The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

T. hdence in the Author of the Bill
| With impassioned elequence and a un
| animous vote of all present the senate
/ yesterday expressed IT'S confidence in the
! honesty of. Senator ScheIbach (Repo.
Yellow Medicine. and. by implication, its
contempt for the journalistic attack made
| On the senator In the Minneapolis paper
Friday evening. There is no question but
that the speeches of yesterday were the
| best since the Davis caucus. The morn
| ing routine was interrupted about II
o'clock by Senator McGill ~(Rep.), Ram
| sey, offering the following resolution by
unanimous. CONSENT,
| :. Whereas The Minneapolis. Journal. In
| is issue Of April IA, 1899, contained an ar.
by Senator Schellbach, of. Yellow Med
fcIne county, which article. in substance.
charged that the said bill contained a
| woodchuck of alarming proportions, and
I that it was the most vicious bill that has
| gone through either house Of the Min
/ nesota law making body for many. years,
Of the policy of deception which his
friends are accused Of having followed,
and; -,.s... -s,,-.,5..s.
I Whereas, Said article is upon its face.
| an attack upon the Intelligence OF the en-
r tire body, an attack upon the integrity
p Ct a, great number of the members there
| OF, and 1t is therein substantially charged
l. that said BILL If enacted into law.
/ would repeal the Anderson bill of 1895,
+ levying a. tax upon unused railroad lands,
| and that certain amendments were at
r fached thereto by fraud and deception.
t. which changed the character Of the bill
+ al Intro dsfced: ~: > s-s5 :
|, said articles and the charges, either di-
/ rect or by implication, therein contained,
are false and untrue, and that neither
+ Senator Schellbach, the author of said
i bill, nor any senator interested in it's
T. passage, or i1sa any way connected there
f. with, were aetuated by any but proper
| and right motives, and that sssaid bill is
| an honest attempt on the part of its
author. and efthoses supporting tito pro-
f;vide, in a simple and effective manner
I for the determination by the courts of
! this state as to. whether the territorial
charters of certain railroads are contracts
| which cannot be impaired by legislative
| action, and which, If said bill may be-
come a law, would determine the right of
! the legislature of this state to increase
| the gross earnings tax upon such rail
| roaes. and that said bill would not in
any way affect or repeal or modify the
| act Of 1895, known as the Anderson bill.
| Senator McGill said he did not ques-
| ton the motives OF any man or newspa-
per, writer He thought the senate
would give this vote of confidence to an
| honest man.
/ oeHdtGf SCHdll6r- NDef11.t, O1kOIa, sec
| onding the resolution, paid a high tribute,
| to the accused senator.
Senator Somerville, rep, Brown, said
| he had known him for years as man of
| unimpeachable character. On the other
I hand. he had never known of a more
| ground1ess attack.
| Senator Daily (Dem) Otter Tail, said
he had often heard 1t said that when GER
tain interests could not corrupt an honest
| official they tried to ruin his influence
| by libel or by ridicule. This was an at
/! tack on the honor of the senate.
| Senator johnson tDem.}, Nicollet. de-
plored the publication a newspaper
| man. 1t was within the province of a
! newspaper to scrutinize the acts of a
| public official closely. but not to impugn
! his motives.
| Senator Ryder 1.ep), Polk, hah had
several lively committee encounters with
! the senator from Yellow Medicine, but
/ had found him a fair honest fighter, and
| a good reasoner.
/ JONES WAS EMPHATIC
! Senator J. D. Jones (Rep..> Todd. said
| the charge that he had been helping Sen
| ator ScEellbaeh to pass the bill was
| strictly true. He was proud OF it. He
told of his efforts in that direction, not
| only in the senate, but III the house.
| where the committee seemed to be try
| ing to kill the bill. The opinion published
In the journal was not worth straw.
/ 1t would not repeal the Anderson bill any
I more than it would Magma Char.a. This
/ was deliberate attempt to down a young
man who was serving the people for the
| first time as legislator.
/ Senator Wilson tRep), Hennepin said
he believed Scheilbach was honest and as
able lawyer as the attorney general
| Senator Snyder tRep.), Hennepin, added
| q few words Of compliment.
/ rrn-,
Senator Young Rep.). Swift said that
! all the session indignities had been
| heaped on the senate by this paper, most
| of It written by one of it's clerks. He
thought 1t was going too far when an at
| torney general. trying to lift himself into
| popular favor by Juggling at his own
In substance: Your corrupt legislature
tried to repeal your Anderson bill, but
| caught them at it,
i Senator Collier Dem) Scott, moved
| call of the senate
The resolution was adopted 81 to O.
DOUGLAS JOINS IN IT.
read the following letter just received by
him.
The letter was ordered printed in the
Journal.
Because of some things reported as hav-
I ing been stated in the senate this morn
| in. ] desire to say that IN the opinion
| l gave to Representative jacobson in his
cast no reflection upon Senator Schell-
| bach in introducing the bill In question.
and do not now doubt his motives.
i even stated that the expressed inten-
in substance that the language Of the bill
| tfespassed on very dangerous ground.