The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-13

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 9.-The resub-
! mission stalwarts managed to force an
adjournment of the house Saturday af-
| ternoon and prevent a consideration
OF the resubmission bill, which was re-
ported back to the house by majority
and minority committee. The major
/ lty OF the committee, headed by Chair
man McCrea, voted in favor of the in
definite postrcnement of the bill. The
minority report, which was signed by
F. j. Lyons and Frank Lish, RECON-
mended the bill to pass. The bill in
question was Mov::s' proposed consti-
Itutional 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 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 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 mem
bers were to delay action on the report
and force the majority of the house to
consent to deferred action or to force
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 poor plan of battle on their
part and bad generalship 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 resubmissionists 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, Dieball, Fried,
Gaglon, Hammer, Henson, Harvey,
Knudtson, Lyons, Mattson, Mcclure,
McGahan, Mckenzie, Meidinger, No
ben, Paller, Patterson, Peterson of
Towner, Peterson of Wells, Rose,
Scheer, Senour, Simpson, Wagner,
Weed, Weigel. The absentees were
Blank, Lish, Mcknight, Watson, Mill
er and Movius. The test vote showed
62 prohibitionists and 80 resubmission-
lists.
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 Hale's bill for
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school because of defective title, and
a new bill was Immediately introduced
covering the same ground. Little bust
ness was done in either house. owing
to- the excitement over resubmission
fight. @ II .sssas lEg an
Bismarck, n. p, Feb s1O.--The sre-
submission bill was killed by the
house. The Prohibitionists took q les
son from their temporary setback IL
Saturday and forced the fighting.
adopting the majority report OF, the
temperance committee, which RECON-
mended the indefinite postponement Of
the bill. The "Reminiscences made
another effort I'd delay the BILL but
were unable to do 20. y. Y. !, .s
Cassell Of Steele county led the fight-
4 Ing for the Prohibit ionists, and 10 soon
d as the proper order Of business wa
a reached moved the adoption Of the ma
jority report OF the committee. Sew
II eral substisuts motions and q vote "a
adopt thu minority report ok thSS ctsoIn.