The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-18
North Dakota,
SCARE For Blind PIGS
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ATTORNEY GENERAL COMsToCFx
PROPOSES T9 STOP THE LIQUOR
TRAFFIC IN NORTH Dakota
NEW LAWS IN ABUNDANCE
Various Measures, Roth Wise and
Otherwise, Proposed by the
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BISMARCK N. D., Jan. 7.-(Special.)
Aside from little furry among blind
pigs, because of Attorney General Com
stocks warning, that they were liable
to be prosecuted for contempt Of court
in disobeying injuncttons issued by
Judge Winchester, of the district court,
some time ago, there was little of in
terest at the capitol today. Places sus-
pected of violating the law are closed,
temporarily at least. 1t Is said here
that the prohibition law must hereafter
be enforced as in other parts of the
state, and those who have seen "scares'
before are waiting the attorney gen.
erals next move
The sessions Of the house and senate
We're both short and devoted mostly to
the introduction of bills and the DIS
cussion Of minor issues. The senate
took the preliminary step to provide pay
for members and employees by bill to
amend the law pertaining to registration
Of vouchers and payment in order, in
Guiding legislative expenses as pre-
ferred claims. Bills were introduced to
raise the standard of admission to nor
NAL schools and the university, estah-
fishing a state BARRIERS board, reducing
the legal rate of interest, taxing ped
dlers and appropriating $4,000 bienniaIly
for farmers institutes.
Already the bills introduced cover
a multitude of topics and for quantity
of measures the session far exceeds that
of two years age, up to the present
time. Some thirty bills have been sent
in in the senate and a nearly equal
number of measures in the house.
Amendments of old laws are aimed at in
the majority Of cases, but good share
of new legislation is proposed
The repeal Of the anti-hobo law Is pro-
pcsed by one of the bills presented IN
the house. This measure was introduced
and passed two years ago, and is unique
In legislation. It's passage was sought
by the railroad companies, and it's pro-
visions make it, a nisdemeanor for
tramps to steal rides on railroad trains
conductors are made peace officers for
making arrests in these cases and the
counties along the line of the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern have paid
pretty fair Sized sums for costs in the
cases that have ibeen brought up There
Is kick from the rural element as to
the amount of the costs, 1t being claim
ed That the companies received all the
berefts of the law. The issue OF the
law was raised I'm Stutsman county dur
ing the campaign against Ormshy Nc
Harg, who introduced the bill two years
ate this year McHarg was defeated
oy M d. Williams, a fusionist.
Lewis city organization bill aims to
give the city of Fargo an opportunity to
make desired city improvements, as has
Deen done by various measures passed in
the last few years, for the creation of
Improvement districts and the assessment
of costs The new bill is an exhaustive
measure, covering III typewriter pages,
and presents complete scheme of city
government.
Reductions of exemptions are proposed
by several measures that have been in
troduced. The biennial tinkering with
the game law has also begun, and several
measures have been presented for the ex-
tension of time for the payment of taxes.
delinquent next February and whose
delinquency is proposed to be DELAYED
until October next. With the state strug-
Cling for funds and no money coming il.
now sufficient to meet expenses, it does
not look as though moves to delay the
payment of taxes would meet with much
favor.
The agricultural college would like to
cooperate with the federal government
in the making of a geological survey,
and Senator Lewis, of Fargo, has in a
bill to bring about this and appropriate
$5O0 annually for the purpose.
Legislators have drawn no funds yet,
either for per diem or mileage. The
mileage accounts OF the house have been
made up, but law of the state provides
for the registration of warrants and
their payment in the order of issuance.
AS the state general fund is something
over 100000 behind, unless there is a
change of the law to get mileage ac-
counts into priority it will be some time
before the bills are paid. Authority will
no doubt soon be granted by the legis-
lature to issue funding warrants, and
this will help out on payments.
The house did not follow the example
of the senate, which limited it's appor-
tionment committee to eleven members,
but placed one member for each district
on the committee. With a committee
of thirty-one members on SO vital and
interesting a matter as the apportion-
ment of the state representatives in the
legislature, there are some interesting
sessions of the house committee to be
looked for when the question of consid-
GRAFTON Of apportionmenu measures me
up. So far none of the schemes for re-
apportionment have been presented, al
though there are many of them ready to
be sent in.
Last summer injunctions issued by At
torney General Cowan were served on
number of places in Bismarck, where
1t was suspected that liquor was be-
ing sold Nothing was found in the
way of liquors. but the injunct!ons re-
manned III force Mr.. Comstock says
he understands that liquor is now being
sold III these places in violation of the
law. AS against the standing injunc-
tons, this constitutes a prima facie case
of contempt and the persons thus al
legged to be violating the law, are la
BILE to be summoned before the district
judge. Attorney General Comstock was
bitterly opposeds by the Prohibitionists
3 the election but the declares that he
will enforce the law.
The order of the attorney general has
created CONSERVATION in the ranks of
the liquor men, who are facing the pros
pect Of a long period of enforced idle
ness. They are warned that all those
who fail I'd obey will suffer the full
penalty of the law. The order applies
to every town and city in Dakota and
may mean a loss of millions of dollars
to the liquor men.
Concerning the university appropr.a-
ton, Senator Murphy says: II
feel certaincs the 2-5-mill tax for the
maintenance OF the university will stand.
Immediately after the reading Of Gov.
Whites message, in which it was
stated the university received $4,000 Per
year from the tax, the members of the
university felt that the university was
getting morethan its share. When it was