Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-21

600; secretary Of state, state auditor,
state treasurer, commissioner of agri-
culture and commissioners Of insur-
ance. $4,000; attorney general, $4,000;
superintendent of public instruction,
$4,000: state examiner, $4,000, with
four deputies at $1,000; all state off
GERS to reside at the seat of govern
ment. The contention is that with
the cutting off of railroad courtesies
the official expenses have been mate
rally increased and the present nav
is far from adequate for the hest
efficiency.
LincoIn's Birthday Observed.
The ninety-eighth anniversary of
Abraham Lincoln's natal day was an
proprlately observed by the legislature
In joint session. The services were
held In the house chamber and there
was only one address and that by
Governor Burke. Preceding the adj
dress there was a we'll mn
Steal programme. The closing para.
graph of the address provoked LONG
n continuous applause, which burst
forth two or three times. 1t was as
follows:
And now in conclusion, my friends,
let me say that the Englishman loves
to tell about the exploits of Alfred the
Great, of Richard the Lion Hearted,
OF Marlborough, and of the statesman
ship of the Pitts and Of Gladstone; the
Scotchman speaks with pardonable
pride OF Wallace and Bruce; with all
his faults France loves the old Napo-
leon still; the Scandinavians Worship
at the shrine of Gustavus Adolphus;
oratory has exalted and song has i'm.
m%ortalized the patriotism of Emmett
and O'Connell, but among all the men
who have lived and died for fellowmen
there are none whose name shines
with a brighter lustre than that OF
plain Abraham Lincoln, the greatest
American, the greatest exponent of
the worlds democracy, and the most
splendid example of the possibilities
OF an American citizen" 4
Friday afternoon the house slaueh.
terhouse was full of activity and over
a dozen bills fell under the butchers
aXe-and others are to come.
T~wenty-seven new bills we're intro.
duced in the house Friday and ten in
the senate. One house measure bro.
vides for making states ATTORNEYS
game wardens, so that each county
will have such an officer.
Remedial Railroad Legislation.
A resolution has been introduced by
Mr.. Garden of Bottineau county, the
preamble of which cites that there is
considerable dissatisfaction over the
state, and it is charged that there ar
inadequate freight accommodations
trouble in furnishing cars, and that
the freight charges are extremely ex.
orbitant. Also that the board Of rail.
way commissioners allege that they
are without authority and means to
bring about any relief. The board o!
railroad commissioners is requested 10
forthwith appear before the house
and state what remedial legislation is
necessary in order to enable them tc
carry out the demands made upon the
corporations by the public.
State educators in conference last
Wednesday reached a decision regard.
Ing a plan for the industrial school al
Glendale. The school at Wahpeton
will retain its present scope and in
addition will teach the technical
trades and a commercial course will
be added. The school Of forestry will
be made an agricultural high school
giving special attention to forestry
and horticulture. The course Of study
of the normal schools, state university
and agricultural college will remain
practically the same as now.
Wednesday was primary election
day in the legislature. The two
houses ran a race to see which would
pass the bill first and the senate won
The senate had the Sharpe bill under
consideration and passed it with but
N dissenting vote. In the house the
committee of the whole had the Sorley
bill under consideration nearly the
whole afternoon and passed it about
an hour after the senate announced
that it had passed the Sharpe bill
A conference will now be necessary
to determine which of the bills will
become a law and pass on the amend
ments that may be proposed.
Bill to MuzzIe the Press.
Senator Stade of Devils Lake has
introduced a bill which is causing
much comment among the members OF
the legislature and newspaper men a,
the capital. He proposes to muzzle
the newspapers of the state to the
extent of making it unlawful for any
newspaper to publish during the ses
sion OF the legislature the name OF
any senator or representative who has
introduced a bill in either house, or to
refer %editorially or otherwise to the
person by whom such bill or bills may
have been introduced. He takes the
position that many of the solons are
pleased with the newspaper notoriety
that comes to them through the intro
duction of bills and believes there
would be many less bills to cumber
the work of the legislature If this in.
centive were eliminated.
In a special message Governor