Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-03-14
THE LEGISLATURE.
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.FEE ~ E# CON11N ESOM PAGE I'll
as a Limitation of the length of the session
and that 1t must adjourn sine die atthe end
of sixty solar days. 1 I'm therefore of the
opinion that the number of days men,
toned in said Section Sc is a limitation of
time within which the business eff the ses.
sion of the legislative assembly must ter
inmate on March 10, 1890. 1t follows that
the holiday adjournment referred to in
your. resolution, meaning the time between
December 10, 1889. and January Z, 1890,
sh0uld be counted as a part of the 20 days.
In answer to your second question, l am of
the opinion that under Section 45 of the
Constitution members are only EMIT led to
mileage once each way going to and re-
turning from the place of meeting, and
that they are not entitled to mileage for re
turning from the holiday adjournment.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. F. GOODWIN,
Attorney General.
The communication in relation to ad-
journment was referred to the committee
on state affairs.
Mr.. TYLER arising to a question of
privilege requested that the following
Communication published in the Hope
Pioneer be read by the clerk. Carried, and
the clerk read as follows:
BISMARCK, N. D., March 4, 1890.
Editor Hope Pioneer:
DEAR SIR: l herewith send you senate
bill No. 1876, that has caused a furry of ex-
element at the state capital. You will see
the minority report of the committee,
which is in the main true. When the re.
port was read it was tabled and ordered
expunged from the records, and Senators
DoddS and Barlow were censured for cast.
ing reflections on the senators, and they
unseated Senator Dodds as president pro
tenn, and elected Senator Jud LaMoure in
nlC nIQnn-nnn0 f tho rInr Vn0Hnro IN fhn
Louisiana lottery scheme.
You may think That l was taking a
strange position on senate bill No. 172, a
bill to tax personal property in unorgan.
lied counties, but l will explain that.
There is this scheme on foot. 1t is not that
they are SO ANXIOUS ie to pay tax N these
through then they will want to be allowed
to vote as per house bill No. 800. And then
they will be in a fine shape to capture
everything before them, and if the old ring
gets control Of the state offices they will
have everything their own way. And this
is the reason I tried to defeat this measure
make the assessment and collect the tax
than all the tax to be collected.
Yours, W. Il. Fl. RoNEY.
There was a pause after the clerk had
finished reading the paper, when Mr.. Stew
ems arose and proceeded to give the gentle
man from Steele one of the most artistic
and emphatic rOasts of the session. He
said he could not believe the gentleman
guilty of writing such a letter, and he had
waited, hoping the gentleman would rise
NAMED silent. He believed this matter
these wholesale charges of bribery and cor
~ruption-had gone far enough. He, fol
one, would not rest under such charges
He mad given every man in this body
credit for voting upon all measures honest
ly and upon their merits. He had consid'
cred the gentleman from Steele all honor
his objections to such measures as he was
opposed to, and who voted his honest con
yictions. He was surprised, however
that the gentleman would sit quiet
~ by and allow a reflection tt
be cast upon his fellow MEMBERSHIP
authorship of which was attributed to him
without entering a protest or denial
scattered about the streets of Chicago
boxes are posted, covered with yellow
muslin, and bearing the inscription "aiC
for dakota Sufferers"-when a measure
had been introduced in this legislature
that promised relief for our destitute PEG
pie without the humiliation incident K
the passing of contribution boxes in east
ern churches, and when members of thi'
legislature, whose integrity had nevel
been questioned, favored such a PROPOSE
ton, he was 'astOnished that a man SHOULD
dare to presume or Intimate insincerity OF
corruption. Could the gentleman from
Steele substantiate his charges? Conclud
man warning now that unless he explain.
this matter satisfactory to the members hi
has so fagrantly traduced, 1 will offer arti
cles of impeachment tomorrow morning.
Mr.. rooney: II ask that I be given al
opportunity to read the communication an(
that 1 be given until tomorrow morning
. when l will make a statement and answer
MIR. STEVENS moved that the house
grant the indulgence. Carried.
THE ELECTION BILL.
The special order was senate bill No. 5
the Australian election bill. The clerl
began reading at section Is.
Nh. LILLY moved that section II be
stricken out. This is the section which
provides that those counties so desiring
can, by a vote of the people, adopt the
Rhines voting machine. He said he be
lieved in a uniform system In every county
and he also believed that the Rhines vOu
ing machine would not answer the re
quirements Of the constitutions secret
ballot.
The motion to strike out II prevailed.
MI. ESTABROOK moved that further
consideration of the bill be indefinitely
postponed. LOst-S8 to ID.
Mi. RAWLINGS offered an amendment
striking out all after the enacting clause
and simply making it unlawful to election
eer within 100 feet of the polls, or for any
person to accompany an electOr who de
sires to vote within 100 feet. The amend
ment was lost.
Mr.. MCCORMICK moved to lay th,
amendment o. the table. Carried.
Mr.. STEVENS offered a similar amend
ment to that offered by Mr.. Rawlings.
MI. STEVENS moved that a roll call b.
had upon the amendment. He wanted tx
see who would vote in favor of a gang
around the polls. He wanted to see VIII
would vote against a single voter being de
MED the right to exercise the right Of suf
frage uninf1uenced and unmOlested BY
gangs of electioneerers and poll workers
BE wanted to see who was in favor of pur,
elections.
Mr.. COLR denied that n attempt a
gaglaw was being attempted.He said it dit
not necessarily follow that any membel
voting against this measure was voting TO,
q Eruption at the polls and he charged thu
& tSleman from Ransom with being dis
hi in his statement of the case.
TENENS said the sentiments O