Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-02-05

treatment they received at the h ands of
the people Of Jamestown. Like all
North Dakotans who visit this model in
stitutlon they are proud of it.
Representative Gill introduced resolu-
tions expressive of the sense of the house
upon the life and death Of Secretary
Window and the house ordered that his
New York speech be printed in the
Journal OF the house. This is a mark of
respect and esteem seldom paid.
Some of the house members seem to
have mania for joint committees. Al
ready there are dozen or more, but to.
day bennett introduced a resolution
providing for still another and the reso-
luton was adopted. This committee
will consider all tho bills relating to the
salary Of county officials.
Tuesday next sister of Mrs. NJ. L.
Mccormack will be united in marriage
to one Of the brightest young business
men in the state-Mr. NJ. E. Ryan who
has for the past six years represented IN
the Red river valley, one of the old
established wholesale houses of st. Paul.
Mr.. Ryan Ia prime favorite with large
clleDtage OF customers and scores of trav-
cling men throughout the state will Join
congratulations.
The oft-repeated claim that the far
mers do not know what they want was
almost substantiated today When the
bill to compel railroad companies to build
platforms for the loading of grain and
live stock was under consideration the
farmer element was all torn up with
divergent opinions. The height of the
platforms was the rock upon which their
solid phalanx divided. Some wanted it
30 inches high and others said it should
be five feet three inches in the air. The
matter was finally compromised by leav-
ing the commissioners of railroads to
wrestle with the question of altitude.
Attorney General Spencer today rend-
cred the opinion called for by Mr.. Lutz
on the constitutionality of bis hail in
demnity bill. He decides that the bill is
unconstitutional. The bill met with
general favor here-the committee to
which it was referred unanimously rec
commended it to pass-and there is con-
siderable regret that Mr.. Spencer could
not decide otherwise. Before the bill
was introduced Mr.. Lutz submitted it
to several lawyers of reputation and they
were of the opinion that the bill WAS q
good one and no more unconstitutional
than the seed wheat law which the
supreme court decided valid and also
that it was right in line with and of the
same spirit as the bounty laws now on
the statute books, in that it sought by
lessenlng the chances of loss to encour.
age wheat raising. The constitution,
which we all thought most admirable
document. seems to be getting in the
way of the measures for the relief of the
agricultural classes at every rattle out of
the box.
BISMARCK, Feb. 3. -- Special. -- The
state constitution provides that half the
state senators elected last November
shall hold for term Of four years and
the other half shall go out at the end OF
two years. Thencefortk the term of all
state senators shall be- four years and
half shall 60 out every two years. Today
Arnold introduced u resolution, which
the senate adopted after considerable
discussion. in relation to the drawing for
terms. It favors two classes-the seua-
tors from the odd numbered districts
forming ono class and the senators from
the even numbered districts forming the
other class. 1t then provides that Lieut..
Governor Allln and Senators Worst and
LaMoure shall constitute committee to
devise method of settling the matter.
The constitution provides that it shall
be settled by lot. Tomorrow at o'clock
is the time fixed in the resolution for the
drawing. There are 81 senatorial dis
tricts-16 senators from odd numbered
districts to Is from even numbered dis
tricts. At one time 1t was thought that
the odds having the power through their
greater number, would settle the matter
without going into the lottery business
and take the long terms themselves
Among the senators who come from the
odd numbered districts are dLaMoure,
Haggart, Lowry, Nelson, Welser, Fuller
and Little.
"A AAl4OOl VI pOUiUAOAS "CAo 1oCClNc1
today in both houses. The senate peti-
tions we're from Cass county and request
cd the repeal of section Al of article of
the district school laws of 1890. Burke
presented several in the house, asking
for the suspension of the penalty for tax
delinquency until Nov. 1st, and extension
of the time when the interest begins to
accrue. Gill presented communica-
tion from Cass county Sunday school
It was in the nature of res.
olutions adopted by that body and de-
clared against resubmission; in favor of
the enforcement of the prohibition law
and the "banishment of original package
houses"
The house did big lot of legislative
work, but it was not productive of much
news. They killed about dozen bills,
and passed half dozen that are of little
Among the bills passed
we're Brooke's bill to attach "No mans