Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-02-13
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care of while times were as hard as at
present.
MI. OLIVER quoted: Sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof" though he was
not positive as to the source of the Quota
tion. Let future sessions be ressponsible
LOT their own acts. He wanted TO amend
SO that 10 buildings can be erected until
the money is subscribed. Not a dollar can
beldonated by citizens under the present
lay. me bill simply told the people of
Ellendale to 90 ahead and found, at their
own expense, an institution thai would be
a credit to the state.
MIR. kEARNEI remarked that the gen.
tleman from Ransom had a faculty of con
vincing everybody that what he OLIVER
Thought to be right was right. But this
time he wouldn't have it that way, so far
as he was concerned, and he would there
fore move to indefinitely postpone.
The motion was lost.
Mr.. BURKE said this was a case of
much ado about nothing The people,
OF Glendale asked for no appropriation.
Let them 60 ahead it they wanted to.
who had already spoken, MI. Skinner
TOOK the toor and made a rouslng speech.
He first paid such a tribute to Mr.. divers
oratorical powers as cOustd tn It youth to
blush. Then he likened the bill to all en-
tering wedge which would eventually D
" oS 1oiN ShlouSA "lllCl OIIltI uSluuNnIS
upon the commonwealtE.'s strong box might
be made. The session began by giving away
school sections; and, if it hadn't been for
the attorney general, probably all the
school lands would have been disposed of
by this time. He concluded by asserting
that the institution at Glendale was
needed about as much as a dog needed a
duplicate tail.
Finally the matter was settled, temper
arily, at least, by a motion to recommit.
The next, house bill 46, providing for
payment OF fees of state officers into the
state treasury, was treated mildly, and on
motion of Mr.. Foss was recommended tor
passage.
House bill l19, requiring that contents
OF chattel mortgages be recorded with
township clerks, was slaughtered by
adopting the report of the committee rec
om!nendlng that it do not pass.
House Dlll M-the fraudulent ticket bill
was next considered.
Mr.: OLIVER asked an explanation from
the chairman OF the railroad committee as
to why it had been reported unfavorably.
MI. FOSS, the chairman addressed, eX-
planned in q whisper that the bill
monkeyed with the pass question.
Messrs. Oliver and Fay thought the bill
had some good points.
MIR. BROWN. conscious of his own
moral and mental strength, remarked that
be had nothing to fear from ~scalpers.
when he wanted a ticket to a certain
place he bought IL to that place and no
further. Some people liked to be hum
bugged. but he didn't. He was opposed to
the bill.
Mr.. KEARNEY said it was the first
time he had seen such a principle advo-
cated-one that would compel a man who
had a horse to sell to dispose of the ami
NAL to the party from whom it had been
purchased.
The bill went to join the "has-beens' bv
the indefinite postpunement route.
House bill IS, to validate the state tax
levy or 1880, Was. without opposition, Or
dered to be favorably reported to the
House bill 81, changing fees of appli-
1t had been through a previous encounter
in committee OF the whole and it was
about to take another whirl.
The discussion was carried on along the
same lines as when the bill was previously
considered. and remarks were made by
Messrs. kearney, Oliver, Burton. Brooke,
HodgsOn, Allen and Richie.
MIR. BROOKE moved to recommit. Lost.
MI. RICHIE offered a substitute pro-
viding for fees of 50, 50 and 81 respective
~ for first, second and third grade certiti-
Gates. Defeated.
MI. HODGSON moved that the commit
tee report the bill 1avorably to the house.
Carried.
House bill 1O6-a seed grain bill-was
next in order.
Mr.. BURKE moved to recommend its
passage.
Mr.. KEARNEY wanted a man from an
outside county to distribute the grain, so
as to prevent favoritiSm.
MIR. BURkE'S motion prevailed.
House bill 8. to establish a code of pro-
cedure IN justice courts and to limit juris-
dlctlon OF same was ordered favorably re-
ported. as amended.
Senate bill IS, anneXing Church to Nc
Henry county tor judicial and other pur-
poses, was recommended for passage.
House bill 36, a measure for the eXemp-
ton OF irrigating machinery, was the
next considered.
Mr.. OLIVER said that, under the pro-
visions OF the bill, common well boring
mill with which he irrigated his cabbage
patch.
Mr.. BROOKE said that a big manufac-
turing establishment up his way that runs
a pipe from its works to a flower gar
den would be exempt.
The bill was recOmmitted. .
House bill III, for voting on the locating
OF a blind asylum in the county of Penn
bina, was then considered.
Mr.. SEROM moved that the committee
rise and report. Lost.
The bill passed.
i1ouSc Dlll ~, WIN a tlCle as long as the
moral aW. and relating to attorneys fees
In foreclosure proceedings, was recon-
mitted without debate. Is
House bill lib, a s%eed-grain bill, was sent
back to the judiciary committee for cor
rection. .
House bill 80, prescribing the newspa-
pers allowed to publish legal notices, was
recommended for passage. a
House bill 80, prescribing legal rate OF
interest, recommended for indefinite post
pOnement.
House bill 80, for a state %canvassing
board, had been amended by striking out
'cOuntv returns." Y
MI. KEARNEY said that the state Off
GERS could not find time to do the work in
addition to their other duties. a. -f
Ordered recommended for passage. III
House bill 1877, a memorial to congress
regarding settlers on Fort Rice reserva-
ton. Favorably recommended.
Senate bill u, attaching certain morgan
lied counties to Ward for judicial and 9TH
er purposes. Same recommendation.
Mi. STROM moved that the committee
rise and report. Carried.
HOUSE AGAIN IN SESSION.
Report of committee Of whole wa read.
Mr. RTGHTE moved that hnreo hill tx no