Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-03-18
The RECORD OF BILLS introduced
Interesting Story Of The Fate Of Legislative
Measures in Both Houses
twenty-five ksemblymeR and One Senator Had No
Bils--.OnIy five Bills Lost On Vote

The Tribune publishes herewith
the list OF bills introduced by each
member OF the legislature with a
brief synopsis Of their disposition.
It will be noted that many members
did not introduce a bill, and while
to the uninitiated, this may seem q
great lack OF enterprise or ability on
the part OF those members, It should
be remembered that the member that
Is free from "entangling alliances
and not encountered with a multitude
OF bills Is the man who has the most
time to scan the work Of others, give
sound Judgment to the measures pro.
posed and place his vote more in.
telligently.
Neither is 1t sign, that because a
bill was never reported by commit.
tee or was Indefinitely postponed,
that the measure was of Indifferent
worth. In many instances the same
bill was introduced In both houses
and It is q common rule that the one
OF such measures that passes either
house first is the one pressed for
passage and the other bill is not Re.
ported or 10 killed.
Again, many bills are introduced
that practically cover the same sub.
ject matter. All are referred to the
appropriate committee which reports
q bill based upon all the measures
perhaps, and never reports the
others.
But five bills were killed ON third
reading. The committees doing the
executing either by never reporting
the bills or recommending indefinite
postpone ment, therefore, where men.
ton is made below Of a senate bill
beinb killed in the house, or vice versa,
the killing was, as a rule, done as
slater. The terms sskilled'' or ..lost
In committee used below means the
bill was not reported back. aPassed'
means passed both houses.
Following is the record as taken
from the bin books Of the two
houses:
Mr.. LaMoure eleven, bills ~
7s. 70. 1ss, 156, 1877, 1877, 21s, 2so and
2s4. All passed both houses but 21s
which was lost 10 the house.
MT. Garnett introduced but one bin.
No. Sc, which passed both houses. q
Mr. johnson Of Walsh was the only
member Of the senate who did not
Introduce 4 bill. 5$
MT. Cashel-ten bills Nos. %. %.
%. 81, 1923, 137, passed; Nos. Is and
76 were buried by the committee and
Nos. 1ss and 100 were killed in the
house. 55s
ME- Spoonheim i've bills No. 2s2
passed; No. 26 was lost In committee
80 and 81 were indefinitely postponed
and 65 was killed In the house.
MT. Baconfive bills.-He intro.
duced the famous No. 50, Grand
Forks fair bin. which got through
after dividing the honors with Fargo
He also secured the passage Of Nos
$50 and 1874; and had Nos. 172 ana
1s5 killed In committee
Mr.. Taylor nine bills Mos - -
100. 151. 152, 15s, and ia passed:
Nos. q was killed ia. the house and
12s was never reported BY the com.
mittee.
Mr. Herbrandson twb bil,s M
~ and 17S were killed ia t 81 houae
Mr. Hanna sixteen biils. He =, vaa
one q TIE most indnstrioas men &
the senate having introauoed tha
largest number d bins III nv mem.
Der. ne sectred tho psssase 3 81 ~.
4. %, q. las, ia. l4s, i. is. III
and "a, fJp& s. 10. lie. \ Iii and M /
were held up ~ committees ana M.
1872 was lost In the house.
Mr. Brown one bin by request
No. 2a7. which was killed by com.
mittee.
MT Talcott hve billie No. 4e
passed; No. ~ was killed ~ CON.
nittee and a, l2b and s17 were lot
a the house.
Mr.. Benson one bill-No. ss Ne
tndednitely postponsd.