The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-08
Dakota Legislature.
Tur.RspAy Fen. 81.

Au'
CorStil..-A hill pnsscd tho council reducing
The 10 per cent interest on territorial war.
rants to Z. Some o! the members of the egs.
lature go tomorrow to Helena ont iaunt,
taking a recess until Mon,iay. A petition
was circulated to-day and freely signed by
the lnenhcrs asking the appointment OIL ohm
Il. liaggert of Fargo for United States mar.
slnl.
HorsE.-The governor vetoed the soldiers
the house until next Wednesday, ]: will he
carried over his veto by II very narrow mar
nppropriated-si5,O0 is insufficient.
A home of sufficient size would
REQUIRE at least s100.0OO.' lie doubts
lift would he occupied by sf1icpnt number
10 justify the expenses incurred. The com
mittee Investigating the conduct OF the
.iamrst own insane asylum submitted it's re-.
port to the house Sixty witnesses were ex-
nmincd. Charges Of cruelty and immortality
were not proven. discharges ofdrunkrnncss,
property for private purpose were not war
rantcd.
1t is true, however. thnt incorporate en-
ployes had been retained too long md are
still retained in the service of the asylum. In
some Instances the superintendent, had i'm.
posed too much labor uron patients hut in
general he hal done well. Cleanliness aud
good order were found everywhere. The com
mittee said more economy might he cxer.
cisc,l in tho employment oftarm help aud
clerk. Both were too extravaganza. The
management of the trustees had not been
economical Therehad been considcra beim.
provemcnt since the last examination by the
public examiner, and as much us $500
month had been saved by the examiner The
charge Of extravaganza in the work Of build.
ing wis not sustained.
FRIDAY FEB. %.
CorN,ll..-The news announcing the action
| of the president WIS received II few minutes
before the train with the Experimentation
lists left for Helena. II was hardly expected
| to-day and was something of n SURPRISE but
n very grateful one. cheers greeted tho an
nounrement, and everybody was congratul.
| nting. II was now North and South Dakota
mud no mistake. 1t was the opinion hat the
| Legislature" would now act upon the two
state theory to the letter and pending bills
| would 10 indefinitely postponed almost as
fast asthcy cameup. Appropriation biIsrov-
come up and he passed with dispatch. 1t
was IL Jolly holiday. Bismarck will get tho
constitutional convention. Asnall minority
of the members of the legislature went to
lIelena. The trip was considered too long
and the weather too cold, aud many who in.
tended to go gave up the iien. Among those
who went were Councilman Hughes. Cooper
and Walsh, and Representatives. Turnbnll,
Palmer, Sheets Powell, Cpham. Swanstrom,
Trude. Patton. Bixler. Bennett. Logan,
Lillihrilge, Welln,an, Elliott, Chaplain, Lame,
and President McLouth, of Brookings col.
legn
iorsE-Eleven members of the house met
md adjourned. This was for the purpose Of
keeping the record straight. A number Of
tho members went home. Councilman
Washbangh went to fankton to vista sick
child. The only child and daughter of Coun-
Ill, IL. Il II
rcsentntives Mcfiugh and Powell are both
sick They IRE members of the Alloway in
vestigating committee. Witnesses were eX.
nmned in the sick room OF McIIlgh. that
there might be quorum present. John
Mckelvey and John Ely, two cattlemen OF
amned
MONDAY FEB. %.
Council.-The council met to day, hut there
WIS no quorum and an adjournment was
taken until tomorrow.
liousE.-ln the committee of the whole in
the House iorty-tllree bills were disposed o..
The bill investing the governor with power
of removal was recommended by the commit
tee to pass with only one dissenting vote
Mallory of Dckry. The Minnesota railroad
commissioner law was up, and IL little skirm-
ish over it occurred. 1t will be further COIL
sidcrcd tomorrow. This law meets with
in the house on that eubjcct. The
hilf reducing the exemption of $500 was
indefinitely postponed. The appropriation
bills are still in he hands of the committee.
but they will have right of way under the
rules when reported. The reports are ROW
Thursday. They will probably be confined
to one years maintenance, ind therefore the
amounts will be smaller than for fonr years
TrESnAv k'Eu
IIorsE.-The feature of the legislature to.
day was as the fight over the three railroad
hills These We're considered in the commit
tee of the whole, Aiikens of Canton leading
the fight against tine Till reported by the
joint COMMITTEES On railroads. He held that
it was unconstitutional. null and void and
absolutely Intellectual. This was Il carefully
deal OF work. The discussion forced by
Aitkens showed that it would not hold wa.
ter and after a powerful onslaught by the
Canton gentleman the committee voted
to postpone the joint bill indefinitely,
and with it went the Fletcher bill. The
of26 to 1G: 1t was, however, by consent.
sent bnck the judiciary committee until to-
morrow, wien it will he passed by an inrrpns-
I'd vote During the railroad debate the sub.
iert of the excursion TO Montana WIS touched
upon and Newman of Sargent, who was one of
hers who sent the telegram Saturday advis-
ing the Montana Legislature that there were
only ten lrSist ators in the party. The bill
authorizing the appointment of ladies as
notari"s public WINS passed by the house.
This was in tace of the attorney generals
opinion that the bill was unconstitutional.
The council was busy, but did nothing i'm
portant.
WEDNESDAY. Fen. %.
CorScIL.-The Australian system ofvo,ing
was discussed in the council. with an ,lnt;,v.
orable tenor. The ob,cctors considered it
too much of un innovation at this iuncture
HorsE;-Both houses passed the Soldiers
home bill over the governors veto. In the
house the vote stood 81 TO 10. Those vot-
ing to sustain the governor were Cooke
Logan, Mcneil, Miller. Norris Partridge
Potter, Smith, Turnhull and Van Etten In
the council the vote was II to !. Votes for
the governor were Pattrn. Solerberg. Wool
heis"rnnd Van Oslell Two Democrat dolged
Cameron and Mcdonald Two-thirds of the
council is sixteen. 1t was ut once claimed
by II few that the passage of the bill in the
council was not legal: that the organic act
meant twOthirds of the whole house AMI
not two-thirls ofthe members present. 1t
was said that the courts would construe the
organic act literally as meaning two-tl,ir.ls
of the whole house, present or ab-
sent: that this possible construc.
ton would iniure the snle OF the
$4,000 of bonds. On the contrary, the
friends Of the bill challenge the citation OF a
single authority to sustain that intermetu-
ton OF the words. "two-thirds of that
house" 1t was held that tina practice in
congress justiiics the view that fourteen in
two-thirds. the total number present being
eighteen. Tho municipal suffrage hill was
killed by n vote OF o to "a in the house Sheets
introduced IL resolution providing for the
publication of one hundred thousand copies
of The south Dakota Constitution for gener-
I'll distribution: referred. The committee Of
he whole in the house acted favornbly upon
I he bill to locate the North Dnkota Agricul.
tural! college at Valley City. The bill invest
ing the governor with the power of removal
WAS reported favorably. The so-cullc.i Pink
erton police hill was killed in the committee
of the whole The banking and warehouse
bill was reported favorably. There was n
Geographic inquiry from Washington for
documents involving Gov. Church and his
sail up Salt creek. The Roger memorial ask,
ing for Gov. Churchs removal was asked Tor
and it would have been brought up to-day If
it had been reached in its order. 1t will
urOhn hly come nm n morrow In po vuoj nj