Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-02-20
Saturday, February "A.

Saturday, February14.
The senate was called to order at l 30 y. m
| bv Lieut.. Gov. Alin.
MIR. Almen, Mr.. Johnson of Traill and AIr
Pinkham, presented petitions against resub
| mission.
| Several committees reported upon bills ro
| ferred to them.
| Mr. Cashcl, on behalf Of the committee or
odds and cvens, said the committee had had
meeting. Il majority of the members were in fuv-
CT Of putting The drawing off till the last Thurs.
| dav OF the session. There was bill before the
legislature looOklng TO n rcaplporliOnment OF
the state, and as that law. ii passed, might re-
| arrange some of the districts, the committee
thought it might be well to wait tor the draw
| ing.
Mr.. LaNIoure moved that the report Of the
| committee he adopted as to the date of the
drawing and the motion was carried.
MIR. LaA1oure: believe we have Il concurrent
| resolution from the house, and q verv inpor-
tant one. We have listened to petitions and
communications with reference TO the same,
and tor that reason, in order that We may get
| rli of it and have it behind U.s. desire to move
that the senate do now proceed to consider tho
concurrent rcsolui ion passed by the house on
| the question Of the rcsubmssion OF the prOhibi-
tory clause i'll the constitution. 1 move the
| adoption OF the concurrent resolution.
| Mr.. Little: Isccond he motion.
Mr.. lux: l move rs q substitute that this
concurrent resolution be referred to the COM
| mite on temperance.
| Ar. Mccormick OF Ramsey seconded.
MIR. LaNlourc: l rise TO point Of order on
| these gronn1s--f first. that concurrent resolu-
tion is not proper matter to submit to a COM
| mittee; second, that the substitute or amcnu-
lnent is not Eermain to my motion. and con-
sequently cannot be considered by this senate
Mr. Ink: did not make any amendment
| NV motion is q substitute
The President: The chair rulos that the sub
| stitute is in order.
| Mr.. LaMoure: On the ruling of the chair the
decidng question cuts no figure, only hat we
may so tar as we are able, transact our business
| under The rules. A current resolution is no
more and no less. and thcrules lhe char has be-
fore him will hear me ont in the asse rtion, than
any ordinary resolution. A joint resolution
partrkeS OF the qualities of an ordinary bill and
should have first. second and third readings and
| tolerance at the proper time. But concurrent
resolution. at no time and no stage should be
| treated in anv other way than an ordinary
resolutiod. The chair decides that the substi-
TUE To my motion IL III order. I don't desire
to appeal from the decision OF the chair; but the
chair, in making that ruling in nv judgment,
makes an error The matter comes right back
to tho seuatc to decide. and the whole question
the whole subject matter-may be decided as
we'll or this question as on any other. All
those in favor OF resubm:sson and allowinfi the
| people to decide this question can decide it
| right here. II the stfbstiLn prevails, then the
people have no voice. and We arrogate to our
selves that right that The munarchs Of Europe
arrogate to themselves and decide for tho peo-
rle and allow them no Voice in matters that
pertain to their material interests.
Mr.. Ink: l am somewhat surprised at the
senator that he should desire this great oues-
lion which is Of so much Importance to the st to
OF North Dakota to be passed upon wi hout be-
lnE referred to committee, without mo-
ment's warming. l think we have not passed a
bill i'll this legislature Of as much Importance
to the state as this concurrent resolution, and il
any bill should bc referred to Il committee it is
this bill. l believe this concurrent resolution
was improperly drawn in the first placo-thut it
slould not be concurrlht resolution, but a
joint rcsolutlon and should be acted upon as a
Dill would Owing to the great Importance of
this bill. there iB no use hurryiny it.
MIR. LaAlourc argued on the rules, and claim
el that it was right to treat this concurrent res
OlutlOn merely as II resolution.
The substitute Of Mr.. lux was then voted up-
| on wioh he following result:
Ayes: Messrs. Alnen, Arnold. Engle Enger
Ink. Johnson of TrailI, Sohnson Of W rtl, Kin
ter. Kuhn, Mccormick of Ramsey. Patch. Pink
nam, Svenuungsen, Svensrud. Wciscr-lj.
Nays: Mrss.s. Bidlake, b sbee. Bjorgo. Brvn
tie: Lowry. :McCormack of Grand Forks. Nc
Glllivray, Miller. Nelson Palmer, Worst-l6.
So the substitute was lost.
Mr.. Ink insisted that under the rules
tho resolution must be submitted to COM
mi tee
Mr.. LaAIoure: Il do not wish to lie captious;
bu. we desire to have this matter decided. We
desire to allow the people to vote upon this.
believe am as much interested in This state as
any person. am foreigner by birth l was
born under tho dominion OF Great Britain. and
as grew up to years OF discretion and under
stood the rules and laws that governed that
| country, being poor boy. knew aud could
see no way whereby l had any advantage in
| that country. Looking out over the country
whereby might honorably become q cpmpon-
ent part of some country where the people had
right to decide ali questions to their interest
l cast NV eyes upon the United States of Amer
| lea. The boast vas that this was the home of
| the free. That did not believe, because they
had four or five million slaves in bondage. was
born and raised contiguous to their boundary
7
saw Yankee any Drawer than myself, in my
judgment. But there were possibilities here
where any man could become equal and where
| every man had voice on every question that
affected the country at large. BY planting my
fortunes here, became component part OF
the country. was one of the people, and in
all questions tnat arose had the sanio voice as
tho chef magistrate, in selecting him and all
men who executed our lnws-not men who ruled
me. but who exec tied the laws was expected
to obey, We desire to submit this question to
a vote OF the people Whether we are prohibi-
tionlsts or hi.h-license men, wc simply desire
TO- I" allow tho people to decide this question.
The point Is, wi II we do it or not? Do we ar
muses. of the people?
The, previous QUESTION was moved and the
chair held that 1t took n tw0-thrds vote TO re-
qulre the previous question to be put
The decision of the chair was appealed from
and not sustained. The vote was the same as
Tho question-shall the rain question be
now put. was then voted upon. and l6 voted
FOR and 10 aga1nSt-the same 16 and same l5
as voted on the previous votes
the concurrent resolution was then adopted
by exactly tho same vote.
The house resolution was then reconsidered
and the motion to reconsider laid on tho table
PROPOSED CAPITAL REMOVAL.
Mr.. LaAIoure moved the following concurrent
resolution:
Whereas, The present location Of the seat of
government at the city of Bismarck, in the
county OF Burleigb, is neither central, conven-
| lent nor eusy OF access, thereby causing con-
stant annoyance and unnecessary expcnse
alike to our citizens and public servants. who
are compelled to visit the same from time to
time; and,
Whereas, There are within the borders of our
state. towns and cities centrally located and
conveniently approached from all important
points by rail and other means OF conveyance
and also possessing, enjoying and offering ad-
vantages superior i'll every way and greatly ut
contrast with the present site: therefore be It
Resolved, By the senate. the house of repre-
sentatives oonourring:
Section ]. That n committee, consisting Of
four members OF the house of representatives,
TO be appointed by the speaker of said
house OF representatives. and three
senators. TO be appointed by the president of
tue senate. be appointed Immediately upon the
adoption OF this resolution, whose duty 1t
shall be TO Investigate and report rs hereinaf-
SEC. 2. Said committee so appionted ahall