Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
PURLONG Seated
THE MINNESOTA HOUSE COMMITTEES
STANDS ON TECHNICALITIEs.s
Contest Was Insumcicnt-The s
House VIII Consider the S
Report of the Contest
Wednesday. s5S
IN NORTHWESTERN LAW MILLS.
Another Nomination for Wisconsln
Dairy Commissioner-Nort Da- @
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st. Paul, Feb. 3.-The committee on
elections reported to the house in the
Furlong-Allen contest, in favor of all
lowing Furlopg, the contestee, to hold
his seat. The report Of the committee
was not adopted, but made speciAl
order for Wednesday morning at LII
o'clock. and at that time, in accordance5
with the statute, the two sides Of the,
case will be heard by the house and at
verdict rendered by vote Of the mem.
beers. The committee report sets forth
that the committee decides that Fur.
long is entitled to his seat because In
sufficient notice by the contestant, AL
len, and that, though Allen appears to-
have plurality Of two votes, yet the
evidence to that end is very conflicting
and unsatisfactory. S
The most interesting thing in the
senate was the fight on the committee
on legislative expenses. When this
committee was appointed, no one sus-
pected that it would ever be charged
with extravaganza, and there was gem
eral surprise when the committee yas-s
terday afternoon decided to favor
clerks for committees that in the past
hardly knew what clerk was. The
senators seemed to know what had
been done by the committee, for the re-
port had not even been read when Sem
ator Wyman moved that the report be:
referred back to the committee. Sem
ator Greer and others wanted certain
matters exempted, they being pet reso--
lutions, of course. This did not wark,
however, and after more or less live
ly discussion, in which retrenchment
and reform talk came from unexpected
directions, the motion of Senator Wy
man to refer the report back carried
practically unanimously.
In the House.
The house, after hearing committee
reports, managed to summon enough
energy to pass four bills One of them
was Baston's pest house measure. AS
was expected the bill sailed serenely
through on the high tide of majority
counting every vote in the house but
two-Hartshorn and Robillard. The
bills were as follows:
Staples, an act to amend chapter IA,
General Laws 1889, relating to sale Of
tobacco. 4
Johns, an act to amend section 80.
chapter "a, General Laws Of 1873. "a
Can't an act to regulate and define
the powers Of park commissioners of
cities.
Baston, an act to prohibit the estab,
lishment Of pest houses in certain
cases. M
The following bills were reported
from committees: II. T. 81, to appro-
pirate for deficiency in the landede-
partment of the auditors office, H. r..
184 offered as substitute; H. +. "a,
Johns, relating to compilation of laws.
recommended to pass as amended: H.
Il. IS. Vogel, issuing of liquor license,
recommended to pass as amended: III.
r. ITO, to form and organize drainage
districts, recommended to pass; II. T..
As, sale of liquor prescribed within a
mile Of the fair grounds, recommended
to pass; H. f. Al, to prevent transfer
of liquor licenses, and relating to their
issuance, recommended to pass
l. All these bills were given their sec
OH reading and will take their place on
general orders.
In committee of the whole: Rove
rud, to legal!ze certain acts of village
councils, relating to highways, etc.,
was recommended to pass; Gutterson,
to amend chapter Is, General Statutes
1878, relating to public highways, as
amended by Kendall and Gutterson,
was recommended to pass.
Among the bills introduced: Knut-
son, to establish state normal school
at Crookston, provided such city do
nate to normal school board ten acres
of land and said school be not built
before 1897; by Mansfield, to provide
for the collection of taxes in INSTALL
ments, one-half on June and one-half
on Dec. 1; by Robbins, to provide for
treatment Of inebriates by counties.
North Dakota.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 3.-The senate
spent the day Oh the third reading Of
the civil code and the house on the
first reading of the code of civil pro-
cedure. In the house the free text
book bill was ordered ,engrossed for
third reading. A resolution was
adopted declaring it the sense of the
legislature that the state fair appro.
priation Of 5000 should not be used
for two years. The valued policy bill
was made special order for Tuesday,
owing to the absence Of the author.
Bratnerd's memorial to the legislature
of Minnesota, South Dakota and Ne
brasl1a to join with North Dakota In
legislation and action with a view to
preventing the spread of the Russian
cactus, was adopted. Brokeman's bill,
amended to apply to freight trains,
was recommended to pass; also bill
to license warehouses The substitute
for the act repeating the compilation
act introduced by the minority of the
committee provides that repeal shall