The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-19
PASS AROUND TIE COIN
FLICKERTAIL SENATE HAS PRAC-
TICALLY COMPLETED WORK ON
THE APPROPRIATIONS
MONEY FOR THE STATE FAIR
Will BE Forthcoming, as the House
Killed the Measure Repeating
the States ApprOpria-
ton Therefor.

BISMARCK, N. D., Feb 1S.-(Special y
The senate appropriation committee to-
night recommended $40, 900 for a state
hospital for insane at jamestown, $S4,-
0N for state penitentiary at Bismarck,
$14, 900 for state industrial school at FL
lendale $4,000 for soldiers nome at Lis
bon, $4,000 for expense of appraising and
sale of state school lands and $i.400 for
deficiency in account of state dairy COM
missioner. This practically winds Up the
matter of appropriations for the session.
The house killed the repeal of the state
fair appropriation this afternoon.
Representative Richardson, the Demo-
cratic leader in the house, has received
many compliments on his victory in the
ways and means committee in favor of a
report to the house against concurring
iii the senate amendments to the bill re-
ducing war taxes and asking confer
ence thereon after a majority Of Re
publican members of the committee had
decided simply to non-concur without
asking conference. The Republicans
Of the committee were divided, and Mr.
Richardson quickly took advantage Of
the opportunity ard scored a victory.
There is Republican scheme to kill this
bill.
The bill making states attorneys the
only public prosecutors, to nave charge
of all cases unless relieved for cause,
passed the senate, and for it's passage
Senator La Moure presented arguments
and a letter from BoSard Il BoSard, OF
Grand Forks, to the states attorney OF
Pembina county, w. j. Burke, that We're
highly interesting In support OF the Dill
ethe Pembina Senator spoke briefly, by
way of introducing the communication
in question, and inlconcluSlon stated that
it appeared that the county of Pembina
had been robbed of several thousand
dollars by the operation OF the Enforce
ment league afpeople, which amount
The law in liquor prosecutions, he said,
provided for the payment of legal ex-
penses of trials, not for moneys to be
paid detectives and Pinkerton people.
A resolution has been introduced in the
house appropriating $4,000 for the pam
American exposition and creating a
board of managers, consisting of the
governor, the commissioner of agricul-
ture a member Of the agricultural col
lege faculty and. two citizens, ana also
a board of three lady, managers
The next legislative assembly in the
state of North Dakota will have 1;9
members, as against SO In the present as
sembly. This is the radical increase pro
vided for in the Sharpe bill, which is the
appoItionment measure that has passed
and will be approved by Gov. White. 1t
was stated in the rather heated discus
SlonS OF the merits OF the Dill tnat Inc
governor would not. approve a bill ap-
portioning the representation as 1t was
apportioned in this bill, but assurances
have been received by the assembly
leaders who have been pushing the meas
ure that if it passed both houses 1t
would receive executive approval. In
deed it would require especially urgent
reasons if the executive should set aside
the most difficult and important work be-
fore the legislative assembly. 1t is not
easy=tos get majority of both houses to-
gether on an apportionment measure,
and if this work should be toppled over,
once it has been accomplished, it might
reapportionment is concerned and re-
suit in no, redistricting of the state at
all, as there are only about two weeks
of working time left, with many other
important measures to be considered.
The following is table of the repre-
sentation by counties in the new appor-