Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-02-19
Cbecegislature
Proceedings Of the
Week in the 900.
State Law Mill 30.

ternoon and prevent consideration
of the resubmission bill, which was re-
ported back to the house by majority
and minority committee. The major
ity of the committee, headed by Chair
man McCrea, voted in favor of the in.
definite postponement of the bill. The
minority report, which was signed by
mended the bill to pass. The bill in
question was Movius' proposed consti-
tutional amendment for local option.
The resubmissionists wanted action
on the report, and the report itself was
deferred until next Wednesday. They
had assurances from resubmission
members of the senate that a report
and action on the bill now pending in
the senate would be forced on Monday,
and that the senate might pass the
bill This would have given the house
bill a better chance; whereas to have
reported upon and killed the bill in
the senate would end the hopes of the
house resubmissionists. Accordingly
the tactics of the resubmission men,
bers were to delay action on the report
and force the majority Of the house to
consent to deferred action or to force
a postponement. The resubmissionists
were successful in carrying out this
program and forced an adjournment
earlier than was expected.
This, the prohibitionists claim, was
due to a poor plan of battle on their
part and bad generalshiD in opposing
the resubmission men. They had
strength nearly two to one, and say
the battle should have been fought out
and ended. Some of the members ap-
parently had buck fever, and when, af-
ter the first call of the house had been
made and dispensed with. Davis made
motion to adjourn, it was declared
carried by viva voce vote. The re-
submissionists had carried their point
and put off the consideration OF resub-
mission The test vote in the house
came on the motion of Leech Of Cass
that further proceedings under the call
be Dispersed with.
The resubnissionists who lined up
in opposition to the motion to dispense
with further proceedings under the
call were the following: Baker of
Ramsey, Bartz, Beck. Bostrom, Bour-
ASA, Brown, Connolly. Dicball, Fried,
Gaglon. Hammer. Henson, Harvey,
Knudtson, Lyons, Madison, Mcclure,
McGahan, Mckenzie, Meidinger, No
ben, Palier, Patterson, Peterson of
Towner, Peterson of Wells, Rose,
Scheer, Senour, Simpson, Wagner,
Weed, Wc;sel. The absentees were
Blank, Lish, Mcknight. Watson. Mill
er and Movius. The test vote showed
GO prohibitionists and 80 resubmission-
ists.
The matter will probably be brought
up again Monday, when the prohibit
tionists will endeavor to end the bat
tie and shelve the resubmission bill.
The contest was so interesting that
the senate adjourned and members
crowded the house gallery to watch
the struggle.
Gov. White vetoed Halc's bill for
bonds of $4,000 for Devils Lake deaf
school because of defective title, and
new bill was Immediately introduced
covering the same ground. Little bust
ness was done in either house, owing
to the excitement over resubmissiou
fight.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb 1O.-Thc re-
submission bill was killed by the
house. The Prohibitionists took a les
son from their temporary setback of
Saturday and forced the fighting,
adopting the majority report Of the
temperance committee. which recon-
mended the indefinite postponement OF
the bill. The resubmissionists made
another effort to delay the bill, but
were unable to do So
Cassell of Steele county led the fight
ing for the Prohibitionists, and as soon
as the proper order of business was
reached moved the adoption of the ma
iority report of the committee. Sew
eral substitute motions and a vote to
adopt the minority report of the COM
mittee for the passage of the bill We're
voted down. and so on the main ques-
ton the bill was killed by q viva voce
vote. The test vote showed G6 Prohi-
bitionists and 81 resubnlissionists.
New bills presented in the senate
were the annual appropriation OF $780,
900 for public printing; repeal Of the
law for the gathering Of agricultural
and farm statistics by assessors, and
bill to provide for the printing of
special agricultural reports by the
state. Bills passed by the senate were
to provide that legal executions shall
take place at the state penitentiary,
and providing for bonds for the state
agricultural college. The senate con-
Cured in the house resolution favor
ing removal of tariff on lumber.
La Moure, of the special committee
for Lincolns birthday observance, re-
ported favoring joint session of the
two houses Thursday, at which John
M. Cochrane and Father Conaty of
Grand Forks will speak.
The house passed the bill raising the
age of consent from sixteen to eighteen
years: prohibiting Sunday work by
BARRIERS, and changing the beginning of
the county auditors term from March
l to April /. Another bunch of new