Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-02-22
THE SENATE.

The entering wedge for a state
fair at Grand Forks was inserted in
the session of the senate of yester-
day. Although bombarded with elo-
quence from Morton and Cass and
Stark, the Grand Forks forces stood
firm and when the battle was over
they had twenty-three votes for the
Grand Forks fair bill to Is for the
opposition and the bill was declared
passed. The victory for Grand
Forks was not accomplished without
a struggle. When the Grand Forks
fair bill was presented, two substi-
tutes were presented, one by Senator
Hanna of Cass and one by Senator
Voss of Morton. Both were defeated,
although fervid eloquence was ex-
pended in behalf of both or either of
them. But when the battle was all
over and Senator Bacon moved the
clincher on the state fair appropria-
ton, Senator Hanna of Cass arose
and gracefully stated that while he
and the Grand Forks senator had had
many disagreements on the matter,
he desired to second the motion. So
it was carried and the fair matter
was over, so far as the senate was
concerned. And the large audience
of members of the house of repre-.
sentatives and other interested spec.
tators moved out into the lobby while
the senate went into executive ses-
sion for the consideration of appoint
ments.
When the state fair bill came I'D
in the regular course Of the senate
procedure. Senator Bacon moved a
call of the senate and the roll was
called. Senator Voss moved that Sena-
tor Carroll be excused. Mr.. Bacon OBJ
jected and demanded that Mr. Carroll
be brought in. Senator LaMoure
thought Mr.. Voss' motion out OF
order. The Sergeant at arms reports
ed he had seen Senator Carroll but
moment before but could not find
him. Mr.. Titles motion to dispense
with the call was lost. Mr.. Carroll
was found and the call was dispensed
with. The bill was then read.
Mr.. Hanna offered an amendment
making the fair to be held in alter
nate years at Grand Forks and Fargo.
Mr.. Bacon objected on the ground of
expediency and spoke of the adapta-
bility of Grand Forks for the fair on
account of the hotel and railroad
facilities. He said Cass county was
habitually asking for everything, hav-
ing twenty-four state and seventeen
federal appointments 1t imagined
itself on a pedestal and all had to
bow to it. Grand Forks had already
a good nucleus for a state fair and
guaranteed the success of the fair.
Two fairs would be a detriment.
(Applause.)
Mr.. Hanna said Fargo had better
hotel accommodations than any city
In the state. All business men of
Cass county and Fargo favored the
location of the fair at that city where
the agriculture college was at hand
to aid the fair and to be benefited
thereby. Railroad facilities at Fargo
are unexcelled by any city in the
state. He said Cass county was pay
ing one-tenth of the taxes Of the en-
tire state and was entitled to recog-
milton as to appointments. The rota-
ton of the fair between the two cities
would permit everybody in the state
TO attend at least one of the fairs.
The amendment would stop friction
between the two cities. Applause.
Mr.. Voss offered a substitute mo-
ton putting the fair at Mandan in
odd years and Fargo in even years.
He said the success of the Mandan
fair had excited the envy Of both
Fargo and Grand Forks. Applause
and laughter The Mandan fair
were beautifully located in
the center Of the state, and in the
heart of the great cattle country
which was fast becoming a farming
country. {Applause) He predicted