The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-25
PASSED BARKER BILL
SENATE DECLARES IN FAVOR OF
THE ANOKA HOSPITAL AND
HASTINGS SITE
IT HAD TWO VOTES TO SPARE

After Four Days Deb ie, the Meas
ure Carried on n sAOw of Hands.
With Only Two Senator'S Absent
THAT Was Practically the Only
business Transacted in the State
"House of Lords" Yesterday.
1t would be hard to tell whether the
dictionaries of Anoka or Hastings were
more elated when late yesterday after
noon the senate passed the Barke bill
which is practically duplicate of the
Staples bill, which passed the house re-
Gently, locating a new insane hospital al
Anoka and appropriating $4,000 for the
purchase of the site al Hastings.
The hospital fight is not ended. The
senate having passed its bill and the
house house bill, Mr.. Staples measure
bat both branches of the legislative body
have gone on record in favor of the
Anoka hospital and the prospect is that
the substitution of the bill can be made
in one house or the other without diff
ticulty.
When the special order, the insane hos
pltal bills, was reached, Senator knatvold
Rep, Freeborn, rose to reply to some OF
the arguments in opposition to- his bill
and reprOached some of his colleagues
for attempting TO argue 1t in anger He
declared that while he was not the only
senator who had investigated the Wis
consln plan, he was probably the only
one who had paid his railroad fare He
repeated the charges of two years age
that the Anoka site was not fit to build
hospital on.
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that in spite Of those charges Senator
knatVolG two years ago had voted for
Hastings throughout. He defended the
Barker bill at length. He could not tel
whether there was an unholy alliance in
behalf Of the Anoka-Hastings bill or in
behalf of the county plan.
The noon recess interrupting the debate
Senator Barker, Rep, Isant, moved the
adoption of the amendments to his bill
to make 1t conform to the Staples bill
which had passed the house. The amend
nent reducing the price to be paid for the
Hastings site TO $4,000 was adopted Is ia
IA
Senator Brewer. Rep, Stearns. moved
to amend that all stone used in the new
hospital should be quarried, cut and
dressed i'll the state. The amendment
was adopted.
At the request of Senator Schaner, a
call of the senate was had After the
absentees has been called Senator Knat-
void moved that further proceedings
under the call be dispensed with. SEN
ator Schaller objected that this was not
worthy of a fair minded man and Senator
knatvold withdrew it.
In order 10 save time, while the arrival
of the abSentees was awaited, Senator
Stockwell, Dem, Hennepin, was per-
mitted by unanimous consent to explain
his vote He favored the county system,
and believed that the era of immense
state institutions should be put an end to.
Senator Everett Oem.), of LIE Sueur,
was given the same privilege He said
the cost of the present institutional sys-
tenn was not due so much to the system
as to the extravaganza of the officials.
He believed the alliance holy rather than
unholy and he was ready to vote for the
Barker bill.
Senator Ryder RepD, Polk, while Sen
ator McGowans arrival was awaited
said he expected that his action would
no doubt disappoint many of his closest
friends, but he had found in his lesis-
latfve experience that all legislation was
the result of compromise. The Anoka-
Hastings alliance, therefore had no
terrors for him. He referred to an artf-
Gle in The G o b e a few years ago ex-
posing the overcrowded condition Of one
of the state insane hospitals, which he
mad written after seeing the condition of
things there. He felt the need of better
treatment of this suffering class 1t
would cost money, but, as the state
grew, its needs grew and it's expenses
must grow. He was opposed to big in
sane prisons. but, rather than that two
years should pass before the insane
were given relief, he would vote for the
Barker bill, although it did not in all its
details accord with his best judgment
Then the senate waited until 4:15 fol-
the missing Minneapolis senator to ar
rive.
Senator Schellbach Rep.), Yellow
Medicine, wanted to amend the bill, but
was ruled out of the order as the bill
had been read a third time.
On the roll call Senator Collier Dem
Scott, said he could not vote for the
location of an insane hospital on a tract
which a large majority of the previous
senate had declared against.
Senator Fitzpatrick Oem.), Winona
said he voted no with his Judgment
rather than with his sympathies
The bill had two votes to spare, the
roll call resulting:
Baldwin, Jepson, Ryder
Barker, Jones, J. D., Schaller,
Brewer, Mccarthy, Sheehan,
Buckman, McGill, Sivright.