The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-09

ticlpation of battle and the hopes Of
victory reused the members to the
highest tension and when the promises
of legislative measures to be adopted
were the hopes upon which the mem.
bers based their antictpations of the
session. AS the presidents gavel was
held aloft awaiting the declaration of
the passage Of the motion that the
senate do now adjourn without day.
there must have been many dashed
to the ground-hopes based upon the
claims made by the members that GER
tain legislation would be enacted. It
was indeed time of retrospect when
the members Of the senate considered
the work they had not done as we'll
as that which they had done and out
of 1t all they were to be measured
by an exacting constituency.
The motion to adjourn was made in
D. ate at 1880 O'Clock, and the
at once put the same to vote
of that body. The motion was made by
Senator Hanna and as 1t was an
nounced the voice of the presiding Of
ficer announced that the senate stands
adjourned without day. The body had
passed into history.
There was not the usual boisterous-
ness which marks the closing of such
bodies. The last few days had been
strenuous ones and the members of
both branches were tired and sought
comfort more than merriment.
However, this did not stop the GUS
tomary visit of the senate to the house
and return visit accompanied. by
patriotic songs and roll calls of mem
bers on Bryan and Roosevelt for
president, and the rush of each house
to carry away the presiding officer of
the other. Much amusement was had
over senate bill %, the anti-pass
measure, which died a natural death.
Secretary Foley of the senate sew
eral times announced the president
was about to sign senate bill %. DIR
Ing the absence Of the senate in the
house, he appeared in the house and
announced a message that all mem
bers Of the senate being absent. ex-
cept LaMoure, the bill had been in
definitely postponed.
The house and senate passed en-
thusiastic resolutions commendatory
of the presiding officers and other en-
ployes. The house presented Twichell
with the chair and gavel used by him,
also an engrossed copy of the resolu-
tion. Slowly and sadly the members
retired from the halls when the re-
spective presiding officers had de-
clared the bodies adjourned without
day, and the tenth legislative assem-
bly, was matter of history.
The house passed the following SEN
ate bills: 2S0, relating to appeals to
the supreme court; 254, relating to
local insurance companies; III, re-
lating to annual reports of life in
surance companies; 304, providing for
division of counties. The following
house bills which had been amended
in the senate, the house concurring
in the same: 40, relating to appoint
ment of county commissioners to fill
vacancies; 165, levying and collecting
road taxes; 1863, concurrent resolution
providing for a constitutional amend
ment relating to the sale of school
lands.
The house passed the following
senate bills: III, 1872, 26S, 1854, 172,
80, II, 2S1. 173, 60, 63, 81.
The conference committee reported
the apportionment bill in both houses
and the same was adopted making the
senate consist of forty-seven members
and the house of ninety-five, as fol-
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