Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-03
WHERE'S THE STUFF?
If There's Thousand Plunkers Fo,
Finn Leech, the Cass County =.
Man Wants It. 's
Question of Privilege in the House and
Clerk Gaulke Asked to Explain
Some Charges.
"A Little Variety in the Session of the
House Yesterday-Too Much
Talkee Talkee.
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
Governor White senta special message
to the senate yesterday urging upon that
body the necessity for further economy.
The governor presented figures to show
that with the standing appropriations
and the appropriations that have been
favorably reported from committees and
are in line for passage by the two houses,
there will be deficit at. the end of the
biennial period Notwithstanding the act
that the educational institutions have
been providsd for by one mill tax, and
the general fund will be relieved of their
support. The governor stated the prob
able revenues from all sources for the
biennial period would be approximately
S955,O0O. Standing appropriations call
for $5700OO of this and the appropria-
tions that have been recommended for
passage by the two houses aggregate
s407,200. This is total of expenditures
for the ensuing two years of S977 200, or
$4,000 more than the total receipts &C
cording to the figures of the governor, to
say nothing of the $150,000 of funding
warrants that are due and payable next
year. The legislative assembly is urged
in the special message to pay careful
consideration to the matter of appropria-
tions.
STOCK INSPECTION BILL.
The bill for the appointment of sher-
ifs as stock inspectors in counties came
up again on reconsideration. Mr.. Simp-
son amended the bill to make the ap.
pointment discretionary with the COM
to oppose the bill. He said the provis
ions of it might drive stock buyers and
shippers up in his county out of bust
ness. Mr.. Simpson said he couldn't see
where there could be any sound objec
ton to the bill. 1t was designed to pre-
vent the wholesale theft of horses on the
ranges and their shipment out of the
state by the carload. The fees for in
spection of stock were small and the
stockmen would cheerfully pay them in
order to obtain this measure of protec
ton. The people Of Pembina county
didn't have to have the inspector ifthey
didn't want one. Mr.. Simpson said he
had no doubt the commissioners of Penn.
bina county would not appoint the sher.
if as stock inspector if the gentleman
from Pembina (Mr. LaMoure) requested
them not to do SO (laughter). This trib
ute to the tall statesman quieted the op
position and the bill passed.
OIL INSPECTION BILL.
The amended oil inspection bill was
passed after some debate. Mr.. LaMoure
didn't like the restoration of the fees tc
the inspector. The appropriation com
mittee in it's work, he said, had figured
as among the states revenues $1,000 fol
the biennial period from the fees for oil
inspection as net to the state. 1t struck
him as a good deal of farce to work
sixty days to cut down appropriations
and keep the state within the limit and
then have the revenues. knocked out. II
this bill passed there ought to be $4,000
cut off some Of the appropriation bills in
the house to compensate the state fol
this loss of revenue, He moved te
amend the bill to give the oil inspector
only rs per cent Of the fees. This was
lost. Mr.. Hale then moved to give the
inspector 80 per cent Of the fees anc
this was lost also. % Eg:= :s=..y ss.yy !. t.s"s.
Mr.. Lewis said the remarks that hae
been made were misleading. The ex
penses of oil inspection didn't come out
of the state. The fees come from the
oil people. +,.:*5. .;.# y. 4
Mr.. LaMoure said he hadn't said that
any fees came out of the state but thai
the state would be out s., 900 for the bi
ennial period through restoration of isthe
fees to the inspector under the law as
it stood the state would get all the fees
but $500 annually. Under the pro
posed bill the Inspector got ninety pei
cent of the fees. s..s } 1. :. =
I Mr.. Lewis said under the former law
there had been no oil inspection--the
companies did their own inspecting and
the salary was enough. Under the pro
posed law the inspector would have te
inspect and test oils, and should Of righ
be better paid.
Mr.. Hale said that the matter had
been threshed over two years ago. 4
Z salary law had been passed then and i
! had never been tried. The point raised
about inspection WAS covered in ths
resent law, There was no reason fol