St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-17
SHOUTING For STATEHOOD.
Dakota Legislators Hang Ban.
ners on the Inner Wall of the
CanitOl

Capitol.
Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK, Dak.. Feb. 16.-The in
side of the capitol was decorated to-day
with flags and many emblemS indicating
Joy at the approaching admission to
statehood of North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Washington, Montana. These
names printed in flaming letters, sur
rounded by glittering stars met the eye,
at every turn. Gov; Church approved
four unmportant bills. and vetoed this
Important one. Bill 197-Providing
that the unexpended appropriations for
the Dakota school of mines. university
of Dakota and Dakota's Agricultural
college, be converted into the general
funds of the respective institutions. His
eXcellency regards this as bad preced-
ent, and an effort is to give Terry the
worst of it. Bills passed the council
fixing county liquor licenses at $1,000;
requiring abstract agents to give 5000
bond, and making radical changes in
the way trustees for public institutions
shall be appointed, particularly as to
time, making terms begin and expire
alternately. Bills were introduced by
era wford, establishing a blind asylum
at Pierre; no appropriation asked
for. and by Ryan to aid aid
modest petitions were presented
in the house to-day from the honest
grangers of South Dakota, one request
! ing that $500 worth of farm machinery
be exempt from taxation, and the other
| that Z per cent be fixed as the legal rate
/ of interest and to punish usury by the
| forfeiture of both principel and inter
| est. Van Etten said when the vetoed
newspaper bill came up for considera-
| ton: "There is no use OF postpone
ment. We are going to pass it anyway.
and pretending to consider its merits is
a useless formality." 1t was referred
| to some committee, however. The
house passed the council bill providing
| that county seats can be removed in
! certain cases. BY mere majority vote
| the normal school row was again raised
| in committee of the whole, and balm
| was applied to Elliott's wounded feel
ings by recommending the passage of
| his bill, locating one at Lisbon also.
| Aikens introduced bill authorizing
! the governor to suspend any official
appointed by him without stating the
cause, the law to be in force until state
hood is attained. This is to obviate po-
| litical reasons for adjournment, as by
its pro visions Church's successor will
not be embarrassed IN cleaning out the
| Augean stables. Wellman asked for
S1S0,00O for jamestown asylum.
TROUBLE IS BREWING.
The farmer members of the house
held prolonged secret caucus this even
ing and politicians are dismayed over
the rumorS as to its purpose. NOtWith-
standing those who were admitted had
to show ''horny hands, or make affidavit
that they used sulky ploWs, more than
twenty-five were present. From one of
these it is learned that the farmers have
| concluded that the skilled legislators
are trying to defeat alliance legislation,
and that their only hope is in union.
AT this meeting it was decided that
those present should consider every
measure affecting the agricultural class
| in caucus and whatever the majority
there determined upon they would vote
| for solidiy when brought up for final
| passage. They have majority of the
house and trouble is ahead for some
body. This is the result of the railroad
| committee throwing out the alliance
railroad commission bill and Offering a
substitute.
"It's all we'll enough to say pay as
you go,'" remarked young man to an
| old timer on the road who had been
lecturing him. "It's of no use what
ever, though, when you start out on
railroad travel" "Why not?" "Be-