Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-03-08


ed the courtesies of the floor; also G. R.
Smead. st. Paul.
The chair and gavel were presented to
the lieutenant governor.
The senate concurred in the resolution
calling for a constitutional convention.
Miss Bessie Waggoner was voted the
thanks OF the house as Its ste%nographer.
The senate concurred in house amend
ments to Senate bill No. B-Lamb's coal
rate bill.
At 6 O'Clock every bill on the house desk
was cleaned up and the house recessed
until 8 p. m.
Mr.. Lavayea has been one of the hardest
worked clerks OF the session, and one of
the most efficient.
The alabama Coon,'' as sung by Clerk
of the closing hours.
spouse to the house presentation of the
chair occupied by him.
The governor announced his approval of
Senate bill No. 147, creating a historical
commission for the state.
Senator LaMoure was elected president
pro tenn OF the senate for the ensuing two
years, on motion of Senator Haggart.
Colonel fuller Is still chief of supply.
The house cOncurred in the senate amend
ment reducing salary to 800 per annum.
The capitol commission is authorized to
audit bills for postage and transportation
on books and collections sent to the his
tOrlcal commission.
The house persisted in its demands for
House bill No. 170-the horizontal cut in
freight rates. 1t was in the hands OF the
railroad oorn uniftoo FirolIy kha1, ,,nko1 k.>
recall it. The senate sent it back and ad.
iOurned. Hancock's bill declaring the
Fargo distributing rates the maximum
lawful rates, was also lost.
The Hon. j.. c. Gill was thanked, and the
chat and the gavel were presented to him.
The response was cOuched in words of
deep feeling and appreciation.
A vote of thanks was extended to the
lieutenant governor, on motion of Senator
Burke, for the fair and impartial manner
in which he had performed his duties.
The thanks of the clerks to Hon. j. M.
Devine were extended on the records. The
thanks of the house were also extended to
the chief clerk and clerks under his direc-
ton.
Vivian Morgan, the gentlemanly clerk
from Wahpeton, acknowledged, blushingly,
it is true, the favor Of the house in present.
ing hin the chair. No clerk was more
popular.
The TRIBUNE, and especially the Asso-
clated Press representative, is indebted to
Ralph Davidson of the jamestown CAPITAL
for assistance during the closing days of
the legislature.
The legislature adjourned at Ills p. M,
the earliest adjournment ever had IN a
North Dakota legislature. Twelve bills
only were sent to the governor after 10
o'clock making n%inety-ive in his hands for
signature.
A concurrent resolution was adopted
authorizing the capitol commission to audit
the bills of the historical commission for
expense incurred in the matter of postage
and transportation on books and cOllec-
tons sent to the historical commission.
The house thanked Gunder Howard for
faithful service as enrolling clerk. To the
chaplain for his daily direction in the right
way. 10 the Jamestown Alert and Capitol,
the Grand Forks ~Plaindealer, Grand Forks
Herald, Devils Lake Inter Ocean and News.
Colonel Lounsberry will now carry out
his long cherished idea of writing a history
Of North Dakota, and in ectiOn there
with will publish the Historical Record at
Fargo, in which the history of towns and
localities, personal sketches, ETC., will ap-
pear. The colonel, it will be remembered.
established the first newspaper in North
Dakota. He is president Of the Historical
society, member of the State Historical
commission, and chairman of the historical
committee and the Red River Valley Old
Settlers association.
There was some ~razzling over House bill
170, a measure prepared by the joint com
mittee on railroads. 1t was not in the
hands Of the steering committee. but in the
hands of the committee on railroads. A res.
olution was adopted calling for it from the
chairman of the committee. The chairman
finally reported the bill, but under the
rules a bill cannot be considered unless re-
ported from a committee on the same. Sew
eral committees from the house we're ap-
pointed ia make inquiries about the bill,
and finally a message was received asking
for the return of House bills ITO and 176.
The reques was complied with and the
senate then adjourned without date.