Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-01
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.
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Representative Hill is rejoicing in a
visit from his son and daughter, who are
interested spectators at the capitol. Miss
Hill is one of Cass county's fairest
daughters, but papa" pretends he don't
know it.
The bill for the time OF holding cleo
tions in cities-Murphy's senate bill 1872,
that would result in no elections in
Bismarck and a number of other cities
in the state, was reported to pass in the
senate yesterday.
Ex-senator Ed. Young blew in last
night-didn't have any idea of coming
up-but the boys got in a tangle and
had to have an old hand to s%traighten
things out-and he's glad he came to be
on the old stamping ground.
Nehemiah Davis came in last night
with a new divorce bill, which report
hath it is to slide through both houses
like a creased pig. The friends of the
bill claim it is a peach and a long felt
want for those favoring divorces while
you wait.
Representative Gronvold's past expert
ence in legislative practice stands him in
good stead as chairman of the house
committee on state affairs. He is also a
hustler on the floor of the house, and
Pierce county has nothing to be ashamed
of in her handsome blonde member.
The house appropriation committee
met last night and had a love feast over
the business before it. All the appro-
priation bills were agreed to as they
came from the senate, even the wolf
bounty, and the $4,000 Pan-American
exhibit bill was unanimously recon-
mended for passage.
Martin Ryan, that old democratic
stand by-who n time made a great
hit at a republican ratification meeting
came in last night to try a trife of law
on somebody-and see how the boys go
along. He says he's kind of out of his
class politically in this push but
guesses he will escape with his life.
Representative Young will want to
wire for reinforcements when he sees the
array of talent Doc Taylor has imported
to keep the provision for a normal course
in his university bill. But Prof. McFar-
land of the Valley City normal is here
loaded to the guards with forceps tc
yank the obnoxious paragraph from the
medicines mans billiard when Prof.
unloads there will be trouble in the U
camp.
The primary election bill was indefn.
itely postponed by the senate yesterday
Although there has been considerable
talk in some quarters as to the demand
for a primary election bill, members o.
the legislature failed to find that there
was any particular demand for a meas
ure of the kind. No cries came from al
quarters of the state for, the bill. In
! deed, there was a good deal of doubt ex
! pIcSSou as w LLC CApCAiCuCy VI a0olhE
so much complicated machinery to the
election machinery Of the state. No
that the Senate or the legislative assem-
bly, is against reforms at elections. Blu
it is a grave question whether this bill
would bring about the reforms claimed
for it. The experience that has beer
had with primary systems in other states
would not indicate that the law was alto
gether. a success or a success at all, il
selecting the best men for place. l
would be we'll to await the experience 0
other states before adopting a compli
Gated system of primary elections, O
whose satisfactory or successful working
there is no assurance beyond the exu
berant declarations of a few enthusiast
supporters of the bill.