Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1889-04-26
THE FIRST MUN1CIpAI. objection
MJNNEsor.4 LEGfsL.AeURE.
The Last Day of the Session Marked b,
Busy and Exciting Scenes.

The Last Day of the Session Marked by
Busy and Exciting Scenes.
ST PAUL, Aoril 22.-Tle last day of the
legislative assembly is always busy. and a
desire to crowd through pet measures and
preparations for departure, give the house
and senate both a very business like as
pect and causes considerable confusion.
The suspension of the rules was the means
by whicha large number of bills were
placed on the calendar for final reading.
In the house during the morning session
the Duluth and Winnipeg bill came up
again and the majority ard minority re-
ports OF tile committee We're presented.
The majority recommended the postpone
ment OF the bill, While the minority recOnl-
mended that it be placed On the calendar
for it's final passage. Morgan made
strong speech advocating the postpone
ment Of the bill. saying that if the lands
were taken away from the Duluth and
Winnipeg ROAD, they will go to the Brain
Manitoba system, Which has already
hands of the 's state. q" searle
said the sudden change OF position on the
part OF the majority OF the committee is
very mysterious. The proposition 10 place
the bill on the calendar was voted down by
port OF thirty-eight votes for it, r. c..
Stevens, as member OF the committee.
said that after the amendment concerning
the Brainerd & Northwestern had been
proposed on Saturday, the committee
found that neither this amendment nor
~, l,,;,, IL,
the possession OF the school fund of the
state. Smith said that the committee had
dl'y dal!ied along and did not want to
meet and consider the bill, to which Cross
field replied that all blame for the delay or
misunderstanding in this matter should
fall upon him. He had gone to the bottom
OF the nlatter and believed the friends Of
from his desk. He called upon the
man having the bill, if lie was on the
floor OF the house, in the name Of God and
justice to produce and relieve him and tile
committee from further blame in The mat
ter. Then the vote Oh the motion to adopt
the majority report was taken and the
| motion was carried by a volt, Of IS to 81
;Mcaiullan. McNelly. Quinn and VIII
liams did not vote on the second pues..
| 'lon, and he motion to reconsider the vote
was tabled This finally settled the Duluth
y Winnipeg matters and leaves the grant
JuoG WiicIe IL Was DIT tuc UeSl11llng Or the
session and before its futile discussion
cost the state $4,000 or more. During the
afternoon the house spent some time on
routine business and the calendar The
senate bill providing for the appropriation
OF one thousand for each senatorial
district in the stare and specifying where
| it be applied to the construction of bridges
was brought in. There was considerable
confusion, ard before the members really
knew anything about the bill being re-
/! ported, McCuscik. who was acting as
| speaker, announced that the rules had
been suspended and the question was on
| the final passage OF the bill. Speaker
Grace, Judge Fleming, Editors Dunn
and Eastman and others objected stren-
nonsly to what Dunn characterized as
dirty work, but the chairman stuck to the
suspension Of the rules. The majority of
the house laughed at those who insisted
! that legal and parliamentary methods be
observed, and the bill passed by vote of
siXty-fOur to sixteen. Then Dunn, East
man, Fleming and Others proceeded to
Objecttsteadily to every attempt to sus-
pand the rules until the majority began to
wish they had been less tricky. The even
ing session will last till the morning hours,
the CLOCK being turned back to permit ex-
ira business, and the final adjournment
will be taken tomorrow after brief fare
well session.