The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-02-04

Forks each want the state fair, which
Is now alternated between the two
cities. located permanently, the Fargo
people at Fargo and the Grand Forks
people at Grand Forks. A rumor that
the Minot and northern state repre-
sentatives were allied with Grand
Forks in the fair matter led the Fargo
representatives and their friends to
make combination to prevent favor
able action on the normal school mat
ter, with view of discovering where
the friends Of the Minot proposition
would finally land on the fair matter.
There are several state fair bills in,
two of them providing for the per-
manent location of the fair at Fargo
and providing a $4,000 annual appro-
priation The house is pretty well
divided on the matter and it is not
possible yet to foresee the outcome.
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The case of General Poole has fur
nished ripple of interest during the
week. The courtmartial ordered by
the governor to try Poole for disobedi-
ence of orders and for removal OF
state records from the Office at the
capitol convened the first of the week.
Objection was made to Major J. H.
Frame, who asked to be excused as a
|, member of the court because of adj
mitted prejudice. An objection was
then made to Lieutenant Eddy and he
was excused after day of arguments
in which testimony was taken as to
personal and political prejudice be
tween him and Poole. After the set
tlement of the court Governor Burke
was called as a witness to testify to
the orders issued removing Poole. A
technical error was discovered in the
dating of the order and 1t was tenn
porarily ruled out. An application
was then made by Attorney Engerud
to the supreme court for writ Of
prohibition to prevent the court from
proceeding with the trial until the
merits of the case had been tried in
The supreme court. This was argued
before the court for two days and in
the meantime the proceedings of the
courtmartial were suspended.
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The matter of appropriations has
been somewhat assisted by the de-
cision OF the supreme court in the
case brought to test the validity of
the hw that required counties to pay
500 year to the insane asylum fund
for the maintainance of each Of their
own patients. This bill was passed
two years ago and under it's provisions
between $150,OO0 and 100000 was
i paid into the state treasury. Some of
the counties paid under protest and a
case was brought by Cass county,
which refused to pay, to test the con-
| stitutionality Of the law. The su.
preme court holds that such legisla'
tion ia within the power of the legis
lature and that the counties must pay
The decision means considerable in
crease in the available revenues Of
the state and in the amount that the
legislature can with safety appropri
ate for various purposes.
| The bill to prohibit the 1nt1lctlon o.
the death penalty in the state has
been killed by the senate committee
on judiciary. There were several ar
guments in the committee on the bill
but the committee finally decided
against it, largely on the ground tina
juries are now required to fix tht
punishment, as between death ant
life Imprisonment, and that the deatf
! penalty is not necessarily inevitable
The report of the committee wa
adopted by the senate and the bill
finally disposed Of.
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Senator Overson has bill to re
quire druggists to publish by poste'
list monthly a list OF the purchaser
Of liquor for medicinal purposes, tn
disease for which purchased and tn
number of purchases. II the bill re
i pealing the druggists permits shoul'
fail to pass it is believed this bill
will have salutary effect in prevent
ing the abuse of the druggists permi
law.
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There was a lively debate in tn
senate over the request of the PEN
tentiary investigating committee TO
authority to employ counsel asid
from the attorney general. Senate
Pierce. Of the committee stated tha