Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-02-11
BUSY DAY IN LEGISLATURE
BOTH HOUSES PUT IN GOOD DAYS
WORK At YESTERDAYS
SESSION..
SENATE HEARS INTERESTING DE.
BATE ON APPoRTloNMENT
AMENDMENT.

Number Of Other Important Meas
ures-eoth Houses VIII Adjourn on
Friday For a Week.
In the senate yesterday Senator
Simpson presented a bill providing for
the expression of the popular choice
in the election of United States SEN
ators. The bill provides that at the
regular election held before the time
for choosing United States senators.
the names of all candidates for the
United States senate shall be placed
on the official ballot, and the votes for
retary of state. who shall certify the
vote to the two houses of the legisla-
ture. which shall announce the name
Of the candidate having the largest
number of votes, and the legislature
shall then proceed to the election of a
senator as now provided by law.
> Other Bills Introduced.
Senate Bill No 100, Wipperman-
Terms of court in the Fourth judicial
district
Senate Bill No. 161, Hagen-Costs
in foreclosure of liens.
Passed.
The following senate bills were
passed:
Senate Bill No. 80, penalty for OBJ
struction of telephone lines
Senate Bill No. 81. repeating law
providing for state agent for preven-
ton of cruelty to animals
Senate Bill No. "a. Main-No travel
ing with dog and gun before opening
of hunting season.
Senate Bill No. 100. Plain-village
annual election.
Senate Bill No. 1O1, Dev,in-Rich-
land county commissioner bill.
Senate Bill No. S5, right of way for
telephone lines.
Senate Bill No. SS, Cashel-Amend
ment Of drainage law
Recommitted.
Senate Bill No. "a, providing that
contiguous unorganized territory may
be organized. was, on motion Of Sen
ator Voss. referred back to the ju-
dietary. Mr. Simpson agreeing. on con-
sideration that it should come up to-
day.
Signed.
The president signed Senate Bill No.
l, the Bulge trustee bill
Cannon Firecracker Bill.
Mr.. LaMoure opposed the anti-can-
non flrecrecker bill He said the
Fourth of July was looked forward to
by the youth. as a day of amusement.
This bill would rob them of a chance
to acquire education along patriotic
lines. The Pembina county kids all
visited his town on that day. looking
for "Old Jud." 1t always afforded him
pleasure to give them little fun.
The bill. Senate Bill No 76. Main.
was passed 30 to s.
Approved.
Senate Bill No s, per diem of
jurors; IA, time for probating wills.
Will Adjourn.
The senate concurred in the house
resolution for adjournment from Feb
13 to 90 There was division. and
"a senators voted for the adjourn
menr
The Apportionment Bill.
The apportionment bill. Senate Bill
N. 96. was reported for indefinite post
ponement. This is Bacon's bill. max
ing change in the boundaries of the
Fifth and Sixth legislative districts
The report of the committee was
adopted. but subsequently Bacon Sc
cured reconsideration and had the
bill made a special order for later in
the afternoon
When the bill came up on special
order Senator Bacon explained the bill
and said it was the interest of the
carrying out the provisions of the con
stitution regarding the equalization OF
population in districts. Two years age
an arrangement was made whereby
this change was to have been made
Members had come to him and agreed
\ to stand for the change. A secre,
caucus later had considered the reap
portionment matter and secret ballo,
was taken over his objection. and the
change had not been made. Senate
Bill No. 96 provided for taking one
township from the Fifth and placing II
In the Sixth. thereby eQuaizing the
vote in the two districts. The Fifth
district, two years ago, had 1879 votes
The Sixth district had 1924 votes Un
der this bill the vote would stand 1885
in the Fifth and 1915 in the Sixth
There was 40 republican majority
two years ago in the Fifth and 10;
plurality in the Sixth He thought the
bill was due the Sixth district The
change would have been made two
years ago. If trading had not defeated
the agreement. The Sixth was a clos,
district and better fight was neces
sary every two years.
Senator Brown said the committe,
had voted unanimously that the bill