Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07
EpitOmized.

John l.. Granger rose in his might in the
house yesterday and struck Jem Elevator
square in the neck.
1t was the farmers day and as the ele-
vatOrs were the first to show their heads
in the line OF important legislation, they
suffered.
Mr.. Walsh's amendment fixing the max
imum rate of storage at l cent per bushel
for the first thirty days and a cent per
bushel for each additional fifteen days,
was adopted, and Notwithstanding tine
statement of members that all OF the ele.
vators of the state would be compelled to
close it this amendment passed, it went
through like a whirlwind. 1t is in
the interest of the farmers who
are compelled to store their grain
in elevators and it is claimed it will pass
the senate. On this subject there is
another bill in the senate which provides
for the registering of applications for cars
man shall be furnished with cars in the
order of the application. The object of
this bill is to establish an Open wheat mar
ket and to break what is termed the eleva-
tor-railroad monopoly in wheat. 1t has
many supporters in both houses and its
friends claim that it will pass by an over-
Whelming majority. On the other hand
there are those who say that celt lin
features of the bill would work an inj ury
to the people and they will oppose it.
LOTTERY BILL.
Of the bills introduced in the senate the
one that attracted the most attention was
one allowing lottery companies to do bust
ness in the state provided they will pay
$4,000 annually into the state treasury for
the first twenty-five years and $15O.O0O al
nually during the second twenty-five
years. The novelty OF the bill attracted
attention and although by many it
IS considered a visionary and
dreamy scheme to raise
revenue for the state, there are many who
believe it practical and are ready to sup
port. Among prominent citizens of the
state now in the city, the sentiment is very
strongly in favor of the bill. One man
l think Of it. but favor it? We are howl
ing about a bankrupt treasury and if we
can get a company 10 come in here and
lift us out OF our difficulties, | say let it
come" A member intimated that he would
vote tor 1t if he was not opposed to it on
moral grounds, but he had no sooner eX-
pressed himself on this point than
AAOOiS CIlO dShCN ulH WlldL
there was immoral about it
and so they went. The sentiment
seems to be in favor of the bill, especially
as under its provisions it will place over
100000 in the treasury at once, provided a
company can be induced to come in and
comply with its provisions.
The bill was referred to the committee
on state affairs yesterday and it is under
stood that at a meeting of the committee
last evening # majority favored its passage.
DENNY's VIEWS.
When asked what he thought of the lot
terry bill for raising money, Denny Hanni-
fin said:
swell, I've been keepin' an eye on this
restitution racket that we have been work.
in and [ / believe we should pass the lot
terry bill or pull in our contribution box"
WORE AHEAD.
A number of important bills are now
nearing their third reading in both houses,
and the next two weeks will be full of
spice and eloquence. The railroads and
elevators, the appropriations and the public
institutions are all to be dealt with and the
finale of the first legislative session in the
state will be up to the standard in bril-
liancy and bombs.