The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-29
ISSUED FRIDAY MORNING.
TERMS,
q. 90 PER ANNUM

I +.
gIERMS. $2.OO PER ANNUM
lAtsrsd at the post once at Psmhlna q sec-
M LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
6e legislature adjourned on We'd
lnesday after meeting In joint session
|klto elect Mr.. Hansbrough as senator
slor. the next six years, and were to
Stneet again on Tuesday, Of this week.
1fost of. the members went home for
VI brief visit, made brlefer however in
manY cases by the blizzard which fol-
Halowed, delaying their trains. Messrs
tLaMoure. Wallace, Joy and Guinan
4 Or ''ours'' were among those who
kcame while Messrs Dobie and Duncan
||lremained at Bismarck. Mr.. Dobie
! thoIght Of visiting the insane asylum
dnrina recess, and Mr.. Duncan may
\ Efiun cut to the Bad Lands. The
clerks we'll they have no passes, SO
they stay and wait.
A Mrty of six legislators will visit
the state institutions during recess as
con mittee.
Thi question of appropriations is
Ythe hardest for the legislators to
olya A little over $e00, 600 revenue.
SSnd the insane asylum alone asks
10, 600: and the state expenses, two
Ei6fefsities, two nermals, soldiers
hohe, deaf and dumb asylum, peni-
tetiary, and manYother things to be
2rthed for-besides clerks.
t{bills of importance are yet pass
ed. That of making tax sales In De-
cenjer, by amendment Of Mr.. La
Mo- fe, is the only one we note Of
gedral interest.
d is not at all probable that re-
submission bill will be introduced, or
II ills, that it will be passed. 1t is
Understood that the senate is about
sevsly DIVIDED on this question and
tn; the House isagainst 1T by good
Ymbrlty.
here is quite q feeling among legls-
liars that q constitutional cohven.
MI would be good thing to remedy
bhe defects and to give the state
le1htaf M pSfa sil1 lnme Si1sctions. 10
hsl s q I. s, lk' &
=
oyernof T. . - 6 ilIs y
h b6t In the ~ of health Hi:
Elsf bereavement and the cares and
Stries incident to his present posi-
b must be hard on him. We noted
~ the legislators seemed TO realize
% and'as far as possible RETAINED
fh troubling him; put. visitors are
shys waiting at the aoyefnor's door.
81 mostly want something. As yet
HAS no private secretary, and must
81 the good otices Of that outer
sfd against bores and beggars. A
secretary needs to be wise as q
lent and as gentle - q dove, and
kdthere are that are 90.
Fo or three bills are 1uced,
Ia{ne to prohibit the pnttlpg Of q
sle on thehAllot Ia more than one
ce. One makes the candidate Sc
the column In which his name ap-
Yrs, another prohibits accepting q
nination from more than one par.
There IL little doubt that when
legislature adjourns. tbat the
lot will net have rnbm enough to
sny one man 6a twice fof the
he Office; 90 mote II be. However,
bshink that the gresesst dinaculty
th the Australian ballot is, that IN
lIsr to make 1t what It Is intended
be, that . system Of statutes gov.
hing the primaries from caucus TO
ayention must be made. In fact
believe that the Australian ballot
only be used fairly as the result
primary elections uuder legal re-
tions. The fact that.a voter can
scast his ballot for anyhe !
oses, ngtysi ithstanding yths s1
., shows that the pFinciple. ot
stralian ballot is st vsrianoe
iAmerica ideas and Customs.
NJ think that ltmiRht not 10 :
lidea to Introduce forfeit system
cahdidates same as over in Cans
That isif the candidate don't
. certain per cent ot the total
liz fOrfeita 4dAposit OF nonay.