Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-02-26

no certainty about the matter and it
is hard to say what will be the out
come of the primary fight.
j. j. j.
The state officials of the w. G. T,
U. have been in the city for several
days interested in different matters
before the legislature. They have sue.
ceeded in getting through an anti-cig-
arctic bill, presented in the senate by
Senator I.aMoure, and which has
passed both houses. They have also
secured the recommendation and
passage of bill by the sens.s pro.
hibiting public drinking of liquors on
railroad trains AMI number OF othcl
measures have lad their considera.
ton. The senate committee on tom
perance has reported an entirely new
bill on the subject of druggists per-
mits to sell intoxicating liquors, which
has been the subject of much com.
ment and discussion. For a number
of years the leading prohibitionists of
the state have opposed the PROPOSE
ton to repeal the drug permit law.
1t is realized that the law has led to
many violations of the prohibition law
and there is a general disposition to
tighten the matter up. The prohibit
ton leaders have also been fighting
the proposed initiative with reference
to constitutional amendments and
have finally succeeded in getting the
house to pass an initiative bill with
out the constitutional amendment
clause.
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The state fair fight is over. The
house killed the bill proposing to To-
cate the state fair permanently at
Fargo and has also killed the bills to
locate the fair at Devils Lake and
jamestown. The Fargo bill was the
one in which there was the most in
terest and it was killed after there
was much fervid oratory on the part
of the representatives of Fargo and
Grand Forks. There is another Fargo
state fair bill in the senate, intro
duced by Senator Kennedy, and which
has been held up pending the action
of the house. It has now been sent
to committee and will take its course.
but there is little reason to believe
the house will change it's attitude.
!. !. j.
The Gear" bill, introduced by Sor.
lie of Trail and which was designed
to give the governor power to remove
county officials, was killed by the
house after some heated speeches.
The bill was strongly endorsed by the
governor in his message as proper
legislation looking to the better en-
forcement Of the prohibition law. 1t
has been claimed that some sheriffs
and states attorneys in the state were
lax in their efforts to enforce the pro.
hibitory law because of the sentiment
of their communities and that law
giving the governor power to remove
them would make for the better en-.
forcement OF the law. The bill was
bitterly opposed by Skulason of Grand
Forks as unconstitutional and as op.
posed to the principal of local self
government. Sorlie and Doyle of Eos.
ter supported the bill and Skulason
and Streeter Of Emmons opposed it
on the floor. The motion to indefi-
nitely postpone the bill carried by a
viva voce vote and the measure is
dead for the session. The same bill
was killed two years ago.
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The telephone franchise and rate
regulation bill went back to the COM
mittee on judiciary of the senate after
being reported out of the state af-
fairs committee with majority and mi.
nority reports, the majority report IA
voring the killing of the bill. The full
crew bill, presented on behalf of rail.
road trainmen of the state and de-.
signed to compel the employment Of
fiagman for every freight train of
forty cars or more, went back to the
committee on railroads. The city util.
ity bill, designed to give city councils
the right to fix rates for public serv-
ice charges, also went back to the
judiciary committee, after being
amended to refer only to gas charges.
There is question as to the consti-
nationality of the bill as amended and
the judiciary committee will report on
the bill as amended.
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A tariff resolution in the senate. di.
recting the members of congress from
the state to favor a high tariff on
hides, wool and farm produce, caused
some oratory and was opposed by the
Democratic leaders on the floor of the
upper house, but was finally passed
by the senate
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The game law has been reported in
the senate with number of amend
merlts and some amendment to the
present game law will probably be.
| come law at this session. The main