The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-02-21
Dakota Legislature.

Dakota Legislature.
Friday. Feb. 8.
CouNcIL:-The North Dakota members OF
the council have agreed on Hughes, Miller
and Allen as a committee to visit Valley City
agricultural college. The fight is growing
YARN John Ely Of Bottmeau county has
been subpnnaed before the committee investi-
eating the veterinary surgeon ex expenditures.
He is expected TO testify that he received IN
ly 500 of the $500 charged against him, as
9 deputy of the surgeon. A bill will b intro.
duced in the council establishing an industri-
al college at Aberdeen under that name, and
prescribing definitely the new education as
the sole aim Of the new college. the question
ofLisbon OF Minor for the normal school of
North Dakota, or the fight between Neuman
and Elliott, is still very close. both claiming
a majority Of l. The jamestown asylum in
vestigation is not developing anything yet
TINT is very serious. y
HousE.-!The governors veto repeating the
notary lee law was %overridden by an unani-
nous vote. The judiciary committee madea
careful report upon his excellency's objec-
| lions, and Aikens of Canton made a
strong speech in explanation and in reply to
the governors charges upon ex.Gov. Pierce
ana complaints generally. .ta -
The woman suffrage bill vent down in the
house, after two hours discussion, by q vote
Of % ayes to 6 nays. The ayes were Bennett,
Burnham, Cooke, Douglas, Elliott, Greene,
Lampman, Logan, Lillibridge, Mallory, Nc
Neil, Miller, Palmer, Potter, Powell. Pierce,
Roger, Ryan, Sheets, Vanetten and Wetman.
Nays, Aikens, Allen, Adams, Baldwin Berg
ell, Hunter, Jones. McHugh, Newman, Park
er, Ramsdell,. Smith. Swanston, Trude,
Trumbull Upham. White, Welcome and
Keith. The struck jury repeal bill was pass
ed over the governors veto in both house
! and council and that law is now off the stat
ute books. A r%eso!utionr instructing the
judiciary of the house to reporta bill making
it unlawful for all public officials in Dakota
to travel on railroad passes was voted
down. The auditor was called on by q house
resolution to report the disposition Of the
militia fund for the last four years.
Monday Feb. II
CouNclL.-The South Dakota Live Stock as
ISOLATION sent a petition to the council ask.
ing that the Office of territorial veterinary
surgeon be retained and not abolished as
proposed.
HoUsE.-Col. Price introduced in the house
O bill providing for q new constitutional con-
~vention for South Dakota. The bill will be
pressed and possibly passed if there is moth
ing done by this congress or at an extra ses-
sion. The a~pportionment for delegates will
be on the basis of every 600 votes orfraction
thereof. This movement of Price will draw
the fire OF oil the friends of the Sioux Falls
constitution, the temperance people, the pres
ent holders Oh the slate, and the friends of
Huron as the Capital.
Gov. Church is still the subject of consider.
able comment, and this forenoon several res
olution asking for his removal were pro-
posed, but not introduced, fer the ostensible
reason that they were not satisfactory to the
leaders of the house. Aikens of Canton in
PRODUCED a resolution that was unanimously
adopted declaring that NJ communication
foreign to the business OF the territory or the
house should be read. The speaker and
clerk are constituted a committee to pass
upon the character of the communications.
This unusual resolution is intended to shut
off the governor and keep him from making
any more "breaks' like the one of last Sat
urday: The governor. however, is smart
enough to get around it by sand iching his
comments in such messages as ore admissi-
BILE. The house passed the bill providing for
foreclosure of mortgages by advertisement.
An official paper is defined as a paper with
| $50 copies circulation and six months exist
ence.
Tuesday, Feb. IL,
C~oUNcIL.-The council passed q bill calling
on the secretary for a statement of the no.
tary fees paid by him to the auditor since
March, 1877; also a bill allowing counties to
bond for the erection OF public buildings.
The investigation of the vetinary surgeons
accounts is in progress. DR.. Alloway shows
receipts from John Ely for all he has paid
him.
HoUsE.-Dr. Leroy of Jerauld county in
troduced a memorial to-day in the house,
which was referred to the committee on federal
relations, that is a little previous, inasmuch
as it is addressed to the president-elect, re-
! q~uesting the removal of Gov. Church. 1t en-
bodies some of the objections to the governor,
but was introduced without the approval of
immature, The committee, however, can
amend it to the taste of all concerned. 1t
is hotly objected to by some of the members
because they think it is not such a memorial
as the Legislature should pass. 1t is asserted
blythe DIRECTORS that the Republican men,
bers in the caucus should adopt such a me-
mortal and not the legislature. 1t reads as
follows:
our petitioners, the legislature of Dako.
ia, respectfully request the removal of Gov.
Louis K. Church Of this territory for the fol-
lowing reasons: He is antagonistic to the
people of the territory, partly because he
came to the territory with q political ap-
ness, popularity or distinguished abil-
ity, but as q reward for political
service rendered in an Eastern state, and i'm.
mediately IN coming to the territory as q
Judge he commenced conspiring to secure a
higher place, and through his manipula-
antagonizing his own party to such an ex-
tent that his most bitter opponents are
among the old citizens who for years have
been respected member of his party. He is un-
REASONABLE, dictatorial, undigDifed and unjust
in his treatment Of the legislature; given to
harsh and uncalled-for expressions toward
the members and Others whom he fancies
| oppose him, and he has gone out of his way
to place upon the record of the house refec-
! lions upon his predecessor for which there can
be no possible excuse. He obstructs legis-
lation and seems to hunt for excuses on which
to base q veto o~ftemporary or comparatively
unimportant measures, with the apparent
purpose of placing on the records of the
house his fings of envy or malice, casting
sometimes the most unjust reflections on the
members of the Legislatures. In his vetoes he
Is inconsistent, approving measures at one
time identical in general form and purpose
with those formerly vetoed, because the form
| and purpose were objectionable to him.
The memorial then recites the various in
stances in which he has exercised the veto
| power, and which have already been pub
lished. Partridge introduced in the house q
bill locating a normal school at Milbank. 1t
requires q donation from the citizens Of &c.
600 and q site,
Wednesday Feb. 1s.
CouNcIL.-.W oodheiser of Hand county in
PRODUCED q bill in the council changing the
name Of Church county to Mccormack. 1t
was not enough to change the name, but the
author, in seeking a new name, sought out
the governors bitterest political enemy with.
In his own party. .
HoUsE.-In the house, Fletcher Of Brown
county introduced O bill amending section 2
of chanter ] OF the ~political code nroYidinR