Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-28
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
A The very strenuous times in the
tenth assembly which has now Just
eight days more Of life, are on, UNI
less Impeachment proceedings are
begun against the board of railroad
! commissioners and there Is no know
ling what a day may bring forth, in
that light. That there is conside rablet
1 restivness among some Of the house
members there lis no denying, and,
unless all signs fail the house will,
or a part Of it: will, make an attempt
at something. There was a whisper
yesterday that some very important
papers, that had to do with courts
were in the incubator in the attorney
i generals Office, but what kind Of
II bird will be Matched could not be
Il learned. 5s# .tt.l 7..i .3.5 .5
II Early in the session, Wednesday
H afternoon, Mr.. Peake moved a sus-
\ pension of the rules to allow consider
alton and action on the senate APP
n preparation bills which were favorably
n reported by the house Appropriation
J3committee at the morning session and
IL the house went to work on each In
Il dividual bill Il .$sS @ss,
Il Before the reading of the first bill
Il Mr.. Stevens asked permission to say
Il a few words on the appropriations as
i whole and he spoke as follows: 81
Il desire to sound note Of warn
ling on these appropriation bills.
Estimated revenues for the coming
biennial period can not, as / am in
formed, exceed $2,0S5, 900. You are
asked to appropriate in these and
other bills that have been approved
sum slightly under $2,00O,O0O You
will have but slightly more than
100000 to meet all unknown con
a tingencies or any catastrophy that
might overtake us in the next two
years. The careful business man
4 does not pledge his entire resources
and depend upon the good will Of
Prov dence to carry out his business
4 promises, and do not think the state
should. These bills contain many
4 items I think could be Topped off
, without material injury to the institu-
u tons for which they are made. 1 be-
II lieye the governor will prune out at
least 100000. think he should. If
he does not and a difficulty in the way
LOT a failure of crops, or otherwise q
II large deficiency exists at the close Of
q the biennial period it will mean the
political death of the house that
I passed these bills, and the governor
b who approves them
81 hope we will be able to meet
!, every obligation we are assuming, but
n believe it ITO be unwise to assume
|, there will be no end or temporary
\ suspension OF the era Of prosperity
Il we are now enjoying Z e III.
The first bill read was senate bill
. SO, the one mill tax apportionment,
j. a. Sorley of Grand Forks, made
! an attempt, which proved futile, to
have the thirty three hundredths, for
\ the state university increased at the
. expense of the other educational
q institutions. The bill. as it came from
4 the senate was passed and the system
Iof apportionment is as follows:
a School for the deaf and dumb. six
htullnldreths;; university, s3 .hundreths;
. agricultural college, 90 hundreths:.
Valley City normal, is hundreths:
. Mayville normal, 13 hundreths; school
Of forestry, two hundreths; school 81
!. science, Wahpeton, four hundreths;
]. manual training school at Glendale
Iseven hundreths. & B Nh
u All Of the appropriation bills as
4 passed BY the senate, on Monday
| pa passed the house and only on one OF
two Of them were there any negative
votes. The total appropriations iii.
: Guiding what are known as standing
. appropriations and the cost of the
tenth legislative assembly amount il
! u s. ,sso, 22s. against $4,000 appro- ..
u priated BY the ninth assembly Id
Il 1906. y.
]. Only one OF the bills. senate bill
l29, state aid for the high schools 81
the the state. met with any opposition and
# came from Mr. Tufte Of Grand
Forks and ]. "a. Sorley Mr.. Tufte op-.
posed the appropriation as it was toe
high, and for the further reason that
!. the rural schools were not getting
any aid, and the latter were what the
farmers were the most interested III.
d Mr. Sorley concluded the aid for
high schools wrong IN the principal 81
distribution. Existing conditions de
manded that the bill should be amend
ed SO that the tax paid BY counties
should go back to those counties and