Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-31
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LITTLE's LEGISLATIVE RECORD.

TITLES LEGISLATIVE RECORD.
After pouring over the legislative
records at the capitol for many hours,
the associate editor of the independent
campaign sheet-printed in Mandan-
embellishes the last issue of his sheet
with two column, scare head review
of Col. Little's record in the legisla-
ture. And what humiliating failure.
1t is recited that the committee of
which Col. Little was chairman did
not report House bill No. 1853 for pas
sage.
Let's see what this bill was.
The title does not explain it.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany makes special rate in every
state for messages to the state capital
from any point in the state and from
the capital to any point in the state-a
uniform rate Of rs cents for 10 words.
This is Of benefit to a large class of
litigents, attorneys, state and county
officials and others having business
with the supreme court and the various
departments of the state government.
This rate is made in each state. If
it was not granted there would be no
change in rates between other points.
This special tariff in no way affects
the rates between other points. If
this special rate was not made the
rate on kilograms to and from Bis
marck, for 10 words, would be so cents
to IS cents
Do the people of Bismarck criticise
Little for favoring a special low rate
for telegraph service to and from Bis
marck?
Another bill-Senate bill No. 222-
pure buncomb to prohibit the franking
privilege on the part of railroads and
telegraph companies. This didn't
come out of the committee and Little
is blamed for that. Every member of
the legislature, democrat as we'll as
republican, is the recipient of a rail-
road pass 1t is weighing the intelli-
gence of the peoples representatives
in mighty weak scale if it is seriously
believed that the holding of these
customary privileges in any way bases
the judgment of legislators and causes
them to wrong. Members are not pur-
chased as cheap as that
House bill No. 1877, measure for
aseertaining the value of express com.
panies. telegraph and telephone com.
panies.
This was a bill found to have been
entirely covered by previous legisla
ton.
Then there are several bills men.
tened wherein it is charged that Col
Little was "absent and not voting
These measures passed the senate
each by the following vote:
House Bill, No. 1879 to 0.
Senate Bill No. 1875 to 0.
Senate Bill No. 201-36 to O.
Senate Bill No. 51-31 to 0.
There are forty senators. Little and
several others were absent-out in the
cloak room or attending to other duties
when these measures came up fo1
passage. Their presence was not nee
essary
What ever may be said about Col
Little he is not charged with being a
coward. He is not dishonest. He is
not "dodger.'
On the system of taxation of rail.
roads there is an honest difference of
opinion. Back a few years ago many
thought well of the gross earnings
system, which up to that time had
worked well in Minnesota, and such
a measure away back in 1885 received
Col. Little's vote
And this is the part Of the legisla.
tive record of Senator Little of this
district that the young and frisky as
sociate editor of the fatherless organ
OF the democrats and independents re.
! views at such length 4
What mountain and what mole.
@ 1t took hours of investigation of the
/. records to sift out this information
and still greater strain ON the
Ingenuity of the writer to SO wrap it
! IN its presentation as to conceal the
dishonesty OF the writer and confuse
II and fool the reader.
81 And this same critic allenges the
friends Of Hon, G. b. Little to- set forth
one act he has done tor Bismarck and
Burleigh county as state senato /,
~ chronicle al the good things. all