Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-02-17
First Session of the Third House
Gives an Opportunity to Inaug=
urate Wise Legislation.
A Number of Desirable Measures are
Passed==Others introduced and
Reported For Passage.
Important Session,

Important Session.
The absence of a quorum OF the house
and the fact that the senators were 9th
erwise engaged, gave the first opportun1
ity yesterday for the inauguration of
some really needed legislation by the
state of North Dakota. The third house
held its first session and many import
ant measures were started On the way.
Marshall Mcclure of the TRIBUNE staff
was elected speaker of the house on
motion of Representative Stevens, who
was appointed a committee to escort Mr..
Mcclure to the chair. The speaker was
Introduced as e Ha,an who had been iden-
titled with more virtues AND more sins
In the hisaory,d the territory and state
than any other newspaper man in the
( state. The speaker presided with fair
ness, tsct, sgrace, self4nossession, farm
ness, discrimination, s new system of
parliamentary procedure and the small
gavel which lies on the speakers desk
Theee were other things. with which he
may have presided, but the official re
porter failed to notice them. In the heat
and irapidity of procedure many things
which really happened may have been
overloched-and many things may ap-
pear .inathe report of this important sos
sion that did not happen-for all Of
awhichthis explanation is made before
hand-in order that an Intelligent 'un-
Understanding may be arrived at, aid for
the benefit of ithe committee who viii
havc:to reviseand correct the journal.
The speaker took advantage of tthe
Ehonur whick'had been conferred upon
him to deliver a set speech to the house,
which was received with intense en-
Ethusiasm. He alluded to the Important
psrt the third house had played'ir Sc
curing the passage of the enabling act
and self government for the two states
61: the old territory and To the fact that
tile majority of laws were passed']argely
Ethroughlthe instruuaentality'of the third
house membership. As.spesker of the
important assemblage he would preside
Esyith fairness, the dictates of This own
lconscience and other things that might
ioccur to him from tinae to time.
Major j. G. Hamilton was elected Sec
tretaryo Of the house on motion of Mr..
EStovens: thus insuring q recordsof accur-
acy that will live to time lmmemorial or
Ia little 4onger-or shorter.
Mr.. Stevens presented e resolution for
1.-the inviting of the senate to he present
Lat the zee ssion and participate in the de-
alterations. A numb4r Of the senators
~Eresponded, escaping at various times,
through various doors, windows and
tother places of exit.
Mr.. HsreImoved the limitation of the
temployes of the assembly-male and fe-
male-and a committee to escort them to
1.-THE house. Mr.. Stevens amended by
naming. Mr. Hare as the committee. The
Espeaker. ruled all amendments out of or
der in the interests of harmony. and dis
.pstch. The motion was carried. MI.
Laughlin. raised a point OF order but was
ordered out beyond the ropes by the
referee. AL members of the house VIII
desired to make speeches were requested
toit&ke places beside the speaker, to pre-
vent any exceeding of the time limit.
Mr.. Stevens. raised several points of or
der which we're we'll taken by the chair
without statement, in the interests of
harmony again.
Mr.. Stevens. moved a vote of thanks on
the part of the Kindergarten to the
grave and reverend seigniors who had
condescended to come down from the
senate-aud the perch-to meet with the
third house.
The speaker proclaimed the motion
either irrelevant or irreverent-the of
fetal reporter did rot catch his exact
drift. Mr.. Stevens inquired which word
had been employed and the speaker
stated he was in doubt-thus establish
ing a lasting record as q perfectly fair
presiding officer.
PASSED H TEMPERANCE BILL.
An amendment to the temperance
commissioner bill passed unanimously in
the form of a resolution. The amend
ment increases the salary of the com
missioner to $4,000 year, gives him the
powers of all the sherifs of the state and
makes the governor subject to bis or
ders. The amendment was 3 neat per-
sonal tribute to Secretary Lindelie who
sat as a member Of the third house but
did not vote because Of alleged self
interest.
Secretary Smith of the senate moved
to amend the motion for the adoption Of