The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-17

at the Dakota County seat-Bone
of Contention Removed From
Lower Branch-MOve to Make
County Assessors Elective.
The Anoka-Hastings insane asylum
| fight, which has been the bone of con-
| tentiOn at the last two sessions of the
! legislature, and which cut considerable
| figure in the organization of the present
| house, was settled yesterday so far as
the lower branch of the legislature is
| concerned.
| The vote on the final passage of the
| Staples bill, which locates the first dis
trict hospital at Anoka and purchases a
| site for the second at Hastings, was
| passed by a vote Of "A to A.
The bill as amended and passed pro-
| videS for the erection on the Anoka site
of an administration building to include
a detention ward with a capacity for fifty
| patients and the building of cottages not
| to exceed two stories In height with
capacity of not to exceed sixty patients
each. These cottages are to be con-
| structed under the direction of the trus-
| tees of the hospitals for the insane and
| the cost of the buildings is not to ex-
| coed $500 per patient. The number of pa
| tents to be received and treated is not
| left to the board of trustees, but is linn
| tied in the bill to 500. The Hastings site
is to contain 643 acres and the price to be
paid is fixed at $4,000.
The house was not called to order until
| 1910, owing to Speaker Dare being in
| tat wifi N
| Staples as to the course to be pursued,
and the rulings to be made on the con-
| tinuance of the special order.
DARE'S RULING WENT.
After roll call and the usual motion
| that the journal be dispensed with, the
| speaker announced that the regular or
der of business would be the continu-
ance of the special order on H F. 26O
| Mr.. Foss Rep), of Grant; Mr.. Gutter
sen (Rep), of Blue Earth, and Mr. Plow-
| man Pop.), of Otter Tail, questioned if
| this was the correct proceeding Mr.
Foss read from Cushng's manual to
show that when under a special order an
J adjournment was taken it could not be
continued at the next session.
Speaker Dare stated that his decision
and ruling would be that the special or
der was the proper order of business. Mr.
| jacobson settled the matter by saving
| that all discussion was superf1uous The
only thing for those who opposed the rul-
| Ing to do was to appeal from the deci-
| sion of the speaker.
No one seemed willing to take this
action and the discussion of the STAPLES
bill was resumed
CLIMBED ON UNDER PROTEST.
Mr.. Guttersen said he had been adj
n rot ba ha,,
were enough votes to carry the Staples
bill. He did not like the treatment his
Dill providing for cottages at the three
existing institutions had received Some
of the members advocated that both
Hastings and Anoka should be rewarded
for the fight they had made, but he was
not in favor of such action There was
DO need of an additional site, and no
good reason given for paying SIG, 600 for q
Site which had been offered two Years
ago for $4,000
Mr. Sites Rep), of Lincoln, opposed
the purchase of an additional site
charges had been made that the purchase
OF site at Hastings was a combination
OF localities. If this was a fact the leg
lslature should repudiate such a combi-
nation The Legislature was anticipating
the action of future bodies and commit
tlng the state to a policy of caring for
the insane which it might be advisable
to change in a few years
Mr. Nelson (Rep), of Lake, was sorry
to see so much discussion among the old
members on the question. 1t was neces-
sary now to build one hospital. but it
would be unwise to purchase another
site. When the time arrived to build the
second hospital there would be plenty
of land left in the state and perhaps
there would be some city which would
give site. 1t was possible that ten years
frN,N = i
est of the state to have the second asy-
lum built in the northern part of the
state.
Mr. Roberts (Rep.), of Hennepin, ar
gued that there was an overcrowding in
the present aSylumS, and the overflow at
present was sufficient to fill a hospital
which would accommodate 800 patients.
Two hospitals were needed at the pres
ent time. The plan advanced by the
board of trustees for the erecting of cot
tages at or near the present institutions
was not good one as it would build up
great cities of insane.
Mr.. Foss CRep), of Grant, had an
amendment which fixed the price of the
Hastings site at $4,000 He was aware
that the member from Lac qui Parle had
put in similar amendment but that
provided for the erection of the asylum
at Hastings instead of Anoka. He ia
vored the building of the asylum at
Anoka.
Mr.. Lampe Union), of Hennepn, Of
fered an amendment making the capacity
for each cottage not to exceed fifty pa
tents
Mr. Yale (Rep.) of Winona, claimed
that if one asylum was ordered built now
before another session of the legislature
an additional one would be needed 1t
would then be the duty of the next legi,s-
lature to order another one built. 1t
had taken four years to get a site for
one, and not a stone had been laid for
the asylum. The legislature should pur-
chase a site and arrange for plans for
the asylum at Hastings to be ordered
built by the next legislature
Mr.. Donohue Dem.), of Stearns IA
vored one asylum, but not the purchase
of a second site.
FOR PEACE IN THE FUTURE.
| Mr.. Stivers (Dem.) of Crow Wing, ia
vored an asylum at Anoka and the pur-
chase of a site at Hastings in order that
| future legislatures should not be bothered
| with a fight such as had been in progress
| for the past four years
Mr.. Elwell (Rep.), of Anoka favored
the purchase of a site, as it had taken
| six years to build the present hospital at
Fergus Falls. If the hospitals were now
overcrowded and the insane to be cared
for were increasing 200 per year, asylums
at Anoka and Hastings would be needed
| before they could be completed.
| The amendments were taken UP in Or
der and disposed of.
The amendment Of Mr.. Lampe CUnion),
| of Hennepin providing for six cottages at
Anoka and limiting the capacity of each
cottage to fifty patients was disposed of