Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-18

ty officer in the state shall hold office
FOR more than two consecutive terms;
Duncan, providing for the investment
OF the permanent school fund; Will
Jams of Trail, regulating common car
riers and defining the duties Of COM
missioners of railroads and providing
for the control of common carriers In
the state: Doughcrty. repeating the law
creating II state agent for the prevcA-
ton Of cruelty to animals. a.,
Bismarck, N. D.. Feb. 1.-THE op-
ponents of the resolution passed Tues
day for an investigation of the viola
lions of the prohibitory and other laws
of this city and county worked all last
night and this morning and We're I'M
able to secure n majority to reconsider
the vote. They furnished to the house
an interesting scene The notion to re-
consider was made by Currier Of Ram
sey. and was backed by Power OF
Richland. Murphy of Ward, Cole OF
Cass and others. Their reasons was
that it was unfair to single one city
and county. Francis of Cass retortel
that condition existed here which en-
listed i'll no other spot in the state In
that there were officers here who were
openly violating the law, and a mayor
who kept saloon and gambling house.
This aroused Speaker Williams and he
called Lindstrom to the chair and re-
piled to Francis in speech in which
he said that the assertion of Francis
was an insult to his home Bismarck,
and he had seen in Francis home, Far
go, gambling and liquor selling carried
on as freely as they are here. Francis
declared that he had spoken the truth
and that conditions here were worse
than anywhere else. The vote was
finally reconsidered and was amended
to include In the scope of the investiga-
ton all the ether cities and counties of
the state. Dougherty of Walsh moved
to expunge the whole proceedings from
the journal. but the motion was voted
down. 1t is probable that there will
he no investigation of any Importance.
The house killed the bill reducing ex-
emptiGnS to 81 900 and passed the bill
| to 10 per cent and prohibiting COM
pounding. The bill defining a legal
newspaper was passed. A bill making
physical education a part of the public
school system was killed. A bill pro-
viding for change of venue in civil ac-
! ton same as in criminal action was
passed. a few minor bills were also
passed.
The senate passed the bill providing
for separate boards for the control of
the penitentiary and reform school, the
bill introduced by Senator Little of
this county. 1t provides that the gov
ernor shall appoint the board to con-
sist Of five members, not more than
one Of whom shall be residents of the
same county. House bill No. ~, intro
duced by Woods and passed by the
house, was also passed by the senate
and 200 extra copies ordered printed.
This is a very long bill and provides
for the collection of taxes delinquent
since 1895. The senate passed the bill
! reducing the salaries of the railroad
commissioners and practically abolish
ing the Office. Arnold introduced the
famous Terrence land title bill. Plains
concurrent resolution and memorial to
congress in regard to the reduction of
the minimum price of school lands to
So per acre were recommended to pass.
Bismarck, n. D., Feb. -. - Trouble
between the house and senate has been
brewing beneath the surface for some
time, and the i'll feeling between the
two bodies was shown when Senator
La Mourc charged in speech with ref
erence to the joint committee to revise
the election laws that the house was
ignoring the senate in everything and
had paid no attention to joint commit
tees appointed by the senate.
Green's bill to prevent the fusion Of
political parties passed the senate 1t
provides that the name of no candidate
can be on the official ballot more than
once. Other senate bills passed: Linz
iting and defining law of presumptive
evidence; authorizing persons having
hens upon real estate to pay taxes on
the same and to maintain actions to
test the validity thereof; memorial to
congress praying for the passage Of an
act reducing to S. per acre the mini.
mum price at which lands granted the
state under the enabling act may be
sold.
Senate bills introduced: Valentine,
providing boundary and terms of court
IN the Fifth judicial district; Little,
providing for the inspection of illualin-
ating oils: Arnold, entire revision of
the school laws. The committee on
state affairs introduced substitute for
all bills amending the game laws. The
nonresident license of 500 is MAIN
tanned. The senate adjourned till Mon
day.
The house devoted the greater por-
ton of the session tc Haggart's senate
bill allowing graduates in osteopathy
to practice in the state The medical
fraternity has vigorously opposed the
bill. Mrs. De Lendrece of Fargo, wife
of Il leading merchant Of that city. adj
dressed the house for an hour on the
merits of osteopathy, and at the con-
clusion of her remarks the bill passed
by vote of 43 to IS. Mrs De Len
drecie mercilessly scored the doctors
for attempting to defeat the measure,
and said that the medical profession
was the most gigantic monopoly of the
age; that North Dakota laws allowed
them to charge more than any -,ther
state. She read letters from Senator
Foraker of Ohio saying that his family
had been cured by osteopathy.
The governor sent Il communica ton
to the house sayin that $4,000 would
be required to maintain the executive
mansion, capitol and state offices.
resolution passed authorizing the state
i 700 t.>l I,