Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-07
NEARING THE CLOSE
Large Number of Measures Disposed
of, and the End of the Legisla-
ture is Near.
Clerk Gaulke Loses His Job Because
He Fails to Make a Satisfac-
tory Retraction.
Governor Appoints R. c. Wallace as
State Examiner and Mudgett and
Young Asylum Trustees.
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
The passage of house bills engaged the
greater part of the session Of the senate
yesterday. The order was reached about
the middle of the afternoon and the SEN
ate remained in session until little after
five O'Clock, the latest session which has
been held yet. The appointments of the
governor were received in the early part
of the afternoon and the senate remained
in executive session for some time con-
sidering them. All we're excluded from
the executive session but the members,
but through the glass doors the specta-
tors in the hall watched the tall senator
from the Pembinas, LaMoure, expressing
himself in several addresses of unusual
duration for him. His remarks we're
emphatic at times and punctuated with
gestures. Then the senate resumed
open session. The appointments that
were sent in were the following:
For state examiner, R. E. Wallace of
StutSman county.
For members of the board OF trustees
of the state asylum at jamestown, @. F.
Mudgett of Valley City and Eb Young
of Cass county. The first two nomina-
tions were confirmed. The nomination
of Young was referred to the committee
on charitable institutions for considera-
ton.
RAILROAD LIABILITY BILL.
Senator Cox created little disturb
ance of the monotony when he wanted
to know where house bill 1873, the rail
road liability bill, was. He said it had
been reported and not acted upon. He
wanted to bring it up right away.
Mr.. LaMoure said as member of the
steering committee he had never been
asked to have the bill called up. He
didn't see why the committee was to be
disregarded.
Mr.. Cox moved to suspend the rules
and put the bill in order for third read
ing and final passage. Mr.. LaMoure
said if the Barnes county senator had
made request for the report of this bill
he would have gotten it.
Mr.. Cox said he understood persons
had gone to members of the steering
committee and been unable to get the
bill up. Like some other railroad bills,
it was possible it might get lost.
The senate refused to suspend the
rules, and the steering committees re-
port was taken as the order of business.
FIRE COMPANY BILL.
House bill 55, the bill to compel all fire
companies in the state receiving por-
ton of the two per cent tax to become
members Of the state association, occa-
stoned little debate. Mr.. Murphy
moved to postpone the bill indefinitely
There were thirty-nine fire companies in
the state. OF these twenty-five belonged
to the state association and seventeen
did not. He didn't see why it was neces-
sary or wise to force companies to join
the association if they did not choose to
do so. If the association was such a
good thing as claimed, this force meas
ure ought not to be necessary.
Mr.. Simpson thought the bill was all
right and should pass. The membership
in the state association was of benefit.
The interest in the firemen's tournament
of the association was beneficial to all
fire companies. It would make compa.
MES more proficient in their work and
arouse enthusiasm for the association.
Mr., LaMoure said he couldn't see why
little fire departments that had paid out
more money than they could actually af
ford for apparatus should be compelled
arbitrarily to join the state association
with the. consequent expense, il they
didn't want to do SO, in order to get the
.b5ittance they got from the two per cent
tax. 1t might be all right to make the
departments in larger cities join, but ii
was arbitrary and an injustice in the
small cities. (. 90 - t... =.
Mr.. Little said there was no Unjust
ice and the expense was small. He
thought companies receiving benefits
from the tax should join the state asso
citation. .F.,
Mr.. Lavayea was another who be
lieved in encouraging the state associa
ton all that was possible. ..:.ss@<
Mr.. Lewis said the expense Of Joining
the state association was only So. This
would not be burdensome to any com
pany. "A d. j. I'D il. y. 4
Mr.. Hale thought that the principle q
forcing companies to ioin an association