The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20

free of duty, thus giving noon1o of
foreign birth or ancestry &C waI1 &c
Americans of linguistic attainments
the opportunity to study or enjoy the
best as well as the latest literature of
Europe IN the original without waiting
Ior transiallons. MT. Lind himself Is
something Of a bibliophile HAVING In
his library among other rare volumes
q copy of the Swedish codes of the
Twelfth and Thirteenth centuries as
printed early in the Sixteenth century.
Another measure in which he took an
active interest corrected an anomalous
condition in American law, which pre-
vented man-ef-war's-man,t in the
United States navy, Of foreisn birth
from becomingf5a citizen Unless he
spent five years on shore, as Incurred
of other aliens for naturalizatioa Mr.
Lind's bill corrected this.
He took an active interest in the
affairs of the Indians, anS secured tho
| passage of bill establishing seven In
dian schools in various parts of the
country, one Of them at Pipestone, this
| state.
CLAIMS LOOKED AFTER.
Another sphere Of work of local inn
portance was the pushing of some old
claims for depredations Of the Indians
| during the outbreak of 1862 He Sc
| cured many of these for the citizens
of the Second district who had suffered
! during that uprising. Local in it's
nature too, was the bill which secured
new and costly federal building for
! Mankato.
One of the greatest economics which
| he secured to the people of the state.
however. was the passage of the bill
! for the reorganization of the federal
/ courts for the district of Minnesota.
| which is known commonly to this day
! as 1.-The Lind bill" Previous to It's
| passage all sessions of the United
States courts in this state had been
held in st. Paul, entailing long sit
tings, delays in trials, and long Jour-
neys, greatly adding to the cost en-
tailed on litigants living in this state.
Mr.. Lind's bill provided for terms as
now at Minneapolis, Mankato, Winona,
Fergus Falls and Duluth, as well as
in st. Paul. A great saving is made
in expense and inconvenience at each
session of the court at Duluth and
Fergus Falls, which are easily acces-
sible from the Indian reservations,
where a great deal of the business of
the federal courts has its origin.
BEAT THE LOBBYISTS.
OF Importance to ell the people OF
Minnesota, and because Of its direct
effect on the wheat producer and mill
er, was the bill which he introduced to
compel steamship lines to omit from
their bills of lading any clause which
exempted them from damages for care
less leading of shipments. Previously
thereto, Minnesota flour and other per-
iShable shipments had frequently been
packed in contiguity to kerosene and
other deleterious cargoes, with the re-
suit that frequently a shipment on its
arrival at Liverpool was worthless. Mr.
Lind'S bill, after a hard fight by the
lobbyists of the steamship companies,
passed 1t made the violation of its
terms felony, provided suitable forms
for bills of lading, and imposed a fine
of $4,000 for each offense, half of the
same to go to the informer. The bill
saved thousands of dollars to the mill
ers of Minnesota
Mr.. Lind was also a strenuous fighter
for the integrity and enforcement of
the interstate commerce act in its eff
forts to enforceuitS original purpose
the prevention of determinations in
favor of persons or places. He had
added to it amendments which made 1t
POSSIBLE for the commission to procure
evidence more efficiently, and also
made several battles in the courts to
secure for the millers in the smaller
centers of this state rates fair when
compared with the millers of Mime
aPols, who had been granted certain
special privileges.
1t was in connection with the inter
state commerce bill that Mr.. Lind took
the action which was criticised some
What during the recent campaign, and
which he so clearly explained and JUS
tilted in reply to a query asked him
at his opening meeting in Minneapolis
last month.
1.-THE story In circulation in regard
to that matter" said Mr.. Lind, SIS SO
absurd that I hardly thought 1t neces-
sary to refer to IT. The travelling men
wanted an interchangeable mileage
book. They were assured that they
could get 1t from the Western Passen-