOka, touching on
the location and the better railroad
facilities to be found there.
HICKS HEARD FROM.
Judge Hicks paid his respects to Mr..
DOnnelly for having used his power
full voice and beautiful language in
castigating a man who was not on the
floor of the house and not in a posi-
ton to defend himself from any at
tack. just or unjust. The judge ad-
miniStered a thick sugar coating of
barney upon the Sage who, he said.
was a genius in the expression of
thought, only to suggest that Mr.
Hopper, AN ''illiterate dabster," was piled
with questions thick and fast and was
made to reply in language furnished
by the Hastings attorney, rather than
in his own. Judge Hicks voiced the
sentiment of Mr.. Jones and sorely de-
cried the tendency to criticise the SUI
preme court. Said he: when we lose
faith in our courts, we will forfeit our
political rights
small but doughty champion Of
Hastings developed in the person of
JenS Grondahl. who regretted that the
matter had been forced into the legis-
lature by the action of the commits
sion He feared that the sting would
be left in the defeated faction which
ever way the matter was decided. The
citizens of neither AnOka nor Hastings
were guilty of crime, nor had they
taken any more trouble to secure the
hospital than would many another
hamlet in the state.
Referring to a humorous remark OF
Mr.. Feis earlier in the day, Mr. Gron-
dahl said the asylum might be ap-
prCpriately given to KandiyOhi, but
that visitors might mistake the asylum
fc~ the state capitol, and the subjects
for members Of the legislature.
ldr. Dahl CT Hennepin. went on
record as being in favor of Anoka
whereupon Mr. DonneIly explained that
the sneaker had put him in a false
position as to criticising the supreme
court judges. for whom, he said. he
entertained the highest personal re-
gard. 1t was nearly 10 o'clock when
Mr.. Snyder. from the chair. ordered
a call of the house upon motion of the
member from KandiyOhi
The vote on TevOk;ng jhe selection of An
Okla was as follows
Ayes
Abbott. HeimeTdinger, Parker.
Anderson, Hsna arsOn, Peterson,
Barta HOLSTER, Poetz
B.gelOw, Holmen, Reiner.
Brusletten Jacobson, Sampson.
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