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was decided that congress should be
asked to appropriate 100000 for the
Duluth work, and that Governor Wash
burn should take immediate steps to
quash the motion for an injunction
pending in the supreme court. The ap-
preparation was made, the injunction
proceeding dismissed and the building
of Duluth g harbor proceeded without
further objection.
After the preliminaries had been
agreed to, Mr.. Russell, who sat across
the table from Governor Washburn,
drew three telegraph blanks from his
pocket and began to write kilograms
to st. Paul where the legislature was
in session. Governor Austin of Mime
sofa had himself sent message to the
Legislature Of Minnesota. Under au
thority of joint resolution he had
named Messrs. Russell, Luce and Gull
to represent the states interests. So
Mr.. Russell thought of wiring to St..
Paul that the entire question had been
amicably disposed of.
Diplomacy of Washburn.
Governor Washburn asked to see the
kilograms, and after reading them sug-
gested that they be rewritten, to a ;;
yielded. AS sent, the kilograms did
not convey in terms the impression that
the settlement had been made on the
terms originally insisted upon by Du-
luth. Governor Washburn explained
that if the Wisconsin people got the
news of the settlement from the press
/ Of Minnesota, and saw that Duluth had
won, they would be inclined to criticize
him unjustly.
IT can convince them that the settle.
ment we have made is right,'' he said
g provided 1 do not have their pre-.
iudices to COMBAT And he was right
The ST. Paul newspapers. the next morn
ing published the Russell kilograms g a an
sion that Duluth had not made its point
A., Barto, who died few years ago, was
at that time senator from Stearns
county, and the day the dispatches
were made public he introduced reso
luton calling upon the governor fol
information as to why his three com
traded off the rights Of Duluth. He die
not press for immediate action, however
and in few days there came a letter
from Mr.. Russell to Col. c. H. Graves
then senator from st. Louis county, il
which the settlement was explained
Meanwhile, number of newspaper artl
icizing the three Minnesota commission
ers for disloyalty. These were circu
lated in Wisconsin, and by the time
| Governor Washburn returned he foun(
the people Of his state in condition tt
listen to the truth and indorse his &C
tion.
And so the controversy was settled il
manner satisfactory to both the in
terested cities and states.
Millions Expended on Work.
In 1895, Mr.. Russell was dining in st
Paul with Governor Alexander Ramsey
and over the dinner they reviewed thi
interesting chapter in their experiences
and figured up how much money tn
government had expended in harbo
work at Duluth and Superior. TIL
amount actually expended up to tina
time was about two and half millions
and there were continuing contracts TO
enough more to bring the grand total u
to about four and half millions. Gov
ernor Washburn had said at the confer
ence that, the government would not b
priations to develop the harbor facil
ties at the head Of the lakes.