Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-28
Plenty of Debate in the Senate and an
Interesting Session is Held
Yesterday. se .. ...
Primary Election Bill Comes Up in the
Committee Of the Whole at
Today's Session.
Wolf Bounty Bill Passes the Senate,
at a Levy of Two Tenths
of Mill.
House Does One of the Biggest Days
Work on Record-steering Com
mittee Appointed.
SENATE.

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SENATE.
There was abundance of oratory and
interest in the session of the senate yes
terday. The primary election bill
brought out another scrap, and after
half an hour of debate the bill went to
the committee of the whole in the SEN
ate for consideration this afternoon at
2:3O. Mr.. Cashel started the bill rolling
when he called for the consideration
of the report on the bill. It
was made as majority and mi
nority report, the former favoring
passage, and the latter the indefinite
postponement of the bill. The report
had gone over on the day the recess was
taken, under the rule that reports must
lie over one day by unanimous consent.
When the matter was called up yes
terday, Mr.. Hale moved the adoption of
the majority report, and Mr.. LaMoure
moved as substitute that the report of
the minority for the indefinite postpone
ment of the bill be adopted. Mr.. Cashel
called for a roll call on the substitute.
Mr.. Noble again raised the point of
order that the so-called majority report,
being signed alone by the chairman of
the committee, was not majority re-
port. He said if a chairman of CON-
mittee could sign report alone and
make it majority report, any member
of the committee might do the same.
He moved the report be sent back to the
committee to get signatures OF the ma
jority. Mr.. Cashel said no member of
any committee would GO so far as to
sign report for the majority unless he
had been authorized to do SO.
The president ruled that Mr.. Mobiles
point of order was not we'll taken. Mr..
Hale insisted that it was the custom OF
the:chairman of the senate committees to
sign majority reports for the majority OF
the committee. He couldn't sec why
> this report was being objected to On
that ground unless members of the SEN
ate did not want to go on record. The
facts of the matter we're the committee
had met, five members being present
three of them favored the bill and con
sented to the majority report. There
was no reason why the report should be
oap+ 1,on1>
Mr.. Little said reports might have
been made and signed by chairmen OF
committees, and this was all right il
there was no objection. Any member OF
the senate had right to ask for the sig
natures of the majority of committee
If the report of this committee was in
favor of this bill. why should there be
hesitation about securing the signatures
to the majority report. It struck him
that the fear was on the other side.
Mr.. LaMoure read and interpreted
rule "a, regulating the procedure Of
work in committees. The question Of
the signing of a majority report was
dealt with and it was stated
that it must appear that the chair
man was duly authorized to. sign 6
majority report-which did not appear
in this case. President Bartlett OBJ
served that there had been noappea
from his decision on this point, but Mr.
LaMoure declared the chair was wrong
just the same. r. ~. "
= Mr.. Cashel asked for roll call OF
Mobiles substitute motion to send tht
report back to the committee and it was
defeated, II to IA. Mr.. LaMoure wanted
to know where the senate was at, and i
they had decided that one was a. major
ity of seven. He withdrew his motor
to adopt the report Of the minority o.
the committee and moved that the bill
1 be referred to committee OF the whole il
the senate this afternoon at 2:3O. Mr.
Cashel conldn't see why the senat,
shouldn't dispose of the bill if it was tn,
will of the majority to have it pass, il
4 order that action might be taken on it il
the house. There was no reason fo
dilatory tactics. Mr. LaMoure said b
was one Of the ssnnfortunates who hadn'
/. had time to read this bill and he wanted
4 it taken up in committee Of the Who'll
section. by section. He was after infor
I nation and light and the senator fron
Walsh was endeavoripg to shut it od
y Mr.. Cashei said the bill had been intro
dncsd early and there had been ampl
time to study it. Mr.. Wolbert wante,