The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-02-01
LAWMAKERS
Proceedings Of the Legislature
of North Dakota in Session
at Bismarck.
SENATE. :

Both houses to-day accepted an invitation
20 visit Grand Forks and the state uniyar-
@& MY. One hundred will be in the party. in
iadlng twenty-five ladies. The party leaves
F r1day night, returning Monday. 1t will
s ~ ~ = JAMESTOWN on Sunday and inspect
d new Fargo agricultural bill with one dissent.
~ ing yote-Diesem of La Moure. ~
Inc proposition to resuhmit the prohibit.
ZION clause OF the constitution to the people
passed the senate by q vote of II to IL; also
the bill classifying the judicial districts and
raising the salaries of Judges Lauder, McCon-
nell and Templeton to So, 500 and 81, 900;
also the banking bill. Observation-Disclosures
g Dill to authorize the publication ofthe laws
n y all newspapers at25 cents per square
HOUSE.
Ihe house passed Tiompson's bill making
y g misdemeanor to compel children to work
me than eight hours each day; There will
De g legislative charity ball Feb. 6 at the
capitol Tickets will be sold all over the
a country. The proceeds will b. for the benefit
of the drouth sufferers.
Senator Little introduced an amendment
B 70 tile constitution reducing the number of
railroad commissioners to one. Thefarmers
now nave thirty-two members in their house
seom bin tito 1t is working tremendously.
ton ~resubmitting prohibition.
HOUSE.
The house adopted q resolution instructing
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
81 TOR must again refuse to issue warrants on
account OF the recess vouchers.
the Judiciary committee with the
IS request that the whole question be investi-
gated. Hoyt of Mandan introduced q bill
prohibiting corporations from keeping a black
list Of discharged employees. The Donald bill
to prevent bribery at elections, the bill in
creasing the number of county commissioner
from three to FIVE, and a bill fixing the liabil-
1ty of railroads and Others for setting fires
passed. The bill licensing lawyers was killed
on o close vote. .
sENATE.
The members of the legislature left on a
special train for Grand Forks. They had
three Pullman cars. They will visit the uni
versity and be entertained by the citizens of
Grand Forks. On Sunday they will inspect
the insane asylum at jamestown. In the
senate the committee on ways and means
reported q bill providing for county deposit
tories.
No particular business was done in either
mouse. Gov. Miller has approved the bill ex-
tending the payment of the taxes of1ss9 to
Oct 10. While this relieves the individual,
and was the universal request, it leaves the
i treasury in bad shape in the the meantime.
The estimated revenues of $241, 900 will not
s con IN before the to! penalty ATTACHES,
less than half the expenditures.
SENATE.
legislative excursionists to Grand
Forks did not have a first.rate time. In the
senate Stevens of Grand Forks county
moved o vote OF thanks for the happy and
impartial way the citizens of that town en-
tertained the excursionists.
Senator Swanston opposed the motion and
said 1T was not an impartial entertainment,
and intimated there was some marked dis.
examination in the distribution offavors. He
did not recite it all. but it was so we'll under
stood that even Mr.. Stevens seconded Swan.
aton's motion to lay his motion on
the table.
1t was agreed to without division. Among
the Sights was the fact that three mem bers
Of the house were called on att The banquet to
respond to toasts and only one member of
the enate.
complimentary mention of the Senator Win
ship by the orators. "a
This was SO noticeable that his friends and
Others brought him q chair and presented it
to him. -m
Another ofense was q speech of Tracy
Bangs that seemed to be an attack on the Re-
publican party. -s .- .
Another bit Of friction was President
Sprague's criticism of UNCONVENTIONAL
schools, and Representative Stevens defense
OF the same. Still another trouble was the
charge of IS for the Pullman car. II was un.
derstood the ride was to be free.
A motion by La Moure. to expunge the
senate's action from the records was de-
feated.
Wyckman introduced q bill in the house to
make the first Monday of September q legal
holiday known as Labor day. 49,
Thompson OF Cass introduced a bill fixing
the maximum rate on native coal at half o
cent per mile. ~,
In the senate the woman suffrage bill was
defeated by one vote.
The bill authorizing q tax on land to Sc
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A sudden shift OF sentiment in the senate
carried the woman's suffrage bin through
by q vote OILS to z.
The seuate also passed the bill cutting
down exemptions to $500. Heretofore they
granted $500, and were ala injury TO the
credit OF the state; also the bill making
husband and wife equally liable for house.
hold debts.
In the house the proposed amendment to
the constitution resubmitting prohibition
was indefinitely postponed by an overwhelm-
ing vote.
Only nine voted for resubmission. This
means no tinkering with the constitution,
and the defeat of all propositions to that
end. Negative votes-Hoyt, Lutz, Murphy,
Renard, Stadieman, Thompson OF Cas-,
Tyler, Walsh and Wickham.