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Bismarck, N. D., Feb. l2-The sharpe
and pos.Se
ton tabled. SO that the matter OF re-
districting the state s settled and the
Rs sve is Of HS IN the ana
the present membership.
There are re- n, minor amendment; h,, to q
That It win be signed by him Is practi-
c,iiy settled st'' The vote on final pasMsage
ton county. offered the opponents of the
measure on the grounds of economy an
opportnnity to cut down sn the 3s house repre-
tricts provided for In the bill that had
three representa- tives be cut down to two
each. and asked unanim0us consent to
lions came from members who had OPP
posed the bill but whose own districts
would have been sHt down ,h under this
the session disposed Of.
Bismarck, y. p; Feb. ls;-The house
to- keep open stations at points where
S25 900 worth Of business is done annually.
and the bill prohibiting railroad em-
ployss from making contracts With their
the latter is limited.
The concurrent resolution passed by
both was wa for rec
q glowing, eulogy OF his character. The
senate adjourned as mark Of esteem
and the capitol flag was ss,i halfmasted t ~.
state cannot AFFORD to overlook the Pan-
American exposition. and as 2 result
there is an sS s the $1,000
favorable to this. The bill provides for
q board OF male and female managers.
tive officer.
There has been such universal kicking
against the methods employed by the En-
Mo1re's bill limiting criminal prosecu-
tons to states attorneys meets with gen
leagues. attorneys. and in future II any
money is collected in liquor suits there
is prospect OF its getting into the school
Bismarck. n. D., Feb: 2o-There will be
q little furry among the prohibtttontsts
repeating the penalty clause Of the prohi-
McDoagall wanted the bill to go to the
judiciary committee, but the .prohibi-
tionists were alert and got the bill into
great The bill is the same as the White
bill passed several years ago.
prohibition was introduced by Gullack in
the house. providing for a constitutional
amendment to allow local option;
officers reside at the seat of government
under penalty Of losing their salary was
lost, after 2 rider had been saddled upon
It aad state 'e2 Ths btu 81 Win sp
be reconsidered tomorrow.
The house also went back on its rec
ereasins the Compensation Of county
commissioners to S. day. The exemp-
ton bill cutting down exemptions to $3.50
the senate hx1gg
favorable report on the bill today.
Noble. of Bottineau, made lengthy
a Med woFs hardship h to
tiers in portions of the state just being
the iegisIature ' to Consider over 20 Bills.
and If the proposed recess from next
Thursday to Wednesday is taken, 1t will
but u day far tee to
will be great gnashing Of teeth in the
house when the members wake up and
find few OF their nave az
ance have been slaughtered by the steer
ing committee.
Bismarck; n; D., Feb. 21.IBoth houses
# the Hhs sS r. the until
left for their homes. There will be only
ten days after the recess to wind up the
business OF the session..
both houses and been approved by the
governor. The majority Of the election
committee have reported the Cashei bill
similar to that in Minnesota and the re-
port will come up for action after the re.
cess. Attempts were made by friends Of
today, but the opponents Of the measure
The postponement Of the bill until after
chances in the crush Of bills at the last
end of the session and friends Of the bill
have little hope Of it's getting through.
jutant general OF the state militia pro-
voked one Of the hottest debates of the
session in the senate Simpson. of Stark.
the on az s!1T at tRe M
Ter. Hale, Of Ramsey, characterized the
e under hs b law aIes graft
The senate. refused to adopt the report
Of the temperance committee to extend
the opportunity Of druggists to secure sig
Lamoure and Little held that permits
were secured too easily already. and Lit
tie alluded to many OF the drug stores IN
the Red River valley as blind pigs and
said they ought to be wiped out.
The senate passed the bar association
bill regulating appeals to the supreme
court; the appropriation Of $1,000 for in
creased clerk hire in the Office of the
state treasurer, and the state officers bill,
increasing all salaries 500 annually and
forcing officers to live at the seat OF gov
eminent.
Bismarck. N. D.. Feb. 22.-The house
appropriations committee has favorably
reported the Pan-American appropriat ton
for $4,000 and there is every prospect that
the bill will pass. The sentiment has
ford not to be represented at this EXPOSE
ton. even though money Is not as plenti-
full as it might be.
It was singular and at the same time
amusing to note the vicious attack on the
bill to raise county commissioners pay
from s. to S per day. The fight was not
confined to either house. as the PROPOSE
ton failed in the senate, except as to its
application to Cass and Grand Forks
counties.
The house committee amended the bill
to make the application general and when
the matter came up in the house commit
tee of the whole there was lot of valu-
able time and wind lost. The bill finally
Bills introduced in the senate were:
Making term of city aldermen four years:
McDOu1all to reDeal the penalty clause