Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-05
BOTH HOUSES BEEHIVES.

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H. B. "a. providing for safe keeping.
of public funds, provides for more
equitable distribution and increases
state treasurer's bond to 100000.
Indefinitely Postponed.
$s H. B. ESQ, relating to county officials
papers and the publishing of county
board proceedings; 267, relating to re-
moval Of county seats; s. B. 189, relat-
ing to valued insurance policies; H. b.
144, relating to superior courts in
cities of over 5000 population; s. b.
221, concerning artesian wells and
regulating rights to use Of water there
4 from
House Steering Committee.
3 The speaker has appointed the
steering committee to consist Of
Messrs. Sorlie Of Trail, Peake, Rose,
LELAND, Burgum, Casey. sreeter,
Putnam, Wake, Haugen and Graham.
Purchase OF School Lands,
Mr.. Adams. Monday afternoon showed
his fighting qualities by successfully
recalling house bill 169, a sale Of
school and public lands. The bill pro-
viding for the purchase Of land and the
measure hal been turned down .wic.
Under the terms of the bill can pay
of at the expiration of the i've years
period by paying one years interest
in advance instead of the contract re-
naming unpaid for 20 years when
purchaser is able to pay at the end Of
+ five or ten years. The bill passed.
Special Order.
Monday afternoon the house re-
solved itself into committee Of the
whole. with Mr.. Burgum in the chair,
and cleared the calendar of consider
able business. n: Z
House bill "a. under special orders
was first considered. It is bill to
provide for the safe keeping Of public
funds and increasing the state treas
urer's bond to 100000. The debate
was g battle royal in the interest Of
1 small banks and the more equitable
distribution of the public funds and It
was carried by sixty-six voting in the
Affirmative and twenty-five in the neg
alive. Q. 2. N. Anderson declared
that he knew Of banks which were
state repositories which have not vet
been favored with cent Of the public
moneys.
Mr.. Twichell explained that the bill
provided for fairer way Of distribu-
ting the funds. He said business con.
ditions would rule. The proposed
method would put stop to the treas
urer playing politics and favorites.
MI. Stevens favored the small banks
being given their just share, but
politics would not be wholly divorced
as long as there are republican
boards the republican bank friends
would be looked after. He asked aare
you in favor Of the big banks being
given big chunks and the little ones
the small end?" From biennial re-
ports Mr.. Peake disclosed some OF the
inequalities Of deposits and the dis
proportionate amount Of the bonds.
A Test Vote.
IN committee of the whole, Monday
night. senate bill %, known as the
anti-pass BILL by Senator Young.
recommended for indefinite postpone
menf was. on the adoption of the
report Of the committee, segregated
from the report and made a separate
Issue and became test show of
strength between stalwart and In
surgent republicans. The vote shows
the latters power is waning. The roll
call which was demanded showed 4
tie, 48 voting to adopt the committee
report for indefinite postpone cement ana
~ against, with four absent and not
voting. One Of the four is Mr.. Shir.
ley who Is lying very ill at the hospital
and will not be in the house again.
and that means that one side Or the
other must capture the three other
votes. The issue will come up again
on the third reading of house bills.
Two OF the absent ones were Messrs.
Jones Of Ransom and Brodie Of stark.
On the final vote it viii be interesting
TO see how Mr.. Ha1lick ct Grand
Forks, will vote, he Is democrat and
voted to kin the bin. During the dis
cussion OF the merits and provisions
OF the bill It was asked several times
~ ITS passage would endanger the
summer excursions Of farmers to fl1e
B agricultural college at Fargo which
have become SO popular during the
last nine years. II was stated that
that class Of excursions would not be
affected. but there is fear nesting il,
the breasts Of many Of the members.
Mr streeter said It was all poppy
cock, that there was demand for
such legislation, his constituents were
+ not CRYING for 1t and he believed that