Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-11-02

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upon this bill was House Bill No. 243.
The records on page I'll of the Journal
show that DR.. Bentley was present
and did vote.
Strange that this apostle of good gov
eminent, who takes as his text in speak
ing to farmers of Burleigh county, "The
Corruption of the Republican Party, and
the Salutary Measures Endorsed by the
Populists," should be absent on this
particular vote, when the records show
he was present and voted the same day
upon other measures. On page 100 of
the Journal, the vote taken upon Senate
Bill No. 1877, being a bill for an act
to declare certain mills in this state pub
lie custom mills, and to regulate the
rates of toll and exchange thereof, a
measure which every farmer in Burleigh
county has been in favor of for the past
ten years; a bill which, of all others, pro-
tects the wheat raiser against the greed
of the mill owner; a bill which would
regulate corporations that were charging
exorbitant prices for grinding -four the
farmer actually used in his family, shows
that DR.. Bentley is recorded as having
voted against this measure, and that the
measure was defeated.
DR.. Bentley has prated his love of
the farmer, and the great advantage it
would be to the agriculturist to have
government ownership Of railroads, in
every school house in the county, say
ing that the government ownership of
the railroads, meant a reduction of the
exorbitant charges now made by them.
How we'll do the records bear out his
sentiments in such statements. On page
727 Of the House journal, session of
1889, we find, "Mr. Haugen moved that
the rules be suspended, and that House
Bill No. II he placed upon it's third
reading and final passage, being a bill to
fix all railroad rates of fare for pas.
senger travel at not over 8 cents per
mile, and to prescribe a penalty for Sc.
curing or receiving a greater rate, was
read the third time and placed upon it's
final passage. The question being on
the final passage of the bill, the roll be-
ing called there were % ayes and Ii
nays" On page 728 of the Journal is
found Immediately following the roll
call Of yeas and hayes voting, the names
of those absent and not voting, upon
the subject, and DR.. Bentley's name ap.
pears among those ABSENT AND NOT vor-
INC. The records of the second day of
March, found on pages 1874 and 1856 same
book, show that at the roll call DR.. Bent
ley was present and did vote upon other
questions. Strange such a friend OF
the farmer and strong believer in the
government ownership of railroad, SC
that the fare might be reduced, would
be absent at the all important time
when his vote was necessary to assist
in the passage of this wholesome
measure.
On Tuesday, February 8, 1893, House
Bill No. 36, a bill for an act entitled "ar
act to protect stock %raisers and promote
breeding of improved live stock within
the state of North Dakota, and to pro
vide a lien for the services of sires'' was
read a third time and placed upon ite
final passage. The records show that or
the final vote DR.. Bentley was ABSENT
AND NOT VOTING ON THIS IMPORTANT
SUBJECT. The record is found on q
279 of the House journal. DR.. Bentley
as we are informed, stated on various
occasions that it was through his efforts
that the bill providing for the south
wing to the capitol was passed through
the house. The bill was passed in the
senate and DR.. Bentley was asked te
hurry up its passage through the house
but delay was had in doing so for more
than a week, and on February IS, Mr.
Yegen, as appears from page 461 of the
House Journal, moved a suspension Of
the rules and the passage of the bill
providing for the construction of the ad.
dition to the capitol, which bill was or
that day passed, and from the records
there appears nothing which would
show that DR.. Bentley did any more IN
the passage of that bill through the
house than did any other of the forty.
seven members who voted in favor of it's
passage.
House Bill No. 252, a bill for an act to
provide for the better improvement OF
public highways, being placed upon its
final passage on February 9th, the
records show on page 646 of the journal,
that DR.. Bentley voted against the pas
sage of this bill, and that the house OF
representatives passed it over his oppo-
sltion. From the title of this bill, it
would not take a sage to determine that
it was such a bill as every farmer in Bur-
leigh county would be interested in, and
this presu mption is made stronger when
an examination of the records discloses
that the farmer members of that Iegisla-
ture voted for and succeeded in passing
it over DR.. Bentley's protest.
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