The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-02-28
NORTH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


- "A SNOgG$ summary sS1 |
lhas Regular Rantins.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 16.-An old-time
legislative scrap was provoked in the
reapportionment bill.
The scrap started when majority and
mThha e msio 5sPSrts %e1a maas 9h The BIZ, bill IL
Knocked off. the bill as it passed the
The bill went to a committee of the
whole for discussion, and a recess of the
house was k to spar for wind. During
between the two elements in the house to
restore the senate districts and report
the bill TO, to the house as it passed the
get the bill out Of committee of the
whole for amendment, and had a majority |
q the house, but not the necessary two
bill out.
The minority filibustered against con-
sion, n the majority then determined to
force. the matter to consideration by keep
ing the house in session all night If neces-
ular order.
Motions to adjourn by the minority
were defeated, and motions to suspend
feated by lack of a two-thirds vote. The
minority members insisted upon a roll
SaI up fne ey prcsee mdGiaion' ana Maa fuTther t5 de-
came up in regular order were side
tracked by the majority, and the members
majority proposed to keep the house in
session until the bill was reached if 1t
took all night.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 1s.-The Sharpe
ppportionment bill was Saturday passed
tion tabled. so that the matter Of re-
districting the state is settled and the
next legislature of North Dakota will
SO in the house, an increase of 46 over
the present membership.
There are minor amendments to be
agreed to by the senate and the bill will
then 60 to the governor for approval.
eally settled: The vote on final passage
ton county, offered the opponents of the
measure on the grounds of economy an
opportunityH to , cut down Ena the house repre-
tricts provided for in the bill that had
three representatives be cut down to two
make this amendment: The first objec-
posed the bill but whose W districts
s MnsIa naxe %he bill dHt % aown them under nas ssly
and one Of the most difficult problems Of
the session disposed of.
nounced are not Of particular Importance
except in the case of oil inspector, which
place goes to L. w. schruth. of Cass
The house killed the bill to limit all
county officers to two terms and passed
the bill compelling railroads to keep open
ployes from making contracts restricting
juries.
Of trade; for an institute for the feeble
minded at Grafton; to build suitable
building with $50, 600 appropriated by the
treasury; and for $4,000 for a display at
the Pan-American exposition.
has passed the bill requiring railroads
ss5.o eSss Worth tho Of BUSINESS Is s done ooe" %ann MaHss
and the bill prohibiting railroad EN-
ployes from making contracts with their
employer EN- BY which y;t the responsibility Of
The concurrent resolution passed by
both houses was q warm recognition Of
a glowing eulogy of his character. The
senate adjourned as a mark Of esteem
and the capitol flag was halfmasted:
bill to abolish the office of Superintendent
of irrigation, now held by w. w. Barrett.
The two normal schools are to be al
state cannot afford to overlook the Pan
A theFa Is m e eHpseiienf cb and as as t e F ssa at
tthRroSsh both houses; ne govern 6S'ii Is
a board Of male and female managers,
one member of the board being the execu-
tive officer.
against the methods employed by the En-
forcement league agents in closing up
,pigs" and i, drTg stores that Senator La
tions to states attorneys meets with gen.
eral approval. 1t will shut out the
leagues attorneys, and in future If any
is a prospect of its getting into the school
fund, where it belongs
Bismarck. N. D.. Feb; ,2o.-There will be
a little furry among the p1r9hibitionists
repeating the penalty clause of the prohi-
bition law introduced in the senate.
MeDougall wanted the bill to go to the
%tionists were alert and got the bill into
the committee on temperance, and its
e ensnee T Fl s Bit is the Gat same an e a nut fhs W u nee
bill passed several years ago.
Another bill covering the subject of
the house, providing for a constitutional
amendment to allow local option.
The senate bill intended to make state
under penalty, Of losing their salary was
s It sdd Hta{e $500 af,c %snnu Rhs tn 5H the s aIaSy n #
be reconsidered tomorrow.
The house also went back on its rec
o~mmsndati9n and defeated the bin in.
commissioners to IS a day. The exemp.
ton bill cutting down exemptions to 500
viii BECOME a law having passed the
favorable report on the bill today:
Noble, of Bottineau. made a lengthy
Claiming cReTni It Would d." work HsS a Hardship p" to set set.
tiers in portions of the state just being
settled up.
There. are but II more working days for
the legislature to consider over 200 bills.
and If the proposed recess from, next
THURSDAY day te Wednesday is taken, it viii
up a quarter of the work in hand. There
will be a great gnashing Of teeth in the
house when the members wake up and
find few of their measures have passed
the senate and a large part of the bal
ance have been slaughtered by the steer
ing committee.
Of the legislature adjourned until next
Tuesday. The majority of the members
left for their homes. There will be only
ten days after the recess to wind up the
Up to date seventeen bills have passed
both houses and been approved by the
committee have reported the !Cashel bill
providing for a primary election system
similar to that in Minnesota and the re-
port will come up for action after the re-
cess. Attempts were made by friends of
the bill to secure action on the report
today, but the opponents of the measure
Sn The pc pos tpoion eMatn Of the e'b bin ~ until tipa after
the recess means that 1T must take its
chances in the crush of bills at the last
end Of the session and friends of the bill
have little hope Of its getting through.
The bill to repeal the salary of the adj
jutant general of the state militia pro-
voked one of the hottest debates of the
session in the senate. Simpson, Of Stark,
opposed the bill as a slur at the militia
and a slap at Adjutant General E. s. Mil
Ter. Hale, of Ramsey, characterized the
The repeal bill passed by a large ma
jority.
The senate refused to adopt the report
of the temperance committee to extend
the opportunity of druggists to secure sig
natures for petitions for liquor permits.
Lamoure and Little held that permits
we're secured too easily already, and Lit
tie alluded to many of the drug stores in
the Red River valley as blind pigs and
said they ought to be wiped out.
nhe senats passed me par sssoeiation