The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-01

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propriate in these and other bills {:
: that have been approved a sum /.
slightly under $2,OOO,OOO. You {;
/: will have but slightly more than {:
100000 to meet all unknown {:
contingencies or any catastrophy /:
that might Overtake us In the next {:
two years. The careful business {:
man does not pledge his entire {:
resources and depend upon the {:
good will Of Providence to carry {:
/: out his business promises, and 1 {:
do not think the state should. {:
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: which think could be Topped off {:
{: without material injury to the in. {:
situations for which they arc {:
: made. l believe the governor will /:
prune out at least 100000. 1:
think he should. If he does not {:
and difficulty in the way of a {:
failure Of crops, or otherwise a {:
: large deficiency exists at the {:
+: close Of the biennial period 1t will {:
mean the political death of the {:
house that passed these bills, and {:
the governor who approves them. (:
hope we will he able to meet {:
every obligation We are assuming, (:
but 1 believe 1t to be unwise to {:
assume there will be no end or {:
!: temporary suspension Of the era {:
OF prosperity We are now enjoy. {:
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The bills passed quietly in, their
course, the management being in the
hands of Chairman Peake, who had
every detail we'll in hand, and. who
was master of the situation at nearly
every turn. There was no break in
the long and ceaseless roll calls on
the bills until 1923, the high school
bill, was reached, when it was side
tracked temporarily by Representa-
tive Tufte and Sorley, who succeeded
in having it sent to the committee of
the whole to be amended. Mr.. Tufte
based his objection upon the fact that
the bill was extravagant and he
sought to have the annual appropria-
ton of $4,000 reduced to $4,000.
Later in the session on motion of
Mr.. White the motion was reconsid-
cred and the bill was placed upon
its third reading and final passage,
the vote being 80 to 6.
Members Went to Sleep.
Another amusing as we'll as serious
incident was the temporary defeat of
the appropriation of $4,000 for the
use of the commissioner of agricul-
ture and labor to be used in adver-
Using the advantages of the state.
During the long and tedious roll calls
the members had wandered out into
the corridors and were visiting with
their friends. The speaker pro tenn,
Mr.. Streeter, had called the attention
OF the house to the fact that one of
the bills had passed by the mere con-
stitutional majority, but it had little
effect. But when S. B. 60 was lost by
a vote Of AZ ayes to IL nays, the
house woke up to the fact that
blunder had been permitted. Mr..
Tufte who was objecting to some of
the bills, rushed into the breach and
moved that the vote be reconsidered
and the motion to reconsider lie on.
the table. This would have defeated
the plans of the commissioner of az
riculture and would have been ruin
Gus to the state. Mr.. Stevens moved
as substitute that the vote by which
the bill was lost be reconsidered. The
motion was argued by Messrs. Stew
ems, Buttz, Mockler and the speaker
who was on the floor, and the alb
surdity of permitting the carelessness
Of the members to defeat legislation
as important to the development and
welfare of the state was so clearly
shown that those who were favoring
the defeat of the bill must have felt
some shame. The motion to recon-
slider was carried with a whoop and
then the bill was passed by a vote
OF "a to 13. Thirty-nine bills were
passed during the session.
Committee Reports.
The principal matter of interest of
the session aside from the passage
OF the appropriation bills was the
passage of a concurrent resolution
introduced by Mr.. Casey providing
that the governor, state auditor and
attorney general shall constitute a
board for the purpose of devising q
system of taxation for the state and
to report to the next session of the
legislature, and the reports of the
committees on the bills which are
now dying by the gross. The follow
ing bills went to their eternal rest
ing place: house bills 298, 80, 253.
260. 239, 67, 1873, SO and senate bill
215. The following were recommend
ed for passage: house bill 290 and
senate bills 176, 1873, ia, AZ, 70.
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