Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-02-27

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discussed house bill 212, and, a motion
being made to adjourn, there was no OPP
position.
Legislative Notes.
MIR. BIsBEE. when he gets on his feet,
generally has an earnest word for the poor.
He spoke yesterday in favor of senate bill
l25, which seeks to appropriate s 1000 to be
used by the governor in aid of needy farm
ers living in counties that are already
bonded beyond their debt limit.
THE TRIBUNE got Captain Fay wrong in
the debate last Saturday over his bill for
the regulation of private banks. What he
said was that it would enable small towns
to have banks, and not that it would allow
men of small capital to start banks. In
his remarks on the same bill, what Nj.
Oliver said was that he did not think the
bill was in conflict with section q of the
banking law, but that if the latter should
be decided unconstitutional by the supreme
court, the Fay bill could take its place.
For that reason he was inclined to favor
the bill.
COLONEL AXvIG appeared in a new
black suit yesterday, and looked as though
he had just come out OF a handbook. He
sat by Messrs. Oliver and Lutz during the
warehouse fight, and rendered them valua-
BILE assistance in the way of parliamentary
points and suggestions as to the line of
argument.
THE members of the house seemed re-
freshed yesterday by their two days rest.
and the orators tackled the questions that
came before them with renewed vigor.
THE following announcement was hand
ed to the clerk of the house yesterday by
the chairman OF the female suffrage COM
mittee: 1.-THE committee on woman stuff
for prize.tighting." The prize fighting bill
is the only one that the aforementioned
committee has yet struggled with.
Mr.. STRoM, in committee of the whole,
yesterday, wanted a bill to lie on the table.
Whereupon, the urbane Harry informed
him that there was no such article of furni-
ture in committee of the whole. The gem
tleman from Trail then moved to lay the
bill on the floor.
REPRESENTATIVE Skinner steered his
brethren through the devious committee
Of-the-whole passage. yesterday, and did
it in good shape.
REPRESENTATIVE Brooke has a little
map that makes a strong plea for the vote
on transferring a Benson county township
to Ramsey, as petitloned for by the citizens
thereof. The townships railroad market
town is a point on the Great Northern in
Ramsey, and Devils Lake, the county seat
of Ramsey, is not halt so far from the
petitioners as Minnewaukan, the county
seat of Benson; and furthermore, the petit
TONERS must 20 some fifty miles-.mostly
across the Indian reservation-to get to
the latter place, which is their county seat.
For this reason they want to vote on the
question of transferring their township
from Benson to Ramsey.
WAHpEToN GLOBE: Hon. j. V. Brooke,
the young democratic leader in the house,
is a man OF extraordinary force and elo.
Quence. He is a genius and a scholar
poet and philosopher. Brooke is a Virgin
ian by birth, but years ago attached him
self to North Dakota, and is one of the re-
ally bright men of the state. The night of
the celebrated deadlock in the house,
Brooke's genius saved his party from de-
feat, and made what promised to be a night
of misery one of pleasure. He prosecuted
and defended imaginary criminals. i'm
peached state officials and proved the pro-
h%ibitionists unnatural creations. His reci-
tations and dramatic representations cap
tured all elements. His scheme was to
hold his weak-hearted colleagues together
until the train should bring relief. lie
succeeded, and made a reputation for him
self that will be enduring.
Bills Explained.
Mr.. Gill's substitute for his house bill IS,
ance on the assessment plan, does away
with the features that were so objections
BILE to secret society benefit associations and
kindred organizations. The change of
PRINCIPAL interest is the following: "But
nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to apply to secret or fraternal socie-
ties, lodges or councils now doing business
in this state, or hereafter seeking to 10 bust
ness here, which conduct their business
and secure members on the lodge system
exclusively, having ritualistic work and
ceremonies in their societies, lodges or
councils, and are under the supervision of
a grand or supreme body; nor to any asso-
citation organized solely for benevolent
purposes and not for profits, which do not
employ paid agents in soliciting business,
nor to any association that limits its Ger
tifcate- holders to a particular order, reli-
gion OF fraternity, or to the employees of a
designated firm, business house Or corpo-
ration.
House bill 22S, by Mr.. Williams, repeats
chapter 20 of the special laws OF the terri
tory for 1886, entitled IAN act prescribing
the duties and regulating the salary of the
county treasurer and register of deeds of
Grand Forks county, D. r."
House bill 224, by Mr.. Lamb (by re-
questI. creates the Office of state superin-
tendent of irrigation and forestry, who
shall be appointed by the governor, by and
with the advise and consent Of the senate.
His salary shall be $1,000 per year and
$500 yearly for travelling and other ex-
penses. He shall have charge of the de-
velopment of a system of irrigation within
thes state by means Of artesian wells, dams,
reservoirs, storage works, canals or other
methods that may be found practicable or
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