Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-14

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bill is now printed and on our desks.
Mr.. MCCORMICK: Is it not a fact that
we have senate bill No. 1877 on our desks
and is it not before the house?
The SPEAKER: The chair is not aware
that such a bill is before the house.
Mr.. MCCORMICK appealed from the de-
cision OF the chair in sustaining Mr.. Stew
ems point of order.
A vote being taken the speaker was sus-
tanned by a vote OF 80 to "a.
COAL RATES.
Mr.. NEDRUD presented a petition
signed by 5000 citizens of North Dakota
praying for a law fixing a reasonable rate
OF transportation on native coal, was read
and referred to the committee on coal
mines and mining.
The committee insurance reported house
bill No. 1852, relating to county mutual in
surance companies-with the recOmmen-
dation that it do not pass.
Committee on elections reported senate
bill NO. ", providing for elections in un-
organized cOunties-recOmmending that
after minor amendments the bill do pass.
The commltteeo on woman suffrage report
ed senate bill No. SO, being a proposed
amendment to the constitution, granting
the right OF suffrage to women-do pass.
The committee on agriculture reported
senate bill No. 70, providing for liens on
threshing machines and engines for repair
ing the same-with the Recommendation
that 1t do pass.
THE OATH.
The committee on judiciary reported
house bill No. 1884, prescribing the oath of
civil officers, recommended as a substi-
tute the following oath:
II do solemnly swear Tor affirm, as the
case may beg that | will support the con-
stitution of the United States and the con-
stitution Of the state of North Dakota, and
that l will faithfully discharge the duties
OF the office of --- manning the
e of cen a acc Gdd to the best Of my ability
The committee on railroads reporred
house bill No. 2S8, compelling railroads to
construct side tracks to coal mines, report
cd back a substitute, which was given its
first and second readings and referred to
the committee of the whole.
TO PROTECT NEWSPAPERS.
Mr.. BELDEN introduced house bill No.
1858, to protect newspapers from persons
who willfully aud maliciously misinform
them, holding the party who gives the in
formation, liable.
Also, house bill No. 267, amending the
act giving publicity to chattel mortgage
sales.
THIRD READING OF HOUSE BILLS.
House bill No. 227, designating the first
Monday of September of each year as a
legal holiday to be known as Labor Day,
was read the third time and placed on its
final passage.
Mr.. STROM explained that he voted
against the bill because he believed that
September is the wrong time of the year in
which to have Labor Day.
The bill was lost.
Mr.. COLE moved to reconsider the vote
by which the bill was lost.
MI. AlMMER moved to lay the motion
On the table.
Mr.. WICKaAM hoped the bill would
not be killed. He was not particular as to
the time OF year the day was selected. He
had introduced the bill at the request of a
labor organization which he believed
should pc respected.
Mr.. STROM wanted to see the bill re-
If it would name a day in
some other month than the very one in
which farmers gathered their grain he
would not object.
Mr.. NORTON: Make it the 18th of July.
Mr.. WICKHAM: l can readily see how
you men who know nothing but holidays
can sit here and vote against this bill, but
there is a class OF men in our machine
shops. railroads and other Industries, who
labor and it is in their interest that I intro.
duced the bill.
Mr.. SELBY explained his vote by saying
he did not believe it a good policy to estab.
lish legal holidays every day in the month.
He did not believe that the laboring men
were particularly anxious to have a day
set apart as a legal holiday simply to give
them an opportunity to get away from
Which the bill was lost was carried by q
Mr.. HANKiNsoN moved to make the
holiday in June instead of September,
MI. MCCORMICK moved as an amend
ment to make March 18th Labor Day.
Mr.: HAUGERUD moved as a substitute
that it be made the ~thirty-frst day of Feb.
ruary.. (Laughter.]
All these motions were declared out of
order.
Mr.. STEVENS wanted information as to
what was the trouble with the bill.
Mr.. HANKINSON moved to suspend
blll, making the first Monday in June
The roll call on the final passage of
suited IS to q.
On the question of its title, MI. Selby
moved to amend making it q holiday for
lawyers.
MI. GREEN amended the amendment by
adding after the word "lawyers'' the
words, 'and farmers"
Mr.. STEVENS added the words "who
labor" so as to except Mr.. Selby from the
PROVISIONS OF the bill. [Laughtsr.1
These motions were lost. The present
Dill was agreed to.
THE LOTTERY BILL.
A message was received from the senate
transmitting senate bill No. 167-the lot
terry bill.
Mr.. THOMPSON asked unanimous con-
sent TO present a petition.
Mr.. LILLY wanted to know what the
petition was, before consent was given.
A motion was made that all petitions on
the table be read. Carried.
The clerk read a petition from Fargo.
signed by j.. W. Won Media, president of
the board of trade, and one thousand
others, urging the passage of the lottery
bill.
A petition praying for the passage of the
bill was presented and
Mr.: RONEY demanded that the clerk
count the names.
Objection was made, but Mr.. Roney and