Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-25

makes a district of Bottineau with
senator and 2 representatives, whilethe
Tufte bill gives but / senator and
representative. M
T~wenty-ninth district. {Now Ward,
Mclean and Williams, with i senator
and l representative. The Sharpe bill
places Ward and Williams in one dis
trict with lsenator and3 representatives,
while the Tufte bill gives but / and 2.
Thirtieth district. Morton and Oil
tver.) Now and 2: Sharpe bill, l and
3; Tufte bill, / and 2.
T~hirty@1rst district. (Now Stark,
Billings and Mercer, with l senator and
l representatives, The Sharpe bill
gives Mercer to Mclean and Oliver, with
l senator and two representatives, and
leaves Stark and Billings with / senator
and 3 representatives. The Tufte bill
gives Stark and Billings l senator and
2 representatives only.
The Sharpe bill makes a district Of
Eddy and Foster, with one senator and 2
representatives. while the Tufte bill
gives but l senator and l representa-
tive. .. R*- =.Hs%
The Sharpe bill makes a district of
McHenry and Pierce, with one senator
and three representatives, while the
Tufte bill gives them l senator and 2
representatives. re : q
The Sharpe bill makes a district
or Mclean, Mercer and Oliver,
with 1 senator and 2 representatives,
while the Tufte bill makes, a district of
Mclean and Mercer, with l senator and
l representative.
The Sharpe bill makes a district of
Mcintosh and Logan, with | senator and
and 2 representatives, while the Tufte
bill allows but j senator and I repre-
sentative. ~ l. e.
+ While it is proper to keep the expenses
of the state down to the lowest point
consistent with the efficiency of the pub
lie service, there is another matter to be
considered, and that is the increasing of
the revenues of the state. With the
present standing appropriations and the
revenue in sight for the coming two
years, under the present scheme of taxa
ton, the balance for the state institu-
tions is slim indeed. North Dakota is
a young state and is now in the formative
period, and to cripple the institutions
through failure to provide funds would
be short sighted policy. There should be
more revenue provided. North Dakota
is not a pin head state. It's wealth per
capita is great, but it isn't on the tax
rolls. Valuable lands in, the state, val
ued at $25 to $50 an acre, are assessed
for So toss. Other property is assessed
at a proportionately low figure. It is
little wonderthere is not enough revenue
to pay the current expenses of the state
and provide for thu institutions. To cut
off a few special and Incidental appro-
priations, amounting to afeW thousand
dollars, will do, no good. The problem
must be met and now is the time. The
senate committee appointed yesterday
SHOULD inquire into this matter, and
there should be steps taken to increase
the revenues of the state through a sys-
tenn Of taxation that lives up to the spirit
of the law, which says that property
shall be assessed at it's true cash value.
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The republican party has promulgated,
through ienactments of the fifty-sixth
congress, the wisest and most important
financial legislation in the history of our
country. The gold standard has the EN-.
phatic approval of the people and not a
line should be left unwritten on the stat
ute books by this congress that expert
ence has shown should not be omitted,
in order thatthe declaration Of the coun-
try'sSinancial policy may be positive and
unassailable. Several bills are now be-
ing considered by the committees which
cure any and all defects that have been
discovered in the measures already en-
acted. It is believed that the provision
in MI. Oyerstreet's bill which provides
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