The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-25
Present Session of the Legisla-
ture Has Had Before it
Many Proposed Laws.
DEAnE's W0RKH0UsE BILL,
BY ]. B. w|HEMAN 10 PASS
Stevens Introduces Resolution
to Stop Flood of Bills in
the House.
BY Georxa Daxi..

Bismarck, Feb. 25.-With nine leg
islattve days yet remaining of the
session, things are getting into some
thing of a double strenuous condition.
There have been nearly seven hundred
bills introduced in the two branches
and two or three of these have be-
come laws. 1t is getting into the con-
dition where the suspending of the
rules is necessary and the rushing
Of specially meritorious bills through
both houses is matter of common
occurrence. This was the case with
the park commission bill which was
drafted to take the place of the law
which the supreme court recently
held unconstitutional. Saturday it was
taken at its first reading at which
time it was referred to the committee
OF the whole, and the rules were sus.
pended and it was sent to the house
and placed upon it's third reading and
nnal passage with the privilege of
amending the same without unani-
nous consent 1t will be rushed
through as fast as it Is possible to
do so and will in all probability be-
come law. 1t would not do so how
ever if there were any conflicting in
terests involved as the merest techni-
cal parliamentary twist would put it
out of commission.
Representative Stevens gave notice
of his intention to head or all SUPER
fiuous work and settle down to the
work of passing such bills as are
necessary, by reading resolution
which he introduced and asked to
have lie on the table, providing for
the recall from all committees of all
bills pending before them and the ap-
pointment by the speaker of steer
ing committee of nine members which
shall determine what legislation shall
be given attention in the house.
Saturdays Work.
At the morning session Saturday
bill was introduced in the house by
o. P. n. Anderson providing for the
repeal of what is known as the Bacon
law which permits voter to exercise
his franchise in the voting precinct
from which he removes until he ac-
quires a voting residence in the one
to which he moves. The bill was re-
ferred to the committee on judiciary.
The following senate bills were read
first and second time and referred
to the proper committees: Nos. 1862,
So, 1853. 1874, 16, 211, 273, 265, 269, 225,
81, Sc, 1873, 301, 1914 and 1876.
Committee of the Whole.
The house then went into committee
OF the whole with Mr.. Rose of Dickie
in the chair for the consideration of
general orders. House bill 154 intro
duced by Mr.. Tufte and amending
section 150S of the revised codes of
1905 in reference to the assessment
of bank stock, was amended and
then recommended for passage.
House bill Is introduced by Mr..
Streeter was amended by changing the
reading of the first section. The bill
provides for the sealing and the
shipping Of cars loaded at stations
where there are no regular agents of
the railroad company. The bill as
amended was recommended for pass
age.
The daily bill of fare came on the
consideration of H. B. Sc, a bill in.
troduced by Mr.. Freeman and pro-
viding for the control of threshermen
by requiring all those so engaged to
execute bonds in the penalty of $1,000
for the payment of the help employed
on such machines. A number of bills
on this subject have been introduced
all covering the same general pur-
pose. Mr. Freeman supported the
provisions of the measure in strong
and vigorous speech. He argued that
the bill would only work hardship
on the machine trust which sold these
machines with lien upon their earn
ings so that when the season was
over they could step in and take the
profits thus leaving the men who had
operated the same without adequate
means of redress. Mr.. Stevens argued
that the fact that so many persons
operating threshing machines could
not pay their men who come into the
state to assist in saving the crops.
Speaker Twichell left the chair and
made a fight against the measure on
the floor, arguing that the man who
had sufficient executive ability to oper-
ate a threshing machine would have
no trouble in securing bond for
$1,000 as required by the bill. He
agreed with Mr.. Stevens that the dan
ger of losing their wages was one
of the reasons why the price of labor
had kept up and cited instances where
the wages paid were fifty cents per
day more on rigs owned by irrespon-
sible parties than they were on the
Continued on Page ~