New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-05
THE IlE(JISI1AT UTREI
North Dakota's Solons and
What They are
Doing.
SENATE.

Senator Little introduced an amendment
20 the constitution reducing the number Of
sSoafroad commissioners to one. Thefarmers
NOW have thirty-two members in their house
So!nbinatlon 1t is working harmoniously.
40 rs resolved at caucus to kill the constitu-
zion resubmitting prohibition.
HOUSE.
The house adopted resolution instructinp
Auditor Bray to honor vouhers for holiday
recess per diem, the opinion of the attorney
general was the advisory officer of the state
officials, and in view of his opinion the audi
cor must again refuse to issue warrants on
account OF the recess vouchers
Brays response was referred to
Sahe judiciary committee with the
request that the whole question be investi-
sgaGed. Hoyt al Mandan introduced o bill
prohibiting corporations from keeping a black
atsS OF discharged employees. The Donald bill
20 prevent bribery at elections the bill in
'cFeaang the number OF county commissioners
from three to five, and a bill fixing the labil-
Aty o. faiaroads and Others for setting fires
passed. The biM licensing LAWYERS was killed
'on a close vote a
ihe mem oers of the legislature left on q
special train for Grand Forks. They had
2hFee pullman cars. They will visit the uni
verslty and be entertained by the citizens OF
airand Forks. On Sunday they will inspect
cue Insane asylum at jamestown. In the
'sehaSe the committee ways and means
exported bill providing for county deposit
seories.
NO particular business was done in either
house. Gov. Miller has approved the bill ex.
sendInG the payment of the taxes of 1889 to
Oct L. While this relieves the individual,
ard was the universal request it leaves the
treasury in bad shape in the the meantime.
Ftie estim ated revenues of $241, 900 will not
come IN before the tax penalty attaches.
Get .. and When they do come they will be
hess than half the expenditures.
SENATE.
The legislative excursionists to Grand
Eorks dld not have first-rate time. In the
senate Stevens of Grand Forks comfy
moved vote OF thanks for the happy and
impartial way the citizens of that town en-.
eertained the excursonists
senator Swanston opposed the motion and
ssld &c was not an impartial entert ainment,
sao intlmated there was some marked dis
@Ttmiuatlon IN the distribution offayors.i He
,said not recite it all, but it was so we'll under
stood that even Mr.. Stes ems seconded Swan
satons motion to lay his own motion on
Che table
1t was agreed to without division Among
'She su9hIs was the fact that three mem bers
OF che honse were called on at the BANQUET to
respond to toasts and only one memb of
the senate
Another incident was the omission of a.
com plimentary mention of the Senator Win
ship by the orators.
This was noticeable that his friends and
Others brought him chair and presented fl
to HIM -
Another otfense was a speech of Tracy
Bangs that seemed to be an attack on the Re
Dublican party
Another bit of friction was President
nm rf y
schools, and Representative Stevens defense
OF the same. Still another trouble was the
charge Of S. for, the Pullman car 1t was I'M
derstood the ride was to be free.
A motion by La Moure to expunge the
senate's action from the records was de-
taated.
workman introduced bill in the house to
make the first Monday of September n @lee,aI
'heliday known as Labor day
thompson of Cass introduced a bill fixing
'Ehe maximum rate on native coal at half a
cent per mile ~ -
Ia the senate the woman suffrage bill was
DEBATED by one vote
The bill authorizing tax on land to Sc
cure payment for seed wheat loaned passed
SENATE.
A sudden shift OF sentiment in the senate
carried the woman's suffrage bill through
by a vote Oils to z.
The seuate also passed the bill cutting
dawn exemptions to $500. Heretofore they
fG.s ss;ranted $1,000, and were all injury to the
: cFseilt or the state; also the bill making
husband and wife equally liable for house,
.aaiold debts.
In the house the proposed amendment to
the constitution resubmitting prohibition
was indefinitely postponed by an oyerwhelm-
d lug vote.
only nire voted for resubmission. This
meaus no tinkering with the constitution.
:" and the defeat OF all propositions to that
ssad. votes-Hoyt, Lutz, Murphy.
Renard, Stadleman, Thompson OF Cass,
I.yler, Walsh and Wickham
SENATE
The senate passed Mccormack bill locat-
aug the state fair at Grand Forks permanent-
~ by vote Of 81 to 5. 1t also adopted an
amendment to the bill fixing salaries ofstate
officers, reducing the salary of the attorney
general from $4,000 to $1OO. This is con-
sstrued as hint to that officer that his
opinions are not popular with the senate.
HOUSE.
Reeds bill creating the office of township
warden, Milsted's estray bill and a bill taking
corporations liable for damages to employees
passed the house. Nedrud, OF the house, in.
froduced Colton's bill fixing natiyecoal rates
at rs cents per ton for the first fifty miles
and O lalfsa cent per mile the subsequent dis
Snnce. The Northern Pacific has given the
railroad commission a coal rate of q cent pel
ton per mile after the first, 100 miles It is
equivalent to So 5 per ton from the mines
west of the river to Fargo.
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