Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-10

BISMARCK, March 3, 1898.
The house met at 10 a. m. A resolution
was adopted limiting the time for debate
to two minutes to each member on each
measure.
REGULATING THE MILLS.
MI. HILLlER'S bill declaring all mills,
custom mills, and prescribing rates Of ex-
change. The bill was lost.
Those voting aye were Messrs. Bullard,
Caldwell, Hagen, Hodgson, Holiday, Lee
wang, McCnlloch. Mclean, O%ksendah!,
Simpson, Thompson, Towers, LELAND,
Messrs. Kelly, Newman and Walsh spoke
against the bill because it took private
property for public use and therefore i'm
Mr.: sjMPsoN regarded the bill consti-
tutional and a step toward wholesome reg
the farmers voting against were voting
against their interests.
THE ANTI SCALPER's BILL.
Mr.. BENTLEY regarded the bill a good
One 1t was designed to protect the rail
road companies from fraud and to protect
a worthy class of working men-the con
ductors, from imposition.
Mr.. KELLY regarded the bill the most
absurd measure ever attempted to pass the
legislature. He denied that there was any
law which required the conductors to
make good losses from spurious tickets.
The measure was rotten from top to core.
Mr.. BENTLEY said the companies do
hold their conductors responsible. If there
was a farmer in the hall who had ever had
him to stand up: 1t is the gamblers and
sports and the sharp men about town who
buy scalper's tickets. The people are not
generally benefited; the railroad COM
panies are robbed and the conductors
wroonged. He called upon the farmers to
be just to others. He had voted for every
farmers bill before this legislature because
they were right, aud now supported this
measure for the same reason.
Mr.. SIMPSON was surprised at the posi-
ton taken by the gentleman from Devils
Lake, who sees SO much rOttenness in this
bill: he regarded the scalpers in the same
light as the tax title fiends. They are the
he favored the suppression of gambling in
whatever form it came up. The business
of scalping puts q premium on crime and
a fence for the sale of stolen goods. Farm
ers don't patrOnize the scalpers. The con
ductOrs suffer every month, for it is impOs-
sible to keep track of the numerous bulle-
tins relating to fraudulent and stolen
tickets.
Mr.. KELLY said if this bill passed it
would confiscate wen the unused mileage
found on the dead body of a traveller be.
cause the bill did not allow redemption in
the hands of his heirs.
Mr.. BENTLEY and others denied this
and insisted that the bill did make full
Mr.. MCCULLOUGH said the bill was in
the direction OF suppressing competition
and read from Judge COOley's report in
relation to tickets being placed in the
hands of scalpers by competing roads.
Mr.. CALDWELL wanted to know how
many farmers had ever patr0nized the
t sSeiPeFs eus Of ssined he any bel SsnsiI' f eSsg
for their transportation than. they
would b. required to do but for the
depredati0ns Of these people. He was a
farmer and in favor of the farmers but
that did not prevent him from doing JUS
tice to others. HE saw nothing in this
farmers and it was wrong to oppose it be-
cause it would benefit the railroads.
Mr.. THOMPSON related the experience
of two friends of his who bought scalpers
tickets. The tickets were taken up: they
lost their money. The bill will do away
with imposition upon the public and he
was in favor of it.
Mr.. HURLEY graduated from a railroad
conductor to u farmer. He rose from news
boy to conductor. He knew all about the
hardships of conductors and knew this bill
to be q good one. The friend at his side
(Mr. VeeOer) was q conductor. tie had
voted with the farmers on every measure
this winter, and now that his measure was
up there appeared to be q disposition to
a%ntagOnize it because it would benefit some
one not q farmer. ~
Mr.. HAGEN said he should vote for the
bill because it seemed to be right and he
could see n charm In it.
MIR. STROM would also vote for the bill
because it was right, no matter how much
it might benefit the railroads.
The bill passed, Messrs. Kelly and
Wright only voting nay.
PUBLISHING INSURANCE STATEMENTS.
Tho bill amending the Law Ill relation to
publishing insurance statements makes
no change except to put the weekly papers
on the same footing as the daily papers.
Tho bill raising the price was not favored
by the press association and the bill was
indefinitely postponed.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Mr.. ARNOLD'S bill, No. al: Relating
to the publication of insurance statements.
Mr.. MCCARTEN'S bill, No. 1877: PrOvid-
ing for the transfer of freight at railroad
crossing for maintenance of depots at the
same and fixing rates of transfer at 81 per
car. Provides for proceedings in court
and construction Of Us by the sheriff UNI