The Bowbells tribune., 1905-01-27

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siding officers of each body. The more
important chairmanships in the SEN
ate are: Appropriations, La Moure;
judiciary, Little; railroads, simpson;
estate affairs, Sharpe; elections, Han
ma; irrigation, Voss; insurance, Re-
gan; temperance, Krabel.
The more important house commit
tee chairmanships are: Judiciary,
Buttz; railroads, Davis; appropria-
tiens, Sweet; elections, Blake; state
affairs, Richmond.
The vacancy in the office of the Sec
retary of the senate, caused by the res
ignation of r. NJ. Tuttle, was filled by
the election of L. NJ. McGlashan of
Stark county.
Senator Little introduced the most
important bill of the day in the senate,
providing for the reconstruction and
completion of the state capitol build
ing, the sale of the capitol endowment
lands and the appointment of capitol
commission of five members
Senator Spoonheim introduced res
olution to instruct congressional dele
cation to vote for the Quarles-Cooper
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committee.
The senate took fifteen-minute re-
cess during the session to call in a
body on Gov. Sarles for the purpose of
congratulating him on his bidthday an
niversary.
A number of bills amending present
statutes were presented in the house.
Thirty-nine of the forty members of
the senate voted for Senator Porter J.
McCumber to succeed himself as Unit
ed States senator at o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. Senator Macarthur was the
missing member. The other Demo-
Gratis Of the senate voted for Senator
McCumber ,and Senator Cashel and
Senator Plain took occasion to say
some nice things of Senator McCum-
her in announcing their votes. Senator
McCumber was placed in nomination
5y Senator Movius of Richland county,
The session of the house of repre-
sentatives was brief one, an adjourn
ment being taken as soon as the vote
had been taken on United States SEN
ator. Representative Purdon of Rich
land county placed Senator Porter j.
McCunber in nomination to succeed
himself. Ninety-four members cast
their votes for Senator McCumber. The
only vote explained was that of Rep
resentative Casey, Democrat from
Walsh county, who took occasion to
say that his party did not have a can
Iidate for senator and he asked that
he be excused from voting.
Senator Crane offered resolution
providing for the appointment of a
committte from both houses to arrange
for exercises commemorative OF the
valuable services rendered to the state
by the late Justice John M. Cochrane.
Among the state appropriation bills
was one for $4,000 to enforce the pure
food law, $G4,000 for the deaf and
dumb school, $64000 for the school for
feeble minded, and $1G5,0O0 for the in
sane hospital.
Senator Little's bill for the creation
of a capitol commission consisting OF
five members provides that no two OF
whom shall be residents of the same
judicial district. This commission
shall be appointed by the governor and
shall receive IS per day and expenses
while engaged in the performance OF
their duties. The bill provides for the
sale of the state lands that the United
States government granted to state
for the maintenance of the capitol, in
order to provide a fund for the work.
The commission is authorized to Gre
ate and use fund of $600,0O0.
senator Hanna Of Cass county in
troduced a pure food bill which is
somewhat stronger than the law under
which Commissioner Ladd has been
working for the past two years. Dill
providing for an appropriation for the
enforcement of the law will be intro
duced in a few days.
In Joint session at noon Wednesday
the ninth legislative assembly formal
ly adopted the report of both houses,
taken separately Tuesday afternoon,
and President Bartlett declared Sen
ator McCumber reelected to the Unit
ed State senate for the term of six
years. The vote in the house showed
"a for McCumber, excused and ab-
sent.
The senate showed vote of SO, 1
member absent and not voting.
In the house this afternoon Repre-
sentative Shells introduced bill pro-
viding for the appointment of grain
commission by the governor to whom
every grain buyer and elevator firm in
the state shall make daily report OF
the amount of grain bought and the |
amount shipped out with the surplus
remaining in the elevator. The idea
of the bill seems to be for the purpose
of preventing alleged short weights, |
the claim being made for several years
that considerably more grain is ship
ned out than is received. A violation
II the law carries with it fine of $l00
for each day such reports are not fur
nished, and all untrue report carries a
.o,,,1;,,or total v21uo Of the |