Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-01-31
THE LEGISLATURE.
Bismarck, y. d., Jan. g, i

the many branch lines and some OF the
main lines up north there was no al
temp, made last Friday 20 adjourn until
Tuesday or Wednesday Of this week.
which undoubtedly would have been at
tempted had the railways all been open
The matter OF most interest in the
>craie since las, report was the conies;
u Mr. Wasi,burn, democrat, against Mr.
Crane, insurgens republican ior the
position OF senator from the Sixteenth
district Mr. Crane IS ire si.,sng mem
Eer. ard The returns gave him one vote
rx5.e thar VI. Washburn The COM
-ist.se on privileges and elections de-
csdesi - submit the eside0ce 10 the
-c-lare WITHOUT Recommendation /, was
% ..sf,rl.sred. and ier two days tae mat
t-r AS o. IN that badr The esiderce
wzs al read n open sess.o:l. and ::sen
sEa- 1srorueys ios the parties 20 the cor
,-- addressed the senate Saturday ey-
-rssrx me last speech Oh counsel mas
rzsse Nor<izy the senate discussed shc
rlzfre-- and .he resul. vas tire eating
&; Senator Crane
y ess,ses, OF Considerable BITTERNESS:
zss ~tes czrs- before the house co-s-
rtsssee On privilege and elections. oi
aEssea the representative iron, Enn,ons
a rr,esHf,er. MI Eszns rad received
ne certificate 0; election. and Air.
ssfszlen =as ing contestant, The case
hinged on the yots N Length precinct
precinct 1fs,cil. EVIDENT. ior politi-
cal purpose had been made 10 embrace
territory ;isree miles vide and twenty
;elr mics bong he testimony showed
a bad condition 81 AFFAIR." in the pre-
c.ncs ii: election day y humble. Of
Italians employed By the railway COM
pary nere voted. none 81 them being
citizen /. NJ. shown. however. that.
throwing on, the votes known 10 be IL
legal. Evans still had good-sized
majority 81 the legal votes OF the pre-
c:nct A Pflalen had fu; FIVE majority
in the district outside oi Letigh pre-
ctnes. i; vas believed b, the commit
tee thu, he had majority OF the legal
sete of the district. and unanimously
they 80 reported. their report being
adopted by the house About dozen
hours were put in by the committee
hearing the testimony and discussing the
matter
As the session progresses it becomes
evident that the dcmo-insurgcnt leaders
cannot hold their combination together
OH the various issues that come before
the house. This was wildly shown in
the matter of Mr.. Sorley's anti-subsidy
resolution. detailed account of which
is published elsewhere in this issue of
the Record. Both the regular and in
>Argent republicans plainly see that they
will have common enemy to fight two
years from now. There is an old song
entitled "All Coons Look Alike to Nc. ;"
This title may be paraphrascd into the
statement that "All Republicans Look
Mike to the democratic voter. When
the Australian ballot is printed, two
years from now, there will be a re-
publican column and democratic col
nmn. The democratic voter will not
pause to ascertain whether the candi-
dates i'll the republican column are Of
the stalwart or the insurgcnt brand.
therefore, many Of the republicans that
trained with the democrats in the house
organization are coming to see where
continued alliance with the democrats
will lead them, and they will refuse any
longer TO help Mr.. Casey, leader of the
house democrats. to make democratic
medicine.
\ very unjust measure passed the
senate Saturday Twenty three years
ago Wilbur j. Steele, of Kiddcr county,
was power in the politics of the Slope.
Bismarck was out for public institutions.
She needed MIR. Stcelc's powerful as
sistancc. Mr. Steele needed some Bur
leigh county territory that would give
his llamcsakc town better position
geographically for retaining the county
seat There was no thought at that
time that the people Of kiddcr county
would ever be called upon to assume
any of Bureigi, countys indebtedness
because OF the acquisition OF the tier
of townships. II would seem, also, that
The Bnrlcigh county folks for years had
no idea OF receiving any consideration
ior the lost territory. AZ any rate, they
allowed the matter 10 lapse under the
statute Of limitations AZ the time Of
the change of territory from one county
TO another, the townships changed had
but few settlers, and were considered Of
much less importance as a tax-payinp
power than they are at present. The
Town Of Steele. particularly, has been
struggling for years with financial bur
dcns put upon It by the man for whom
u was named. and il seems pretty tough
that. after getting the City matters
StraIghtcncd out, AL attempt should be
made to saddle upon the county-coi,-
tanning less than three thousand people
according to the state census of ycal
before last-a debt which. the write
is informed. will amount. with interest
to between twelve and fifteen thousan,
dollars When the matter came up i
the senate MIR. Macdonald, the only ma
in that body whom Kiddcr county coul
call upon as matter of duty to defcn