Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-02-20
I DAY.
The Senate.

The Senate.
The senate was called to order at 1859 p.
m. by Lieut.. Gov. Allin.
PETITIONS.
Mr.. Almen, Mr.. johnson of Trail and
Mr., Pinkham, presented petitions against
re-submission. Referred to committee on
temperance.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The committee on printing reported IA
vorably on senate bill 1873, and also on
house bill 81.
The committee on stock reported favor
ably on senate bill 80.
The committee on coal mines and min
ing reported favorably on house bill 25.
The committee on judiciary reported
favorably on senate bill 145 and house
bill l01, with amendments.
The committee on banks and banking
reported favorably on senate bill 43-re-
pealing section II of the banking law. The
vote in committee was 4 to 8.
The committee on stock reported, with
amendments, senate bill 1872.
The committee on irrigation reported ia
vOrably IN senate bill 148.
The committee on agriculture reported
favoraDly on senate bill 1853.
The committee on state affairs reported
unfavorably on house bill +, a bill repeal
ing the law providing for the inspection
of Illuminating oils.
ODDS N EvENs.
Mr.. CASHEL, on behalf of the commit
tee on odds and evens, said the committee
had had a meeting, a majority OF the mem
bers were in favor of putting the drawing
off till the last Thursday of the session.
There was a bill before the legislature
looking to a reapportionment of the state,
and as that law, If passed, might rear
range some of the districts, the committee
thought it might be well to wait for the
drawing.
Mr.. LAMOURE moved that the report of
the committee be adopted as to the date of
the drawing. Carried.
REsUBMIss1oN.
Mr.. LAMOURE: l believe we have a
concurrent resolution from the house, and
a verp important one. We have listened
to petitions and communications with
reference to the same, and for that reason,
in order that we may get rid of it and have
it behind us, l desire to move that the sem
ate do now proceed to consider the concur
rent resolution passed by the house on the
question of the re-SubmiSsion of the pro-
hibitory clause in the constitution, move
the adoption OF the concurrent resolution.
Mr.. LITTLE: | second the motion.
Mr.. INK: l move as a substitute that
this concurrent resolution be referred to
the committee on temperance.
Mr.. MCCORMICK OF Ramsey seconded.
Mr.. LAMOURE: | rise to a point of
order on these grounds-frst, that a con-
current resolution is not proper matter to
submit to a committee; second, that the
substitute or amendment is not german to
nv motion, and consequently cannOt be
considered by this senate.
Mr.. INK: | did dot make any amend
ment. My motion is a substitute.
The PRESIDENT: The chair rules that
the substitute is in order.
Mr.. LAMOURE: On the ruling of the
Chair the deciding question cuts no figure,
only That we may, SO far as we are able,
trans ret our business under the rules. A
concurrent resolution is no more and no
less, and therules the chair has before
him will bear me out in the assertion, than
any other ordinary resolution. A joint
resolution %partakes of the qualities of an
ordinary bill and should have first, second
and third readings and reference at the
proper time. But a concurrent resolution,
at no time and no stage, should bt treated
in any other way than as an ordinary reso-
luton. The chair decides that the substi-
tute to my motion is in order. don't de-
sire to appeal from the decision of the
chair: but the chair, in making that ruling,
in my judgment, makes an error. The
matter comes right back to the senate to
decide, and the whole questionable whole
subject matter-may be- decided as well on
this question as on any other. AIlthOse in
favor Ct resubmissiOn and allowing the
people to decide this question can decide it
right here. If the substitute prevails, then
the people have no voice, and we arrogate
to ourselves that right that the mOnarchs
OF Europe arrOgate to themselves and de-
eide for the people and allow them no
voice in matters that pertain to their ma
terial interests.
the senator that he should desire this great
question which is of so much Importance
TO the state Of North Dakota to be passed
upon without being referred to a committee,
without a moments warning. l think we
have not passed a bill in this legislature of
as much Importance to the state as this
concurrent resolution, and if any bill
should be referred to a committee, it is this
bill. l believe this concurrent resolution
was improperly drawn in the first place
that it should no. be a concurrent resoIu-
tiOn, but a joint resolution, and should be
acted upon as a bill would. Owing to the
great importance of this bill, there is no
use hurrying it.
Mr.. LAMOURE argued on the rules, and
claimed that it was right to treat this con
current resolution merely as a resolu-
tion.
The substitute of Mr.. Ink was then voted
upon with the following result:
Ayes: Messrs. Almen, Arnold, Engla,
Enger, Ink, johnson of Trail, Johnson of
Ward, Kinter, Kuhn, Mccormick of Ram
sey, Patch. Pinkham, Svennungsen, Svens-
rud, Wejser-15.
Nays: Messrs. Bidlake, Bisbee, Bjorgo,
Brynjolfson, Cashtl, Fuller, Haggart, La.
Moure, Little, Lowry, Mccormack of
Grand Forks, McGillivray. Miller, Nelson,
Palmer, Wor>t-1e.
So the substitute was LIST.
Mr.. INK insisted that under the rules,
the resolution must BE- submitted to a com.
mittee.
Mr.. LAMOURE: 81 do not wish to be
capti0us; but we desire to ha' e this matter
decided. We desire to allow the people to
vote upon this. lbelieve l am US much in
terested in this state as any person. l am
a foreigner by birth. l was born under the
dominion of Great Britain, and as l grew
up to years of discretion n understood