The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-03
SENATOR NELSON TO
VISIT NEW CAPITOL
Man Who Appointed Commits.
sion viii Inspect Building
for First Time

United States Senator Knute Nelson
OF Alexandria will visit the new state
capitol today to see how well his cap
1tol commission has done its work. In
cidentally, leaders of the senate and
the house are planning to receive Sen
ator Nelson in joint convention when
the former governor visits the new
state house.
Senator Nelson came down from
Alexandria yesterday and is stopping
at the Merchants hotel He will spend
the day in st. Paul, and yesterday
when it became known that he would
be at the capitol a number of his
friends conceived the idea to extend an
invitation to him to address the legis-
lature in joint session. Both Lieut.
Gov. Ray w. Jones and Speaker
Clague were communicated with, and
each readily agreed to the plan.
1t Is proposed to take ten or fifteen
minute recess while both bodies gather
in the house of representatives and
listen to Senator Nelson's remarks.
The senior senator was approached
some ten days since by Speaker
Clague, who asked him to visit the
house. Mr.. Nelson was then in ST.
Paul on his way home from Washing
ton on the adjournment of congress.
He found it impossible to accept, but
said he would come to st. Paul before
legislative friends. Senator Nelson de-
INJURED yesterday when asked if he
was not to address the legislature, but
last evening his friends had perfected
arrangements for an informal greeting
to him at the capitol today.
Appointed Commission
1t was as governor that Senator Nelson.
In 1892, appointed the commission that
has built the beautiful s., SOC. 900 structure
at the crown of Capitol HILL He went
personally with the commission, by virtue
OF the fact that as governor he was ex
ollclo PRESIDENT OF the commission: and
assisted in selecting the site But one
man is now on the commission who was
not named by Gov. Nelson more than
Twelve years ago. Edward Weaver Of
10 I'LL vacancy. Senator Daniel Shell of
Worthington had resigned to become a
candidate for senator.
Senator Nelson left the governors office
In 1895, soon after the life of the COM
mission began. Spending nearly all his
time at Washington since he has seen
on the barren spot of ground that he and
his commission selected as its site. From
street car at long intervals he has seen
the building rise, but he has never been
inside its walls. and his visit today will
be in the nature of an inquiry as to the
results attained by his commission.
he was of the opinion that there would be
a special session of congress. He de-
clared in the affirmative.
Il think that the president will call
us together in advance of the regular ses-
sion to begin in December" he said II
have seen 1t stated in eastern newspapers
with special opportunities for knowing
the-facts that the extra session viii be
held in October, but of this 1 am not adj
vised- The questions of railroad rate reg
ulation and tariff revision viii be consid-
cred. find a great deal of tariff revision
sentiment among the people of the state.
They are apparently firmly grounded in
the belief that the tariff needs fixing and
that II should be revised downward in
stead of upward"
Senator Nelson denied yesterday that
he had contemplated trip to Europe. as
had been stated in dispatches from Wash
ington. He said he had no definite plans
for the summer. but would spend the
greater part Of the time on his farm at
Alexandria.