The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-02-18
Such, Evidently, Was the Scheme
Whereby Marquette Secured
the Normal School.
MANY TOWNS IN THE RACE
But the Snapshot Caucus Was
Held Before Their Claims
Could be Presented.

A Lansing special to the Detroit
Journal under date of last Saturday
gives the following information re-
gart,ing the normal school caucus"
recently held by the Upper PENN
sula legislators, and it would indi-
cate that "a snap game" was played
by those favoring Marquette:
"Since the senatorial fight, no
event of the session has aroused so
much talk and heart burning
as the upper peninsula caucus on
the proposed normal school.
Members other than those from
the apper peninsula were greatly
surprised on coming to the state
house the next morning, to find that
the normal school location, expected
to prove a source of great strife in
the event Of the passage of the bill,
had been all settled in advance. The
caucus was, in fact, something Of an
impromptu affair The desirability
OF settling differences among the up
per peninsula members before be-
ginning active effort in behalf of the
bill had been suggested several days
previously, Then the news came
that representatives from Marquette
were enroute to Lansing to exert
influence in behalf of that town. 1t
was known that Marquette ex-
ample would be promptly followed
by lot of other towns, and so the
caucus was hastily called for Thurs
day night with a view to reaching
an m.'ly decision that would saye
the members from the inconvenience
and pressure to which they would
be subjected, should the town fill up
with eager delegations from all the
competing towns north OF the
straits.
mot all the upper peninsula.
members themselves understood
when they went to the meeting that
the caucus was to be decisive, some
supposing it to be merely ia the ma
ture of conference.
Members from sections of the
upper peninsula remote from Mar
quette entertain toward that town
very bitter feeling which, while it
may not be shown on the normal
school bill, on which all feel bound
by the caucus action, seems sure to
be manifested in other legislation.
They feel that Marquette, having
already the prison, should not have
been competitor for the normal
school.
"Some OF the members represent
ing towns which failed to win out,
will have to answer to their con-
stituents for not allowing them to
exert that very pressure which the
delegation as whole were desirous
Of avoiding. A number of sharp
kilograms were received, demand
ing an explanation as to why Mar
quette had been allowed to gold
brick the rest Of the peninsula. "
In commenting on the location Of
the school the Escanaba Iron Port
says:
1.-THE Iron Port hardly knows
whether to condemn most the greed
of Marquette's citizens or the folly,
II not knavery, of those representa-
tives who gave the lamb to the wolf.
BY what right had they to shut out
the voice Of the people through
their delegates appointed by the
several cities to present their claim?
We're they capable of deciding in
telligently, even though they pos
sessed the right? What
claim has Marquette to the SCHOOL,
None, excepting its capacity for
gobbling all the state spoils which
gross injustice can secure. The
question suggests itself: When will
this spoon-fed city be surfeited with
state pap2 And the answer is
when men ofprolity and intelligence
represent the other counties.
This location should be selected in
fairness, according to merit, and in