Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-02-16
NEW TACTICS ARE ADOPTED.
TO Postpone the Election of
the United States Sen
ator, Today.
A Call of the House Keeps the
Joint Assembly in
Session. .-
A Republican Representative
Ready to End the Long
Deadlock.

BISMARCK, Feb. 131Speclal.l 1T was
generally believed that senator would
be chosen today. but the forty.fourth
ballot resulted as those preceding it
in votes being scattered and no choice
made. The ballot was as follows: II. F.
Miller %, John Miller IA, Roach Ii,
Stevens 10, Walsh z, jeff Dobbin 5, Muir
3, Hodgson 2, Oliver 2, Crum l, Ander
son l, Gregory l.
Little significance is attached to the
above vote, though it Is represented that
Cass county members are not satisfied
with Il. F. Miller of Fargo. Pinkham,
Macarthur and Southard voted for John
Miller.
A. the opening OF the joint convention
today '.call of the house" was ordered,
as the republicans would not agree to
democratic and populist demand that
votes be scattered to prevent election
until absentees arrived. Senator Fuller
voted with democrats and anti-Miller
men to order the call. Senator Gregory's
motion to suspend the call was lost, As
to g. The call was finally raised, ayes
47,snays "a, an agreement being reached
to scatter votes on senator.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. O'Keefe: Amending section 67,
civil code proceedings, that husband or
wife shall be supported out of the private
means of the other in Case OF disability.
Mr.. johnson of Grand Forks: Fixing
maximum rates to be charged for the
Transportation of coal: SO miles or less,
eighty cents; so to 100 miles, Sl.25; 100
to $50 miles, $1.5O; $50 to 200 miles, Sl.75;
200 to $50 miles, Sl.95; $50 to 300 miles,
s2.35; $50 to 400 miles, $3.50.
Mr.. Soutbard: To aliens or corpora
tions to acquire real estate and liens
thereon and to enforce liens providing
they have complied with laws.
Mr.. Wlneman: Providing for publ
cation of compiled laws.
Mr.. Mclean: Repeating act relating
to boiler inspectors.
Mr.. Rinde: Regulating the election Of
school directors.
Mr.. Hodgson: Concurrent resolution
memorial to congress for postal tele-
Mr.. Boynton: Providing for the ex-
penses Of the board OF university and
school lands. Appropriates $4,000.
Mr.. CALDWELL: AppropriatinR $25, 900
for industrial school at Glendale, for
buildings and maintenance.
Mr.. Satterlund: Amending tax laws
as to assessments.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Mr.. Burkhardt's bill requiring publica-
ton of notices of estrays, makes failure
to publish misdemesnor. Messrs. Burk
hardt, Boynton, Simpson, Churchill, Nc
Culloch, Kelly, Hallum and Pierce en-
gagged IN discussing the bill. Ayes 35,
nays6.
Mr.. Elliot, 1O6. making teachers certi-
icates valid for life, was indefinitely post
poned.
Mr.. Lohnes' bill striking out the word
goose" or "brant" from the game law,
WAS indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Wineman's bill repeating act Great
ing superintendent of irrigation and for
estry, was lost-23 to IA constitu-
tional majority not voting for it. Mr..
Wineman gave notice Of q molten to re.
consider the vote whereby the bill was
lost. To DR.. Bentley belongs the honor
of defeating the bill He made q strong
plea for fair consideration and full
trial. After the recess, when there was
not to exceed dozen present, the vote
was reco6sldered and the bill will again
come up for consideration.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the senate message was received
from the governor informing the senate
that he had approved the bill reimburs-
ing Governor Burke for expenses
incurred in exterminatirg grasshoppers.
The following bills are on the speakers
table and will he introduced on Monday:
Mr.. Burke: To amend section " Of
the Justice code, relating to sale OF
personal property on execution from
justice court, by permitting notice Of
publication as in higher courts.
Mr.. McCarten: To amend chapter l26,
laws of 1890, providing for transfer OF
freight at railroad crossings and the
maintenance OF depots at the same. The
object of the amendment is to deter
mine such matters IN court and to limit
the act to the building of "Y's" and
proper connecting track between all rail-
roads crossing each other in the state.
SENATORIAL CANDIDATE INsPECroRs.
The boiler inspector fiend, disgusted
with John Yegen's motion to indeH.
nitely postpone his last bill, has pre-
pared another for introduction and is
trying to get Tom Elliot to introduce it.
1t is az follows:
A bill for an act to appoint a board Of
boiler inspectors and defining their
duties.
Be it enacted by the Legislative assem-
bly, Of the state OF North Dakota.
Section l. There shall be appointed
by the speaker OF the house board OF
boiler Inspectors whose duties it shall be
to inspect Ill candidates for United
States senator.
Section 2. No person shall be ap.