Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1891-03-06
LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL.
BISMARCK, Thursday Morning, Mar. S.


Editorial Correspondence.
Tomorrow evening the two houses of
the Second session of the North Dakota
legislature will shut up shop and, like the
Arasb of old, fold their tents and vamose.
Then the dear people" will await with
curiosity the printing of the laws which
they are expected to obey.
The assembly has been hard at work
this week, the house holding two sessions
each day, and once a third session in the
evening. Statutes have been ground on t
at lightning speed, and everybody around
the capitol building has been busy.
There has been strong lobby here In
the interest of the repeal of the prohibitory
law, but they have stood no show, as many
of the resubmissionists are not in favor of
| leaving the state to run without either a
prohibition or license law.
There has been considerable excitement
here OF late over an apportOnment bill in
troduced by Senator LaMoure The bill
isa dandy. 1t was drawn solely in the
interests of the Red river valley; but what
stirred up slope people most was the fact
that a number of senators from sections
other than the valley Of the Red were said
to be flirting with it. if not tavoring it out
right A Bismarck Tribune editorial and
a letter from "Red River Valley Even,"
printed elsewhere, will show what the bill
was intended to accomplish. At present
the slope holds the "balance of power" in
| the state. The success of the LaNIOure
scheme would have left this section high
and dry on polilicaa sandbar for all time
to come lt,was a dangerous scheme, be-
cause it appealed to the seIlishness and
| ambition of senators the interests of
whose constituents are wholly antagOn-
| istic to the measure
| The governor made the last of his ap-
Dointments Monday, and as whole, they
are favorably criticised. There was a ter
rifle pressure brought to bear upon Gov
ernor Burke from all directions, but every
body comedies that he has used good judg-
ment in his selections.
| by the way, the more our executive is
known by the people the better he is liked.
He is truly man OF the people. There is
nothing whatever of the Goldfish aristo-
crat about him In all his relations with
his fellow citizens he is plain Andrew II.
|
all sections, and he makes the most unas-
suming and diflident feel at ease in his
presence. All the Emmons county people
who have been made acquainted with him
are favoraby impressed
| In this my last letter from the capital
| want to say Il few words regarding the
| house democrats, of whom there are seven
| teen They were solid against the capital
removal scheme, and have been friendly
to the people of this section all through.
The leader OF the house democrats is
James V. Brooke, of Ramsey county. He
was the nominee for attorney general on
the democratic state ticket, but declined
in order to become a candidate for the
lower house of the legislature. Some of
the speeches he has made during the ses-
| sion are gems.
Later-The re appOrli0nment scheme,
| amendments to the prohibition law and
capital relocation are things of the past,
| sa far as the present session is concerned
as none of these measures. even if they
have majority, can be gotten through, un.
der the rules, during the remaining two
days. S.
Bills Explained
House bill 229, by Mr.. Hall, provides that
boards of county commissioners shall fur
niSh necessary blank books, blanks and
stationery for "all county officers" instead
of for "clerk of the district court county
clerk, register of deeds, county treasurer
and probate judge" as the present law
| reads.
Mr.. Brooke's house bill 23O provides that
at the next general election the voters of
Ramsey and Benson counties and of that
I part Of township 151, range 62, situated in
Benson county, shall vote on the question
of taking part Of the township named
from Benson and attaching it to Ramsey.
Mr.. Douglas house bill 23l fixes the pay
of the lieutenant-gOvernor at $40 per day
during sessions of the legislative assembly,
mileage the same as members and same
compensation as governor when filling the
executive chair.
House bill 233, by Mr.. Daniel, strikes out
from section and adds to section of
chapter 1874 of the laws of 1890. the follow
ing: "Provded, that the provisions of this
section shall not apply to nor prevent the
collection of any bond, bill Of exchange,
prOmiss0ry note, mortgage, conveyance or
other contract of security while in the
hands of the original or any holder who
has not participated in such fee or com
same"
House bill 23S. by Mr.. Peabody, amends
section 16 of chapter 50 Of the laws of 1885,
relating to the publication of insurance
statements, by substituting the words
commissioner of insurance. for ''territo-
rial auditor and inserting the following:
(which affidavit shall state that said in-
surance company has paid said newspa-
per half of the authorized rate for pub.
fishing legal notices, and that the full
amount named inures to the sole benefit
Of tie publisher or publishers thereof, and
that no agreement or understanding for
division thereof has been made with any
person, and that no part thereof has been
agreed to be paid to any person whomso-
ever, and that every affidavit of publica-
ton shall state in plain terms that the full
amount authorized herein has been
charged and collected for such publica-
| tiOn."
The Air Ship Agan.
CHICAGO, Feb. 28.-The directors of the
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