The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-03-14

of yesterday on this matter was wiped
on the slate and q fresh start made
in committee of the whole, and after
nearly two hours of pulling and haul
ing a bill was passed making the
membership of the senate 4S and the
house Ill. House members do not
take kindly to this measure, and still
favor the house bill, which makes the
senate 80 and the house 100. SO there
will be locking of horns on the
proposition.
The house was the scene of much
turmoil. and at one time the speakers
gavel was pounded in vain in an ef-
fort to restore order. The greatest
row was caused by Stevens attempt
to kill the bill for the government Of
cities by commission ON the Galveston
plan. Failing to indefinitely postpone
the bill. he offered number of
amendments which were overwhelm.
ingly voted down. The bill finally
was passed. The bill leaves the ques.
ton Of adopting the plan optional
with the cities, the question being
put to vote upon petition of 10 per
cent of the voters.
The house passed the reciprocal de-
murrage bill. as amended by the sen.
ate. after killing and then reconsid-
ering the matter. having refused to
concur in the amendments.
The senate anti.pass bill was sched-
u!ed for discussion by the house, and
IL large crowd gathered to hear the
discussion, but the father of the
house bill moved that it be made the
special order for tomorrow afternoon,
and it went over.
The senate amended the oil inspec.
ton bill before passing it, SO that it
complies with the suggestions of the
state chemist, whose amendments cut
out some of the features said to be
designed by the Standard Oil COM
pany. The house agreed to the
amendments and passed the bill. The
house killed the bill to remove the
state fair to Devils Lake, though by
a comparatively small margin.
Gov. Burke sent to the senate, and
that body confirmed the following ap.
pointments: Mrs. Minnie G. Budlong,
Bismarck. member of the state library
commission; John B. Wagner, Lidger-
wood. trustee Of the school Of sci
ence; George NJ. Mollister, Fargo,
trustee of the agricultural college;
Gunder Olson. Grafton, trustee of the
blind asylum; Frank Peltier, Rolette
county, director of the school of for
estry.
This was prohibition day in the
senate. and about all the liquor en-.
forcement bills passed by the house
were passed, besides many others.
The bills passed in addition to those
already mentioned were: Increasing
the salaries of district Judges and
granting them expenses; giving a
bounty for tree planting; providing
for examinations and certificates of
teachers; requiring the publication
of United States liquor tax receipts
by holders, and fee for registering
them with county auditors; defining
Intoxicating liquors." which includes
all the nostrums known as "soft
drinks" making the sheriff inspector
of weights and measures; providing
a penalty for obstructing telephone
lines. ordering the publication of &C.
counts of corporations at least once
in eight years, and q number of minor
bills.
A resolution also was passed pro-
viding for a public utility commission
consisting of governor. lieutenant gov
ernor and speaker of the house, who
are instructed to investigate and re.
port to the next legislature, scheme
for taxing public utilities, such as
sleeping cars and telegraph and tele-
phone companies. which are now es.
Gaping taxation.
The house has passed the temper.
ance commissioner bill, which creates
temperance commissioned and depu.
ties. whose duty 1t will be to enforce
the prohibition law all over the state.
1t is eight years since this bill was
first given to the legislature, and its
advocates believe it will clean up the
blind pigs" Gov. Burke is strongly
for the enforcement of the law, and
the Office will pay large salary. The
commissioner will be fortified not only
with the old prohibition law, but with
laws passed this session forbidding
soliciting liquor orders in the state,
penalizing the renting Of buildings
for the sale Of liquors, and half q
dozen other laws on the same sub.
ject.
At the night session the house
passed the following senate bills:
Prohibiting corporations from contrib.
uting to campaign funds: changing
the name Of the industrial school to
the state normal and industrial
school and making it not only a
manual training school for youth, but
a school for teaching manual training
to teachers desiring to take that
course; prohibiting, under heavy pen
atty, minors from visiting pool and
billiard rooms and like places, and
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