The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-02-07

1920 o'clock Wednesday morning,
when 1t Is likely vote will be taken
upon the final issue of the contest.
The regular session of the senate in
the afternoon was uninteresting. The
most important bill being that BY Tai
colt to prohibit unfair commercial dis
elimination between different sec.
lions, communities or locations or un-
fair competition, and providing penal.
ties therefor. It is understood that tho
bill is the outgrowth of the alleged
practice of the Standard Oil company
in shutting out competing companies.
The house was as usual the scene
Of the bull batting. The disturbance
came over the discussion in commit
tee Of the whole of the 2-cent railroad
fare bill. Representative Butte took
violent shy at the measure and
moved to make the rate 2 IL cents.
Stevens supported the adoption as it
Is and lively debate followed, in
which Stevens and Speaker Twitchell
exchanged warm passages. Its adop-
ton was defeated. White then moved
to strike out the provision permitting
passes to the railroad commission,
which Stevens opposed, but lost. Then
Stevens moved that preachers, rail-
road employees and all others exempt
ed from paying full fare be stricken
from the bill. Its adoption was defeat
ed after many had said agout every
thing that could be said on the sub.
ject. Stevens then moved that the bill
provide for immediate surrender by
members of the legislature of their
free passes to railroad commissioners,
and that was defeated by q narrow
margin.
Stevens then moved that an emerg-
ency clause be attached, which car
ried, and that the committee rise and
report the bill favorably, which was
done, and he then moved that the bill
be put upon its final passage and the
bill passed almost unanimously.
Among the new bills introduced
was one by Freeman for apportion-
ment, making three such bills In the
house and three in the senate.
Anderson of Grand Forks presented
a new scheme for state equalization
board consisting Of the governor. state
auditor, state treasurer and one men,
Der from each judicial district to be
appointed for two years by the gov
ernor.
Iceland presented bill to make Of
fetal the state live stock association
and stock book, and appropriating ST.
900 therefor.
Piper seeks to repeal the law max
ing it crime to jump board bills on
the ground that it Is class legislation.
Burgham would amend the oil inspec-
ton law SO as to make the test no
less than AZ degrees, and providing for
tests every ninety days at the uniyer-
sity and agricultural college.
Wednesday was rather peaceable
day in the house. Though several de-
bates were on there was nothing
warm in any of them. The first bill
to be defeated on the floor of the
house after debate was that to limit
the terms of county officers to two
serms of two years each. as is now
the case with sheriff and treasurer. 1t
went down by vote of So to 35.
A number of the members told of
alleged court house ''rings," which sue
ceeded in keeping the Offices within
the trust by rotating them.
Among number of house bills in
PRODUCED were:
BY Steen--Providing separate IL
cense for each grain warehouse.
BY Tuttle-An anti-cigarette bill,
prohibiting their sale. smoking or i'm
portation into the state, and inciden-
tally prohibiting the use of tobacco in
any form ~ persons under eighteen
years of age.
BY Buttz-Extending the thine for
payment of taxes on the ground that
the car shortage has not enabled the
farmers to sell grain.
BY Dibley-Creating q bureau OF la
Dor with an employment bureau at.
tachment and appropriating $4,000
annually for it.
bate on the joint resolution for a me-
mortal to congress for the removal of
the tariff on lumber and coal, but a
resolution was passed favoring the re-
moval. The railroad commission re-
ported to the senate number of tele-
grams from the Northern Pacific SUI
perintendent relative to work on OPEN
ing the road from the snow blockade.
Supt. Burt showed that good progress
was being made, and that all the
lines would be opened in a day or two.
He invited the senators to accompany
a snow bucking expedition. but there
were no takers.
sA bill to prohibit soliciting orders
for intoxicating liquors was sent by
the senate to the attorney general for
an option as to its constitutionality.
The senate passed a bill repeating the
law requiring all printing to be done
in the state. Both houses probably
will adjourn from Thursday afternoon
to Tuesday next.