The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-02
NORTHWEST LEGISLATURES

He said it looked as if some of the Re-
publicans were afraid Of an investigation.
Il assure YOU, gentleman" said the man
from Lac qui Parle, that Gov. Lind is
not afraid Of this; he wants it; he said
so in his message" Turning to the DEM
ocratic faction Mr.. Jacobson then made
sympathetic plea: rs there any one of
my friends here who would for a moment
question my sincerity in this matter?'
There was perceptible murmur, but
no audible words were expressed.
The vote was then taken on Mr.. Jacob
sons motion to adopt the resolution. AS
it required a majority of the house to
carry the motion the resolution was lost,
the vote standing IS for and 40 against.
The members voted as follows:
For the Resolution-Aanenson. Alley,
Anderson, Armstrong, G.. w, Bean,
Bush, Butler. Cooke, Cumming, Deming,
Dobbin, Dorsey, Feeney, Fust, Gainey.
Gait, Gandrud. Harden, Haugen, Haug-
land, Henricks, Hogan, Jackson, ia
tin, Nelson, H. K, Nichols, Nolan, Ny
quist, Ofsthun, Pennington. Peterson,
G., Peterson. J. A, Peterson, s. p,
Ssg Ryan o sageng s Sander sabpnrn
Whitford. Wilder, Speaker Dowling-,6S.
Against the Resolution-Alford. Allen,
Armstrong, J; A, Babcock, Barteau'
y,
stead. Herbert, Hinton, Holm, Hunt,
Hurd, Hymes, Kelly. Laybourn, Lee,
Lempke, Mahood, Mallory, Mark, Nor
ley, Morris, Norman, Moves, PloWman'
Schurman, Stark. Sweet. finland, Wal
lace. Wells-40.
During the heat of the discussion yes
terday Gov. Lind was communicated
with by a reporter for the G l o b e re-
garding the jacobson resolution and
made the following statement:
why of course l want the legislature
to investigate this transaction. l have
no fears as TO the result, and while the
action already taken in dismissing the
suit is binding without the further ac-
ton of the legislature, l would rather
that the body would enter into the mat
ter. 1 recommended such a course in my
message to the legislature"
After reviewing the situation fully In
his message Gov. Lind added this state
ment:
II now report these facts for your
consideration and approval, or disap-
prevail. If you should think it wise to
abandon the guarantees obtained by the
contract, and revive the suit, nothing
has been done that will in the slightest
degree interfere with such action. On
the other hand, if the action taken by the
executive department meets with your
approval it would be perhaps well to
ratify it by the formal approval Of the
legislature
1t is the general opinion that Mr.. Jacob
son, who declines to outline his course,
will not let this matter drop where it is,
but will row frame a bill to take the
place Of the resolution and introduce it
into the house at an early date.
After the clouds of yesterdays battle
cleared away Mr.. Laybourn, Republican
member from Duluth, who led in the
fight against the resolution, made the
following statements to the reporter for
the G l o b e:
LAYBOURN MAKES STATEMENT.
IF thought that this movement would
bring about the dissolution of the North
ern Pacific and the ST. Paul &, Duluth
roads l should feel alarmed At Duluth
We have never had such good service
since the roads were built as since they
have consolidated. There is no reason
why the deal should not stand
But coming directly to this resolution
and the motives which impelled the au-
thor to draw it up, want to insist upon
the position 1 took on the floor. l have
been reliably informed that Mr.. Jacobson
repeatedly attacked Gov. Lind and his
railroad and warehouse commission on
this proposition during the last campaign
and SO l feel justified in condemnng his
motives here. I am a strong Republican.
No man who knows me will question my
party fealty for a minute, but l believe
that such a course as this is a bad one.
No Republican can afford to question the
integrity or honesty of purpose of Gov.
Lind or of the men who constituted the
state railroad and warehouse commission
that served under him. 1 should be very
sorry to see material for a campaign
manufactured by the Republicans in any
such way"