Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-02
the senate by a lottery man, but the
house bill, being the same, was allowed
the right-of-waY. @va-

house bill, being the same, was allowed
the right-of-way. @va-
The author of the school land trespass
law was an advocate of the Octopus"
The author of that law in which the
farmers are so much interested-facilita-
ting the shipment of grain and other pro-
ducts, obligipg railroads to build suit
able platforms-was a lottery man.
The Valley City normal school bill
was championed by the lottery mon, as
was also the soldiers home and the re-
form school measure.
The author of the bill in the house pro-
tecting home merchants and providing
for assessment and taxation of itinerant,
transient and bankrupt stocks-it being
q revenue measure-was, of course, a lot
terry man.
A lottery member introduced the bill,
which became a law, prescribing the du-
ties of the board of university and school
lands.
The author of the bill temporarily ex-
tending the time for the redemption Of
real estate sold upon foreclosure of
mortgage-givng the farmers who have
lost their crops for several seasons a
chance to keep out of the grasp of the
money sharks-was a lottery man, but
the bill was vetoed.
The author of the law to encourage
the manufacturing interests by giving a
bounty on binding Irvine manufactured
in the state, was an open advocate of the
lottery.
Nor do the names of the authors of the
following bills appear on that troll of
honor" which the ants filed with the
executive for the purpose of future ro-
ward: Fixing a penalty for failure of
officers to make reports required of them
by law, abolishing the grand jury system,
encouraging the use Of native coal, re-
quiring railroad companies to keep high
way crossings in repair, the prohibiting
combinations being formed to fix and
control the price of grain and other farm
products, regulating the shipment of live
stock, restraining county officers from
specializing in their offices, regulating
the writing of insurance of every kind,
the joint commission, protection of the
public credit, the memorial asking con-
gress to reimburse North Dakota for
constitutional convention deficiency,
authorizing counties to fund their in
debtness, providing for election of boards
of education in cities, providing for COL
lection of taxes in townships heretofore
illegally organized, providing for uni
form system of keeping accounts by
state officers and institutions, regulating
county courts, defining the duties of the
commissions of insurance, uniform fire
insurance policies. amending chattel
mortgage law, providing for marshals of
the supreme court, providing for a
boundary line commissioner, and scores
of other measures of more or less i'm
portance.
Another righteous measure introduced
by a lottery champion and passed through
one house was the Australian election
bill.
Another important measure, killed by
the a~nti-lottery advocates, was the bill
regulating the taking toll and exchange
in grist mills.
This in brief, and only in brief, is the
record Of the lottery men in the legisla-
ture. The lottery men are not ashamed
of their record. Every antitrust bill
was introduced by lottery champions.
Every bill calculated to increase the
of the state and relieve the
burdens of taxation was introduced and
championed by the lottery men. All
Of an economic nature were in
troduced and favored by the lottery men.
In short, the book of session laws show
that the lottery advocates championed
every measure of general importance to
the people.