The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-02
JACOBSON IS DEFEATED
his RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR
JOINT COMMITTEE FAILS
TO CARRY
REPUBLICANS OPPOSE IT
Minority Is willing That an Inves-
tigatiOn Be Made, but the
Majority Offers OBJ
lection.
REPUBLICANS OPPOSE

According to his Republican collea gues
in the house, Representative ]. f. ia
cobsOn has met with a signal failure in
what they term his first attempt at man
ufacturng campaign material at the ex-
pense of the recent Democratic admins
Tratlon. His resolution introduced in
the house Thursday, providing for the
appointment of a joint senate and house
committee to examine into the recent
consolidation of the Northern Pacific and
the st. Paul & Duluth roads was bitterly
condemned yesterday by some of the
most prominent Republicans on the floor
OF the house, as being a mere scheme 20
make political capital and the author was
openly and defantly charged with SIMS
ter motives The measure was defeated
but it is understood that Mi Jacobson
with not allow this to deter him in fore
ing this matter to an issue
The Jacobson resolution submitted to
the house Thursday and which was re-
viewed by the Globe yesterday, re-
cites the conditions by which the North
crn Pacific absorbed the St Paul &, Du-
Iuth, presents the decision of the railroad
and warehouse commission in which the
absorption is held to be illegal and re-
lates the fact of the commissions dis
missal of the suit brought subsequent
to the consolidation to determine the
whole affair, claiming that the commits
sion was in error in dismissing the ac-.
ton.
Mr.. Jacobson moved the adoption of his
resolution yesterday, which was the sig
nal for the exciting debate which fol-
lowed. In making the motion the MEM
her from Lac qui Parle said he did not
impute to Gov Lind any wrong motive
in accepting the action of the commits
sion in dismissing the case, but he ques-
toned his judgment. He expressed
lack of faith in the sincerity of the rail-
read company to abide by the promise
made to give the people of the state as
good service under the consolidation as
by the separate mana gements and to OBJ
serve other laws which they avowed to
keep.
Representative Laybourn. Of Duluth
took issue with Mr.. Jacobson and gave
rise to the following rather impassioncd
utterances:
LAYBOURN DOESN'T SEE IT
81 can see no good results to come
from this resolution. I feel that 1t is
simply an attempt by the gentleman who
introduced it to make partisan political
capital at the expense Of Gov. Lind ana
his railroad and warehouse commission,
and as such 1 think it ought to be Sc
Verely condemned by the members of the
. Republican party in this house. 1t will
not only make poor political capital but
will become boomerang to US.
L n.
Ehilds, who drew up the agreement be-
tween the Northern Pacific Railroad
company and the commission by which
this suit was dismissed and Gov Lind
and Attorney General Douglas with
whom he conferred in this work, had at
heart the interests of the people Of the
state just much as any one and la
bored conscientiously to protect those in
terests
AT any rate the interstate commerce
commission has held that these two lines
were not competitors And even if they
had been the commission gained every
single concession from the railroad which
they indicated in their complaint to the
suit and I believe In the integrity of the
railroad enough to assume that they will
fulfill their promises
After Mr.. Laybourn had finished, MI
Rich, another Republican member, took
the floor and said:
Il don't think there is any just cause
for this sort of a resolution. I believe
that Gov Lind went into this matter
fully and ably and have confidence in his
ability and integrity. 1 am confident
that he labored zealously to protect the
best interests of the people of this state
and l don't think any blame should be at
tached to him"
J. A. Peterson said the resolution should
pass. He held that the roads had been
competing and that the matter was not
ultimately settled.
MINORITY Is WILLING.
The only Democratic member to speak
upon the subject was Mr.. Pennington, of
Dakota county. He stated that there was
no objection to the passage of the reso-
luton on the Democratic side of the
house, and that Gov. Lind himself was
anxious that such an investigation be
made. He had recommended it in his
message to the legislature in January.
The Democrats, he said, would rather
have the resolution prevail.
AS soon as an opportunity presented
itself Mr.. Jacobson regained the floor.