St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
North Dakota's Legislature
Gives the Louisiana Siren
the Cold Shoulder.
Dauphin's Gilt-Edged Bait for
a Lottery Franchise
Is Declined.
Destitution and an Empty
Treasury Rather Than a
States Dishonor.
Judge Davis, the Cr@sus Of
Montana, Dies Sudden
ly at Butte.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK. n. D., March 12.-The lot
terry fight is ended. A vote taken in
the house tonight on a motion to recon-
slider the bill buries it beyond resurrec-
tiOn. The vote was 3 in favor of re-
considering and "a against. On the
motion to reconsider, or more strictly to
recall the bill from the senate, to which
body it was sent after being Indefinitely
postponed, there was a short but de-
cisiYe fight. Representative Stevens
made plea for the reconsideration Of
the bill and a consideration of the
proposition made by the lottery COM
pany to furnish 100000 bushels Of seed
wheat to the farmers. and increase the
annual payment into the treasury to
Sl50,OOO. He said the men who voted to
reconsider did not necessarily vote in
favor of the lottery. They would sim
ply express a Willingness to have the
matter discussed. 1t was a question of
whether the people of the state. who
had been suffering from a succession OF
drouths, would be given the aid nee
essary for
\ CONTINUANCE OF RESIDENCE
In Dakota or be compelled to retire be-
yond the Mississippi, He wanted every
man to say whether or not this PROPOSE
tion would be considered. He til en-
moved the previous question upon
which the vote was twenty-three ayes
and thirty-fOur nays, showing a de-
cided victory for the opponents of the
lottery scheme. The question then be-
inc on the motion to reconsider, Repre-
sentativeMcCOrmack raised the point of
order that a bill that mad been indef-
initely postponed could not be recon-
sidered. The chair did not rule but
submitted the pOintOf order to the house
for decision. The house sustained the
point of order, aud refused to consider
by vote of 80 to %. That settled it.
The lottery bill was Telegated to OBJ
liYion,and ex-senator Spencer and other
representatives Of the company ac-
knOWledged their Waterloo. 1t is ru-
mored here now that the company will
turn its attention to Indian Territory
or Idaho. The lottery scheme was
brought to the attention of the legisla-
ture again by very shrewd move on
the part of its friends. The committee
appointed to receive contributions and
devise means for furnishing seed wheat
to the
DESTITUTE FARMERS
OF North Dakota reported to the legiSla-
ture this afternoon submitting a pTOpO-
stion from the manager of the Louis
lana Lottery company in which that
company offered to advance 100000 for
the purchase of 25O,OOO bushels of seed
wheat. provided the lottery bill was
passed. The company also offered to
double the amount of the annual
payment to the state, making it
Sl5O,OO0. No security was asked for the
seed wheat furnished the farmers, the
company relying solely on the honor of
the farmers. The committee recon-
mended the acceptance of the PROPOSE
ton and the passage of the lottery bill.
A new bill accompanying the report
provides that the company shall be Or
ganized and the first quarterly payment
be made into the state treasury be-
fore June l next. In the senate
Barlow moved to lay the report
on the table, which motion
was voted down, Is to II. two members.
Robinson and Diesem, being absent. As
both of the absent members favor the
lottery, the test vote was virtually
90 to II, showing that the lottery peO-
pie still lacked one vote of the required
two-thirds majority to pass it over the
governors veto. No test vote was had
in the house this afternoon, but both
houses adjourned until 7:3O this even
ing, when the house promptly set its
STAMP of dIsapproval upOn the scheme.