Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-02-15
HOUSE,,
House met at 10 a. IN.
Prayer by the chaplain.

House met at 10 a. IN.
Prayer by the chaplain.
PETITIONS.
The usual petitions against resubmission
were presented by Mr.. Sharpe and Others.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
BY Mr.. KROEGER: House bill No. 1876:
requiring county commissioners to give
bonds for faithful performance of duty,
/ BY MIR. MURPHY: House bill No 1877:
reimbursing F. r. Smith for stamping out
dlphtherla in Mercer county; appropria,es
$780,
BY Mr.. HANNA: House bill No. 1928; de-
claring it felony to remove doors, WIN
dows or other parts OF unoccupied houses
when the value is 500 and prescribing Sc
we're penalties.
BY Mr.. KELLOGG: House bill No. 129;
requiring chattel mortgages to be filed
with town or city clerks instead of with
register of deeds.
Mr.. ARMSTRONG;: House bill No. $780,:
appropriating $l65.74 to reimburse En-
mons county for conveying a refractory
child to the South Dakota Reform school.
Mr.. W1NEMAN: House bill No. 1871;
fixing compensation OF clerks of district
court
Mr.. SVENSRUD: House bill No. 1872:
appropriating $500 for Troop B, National
Guard, for balance due on account of July
encampment.
Also house bill No. 1873; allowing per-
son under l8 years of age to teach where a
majority of parents request; allowing
school districts of 200 Inhabitants to issue
$1,000 bonds for building schonl house.
Mr.. NIEkLlNG: House bill No. 1874;
providing for reimbursing counties for ex
pense OF insane persons where they are
legal residents of other Counties
BY Committee: House bill No. 235; the
penal code.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Mr.. .GUNDERSON'S bill allowing So per
ton bounty for sugar beets grown i'm the
state-aye< 40. noes IL.
Mr.. 81 MPSON'S, providing that all cases
appealed to the supreme court shall ne
heard at the next term if appealed within
sixty days OF the time of meeting, or if
briefs reach the court within tWenty-f
days.
The probate code, as reported by the
committee.
! THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
The agricult iral college came up for dis
cussion on motion of Mr.. Cooper to in
vlte Hon. j. B. Power, president of the
college. to address the h0ue on the sub
}tct. he gave the result Of inye>tig in
Europe, and referred t" the first bill on The
subject introduced in 1858 by the Hon. Lot
| Morrill,, to promote the liberal and prac-
| lical education of the industrial classes.
| The bill was vetoed by Buchanan. L. was
| again passed in 1862. and approved by
Abraham Lincoln. Though passed. in the
midst OF war, the title was t. promote the
arts OF peace. The Hatch act, Under which
the North Dakota Agricultural college and
experimental station was established was
passed in 1887. The expense to the United
States OF maintaining the several colleges
Is over Sl.0oO,O0O per annum and yet as Vast
as this sum Is 1t tues not exceed rs ents to
each farm in the United Sta'es. lie called
attent on to the losses from Insects and
other pests which have re ,ched $3.50 900 900
III single Year. He called att. ntlUn TO
statistics which show thai S55O0OO is an
nually paid by this state for butter AID
cheese which the people ought to produce
at home.
and claimed that 10000 600 pounds of fer
tlllzlng material is OrlnG shipped annually
III the bran and middlingS from the farms,
ana while making the state poorer it goes
To enrich the farms and tainlrrs OF Iowa
and other states; it even benefits the farms
OF Europe. He called attention to the tact
that present conditions make prof able
wheat growing impossible, and to the M
pOrtance OF the dairy interests. II be.
lleVed the n0xlous weed question can only
be settled by stopping Wheat. He spoke of
tht Importance ot the modern methods of
dairying, Uf tile need O education which
teaches practical operation of butter and
cheese factories, OF tile benefits of chemical
analysis OF milk, water and other products,
Of Investigation As to clays, ctmentS, fuel
grasses, etc, and OF the work OF The college
generally, and of its value 10 all classes.
he spoke of the cost Of the college and in
detail what they have to show Tor it, and
OF the government appropriation and what
is necessary for the otaLe to do to gain
continuance OF It's benHitS
AT the conclusion Ot his remarks Mr..
rover was greeted with strong applause.
THE COAL BILL.
Mr.. SPANGBER moved to recall house
Dill No. 10 from general orders and refer it
To the Committee on coal lands and mining
but the motion was defeated.
Mr. EDWARDS, when general orders
was reached, moved that the house go into
committee OF the Whole for tile considera-
ton of his coal bill, house bill No. IS,
which was adopted, and When in commit
tee he move that the bill be reported back
with favorable recommendation.
Mr.. HOLRl " moved, as a substitute,
that the bill be repo ted back with
recommendation that 1t be indefinitely
postponed The Holriiz moton prevailed
10 to l7-but MIR. Edwards succeeded in
carrying the bill to special orders for
"Wednesday, at 2:30 y. m.
Mr.. HOLRl fZ protested against convict
iaoOr pelnS USED III competition with free
labor, and doubted the statement that it
was impossible to get sufficient help to
operate the mines. He saiu the men were
sheltered from the rays OF the summer sun
and from winter blasts, and usually fair
compensation is paid them
MIR. EDWARDS referred to the aSso-
ciattd press reporter, and to the story that
ne mad served IN the peni,entlary, aud
stated that when he went there as warden
in 1872 there We're 1000 prisoners. who cost
the state from $l60,U0O To $780, 900 annually,
but the stone quarrieS were opened aud
the result was $2 1000 on the or. dit side.
This state has from TO to 12O conv,cts,
which cost the state about $75, 900 annually,
ana the proposition contemplates work
under which they may saw. to the state
the cost Of their keep without serious in
jury to free labor. As Sherman said of