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

Great MINDS to madness nearly are allied
"A thin partition doth the twain divide.
In this pat couplet Representative
Henry Johns, of Ramsey, summed up
the proximity which will exist between
the fourth insane hospital at Hastings
and Ignatius Donnelly, who led the
forces which brought about the selec-
tion of the Dakota county municipal
ity. The house of representative last
night, after an all day session, voted
to revoke the selection Of Arcka
to name Hastings as the final
location and to pass the bill appropri-
ating money for the land and buildings
at that place. 1t was a battle royal
fought out as a special order with Rep
resentative Fred Snyder, of Hennepin,
in the chair, and, with the exception of
one or two personalities, which might
just as well have been omitted and
which were apologized fer after he
ing uttered, the struggle was at once
cleanly and briskly carried on. When
the test vote on the motion to take
back the decision in favor of Anoka
was announced the tension was 81 eat,
and it kept increasing until the final
passage Of the bill left no obstacle to
the pent-up glee Of the Hastings CO.
horts.
Before this step had been taken, Mr..
Meyers, of Hennepin, moved as a sub
stitute that the bill be placed on gen
eral orders, SO it might there be dis
cussed and some plan devised by which
the state might save the $4,000 al
ready invested at Anoka, but his mo-
ton was not popular and was opposed
by a member of his own delegation,
Mr. Dahl. Mr.. Jones, with a modicum
of humor in his tone, said: Il know
when L am licked, and / feel that way
now, and 1 want to say that hope
nothing which has been said today
will leave anything but the best feel
ing with any member of the house.
think we had better settle the matter
here and now by passing the bill" Mr..
Hicks, of Hennepin, concurred in this,
and the vote was taken, resulting in
67 ayes and 80 nays, SO the bill was
declared passed amid much enthusiasm.
Mr.. Donnelly had led the battle to a
victorious conclusion, and had been
ably assisted by the members from
/. Ramsey and the southern part of the
state.
When the voting was begun upon
the motion Of Judge Hicks, the ques-
ton was divided: First, the revoking of
the selection of Anoka, and secondly,
the naming of Hastings. The final
vote was on the passage of the bill
mentioned.
1t was shortly after 10 when the
house adjourned until Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
The bill will be reported to the SEN
ate in the usual order Monday after
noon, and some of the Hastings people
said last night that the issue would be
forced in that body at once. If they
can pass the bill, and they think they
can, it makes no difference whether
or not the committee report, which was
tied up Thursday night, is adopted.
The bill will go in the natural order
to the committee on finance, and un-
der the rule adopted at the opening
of the session that committee must re
port it one way or the other within
ten days. If a truce is not patched up
before that time, the Hastings people
boast that they can pass the bill any
way.
1t was charged that the parliament
ary tangle in which the Hennepin peo-
pie snarled the proposition up Thurs
day night was but a makesnift to gain
time in which to put up a job with
Chaska, or some other of the sites
which had been offered, and propose
that as a compromise that site be Sc
lected