Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-02-06
REPORTED FAvORABlY.
Senator Sandlager'S Bill to In-
crease the State Revenue
thus Considered.
\ WindyCOntest Between House
Members and the Outside
Elements.
The Charity Ball Tuesday Night
to be the Grand Social
Event.
The Upper Branch.

Event.
The Upper Branch.
B1sMARcx, Feb. 4. Especial ]-Lutz's
house bill making all elevators storing
grain for profit public elevators, has
now passed both houses, the senate pass
ing the measure today. An attempt will
be made to reconsider it, but the merits
of the bill are SO prominent that its de
feat is not expected.
DR.. Belyea's pharmacy bill, very
strict measure, passed the senate today.
Senator Little's bill compelling Sleep
ing car companies to pay license pass
ed.
The committee on state affairs report
ed the lottery bill favorably. The only
amendment is one reducing the period
of the charter from twenty five to fifteen
years and the extension limit from fifty
to thirty years. The more the features
of the bill are discussed, the more favor
attaches to it. It will pass the senate
by handsome majority. and the house
as we'll. 1t is reported that Gov. Miller
stated It was good financial measure,
but it is generally understood that he
will not let the responsibility Of it be-
Coming a law rest upon himself, but Will
in,erpose his exec utive veto on grounds
of public policy. The first harsh I'M
preston about lottery companies is
wearing away, and the bill is being dis
| cussed from the financial stand point
| only. There is considerable disposition
to amend it, as the senate already has
ev1nced. The house may increase the
amount to be paid annually to 100000
and several advocate the payment OF
larger amount down and decreased
payment afterwards. The present neces-
stiles are the greatest. One thing seems
assured. that the cost of the state Offices
can be paid out of the revenues created
by the bill, if the Legislature so chooses
! Wind in Tho House.
The hastily erected capitol building,
whose brick and wood work stand as
reminder that the great state of North
Dakota Is poor and needy, like some of
| it's residents, renamed intact in the face
of today's SO.mil hour wind, but the
Legislators within, unfortunately for the
state treasury and for those few, rare
clerks who dcte on working, were COM
PEELED to abdicate, to come down off
from the hill and exchange their per
diem for grip on Col. Bly's tea pot, the
contents Of which will be contrAbrand
from and after July 1st. The wind whis
tied around the sharp corners of the capl-
| tol building and in an out of the cracks
as it came and went at Aeolus' bidding,
until the men of the house gave up the
attempt to do business. Only Van
Etten or Parsons could have made
himself heard; and the soft-spoken
members of the legislature could essay
neither role. Still considerable business
was transacted. It was good day
to read bills. The senate bill
granting to woman the right to
vote, to shave and to ride astraddle was
given two readings and referred to the
committee on woman's suffrage.
Selby's bill for the trial of otfenses up
on information and dispensing with the
grand Jury except at the discretion of
the Judge and upon request of the coun
ty commissioners, has passed both
houses and went to the governor today.
Among the house bills introduced to-
day were these: By Strom. to add AZ
emergency clause to the bill providing
penalties for trespassers on school and
public lands; by Milsted, to amend the
chattel mortgage laws, relative to fore
closure Hereunder: by Williams. to do
away with trustees of the peritentiary
and insane asylum and appoint a board
of management, to consist of the gov
ernor lieutenant governor, secretary OF
state and treasurer, who shall have all
the powers now conferred on the trus-
tees and draw the same mileage; by Ink.
to encourage the manufacture of beet
sugar by offering bounty Of two cents
per pound for all that is manufactured
within the state for the next five years;
by Bowen, ito regulate warehouses,
weighing and handling Of grain
The Charity Ball.
Preparations for the charity ball are
going on on all sides here. The event is
looked forward to by the ladies visiting
at the capital with great pleasure, while
the gentlemen seem no less interested.
A gooGly sum of money is expected to be
derived from the enterprise. The follow
ing is the invitation which has been sent
out generally to all whom it was thought
would be likely to attend:
Yourself and Ladies are cordially invited
to attend
Grand Reception and Ball
! to be given
under the auspices OF the
Senate and House of Representatives,.
for the benefit of the
! Needy Sufferers of North Dakota.
] Iuesdav Evening. February Il. 1890.