The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-09
Merry Chickering's, Speeches,
Roll Calls and Other Rather
Unusual elats. Historical
MARKED TERMINATION OF
TENTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
The Finis Came at 11:so Last Night
Large Number Of Important Bills
Rushed Through-Young's Anti.Pass
Measure Killed-Straw Vote on
Roosevelt and Bryan.
tBy Geerse Davis.)

(By George Davis.)
Bismarck, March 8.-Amid scene
that was impressive as we'll as pic
-ureQue the gavel Of Speaker Twitchell
fell at the last motion which it could
receive, that the house do now ad-
journ without day, and the Tenth
session Of the legislative assembly
passed into history. The house clos
ed its labors at exactly 11:45 o'clock
and was ready to adjourn. The honor
of makinf this motion had been given
to John Sofley, after the customary
committees had waited on the COVER
nor and further communications to
make.
It was indeed scene worthy of
the language of McCauley or an
1ngersol. The chamber of the house
which during the last sixty days has
so often resounded with the clash of
arms and the CLINT OF steel on steel,
had for the time been converted into
a scene that more nearly resembled
the last class meeting Of the college
boys who were going home never to
return, than the hall of legislation In
which the destinies of a great state
had been fought. For days the house
had been getting into that mood which
nearly always marked the closing
hour when the heat of battle is for
gotten and the associations formed
during the days become to some ex-
tent scaled with the ties Of associa-
ton and comingling, even If not with
those of friendship. There had been
a large quantity of friendliness dis
played by the members during the
last two weeks and it is certain that
many of those even who had been in
forefront of the fight were sorry that
the session hal ended.
During the evening there was the
usual rush always attendant upon the
last day of the session of getting the
bills passed and ready for the sig
nature of the governor, and members
who were interested in certain meas
ures where fighting for the last
chance to have them enacted into
laws. There were hurry and confus-
ion yet at no time during the strenu-
GUS day and evening did the speaker
lose control of the situation or suf-
fer the proceedings to lag.
In the confusion attendant upon
the closing hours of the session 1t is
impossible to give even a surmise of
the merits and importance of the work.
done by the house. Some legislation
CT value to the state has been enacted
on the iniative of the lower branch of
the legislature. A dozen subjects
which are Of immense importance to
the people of the state were not touch
ed upon. Freight rates on the rail-
roads Of the state which were not
touched upon, while the legislature
played horse with such things as the
anti-pass law which does not con-
cern half thousand farmers in the
whole state and similar measures.
Senate's Dying Hours.
Over in the senate chamber the
scene was not the less exciting though
marked with the more dignifled decor
UNI which always attaches to small
er dehberative body. The calendar
had been kept more clear than had
that OF the house and there was not
that feverish anxiety and desire to
get bills considered upon which the
members would be required to give
an account when they returned home
During the afternoon and evening
President Lewis had kept the business
going at swing and push that kept
the work we'll up and the motion
which was to make the close of what
was in many ways the most remark
able session of the state senate over
held could have been made much ear
lier than 1t was. The resolutions
which notified the respective houses
that each was ready to adjourn were
introduced, that from the house reach
ing the senate first The same
was true of the ones notifying
the executive of the fact. When
the formalities of closing OF
the session were completed, It
recalled the incidents which make the
opening of the two branches of the
Tenth legislative assembly on the