Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-02-26
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS,
Grow More Brisk and Business.
Like as the Session Ne,srs
an End.
An Interesting Fight Over the
Amended Elevator Bill,
Tuesday.
Latest DOings at tho Capital
Summed up for Alert
Readers.
Bismarck Budget.

Bismarck Budget.
BISMARCK, Feb. p. -Special.-It was
colder than - northwest corner, III the
house yesterday. Tne old TIN roof OF the
brick Kiln out on the pralrie," as Jud
LaMoure calls the capitol building.
ratified and shrleked IN the wind, but the
ambitious sOlons would not stop the
wheels Of legislation for trihes like these.
Tney SAT in their Overcoats aud over
shOes, and fought themselves warm over
elevator laws. In fact the house SESSION
vas one Of the hveliest since resuhuis-
sion went up to the senate. The elevator
bill introduced 10y the special joint com.
Olttee, consisting Of Senators johnson
ana Weiser, and Representatives Tufts,
Oliver and Lu,z, was Il special order for
3OclOck. The h ,use considered the bill
in committee Of the whole. The fight
ever the bill lasted two hours. The ele-
vatOr men had the best Of the fight
early in the game, but the farmers came
cut winners. 1t is hard 10 tell what the
result will be when the bill comes to it's
final passage, bat the vote yesterday on
the adoption Of the committees report
would indicate that it will pass. Messrs.
Oliver and Lutz made the fight for The
farmers, and Messrs. Gill, Burke and
Tufts for the elevator men. The first
material change recommended WIS the
adoption Of substitute for section 4,
offered by Mr.. Lutz. The substitute was
dram by the attorney general. 1t COW
ers the ground thoroughly and defines
both puOllc and private warehouses. L.
was adopted. The elevator men suc-
oeeded, by a narrow margin. IN securing
. recommendation that sections 6 and =
the elevator license sections be stricken
out, but the bill was finally recommend
cd to pass with these sections in. Mr..
Lntz made an effective plea for the re-.
4ention of the license feature. The ele-
vator champions endeavored to destroy
every feature OF the bill that would rec
ommend it to fair minded people, but the
excellent leadership Of Lutz and Oliver
saved them. The law AS reported from
the committee of the whole is said 10 be
one of the best elevator laws ever franz
ed. 1t is fair aud just to the elevators
NO more. 1t protects the farmer aga. .nst
elevator rapacity and fixes charges
for storage. The attorney general
mas opined that the law is constitutional
and that all of its provisions can be en-
forced. If this farmer legislature does
not pass lhl farmer measure,there should
be a lot of explanations forthcoming.
The arguments of the opponents Of the
bill were speclous and were quickly ex-
posed. The bill fixes the license fee at
81 for each 1,OOO bushels capacity, and
provides that no license shall be issued
for less than $40. The storage article is
as follows: 1.-The charges fer storage and
han ding gram. shall not be greater than
she following schedule: For receiving,
elevating, ,iDsuring, delivering and twenty
days storage, two cents per bushel.
Storage rates after the first twenty days,
one-half cert for each fifteen days or
fraction thereof. and shall not exceed
shall De kept insured at the expense of
the warehouseman for the benefit of the
owner" The report OF the Committee
of tn. whole was adopted 10y vote of 30
to 27.
The house concurrel in tho senate
amendment to the Lutz wool market bill
and passed the bill as amended. Among
other bills that passed the house was the
bill amending the general sch 20 laws.
B. No. l25. The amendments are num-
erous, but nnimportant.
Douglas presented Il petition signed
by j. Morley Wyard and seventy others
requesting that the prohibition penalty
section be not amended
Douglas will introduce bill tomorrow
to fix the salary of lieutenant governor
at $40 per day for the session of the leg
isla:ure-$6OO for two years.
THE SENATE
Under the head of unfinished business
mouse OIL LOO, Wnlcn apprOprlhtes money
for the maintenance OF the capitol build
ing, came up, and after little sparring
between Mccormack and LaMonre, and
Little and Worst, passed-18 too.
A petition was read, introduced by Mr..
Enger, protesting against house bill 65-
the insurance MEASURE. .-
The committee reported favorably, with
amendments. on the concurrent resOlu-
ton to the president relating to the fax
alton OF Northern Pacific railroad in
demnity lands.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Kinter,
defining the residence Of qualified cleo
tors, and one by Mr.. Little, regulating