Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-03-07
THE LEGISLATURE
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ready organized under the township
system. when so petitioned by one-haIt OF
the residents of any township having the
care or custody of any child of school age,
the board thereof may subdivide said
township into smaller districts.
Mr.. WALSH moved not to adopt this
report was adopted.
Mr.. PINKHAM moved to take a recess
until 2 O'clock y. IN. Lost.
MI. STEVENS made the same motion.
LOST
The motion was renewed by Mr.. Will
liams and carried.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
House met at 2 O'Clock.
MI. LILLY, moved that the considera-
ton Of senate bill No. 14S be temporarily
suspended and that house bill No. 1928,
amending public credit bill, be placed on
its third reading and final passage. Car
ried.
The bill was read and
Mr.. STEVENS made a point of order
that the special order could not be dis
pensed with to pass to another bill.
The SPEAKER asked the house to de-
eide the point and the point of order was
Mr.. H~ANKlNsoN then moved. that the
further consideration of the educational
bill be postponed until Thursday next at
Mr.. STEVENS said he hoped the motion
would not prevail. The question of the
education of our children was paramount
to women voting and it was for the pur-
pose Of considering this bill that the gen.
tleman from Richland made this motion.
state, no interest of the educational inter-
est or the children would suffer by the
~postponement OF the educational bill for
III or two days.
Mr.. STEVENS: What will the women
suffer if they do not get to vote until day
after to morrow.
On division OF the house, the motion of
Mr.. nankinson Was lost and consideration
OF the educational bill was continued and
all exodus of ladies occurred.
Mr.. MCCORMICK moved the adoption of
the following proviso to be added at the
end OF section 2, article 8.
Provided further. Nothing in this act
lines Of any school township organized
prior to the passage of this act except upon
petition as hereinafter provided.
The amendment Was adopted.
The lobby of the house having filled up
with ladies expecting consideration of the
woman suffrage bill, the gallant Buchanan,
OF Sargent county, moved that the vote on
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consideration of the educational bill was
continued, be reconsidered. The speaker
ruled the motion out of order and the ladies
were again disappointed.
Mr.. RONEY moved to adopt the commit
tee report on section 8, article s, adding
thereto the following: Each member Of
the school board shall be paid So less So for
each regular meeting which he fails to at
MI. BUCHANAN offered the following
resolution and moved its adoption: "Tbat
the further consideration of senate bill No.
LAB be temporarily postponed, until the
house house can dispose Of house bin No. 1923,
Mr.. MCCORMICK moved to include sen.
ate bill No. 80. Lost.
Roll called on the original motion of Mr..
Buchanan. Ayes, IS; nays, %.
House bill No. 1928 was then p~assed-52
to 5.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION.
A communication from the governor was
read, in which he called attention to the
fact that the balances of the various bond
funds-university, $1,705.99; insane hos
pital, 50. 591.59; penitentiary, S7,OOO-total,
$11,237.58. remain in the hands of the state
treasurer and there is no authority for
their use for other purposes without some
uSUlOA VI IllO ICSlo1dIulCs llt suggested
legislation that will transfer these balances
to the general fund.
Mr.. MCCORMICK moved that senate bill
No. 80, the IN suffrage bill, be special
order for tomorrow.
MIR. STEVENS moved as an amendment
that the house consider the bill at this
time. Carried.
Mr.. STEVENS moved that the house go
into committee of the whole to consider
senate bill No. SO. Carried.
Mr.. Hankinson in the chair.
In committee numerous amendments
were proposed, but finally the committee
rose and presented a report favoring the
Roll call demanded on adoption of the
report. Ayes 81: nays "a.
Mr.. WALSH moved that further consid-
Grafton Of the bill be indefinitely post
poned.
Roll call demanded. Ayes 20, nays %.
Lost.
MI. rooney moved to reconsider the
vote just taken and Mr.. thinner moved
to lay the motion on the table. This was
what the antis wanted, but Mr.. Roney got
out of the dilemma by admitting that he
didn't think what he wa about.
After some further preliminary skirm.
read the third time and placed on its final al
NJ. STADLEMAN moved a call of the
house. Carried.
Mr.. Williams found absent. and was
brought in by the sergeant-at-arms.
Mr.. STEVENS asked If speeches would
not be in order before the final vote. BE
understood that Mr.. Haugen wanted to
make a speech and Father Beard had been
preparing for two or three weeks for this
event.
MI. BEARD said he would give way to
| Mr.. Stevens.
Mr.. THOMPSON of Cass said the affirm
alive should open. LCalls for Thompson.l
Mr.. THOMPSON said he was not in
favor of it. -,-; .,la} 40" '"rF
Mr. BEARD was then called for and
amid applause, proceeded to deliver the
speech OF the session. as Mr.. Stevens
characterized it. ~
He said he was in favor of this bill. Be-
lieved all public questions should be sub
mitted to vote. There is a principle in
| vOlved in this. He believed in that grand
old doctrine that all men are created
equal. [Mr. Stevens said something about
WOmen.] Mr.. Beard hesitated. Laughter. I
Mr.. BEARD continued: 1t has not been
many years since women were considered
slaves. This was a progressive age. Mr..
Beard recited the valiant work of women
during the trying days of the revolution
and the war OF the rebellion. Believed the
ballot was a power for good in good hands
and the placing of the ballot in the hands
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