Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-31
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP
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Miss Preston was u house visitor yes
terday and greeted many old acauaiindt-
ances. & s$3%H
State Treasurer Mcmillan registers
from Fargo. Has he changed his resi-
|dence?3
Senator Lavayea was excused from the
session Of the senate yesterday, no hay
ing yet returned.
Senator La Moure went up e Penn
bina for the recess and reports peace
and harmony prevailing among his con-
%stituents. 2.T$ zc
d. A. Lindsay of Fargo was sworn In
as! a clerk in the senate yesterday and
will be Secretary Towne's right hand
man as reading clerk.
Vivian Morgan made a stiff fight in
the house yesterday for the passage Ct
his bill, No.11as it was introduced, but
could not quite stem the opposition.
The governor, lieutenant governor and
speaker Of the house will be the com
mittee to make arrangements for the
John Marshall celebration on the 4th.
Halvor Torgerson, the. popular door
keeper of the house gallery, was laid up
yesterday with powerful bad pain IN
his tummy, but last night was resting
easy.
G. B. Wade came up from Fargo last
night to hear the robin sing. Wade did
good party service as secretary OF the
Cass county republican committee, n
is an all around good fellow.
Tim DWire says the salvation army
has quit work at Lisbon and all OF the
literature has been sent up to Senator
i Sanborn. who IS now going to church:
twice every Sunday as a result.
Representative Young keeps q close
watch on passing legislative matters and
will be able t.. render a good account Of
himself when he makes his bow before
his constituent at the endo Of the SEES
sion. 4.
, Messrs. Hegge, Deylin and Laidlaw
are the only senators who have not yet
gotten to the front with bills. Better
!, look out for them, gentlemen, Or they
! wi be, ringing IN At time when votes
, are badly needed
t III view Of the introduction Of Mi n
bill to regulate the railwaysth there should
not BE. d continuance of the scarcity q
mileage. IN fact there now looms up II
! the minds OF some OF the members {
3 vision # annual passes and things like
a that.
d Miss Preston was at the capitol yes
terday, interviewing senators as to thu
Layayea bill to take away from Womer
the right of suffrage in school elections
Il Miss Preston looks well and in excel
lent trim for tilt with the Larimor'
senator when he gets outof hiding.
Many itigants hope that Roses bill
providing for verdicts where ten of tn
twelve, jurors agree in civil cases vii
! become q Law. 1t would save thous
9 andss of dollars in court expenses an
largely reduce the cost those indulg
ing id the luxury Of counting. + ough
= to pass. 8#SS sS#5
The senate committee investigator
the expenses and accounts Of state off
! ces are making a thorough inquiry int
is the matters they were delegated to loo
ID up, and will probably have an interest
9 ing report for the senate as to ways an
y means for the maintenance OF the cap
IL tel and state offices.
Grand Lecturer Scott OF Cakes
Is again in the city----thiis time on matter
I. not connected with Masonry--thoug
y onSa mission for asoeietY almost as in
portant and powerful He IS organizin
1t chapters of the D. A. association
q the grand lodge of which has permi
2 nen1c headquarters at Cakes. Only men
lO - 49,. ZYEFS+ $50, sEGII2AFI5s a-ESEH.&JS6E&
bers with certain qualifications al
taken ia, and the age limit, except
rare cases. has been fixed at so years.
Another good bill BY Senator LaMoul
is No. 70, which provides for a gener
auditing board consisting Of the go
ernor, auditor and attorney genera
ct whose duty iitshall be TO gassu p evel
bill presented against the state
at now administered every department a
proves it's own bills, and as a result the
By Is not that scrutiny given them th
g would be the case were there q gener
I I. board which scanned every bill before
he Was paid. #
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