The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-03-07

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u~norganized counties, $1,000; pay Pro-
fessor' Chandler, $3.50; Portland expo
sition deficit, 1884,; Live Stock assoc
citation. $1,000; experiments on farms
and with alcohol, $4,000. NJ
Appropriations Now Standing.
Standing appropriations, $562,Oeo;
indefinite appropriations, $116,0O0;
transportation convicts, ETC., 100000;
Is per cent increase on above, $21,750;
pay of institution trustees, $4,000;
cost Of Tenth legislative assembly,
100000; total. $1,990,226..
Prosecuted Railroad. Commission.
A feature Of the past. week was a
night session of the house held for the
purpose of hearing a report from the
railroad commission, pursuant to a
resolution offered by Mr.. Garden of
Bottineau, and the resolution. also
Commanded" the commission to ap-
pear in person. It may be stated that
there is a small coterie in the house
who have made it their business to
go after the railroad commissioners
for alleged non-performance Of their
duties. It is popular to get after the
railroads and on that theory a few,
reformers sought to get after the rail.
road commissioners and the secretary.
The session was held and the COM
missioners presented a report Of what
they had done during the strenuous
times of the past. winter. They also
showed that reductions had been made
in certain, freight and that oil, had
been classified so that the merchant
was paying 48 cents a barrel less
freight on his oil. In short the COM
mission made a very creditable re.
port and demonstrated that by con-
ciliatory methods. with the railroads it
had accomplished more than 1t would
have done through the medium of
plunging into lawsuits. The ''in-
quisitors" Of the house, as they are
now called, tried to get the members
of the commission in front of the ros
trum. where, it was designed, they
should be put to a cross-examination
course, but the members said they
had nothing to say except what was
set out in the report submitted; that
their Office was open during business
hours and all sorts of information
could be obtained there as in other
state Offices. The commissioners
made certain recommendations in
their report and they are embodied id
a bill which has been introduced.
Dual officer Bill Killed.
Senate bill No. A, which passed the
senate without a dissenting vote, has
failed in the house. The bill sought to
legislate out of Office those who were
holding double offices and put a stop
to one man holding more than one
office. The bill really was designed
for the purpose of ousting certain off,
GERS in Bismarck out of business and
the fact that it was to correct local
conditions at Bismarck was magniied
by the Bismarck representatives to
the fullest extent. They urged and
pleaded that the legislature should
keep hands off their local affairs; if
they wanted to elect one man to a
multiplicity of Offices it was nobody's
business. Practically there was no
section of the state demanding such q
measure and the bill was indefinitely
postponed and the clincher added. t
Conference committees have been
appointed On the primary election law
and the railroad rate bill and they
are nowaat work. The initiative and
referendum bill has passed both
houses in amended form and that
scheme requires "a conference com
mittee. = z
"A bill has been introduced increas-
ing the salary of railroad commission
err to $4,000 per year, with a secretary
at the same price. There is much
curiosity as to what the house will do
with this bill in view of the recent
onslaught on the board.
Governor 6urke's First Veto.
Governor Burke's exercise Of his
prerogative was the vetoing of the
appropriation for the Dickinson ex-
pertinent station. The bill asked for
a lump sum Of $685. 0O. The executive
feared that an institution would be
built up there which would become
more expensive to the state than the
agricultural college at Fargo and the
university at Grand Forks. The APP
preparation for the Edgeley s%ub-experf-
ment station was cut, $500! Many of
the other appropriation bills weathered
the storm and have been approved.
An appropriation for the Jamestown
(Va.) exposition will not be made and
the state will go u~nrepresented by a
formal exhibit. "A former resident of
Fargo has built a cottage on the ex-
position grounds and has rendered the
use of it to this state. The accept
ance is before the legislature in the
shape of a concurrent resolution.
The officers appointed two weeks
ago have not been confirmed yet, ex-
cept oil inspector and one district vet
Urinary. There is considerable in.
e~asiness in the camp of the Democ-
racy and there is wonderment as to