The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-01-03
THIRD HOUSE
HAD SESSION.
Ills Address Was i ii Of the
Meeting Of That Boz ~ sdded
Greatly to the fiilarity . . De-
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during the organization Of the legisla-
ture was the message which Gov
Ole Axvig had prepared and which
was read BY Postmaster Tharaldson
of Grafton Immediately after the se-.
lection of Senator McCumber by the.
caucus had been announced. The mes
sage was read in the lobby Of the.
Northwest and was listened to by a.
large crowd. The message was ad-
dressed to the members OF the third
house
Gov. Axvig first made reference
to the plum tree which he said bore.
ripe and juicy fruit and that the mem
bers of the third house should see to!
it that it was well taken care Of in or
der that its fruit might be OF the best
quality. He recommended .also that
a large body of powerful men be EN-
ployed to shake the tree in order that
all who desired might secure one Of.
the luscious specimens.
His second recommendation was in
reference to state beehive, where all
who were troubled with bees could file
the pestering little beast thus rcmov-
ing constant source of trouble and
worry If an occasion ever arose
where the bees could be Of value they
would always be on hand where they
could be obtained and if the occasion
never arose which would most likely
be the case the bee would finally die
OF old age and could then be given al
decent burial.
Gov. Axvig advocated the estab-
lisfiment Of "reformatory' where all
legislators could be placed and given
proper care.
Gov. Axyig declared emphatically
against the pass evil as it now existed.
He believed it did not extend far
enough He believed that passes
should contain coupons emitting the
holder to tips, shines, cigars and All oc-
casional bottle Of mineral water. He
said he had no time for a railroad COM
pany that did not do things "up
brown" when it attempted anything
He declared en1phatically i'm favor
OF primary election reform. He be-
lieved that the secretary OF state
should keep complete list of every
one who was desirous OF earning or,
rather receiving part Of the public
money. After the list had grown sew
seral years old he proposed that it be
published in the papers of the state
and that copies be distributed to every
voter and that the voter be compelled
to read the entire list under penalty of
penal servitude if he failed to comply
If this could not be done he believed
it advisable to appropriate 100000 to
be divided among the newspapers in
order to compensate them for the loss
! in receipts should the primary law not
seem advisable.
Gov Axvig received great deal
of applause for his mastery state
document and all the members Of the
third house" gave him a vote Of con-
fidence and elected him to. the position
which he now holds for life.
NOTES.
Representative T ID. Casey Of
Walsh County arrived Monday and inn
nlediately was the center of interest
Everyone wanted to meet the man
who would represent the minority in
the house for the coming two months
Mr.. Casey made decidedly favorable
impression upon all who met him and
it is the general opinion that Mr..
Casey viii bel one Of the ablest mem
& bers Of the house.
Senator Taylor was among the Mon
day arrivals. Senator TAYLOR and
Senator Sifton Of Stutsman represent
the medical fraternity in the senate.
Senator Cashel who has seen great
many years service in the upper house
Of the legislature arrived Monday and
was heartily greeted BY ali Of the old
members. Senator Cashel. while a
member Of the minority, is looked
upon BY the senate as one Of its aElest
members and his opinion Isl usually
sought on all important questions.
The fight for the organization Of the
house was one oil the fiercest that has
been seen at the Legislature for years.
Deputy Examiner Proctor of James
town was an interested spectator OH
Monday
Representative Casey lei tie word
60 out soon alter his arrival that the
minority had no candidate for speaker
Prof. E b kaufman who.is now
deputy commits ssioner OF agriculture and
labor is one of the busiest men at the
capital Besides organizing business
Iii his new position lie has d great deal
of important busin s gtp transact Hi
connection with the holding of Farm
ers Institutes in various parts of the
state. Professor kaufman lis the state
secretary and as such organi2es the
institute WOrk iii the STA Iii first
institute opens today ali sSs u
REPRESENTATIVE ailack son. one III
4he new members from M ls11 MI, s iii