Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-02-07

blows. The influence of the newspapers
is seen in this. It was contest between
them and the alliance, in which the
granger demand got the worst Of it.
Jones of Charles Mix, likes to have the
people talking about him. He is an or
binary fellow-a farmer evidently and
he seizes On the easiest and cheapest way
of getting notoriety, which is Of course,
to do something "rank". He is the bomb
thrower- anarchist some people say-of
the last legislature. He introduced an
other of his resolutions today. This time
he wants to impose on the committee on
territorial affairs the Herculean task
of drafting bill fixing the number of
officers, each of the various territorial in
stitutions shal have, and the salary to
be paid them and numerous subordinate
officers. 1t was adopted.
The house passed the bill locating a
soldiers home at Hot Springs, and ap-
propriating $45,0OO therefor Pierre
made hard uphill fight for the home
in both houses but got left. The vote in
the house was 81 to- A number of
other house bills were passed: No. 40,
McHugh's bill regulating the salary of
auditors and fixing schedule based on
the county's assessment to regulate the
same; No. Al, empowering incorporated
| cities and towns to levy road ana road
poll tax; No. SO, Aikens' bill, providing
that the taking of notes in payment for
insurance premium shall be deemed pay
ment in full of the premium, and that
the failure on the part of the insured to
pay such notes shall not damage the
right of the insured party or release the
company from liability under the policy,
all provisions in the application to the
contrary notwithstanding; No. "a, rela-
ting to the organization of school town
ships; No. 1O4. relating to the discharge
of attachments and lis pendens; No. 1T,
providing for the election OF two justices
of the peace, in cities having over 500 IN
habitants; and 1O7, DR.. Swanson's bill,
changing the boundaries of Ramsey coun-
ty all went through the house.
BISMARCK, Feb. 5tSpeciall The am
bilious cities of North Dakota are fur
nishing considerable amusement to dis
interested spectators this year by their
precipitate struggles for territorial insti-
tutions First Fargo, Bismarck. and
Grafton had friendly circus over the
location Of the constitutional convention.
Then came the agricultural college tour
nament, the lists of which are still open,
although the champions of Fargo, Valley
City and Casselton are doing battle vail
antly. To these are now added spirit
ed contest for the location of terrific
rial normal school. Minor, Lisbon and
Wahpeton are after it, Bills providing
1 fc. the location OF such an institution at
the two former places have been intro
duced in the house and in the council
Miller has bill which would give it to
lWahpeton. The two house bills have
been in the hands of the committee on
territorial affairs for some time and to-
day they were reported back with the
recommendation that they be referred
toa special committee composed of all
the members from North Dakota. This
seems to be the regular method of dis
posing of troublesome sectional matters
this year. The constitutional convention
matter was disposed of in such manner
and the agricultural college muddle will
be strais htened out in similar way.
Tom Elliott, the popular representative
from Ransom county, is Lisbon's and G.
G. Newman, bright young lawyer from
Sergeant county. who has already made
an enviabie reputation as ready debator
and an active and hard working member,
sings the Minor song. It looks from
present appearances as though Tom
would bring Lisbon under the wire a
winner. In the council the special COM
mlttee is dead sure" to report the Valley
City agricultural college bill fayorably.
| Mcaugh introduced a resolution in
the house today calling upon the attor-
ney general for his opinion as to whether
the penalty provided in the numerous
usury bills before the legislature would
apply to national banks and If it did not
whether such measures would not be
special legislation and unconstitutional.
It was adopted. This certainly looks as
though hole was being lg in which to
bury the dozen usury bills which rest
peaceably in one OF Major HamlIton's
pigeon holes awaiting the action OF the
house at the night sessions which the
reformers propose to inausurate Thurs
day.
Jones laid off a day and Morris fred
in a joint resolution calling upon con-
gress to reimburse the territory for the
amount OF legislative expenses which has
been incurred during the last five ses-
sions in excess of Uncle Sans appropria-
| tion for the same. The amount is S49.-
455. He claims that if the territory is a
ward Of the government, it should be
taken better care of. The resolution