Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-01-16
LUTz IS A LEADER.
He Commands the Capital Re-
nlOval Forces with an Old
Veterans Skill.
This Antique Measure Developed
Unexpected Strength in
the House Yesterday.
The Trial on IntOrN,a ton Esill
Passed the House with a.
Slight Amendment.
Hot in the House.


BISMARCK, j an. 13-[Special The cap.
ital removal question reared : SCARED
and war -begrimmed mein in the house
today. In the midst of the fight, and
just as the decisive point was being
rapidly approached, n motion to adjourn
received a majority of one, and cessa.
tion of hostilities occurred for the day.
Everything ran as smoothly and as
rapidly as oiled machinery until the last
bill in the order of house bills was
reached. This was the Zimtner propo-
sition to submit the question of the 10.
cation of the seat of government to a
vote of the people. Hardly had the bill
been read, when Stevens jumped to his
feet and moved that the further consid-
GRAFTON of the bill be indefinitely post
poned. Geo. Lutz promptly moved to
lay Stevens motion on the table and the
house voted with him 81 to 20. Mr.. Lutz,
who lead the friends OF the bill, made a
strong and effective plea for the bill.
Both he and Mr.. Milstel voted with the
removal men from start to finish. Will
liams lead the opposition. Tho friends
of Bismarck professed to be surprised
that the bill should have come mp so
suddenly, and asked for delay. They
pursued dilatory and tihbusterin tactics
and Williams resorted to all th~ clever
moves which a skillful parliamentarian
could think Of. Motions were made to
postpone consideration until Thursday,
until Wednesday and until tomorrow.
All were defeated by votes of 81 to 26. A
call of the house was demanded and
made twice; motions to adjourn were
numerous, and the expedients for killing
time we're all that human ingenuity
could devise. A motion for the previous
question was finally entertained and it
looked as though the decisive point had
been reached, but Wickham moved to
adjourn, the motion was entertained and
enough N members, who we're weary of
tilibustering, voted with the opposition
to carry it. The vote on adjournment
stood % to %. 1t is claimed that the
motion for the previous question being
pending when the adjournment was
taken, the same will come up again
tomorrow under the head of unfinished
business. If the proposition goes
through the house, very little will have
fnr h,c l,,
killed like proposition, introduced by
Swanston, by a decisive vote.
Mr. Walsh introduced concurrent
resolution calling for the appointment of
a joint committee to investigate the
charges of discrimination against Dakota
towns in the matter of freight rates. 1t
was claimed that the house committee
appointed recently, had not sufficient
authority and that the investigation
ought to be made by a joint committee,
anyhow. The resolution was adopted. It
gives the committee authority to sum-
mon witnesses and institute an investi-
CATION that will he productive of results
Selby's bill providing for trial upon
information was sDended at his request,
SO that upon petition the county COM
missioners shall request the judge to call
a grand jury. A great deal of interest is
felt III this bill at Jamestown. 1t went
through the house with an emergency
clause, providing that it shall take effect
Immediately upon its passage and ap-
proval and will undoubtedly go through
the senate. The bill was the result of
Geo. Lutzs resolution calling for an in.
quiry into the merits of the system and
the desirabillty of its abolition.
Geo. Lutz's bill to grant sellers of
grain the right Of an appeal to the rail
road commissioners, from the grade
allowed them by elevators, passed the
house without dissenting vote.
Stevens introduced resolution direct
ing the committee on state affairs to in
quire into the matter Of leasingcoal lands, |
with view Of having the penitentiary
birds Of the state develop them. 1t was
adopted.
The question of clerks has been agitat-
ing Mccormack and today he introduced
resolution directing the chief clerk to re-
port a list of them, giving the date of
their election or appointment and the
county from which they come. Cass and |
counties have nearly half of |
them.
Among the house bills we're: BY Will
Hams establishing the free text book
system; by Hankinson, one to require rail
road companies to build and keep in
'epalr crossings on highways and another
oatch Of directions to elevators and rail.
'oads respecting the Shipment of grain.
Thomas sent up the most important bill
If the day. 1t is a proposition for an
to the constitution Section
IS says: 1.-The first and third readings
If every bill shall be at length" Thomas
changes this so that the first
md second readings shall be by title.
lnless some member demands reading
1t length. 1t is a sensible amendment