Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-02-08
BATTLE ROYAL IN HOUSE
RESUeMIssloNlST FORCE 40
JoURNMENT WITHOUT Ac-
TiON ON BILL.
NO ACTION ON COMMITTEE RE.
PORT ON THE MovIUs LOCAL
OPTION BILL.

Resubm issionists Demand Call Of the
House and When Proceedings Are
Ordered Dispensed With Adjourn
ment Of the House is Taken-Pro
hibitionists, Outgeneralled, Are MOI
Able to Bring Matter to a Vote
Yesterday.
The first real battle of the Legislative
session occurred in the house yester
day afternoon. 1t arose over the
Movius resubmission bill and while il
did not last as long as was expected
it was warm while it lasted In the
end the resubmissionists carried their
point and deferred the cor liberation
of the committee report on the Movius
bill until next week, which was their
object in making the fight A test
vote on the matter showed a strength
of 62 for the prohibition side of the
controversy to 80 for the resubmissiou
end of the fight, with six members alb
sent and not voting.
No other business was transacted by
the house than the attempted consider
alton of the report on he resubmis
sion bill This was a majority and
minority report, the majority. headed
by Chairman McCrea and consisting
of seven members of the committee
recommended the indefinite postpone
ment of the bill The minority report
signed by Messrs. Lish and Lyons
recommended the passage of the bill
The battle was on from the time the
report of the committee was presented
Representative Lyons charged that the
majority report had been changed
without the knowledge of the minority
He said that the majority of the com
mittee had agreed to recommend that
the bill do not pass. Instead of that
report, a report for indefinite post
ponement was brought in. Mr. Nc
Crea stated that the report of the com
mittee was as agreed upon at the
meeting held yesterday morning
motion to adopt the majority re-
port of the committee which would
have killed the resubmission bill
brought forth demand from the re.
submissionists for cal! of the house
which was acquiesed in by the neces.
sary twenty-one member of the house
The doors We're secured and the roll
call began. Two members of the
house We're found absent and unex.
cused. Messrs. Miller and Movius.
Mr.. McGahan moved that the SER
geant at arms be directed to bring the
absentees to the bar of the house
Mr. Leech moved that further proceed.
ings under the call be dispensed with.
Mr. McGahan made point of order
and declared that there were twenty
one members who would Immediately
repeat the demand for call of the
house. The chair declared the point
OF order not well taken and enter
tanned the motion for dispensing with
the proceedings under the call. The
roll call showed the strength of the
opposing sides, sixty-two members yot-
ing to dispense with the proceedings.
thirty-twO voting against and six mem
bers not voting
The resubmission sta'warts who op-
posed the motion to dispense with pro-
ceedings under the call were the fol
lowing:
Baker OF Ramsey. Bartz, Beck. Bos-
from. Bourassa. Brown Connolly, Die
ball. Fried. Gagnon. Hammer, Hanson,
Harvey, KnudtsOn. Lyons. Mattson.
Mcclure. McGahan. Mckenzie, Meid-
niger. Noben. Palmer. Patterson.
Peterson of TOwner. Peterson of Wells,
Rose. Scheer. Senour Simpson. Wag-
ner. Weed. Weigel.
Those absent and not voting were:
Blank. Lish, Mcknight. Watson.
Miller and MOvius.
Upon the declaration that the pro-
ceedfngs under the call were dis.
spensed with the demand for call
OF the house was repeated Davis of
Ramsey moved to adjourn and the
mouse adjourned by viva vOce vote.
ending the consideration of the resub-
mission matter for the day.
There was a lively interest mani
rested in the fight and when news of
its progress reached the senate that
Dody recessed and members crowded
ihto the house gallery TO watch the
proceedings. They were disappointed
IN the extent of the battle. as the re-
submYssiOnists had declared they
would block all procee lings in the
house rather than have the measure
disposed of at yesterday session.
lhev asked for its postponement until
next week. their desire being to defer
consideration in the house until after
the measure had been Brought up from
the senate committee and acted upon
there The resuhmissionists claim
apiilty 10 carry the senate and believe
'ne mouse Dill would have a better
chance II the senate acted favoraslv.
The senate bill is Identical with the
house measure and is nov in the