The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-04

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recall whether either had taken place
or not without reference to notes
The first to pass was 306 which pro-
viies that in the general election
the names of candidates for state sup
erintendent of public instruction,
county superintendent and judges of
the district and supreme courts shah
be placed on ball separate from
those OF other candidates and that
there shall be no method of printing
or other designation to indicate the
politics Of the candidates. This is
the bill which Is said will take these
officers out of politics.
House bill 40, the corrupt practice
act which is intended to prevent the
use of money for the purpose of Sc
curing votes at an election, was also
passed. The only incident that made
the passage of this great reform meas
ure interesting was the cutting re-
mark of Mr.. Stevens when he explain
ed hts vote. He said that he believed
it was a bill to encourage lying by
candidates for public Office, and that
he being in favor of moral legislation
would vote no.
Minot Normal School.
Ward county in general and Minot
in particular should give Represent
tative johnson of that county life
term in the legislature without oppo-
sition. He carried away one of the
richest plums to be plucked from the
best ladened tree in the state when
he secured the passage of the concur
rent resolution which provides for
constitutional amendment locating
normal school at Minot. 1t is no idle
fattery to say that no one but the
ablest general could have secured
the passage Of this bill in the house.
Those unfamiliar with the conditions
do not realize what it means to Sc
cure the passage of bill which not
only places rival institution as the
older ones look at 1t, in the field but
which disarranges che plans which
have existed since the formation OF
the state in reference to the sharing
of the emoluments of the land grant
fund. If the institution is located a,
Minot as now seems assured, there
is no question but that the people
of the state will endorse the amend
ment when it is submitted to them
for a vote, it means something of
division of the work and size of the
normal schools now established.
These institutions were ably repre-
on hn 90
the committees and at every turn, and
if they believe that nothing was done
to circumvent the efforts of the Mlaot.
ers to take away tie prize, they are
mistaken. 1t was such opposition as
this that Mr.. johnson was forced to
meet and combat, and he landed in
| Minot style. If his constituents do
not meet him with brass band when
he returns home at the close of the
session they will not be living up to
their reputation.
The bill was favored by Major Buttz
who stated that congress gave the
state the land grant for the education
of the people of the state, and that
when it was done the great western
half of the state was without popula-
ton, and that it was only a recogni.
ton of justice and fairness to give
the population of that part of the state
share of the funds at this time. Mr..
Rose OF Dickey, also spoke for the
measure as he believed that the more
institutions of education the state had
the better it was off. Col Hankinson
states that he came from one of the
eastern counties but that he was in
favor OF the bill and that it afforded
him much pleasure to vote for the
same.
The other bills passed at the fore
noon session were as follows:
Sz2.-Relating to the prejudice of
district judges and providing the
method by which cases can be taken
from them under certain conditions.
292-Providing for the payment of
rewards for the arrest and conviction
Of horse and cattle thieves.
30-Providing for the depositing CT
the funds of school districts in de-
positories.
242-Provding uniform system for
the recording of redemptions by the
county auditor.
325-A concurrent resolution pro-
viding for the submitting of a consti-
tutional amendment on the income tax
law
1S3-The oil inspection bill.
93-Providing for the division of the
funds and Indebtedness between town.
ships and incorporated villages when
the two have been severed by the in
corporation of the latter.
100-Pugh's bill providing for the
division between the several fair as
sociations of county of the funds
arising from the tax levied for sup
port of county fairs, was lost on it's
final passage.
2O-Providing for the notice of fore
closure of mortgages by advertising.
2O7-Specifying the property which
Is exempt for taxation and so amended
as to include the children's home.
S27-1n relation to the formation of
new counties, and amending the met
hods of conducting the election for
that purpose.
32S-The bill requiring the railroads
to provide cabooses at least thirty feet
in length and with two trucks, each
having four wheels.
219-Relating to the location and
building of bridges.
2S1-The bill introduced by Mr..
Johnson of Ward county, providing for
additional deputies and clerks in the