, 1890-03-16
RATES OF ADvERTIsING.
THE ISSUE OINED

details the question at issue between the
Democratic council and the Republican
house. which finally resulted in a practi-
cal deadlock, was this: The house would
not be moved from its demand that the
governor be given a contingent fund Of
$1,000 and the secretary 5000 a year,
The council proposed to give the gov
ernor free rent in the capitol building in
lieu of a contingent, and the secretary
nothing whatever, as that functionary
had placed himself entirely beyond the
jurisdiction ofthe council.
When the appropriation bill was
brought up in the council OF. Thursday
several changes were proposed in the
amount appropriated to various officials
either in the way of salaries or contin
gents. One change included an appro
priation Of $1,000 for the printing OF re
ports OF territorial officials. Before the
bill left the council two riders were at
tached. The first OF these was a bill of
Mr.. Hunter lowering and regulating the
salaries of municipal officers. The
second was an appJrtionment bill
introduced BY Mr.. Burdick, which
gave this county much the worst
OF it, but tor that very reason was loudly
demanded in some other section of the
territory. When the bill was returned to
the house that body refused to concur in
the amendments. A conference commit
tee was the result. The council members
of the committee receded from some
minor amendments to the bill and recon.
that body recede from the a-pportionment
bill. The council decided to not sustain
the committee to this extent and the
house was so notified. The house re
turned answer that it had nothing to CON
cede and another conference committee
was the result.
The result of this conference was that
the council committee reported in favor
Of receding from both riders to the appro-
priation bill and withdrew the amend
ment appropriating 81 900 for printing
the report oil territorial officials. The
first rider was the bill in reference to the
salaries OF municipal officers, introduced
by Mr.. Hunter and passed in the council
by a unanimous vote. This bill was
smothered 10 the house for obvious rea-
sous, and never saw daylight after its ref
erence to the committee. The apportion.
ment bill was introduced BY Mr.. Bur
dick and sustained by every Republican
member on the floor of the council, al
though exceedingly distasteful to the Lar
annie county delegation. The amend
ment for appropriating 81, 900 for print
ing reports of various territorial officers
was opposed by the solid Republican
p~halanx, because the auditors report
contained some references which were
construed as rejecting upon the governor.
The council sustained the committee in
these concessions.
In response to this the house forwarded
a communication to the effect that it was
highly pleased with the concessions made
by the council, but as it could make no
concessions itself it respectfully requested
the council to again further recede from
It's position. Following this the appropria.
ton bill was sent back and forth &C.
companied from the house with curt and
unceremonious communications calculated
to put a coordinate legislative branch upop
its metle. 1t soon became very evident
that the Republican house majority were
perfectly willing to sacrifice the entire an
preparation bill, unless the governor were
given a territorial contingent of 81. 200 for
the year and the secretary 5000. When
it became apparent that this was the s,tu.
alton of affairs the council planted itself
solIdly against any territorial a]ppropria
ton to either of the federal officials
named. So far as the governor was con.
cerned the council we're willing to give
him free rent in the capitol building and
so stated in their original amendmen,-to
the appropriation bill. This was an offset
to his usual 81, 200, but they considered
it entirely too much to ask that his con.
~tingent be doubled over any contingent
eve; received bv a territorial executive.