The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-02-07
Dakota Legislature.
Friday. Jan. 2s.

Waii. VI Jamestown OMclAl 6t~0nO&raphcr
Poindexter,s bill to refuse to pay for any
more clerk hire in the governors Office wal
reported favorablv from the committee.
hughes bill to punish willful neglect of Of
fcials passed. Poindsxter's bill robbing the
A~lopathic school OF it's monopoly ON the
territorial board Of health went through
without opposition. .Ericson's bin to ex.
empt soldiers from poll tax and jury duty
passed. Campbell of Brown wanted to In.
clude undertakcrs. and Harstad OF Trail
wanted to exempt soldiers and sailors from all
taxes, but the council would not accept the
amendments. Crawford'B bill, organizing
pharmaceutical societies for the two Dako-
tas, passed.
HoUsE.-The event of to-day in the legisla.
ture was the repeal Of the gross birmingham
of the law taxing railroads upon the gross
earnings in lien OF any and all other taxes
upon railroads or any property owned by
them. The rate has been 2 and 3 per cent.
Public sentiment has been steadily growing
in opposition to this system, and the declara-
ton Of good lawyers that the gross earnings
law was unconstitutional. and that the
law, if constitutional, only taxed the
earnings within the territory, and could not
reach interstate commerce as interpreted by
the courts. made it possible to suspend the
rules to-day and pass the bill as it came to
was in the house fifty-seven days two years
ago, and after its final passage was lost in
transmittal to the council.
Saturday Jan. 20. =.
CoUNCIL.-Eleven petitions came in from
the Grand Army posts to locate the soldiers
home at Pierre and the formal. donation of
the hotel and grounds from the Pierre board
of trade for the home. The committee on
banking reported in favor Of keeping interest
at - per cent. in place of 10.
The veto OF the Yankton hospital investi-
cation bill was the event Of the afternoon
Walsh's motion to accept the governors
apology and consider the bill last was lost.
Crawford or Hughes opened the fight with
should pass, but advised delay until Mon
day. Hughesof Burleigh held the governor
was in error as to the bill conflicting with
organic act. Poindexter of Sphinx opposed
delay, but it was left for Dali
lard lar ee Of n Boa-Homme to make
have been heard down in the executive
Office. He opposed delay. He styled Church's
vote o lecture to the council Of mere pre-
tense, without q shadow of q foundation to
rest upon, and openly charged the governor
with attempting to block the wheels of in
y~estigation and Tor a purpose. He said:
LET us break down this assumption of
power. Don't tand on the order of break
ing, but break it at once" Van Osdel, who
introduced the bill Endorsed Dollard' 8 remarks
and the roll was called. Cameron, Nc
Donald and Ryan were all that voted no..
HousE.-It was reported upon the floor of
the house that the governor had called the
members hard names, and when his vetoes
came along they were in the humor to pass
the bills over his head. The first one that
came up was q veto to the bill providing for
public printing in excess of the government
allowance for that purpose. The veto was
read, and upon motion of Mr.. Atkins, with
out the courtesy Of reference, the bill was
passed by a practically unanimous vote.
providing for the investigation of the Yank-
ton insane asylum over the governors veto
by an almost unanimous vote. The passage
of both bills was greeted with applause by
the members, plainly betraying the cheerful
ness of their work.
the passage of the North Dakota constitu-
ton bill, fixing the place of meeting ut Graf
ton, Walsh county. The combine was SO
strong in favor OF Grafton that the Fargo
people practically abandoned the fight.
On the final vote there were only six noes.
Mr.. Aikens, one Of the combine, voted against
the passage Of the bill. on the ground that it
was unconstitutional. He had given an
opinion to hat effect and stuck to it when the
roll was called. He was aware however, that
his friend Ntzhugh,, fighting for Grafton, was an
easy winner, and practically his vote made
no difference. The bill provides for the election
of delegates on the 9th of April, of this year,
5. An amendment was adopted making the
act void If congress in the meantime passes
an enabling act for North Dakota. 1t also
makes the membership 113. This number is
entirely too large, and will make q body so
unwieldly that the chances of making q con-
stitution that the people will ratify are very
slim.
Mnn6ev 22~ Ga
CoUNcIL.-In che council Mr.. Poindexter
introduced q bill requiring an affidavit to be
fled when liquor is purchased for medicinal
purposes, with heavy penalties for violation.
Mr.. Dollard introduced one for the assess
ment n taxation of railroads, exempting
the Northern Pacific railroads right of way.
1t requires companies to list in April with
many county clerks and the territorial board
to equalize; the taxes to be levied as on other
property. Mr.. Walsh presented q recon-
structed hail insurance bill, authorizing
counties to insure individuals against loss.
The council passed the bill repeating the law
providing for clerks in the Governors Office.
This, if it reaches the Governor, will be We
toed, with an extended reference to the, ap.
pie provision has been made for clerks.
The council by q vote of IT to 4 passed the
memorial for the amendment and adoption:
of the Sprague bill, but protesting against
the amendment being insisted upon, if to do
so, jeopardized the passage of the bill. The
e Sansrnd passed satd the L Rsinsin !! = bill over H the
stad, Ryan, Crawford, Walsh and Stimmel
voting. Mpssrs. Hughes, Glaspell and Nc
Donald were absent.
HoUsE.-In the house there was loud ap-
plause when the governor sent in word he
had approved Burnham's bill extending the
time Iayingt until June without penalty.
Van Etten's bill for woman suffrage was
referred to a committee on that subject.
Mcneil, from Cass, introduced o bill olocate
the North Dakota agricultural college at
Casselton and appropriating $4,000. Cassel-
ton gives 60 acres near town and bonds her.
selffor $50, 900 to build. Miller o Lake intro
duced q bill to appropriate $34, TOO for the.
Madison normal school. Newman of Sargent,
CT Of Brown offered q bill making q felony to
obtain board under false pretenses. Parkin
of Morton, appropriatihg ~, $50 for Longs
handbook. Hunter of Sphinx introduced q
bill providing for q system Of public ednca-
ton and . department Of education.
judicial district, consisting of Butte, Hardin
and other counties, Ryan's bin allowing
county commissioners to compromise defin-
quent taxes, Atkins bill making e. misde.
mean0r for an attorney to receive fees in fore
closures or collections in which he or his wife
0re Interested were passed. b1ll6 lO6I-Mr.
Palmer's bill to limit the salary Of the treas.
urer in small counties to 81 400, and Fetch
ers joint resolution to appoint q committee
to investigate and report on.the expenses Of
public institutions.
Tuesday Jan. 20.
CoUNcIL.-The council accepted the resignae
ton Of Hughes, Ericsson and Washabaugh
as members of the judiciary committee. Their
places win be filed tomorrow by the APP
pointment Of Crawford, Poindexter, Dollard
and Campbell. The feature of to-day's
work in the legislature was the veto of the
salary bill. This bill provided for the
~anpointmant and comnenaation Of the minor