Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-01-23

provisions of chapter 1888 Of the laws 1890,
to committee on appropriations.
~. Relating to the sale of property
under foreclosure, to committee on ju-
dietary. a. -
No. 50. Proposing an amendment to
the constitution, referred to committee on
ways and means. '5E" 80.
THlRD READING OF GUS
House bill, %, donating a section of
land at Lisbon to the soldiers home, came
up. -.. go --.
Mr.. ARNOLD thought that too many
sections of land were being donated to
public institutions and the precedent be-
ing established was wrong.
Mr.. KINTER said he wa in favor Of the
bill. He believed that there was no
institution established that should be en-
cOuraged as much as this home for the old
soldiers.
Mr.. WORST was thankful to be able
to pay this tribute to the old soldiers by
voting for this bill. To these men We owe
our institutions under which we live to-
our union. He would stand On no techni.
cality when it came to paying a tribute to
the men who saved the country.
Mr.. NELSON said he was we'll acquaint-
ed with the section of land in question,
and it was only worth about $4,000. He
believed that too much could not be done
for the old soldiers. If it had not been for
ers who came from Europe, would have
had III United States to come to.
Mr.. LITTLE said that the land was only
a loan to the soldiers-that it would revert
back to the state when the soldiers had no
further use for it.
Mr.. WORST said that, in his Judgment,
an incubation OF a lesson OF patriotism to
lessons in arithmetic.
MI. PALMER said he was a member Of
the G. A. r., but he believed that it was
unconstitutional.
Mr.. WEISER spoke as an old soldier,
and made an eloquent appeal for the meas
nothing would have been too good for
them, and now he believed that it came
with bad grace for the senators to try to
deny a paltry section OF land to the SOL
diers' home.
Mr.. PATCH remarked that there are a
great many old soldiers in Eddy county
and in other parts of the state who have
bers of the G. A. r. He believed that a
home for the old soldiers could not be
erected too soon, and he was heartily in
favor of the bill.
Mr.. ALMEN said he would like, before
the bill is passed, to have the opinion of
the attorney general as to whether or not
that the land would ultimately revert to
the state.
Mr.. BISBEE said that he did not intend
to say anything on the subject, but he de-
sired to ask where the gentlemen who
opposed the bill were when the old SOL
dierS were carrying muskets with which
to defend the country. He rose on behalf
of the men who stood up to defend the
country, when everything was dark-,when
a rebel horde was sweeping through the
nation. Where is the man on this floor
who will say that the old soldier shall not
have a home if poverty overtakes him ?
He took his life in his hand-faced the
lannon's mouth-and would not the senate
now give the old soldiers a mere %pittance,
such as is asked?
Mr.. ARNOLD said he was the son of a
veteran, but he opposed this bill on the
ground that to appropriate lands set aside
for the public schools for institutions other
than educational would be making a
precedent that would be dangerous, for the
reason that nearly a score of our institu-
tons could then come in and each claim a
section, and these lands would be from
their location the most valuable of our
appropriation of $4,000 or $4,000 and pur-
chase this land for the soldiers home ac-
cording to law, and thus obtain the end
sought and not endanger the public school
lands for the future.
Mr.. KlNTER said the constitution of
the state had located the soldiers home at
Lisbon, and the advantage of this section
was that it was convenient to the point
where the home was located.
The bill was then put Oh its final pas
sage. and the vote was as follows: Ayes
2S-,Bidlake, Bisbee,. Bjorgo, Cashel Engle,
Fuller, Haggart, Ink, johnson of Trail,
johnson of Ward, Kinter, Kuhn, LaMoure,
Little, Lowry, Mccormack, ,McGillivray.
nungsen, Weiser, Worst. Nays 6-Almen,
Arnold, Enger, Palmer, Svennungsen,
Svensrud. Excused-Brynjolfson. Alb
sent-McCormick.
The senate then adjourned.