The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-12


the salary Of the commissioners of uni
yersity and school lands; prescribing
the duties Of district ,veterinarians; re-
lating to sheep inspectors; fixing the
terms Of court In the First and Fifth
judicial districts and reducing the sal
ary of the supreme court reporter to
$500 per volume.
The time of the senate was taken up
with the reading Of the amendments
of the senate committee on judiciary to
the house revenue bill, which were al
most as long as the bill. The report
was adopted and the bill comes up for
passage tomorrow The senate passed
senate bills relating to the soldiers
home ut Lisbon and providing for an
exhibit at the trans-M Mississippi EXPOSE
ton at Omaha. The senate also passed
the house bill which has been pushed
by the Fargo business men relating to
the duties and powers of cities and
councils. Senator Green introduced
bills to extend the boundaries Of Nor
ton county and raising the salaries of
legislative clerks to S. per day.
Bismarck, N. D., March 4.-I'he day
was the liveliest of the current session
of the legislature, and nearly all i'm
pOrtant measures were DISPOSED of.
The Iowa law governing railroads will
be the law of this state as the house
has concurred in the senate amend
ments and the bill now goes to the gov
ernor, and there is no question but that
he will approve it. House bill No. 3,
making complete revision of the rev.
enue laws of the state was amended
and passed by the senate. The house
refused to concur in the amendments
and conference committee was ap-
pointed. The principal amendment is
that state equalization boards shall re-
main as now instead Of the county au-
ditor of each county being a member
as was proposed. Green's bill increas-
ing the salary Of legislative clerks to
IS per day passed the senate by vote
Of q to 8. Brown introduced bill. re-
lating to deeds and providing for fore
closure. There was an exciting scene
in the house when Whites bill modify
ing the penalty for violation of the
prohibition law, allowing the court to
fine or send to Jail, in his discretion.
was considered. The present law COM
pels both fine and imprisonment. Hur-
ley called upon members to vote
against the bill in the interests of man
hood and common decency. Francis
made an eloquent speech against the
bill, saying that it was scheme of the
wholesale liquor dealers Of Minnesota
to break down the prohibition law, and
that it the bill passed there would be
open saloons in every town and hamlet
| In the state. Twichell, Joy and North
rop also spoke against the hill. Cole
| and Ryan favored the bill. The bill
was lost by vote of 81 to %. The
vote was reconsidered and motion to
reconsider was laid on the table. The
speaker announced the result amid
cries for roll call. Cole denounced
the speaker as being unfair and up
pealed from the decision of the chair.
The speaker was sustained by vote
Of q to 20. While the vote was being
taken the speaker had difficulty in pre-
serving order. Members were on their
feet shouting, and the clerks voice
could scarcely be heard during the roll
call. Order was finally restored aud
Ryan's resubmission bill was indeti-
nitely postponed on motion Of Hurley
by vote Of 80 to 81. Those who
voted against the indefinite postpone
ment were: Baker, Belden, .Carlin,
Cole, Earl, Ebbighausen, Erickson,
Hankinson, Kroeger, LEM, McGinnis,
MCPHERSON, Murphy, Peoples, Rich
ards, Ryan, Sharpe, Stevenson, White,
Wirkus and Wood. The house passed
! Z sttle'e- senate bill relating to fnspec=
ton of Illuminating oils, being the Ohio
law on the subject, also the following
house bills: Dividing the state into
nine veterinarian districts; appropri-
ating $40, 900 for additional buildings at
the jamestown asylum. The governor
approved Murphy's wolf bounty bill
and Williams bill creating a commits
sion to settle Northern Pacific taxes.
The house passed unanimously con-
current resolution asking the commits
sioner of the general land Office to APP
point Col. G. A. Lounsberry special
agent Of that department.
Bismarck, N. D., March Sin the leg
islature yesterday occurred one Of the
stOrmiest scenes in the history of the
state. For several hours the house was
in n uproar, the speaker trying in
vain to restore order. Earl, of Barnes,
started the ball rolling by moving a re-
consideration of the vote by which the
bill changing the penalty clause Of the
prohibition law was killed. Then fol-
lowed bitter struggle between the
members interested in the cause of
temperance and Republicans who de-.
sired to support the Republican plat
form on one side, and a combination of
Democrats and resubmission Repub-
licans on the other. Representatives
of the whisky trust and brewers asso-
citation worked all night and succeeded
in changing three votes. which gave
them majority. All kinds of dilatory
tactics were resOrted to by the OpDOsi-