The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-02-23
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Weeks Doings in the
State Legislature.

Weeks DOlnHS In CnO 81
State Legislature.
The legislature reconvened Wednes.
day after several days adjournment.
The expected fight in. the house over
the effort of the supporters of the rad
ical primary election law to force the
bill to it's third reading and final pas
sage without reference to the commit
tee on elections did not materialize
and the bill was read and referred,
upon an agreement of both sides. 1t is
expected some amendments will be
made to the bill in the committee.
Both houses passed a number OF
bills during the day. The house bill to
shops in the state has passed both
houses and now awaits the signature
of the governor. Representative Shells
introduced a stringent antitrust law.
Representative Stevens presented q
bill permitting the pension of state m
ployes who have served the state for
a period Of ten years. Senator Hanna
introduced a bill providing for educa-
ton of children along humane lines to
ward animals.
State Examiner P. S. Tyler of Fargo
presented his resignation to the gov
ernor. Mr.. Tyler will be appointed ma
tional bank examiner. His successor
will probably be D. X. Brightbill of
Towner county.
The probable personnel of the CAPT,
tol commission is arousing some inter.
est. William Bulge of Grand Forks,
it is expected, is likely to have a place
on the commission.
Routine business Of little interest
was the order in both houses Thurs
day. The house in committee of the
whole disposed of a number of pending
measures.
In the senate, a new banking bill
was. introduced providing for the con
troll of the state banks and the crea'
ton of a state banking board consist.
ing of the governor, auditor and secre'
tary of state, to have immediate su
pervision of the financial institutions
of this class.
A flood OF new bills was presented
many of them appropriation bills
which must be presented before Sat
urday Of this week, when it will be
necessary to have unanimous consent
A new primary bill was presented il
the house. Up to the present time
about $50 bills have been presented
in the two houses, only two of which
have reached the governor for ap
proval. /.
There was another red-hot fight il
the house Friday on the primary cleo
J ton bill, recently passed by the senate
The bill has been in the house commit
tee on elections for several days, an
an attempt was made by supporters c
the measure to force it out of the con
mittee and get it into the house 70
consideration. The debate on the ma
ter was participated in by Represents
tive Stevens of Burleigh, Streater c
Emmons, Phelan, Richmond, Case
and others. On a motion to make tn
matter a special order for tomorrow
morning, the vote was a tie-44 to A
and the bill finally went over unit
next Wednesday, when the committe
on electiops is to report all primar
bills now before it to the house. Thi
is the third time the opponents of thi
sweeping senate bill have succeede
in preventing action by the house b.
fore the elections committee wa
ready to report the bill.
In the senate another debate We
olution by Senator Brown reviving tn
fight of two years ago for the indors'
ment of a grain inspection in the Stat
of Wisconsin, and calling for the non
ination of three commissioners, on
! each by the States of Wisconsin, Mort
I Dakota and New York, following tn
! bill now pending in the Wisconsin lei
( islature. The resolution was FINAL
} referred to the committee on grain an
{ grain grading, and fifteen hundred col
} les of the Wisconsin bill were ordere
: printed for the information Of men
I bers.
) Gov. Sarles sent to the senate tn
Z appointment of d. X. Brightbill {
} Towner county as state examiner, t
{ fill the unexpired term of E.. S. lyle
! resigned, and for the full term of tw
: years from March 81.
The senate passed the irrigation bill
calling for the appointment of a stat
irrigation engineer and providing a fu
code of irrigation law. The bill ca
ries with it a fair appropriation for tn
prosecution of irrigation researches b
the state.
John McAffee, a paper salesman, ha
a permit to ride on a Great Norther
freight and a ticket. He got on (