Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-02-12

BISMARCK, Feb. 1O-Special. The re-
submission question is not settled yet.
The house will wrestle with It. again to-
morrow, having made the consideration
Of the reports of the temperance COM
nittee on the proposition special order
for three o'clock. This is a decided re-
submission victory. Yesterday the report
Of the majority Of the committee was
adopted and the bill indefinitely post
poned. Today that action was reconsid-
cred and the two reports made special
order as above stated. The resubmis-
sionists are feeling jubllant today.
They claim that the proposition will pass
the house tomorrow. They feel cure of
the senate, claiming 18 votes-two more
votes than necessary. Although they
had more votes in the house today than
she "prohib's" they did not have enough
10 send the proposition through. The
constitution provides that Il majority of
all the members elect OF each house shall
be necessary. A majority in the house
is 81. The resubmissionists mustered
only 81. Beardsley who votes with the
"prohib's.' was absent today and the
test votes stood 81 to 30 IN favor of the
"resubs." It is claimed that two men
Who voted today with the minority will
vote for the proposition when it comes to
Z direct vote.
The last two days in the house have
been interesting ones. Commencing at
2 O'Clock yesterday the house renamed
IN continuous session 25% hours. OF this
time about o hours were spent under
''call of the house" and no member was
allowed to leave the hall. This is the
largest continuous sitting in the history
Of Dakota legislatures, although 10 hours
we're spent under call of the house dur
ing the session of 1889. The members
and principal officers Of the house spent
last night IN the hall of the house. The
"call of the house" entered upon about 8
o'clock yesterday did not terminate un-
til 2 o'clock today. That hour is the end
Of one and the beginning of another leg
islative day and it was not until then
that all the members we're in their seats
and the call was dispensed with. When
the house came out in session the ques-
tion before it was Hills motion to "cinch"
the indefinite postponement OF the
proposition. The resubmission forces
we're all on hand and defeated the mo-
ton 81 to 80. Then an adjournment was
taken. Immediately Speaker Aliens
gavel resounded throughout the hall and
today's session 36th day-was called to
order. The roll was called, the speaker
announced Burton and Bjornson as the
house members of the joint committee to
compile, revise and codify the school laws,
and then Oliver, the prohibition leader
on the floor, moved to adjourn. This
motion was lost-3O to 81. The order of
business, EMOTIONS and resolutions" was
called and Mr.. Lutz introduced reso-
luton, which was adopted, calling upon
the attorney general for his opinion
as to the constitutionallty of the stock
indemnity tax levied this year. If the
hail indemnity tax provided for IN Mr..
Lutz's hail bill is unconstitutional then
this tax, which has already been levied,
must be unconstitutional. The next
move was one which paralyzed the pro-
hibitionists. Mr.. Lutz, who acted as the
leader on the fldor for the resubmiss,on-
lists, moved to reconsider the vote by
which the majority report on the resub-
mission proposition was adopted. Seve-
sal calls of the house interviewed. The,
members were tired, however, and soon
aispened with them. When the motion
came to vote it carrled-3l to 3O-as
did also the other motion of MIR. Lutz,
which followed, to postpone the consider
ation of the matter and make both re-.