Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-02-24

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pass.
Senate Bill No. SO, Cashel's, fixing the
rate of interest from state depositaries,
was recommended to pass as amended,
changing the rate to 2 and 4 per cent.
House Bill No. IS, Aliens, relating to
foreclosure of mortgages by advertisement
was recommended to pass with amend
ments, providing for notice by registered
mail.
House Bill SIS, Cassels, providing for
maintenance at stations having certain
prescribed freight receipts of station
agents, was referred back to the commit
tee on railroads.
House Bill. No. $50, ,;Vinslow's, empow-
ering the railroad commissioners order
the building of platforms, was recon
House Bill No. l19, Peek's. providing
for a county board to purchase supplies
was recommended to pass as amended.
Senate Bill No. 70, Creel's memorial
for a subsidy bill, came up for considera-
ton. MI. Stevens moved to amend by
adding to the resolution that it was in
the knowledge of all members of the
house that Senator .Hansbrough had al
WAYS favored and endeavored to secure
legislation of the kind proposed, that
the Hanna bill, referred to, had passed
the senate and was now in the house of
representatives. The amendment was
adopted and the bill recommended to
pass. :.
for the disposal of lands hidden in to
state or counties in tax sales, at private
sale, was recommended to pass.
Senate Bill No. Al, Twichelrs, chang
ing the date when certain taxes become
delinquent, was recommended to pass,
with provision. for permission to amend
on third reading.
NO HAIL BUREAU.
House Bill No. 46, Brakes for an
amendment establishing a state bureau
of hail insurance, provoked a lengthy
discussion. The committee recommend
ed that the bill be indefinitely post
poned, Mr., Bacon said the majority of
the members, of.the committee had con-
sidered the matter and decided that the
state did not want to go into the bail in
surance business. When the matter of
providing funds for other necessary pur-
poses had been attended it would be
time to talk of creating new bureaus.
Mr., Sanford spoke against the bill
there were plenty of legitimate compan-
les in which farmers could be safely in
sured without ,emharking on a wild
goose chase o ftthis sort. MIR. Dougher-
ty spoke in favor of the measure. MI.
Hare thought the state had all the
bureaus it could take care Oft was
this kind Of proposed measures That
caused him to change his political afh!i-
atoms. MI. Stevens thought If the bill
would have the result of making as good
republicans QUITO as formerly strong
democrats it would be a good thing. The
bill provided that the state might go
into ~the..business. The insurance com
panies had made profit out OF insuring
farmers. He spoke for the passage OF
the measure. Mr.. McHarg opposed it
as being socialistic and a measure that
ought to have no standing IN q
legislature composed of republicans and
business men. Mr.. Baker opposed
the bin. The state might as we'll compel
ali business men to pay tax to insure
business losses, and adopt the same plan
for machine men and other forms of bus
mess. There we're many farmers in the
state who never insured and who had no
losses, On the other hand there were
distinct hail belts in the state. MIR.
Laughlin objected to the slurs being cast
at the populists, by the styling of the
measure as socialistic and in other terms
similar. It was the duty of the members
to refrain from slurring the popullsts.
They were fast passing away and their
scattered remains should be allowed to
rest in peace. The motion to recommend
the passage of the bill was killed by the
adoption of a substitute offered by Mr.:
Wallace that the bill be recommended
for indefinite p%ostponement and it was
80 ordered.
AGAINST THE CANTEEN.
Mr.. Nelson presented a resolution
urging the senators of the state to vote
for the a~bolishing of the army canteens,
and the resolution was referred to the
committee on temperance.
THE SEWER BILL.
The Allen bill, House Bill No. 81, to
enable cities to complete sewerage sys-
TENS, was reported with amendments
from the committee, and recommended
to pass, and was placed in order for third
reading and final passage under suspen-
sion Of the rules.
The house then adjourned.
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