The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-05
Work Being Rushed Through
in Closing Hours-some of
the Measures
BlA|sDELL uSEO ROOSEVELT
METHODS n DENYING CHARGE
He Says Two Reformers Have Held
His Office Up for ExtOrtion and
Blackmail Ever Since He Has Been
in Charge.
(By H. d. Paulson.)

(By H. d. Pnulson.)
Bismarck, N. D., March 5.-The
closing scenes of the Eleventh legis-
lative assembly are being enacted this
afternoon at the state capitol. With
q rush incident to the last days pro-
ceedings Of the assembly. legislation
is being handled by the solons today
as it has never been handled before
during the present session. Both the
house and the senate held sessions this
forenoon, going to work again direct
ly after the Loon nour and the pros
poets are that they will continue in
session till the hour of adjournment.
IL o'clock tonight, is reached.
The closing days of the assembly
have seen some very important work
disposed of. for while many of the
big propositions with which the leg
islature has had to contend during the
past sixty days have been disposed Of
for some little time, there we're many
other questions equally as important
that had not been definitely decided
till yesterday afternoon and evening
and today.
Secretary Of State Blaisdell in a
communication to the legislature to-
day contradicted the statements made
by the house investigating committee
that reported several days ago. He
classes the statement that the legis-
lative supplies were purchased with
out authority Of law as being one Of
malicious prevarication or one Of in
excusable ignorance, as the state
trustees of public property had au-
thorized the purchase Of such sup
piles. The inventory Of the codes
and sessions laws given in the report,
he says, is untrue as the committee
did not complete this inventory. The
estimates furnished by the investigat-
ing committee as to costs of printing,
Mr.. Blaisdell says, are wrong and
entirely misleading. In closing his
communication, Mr.. Blaisdell says the
entire report made was instigated and
practically prepared by Packard and
Ployhar of the Times-Record, whose
ennlity, the secretary says, he has in
CURED because of his refusal to al
low that paper to dictate his political
and official affairs. Secretary Blais-
dell says he has been subjected to re-
peated attempts of extortion and
blackmail by that paper since he took
the oath of office.
The report in question was signed
by Ployhar and Putnam, James Col
Inns refusing to sign It,
No Anti.Pass Legislation.
All prospects of anti-pass legisla-
tion have faded away, the measure
which was passed by the house meet
ing a natural committee death in the
senate today, although on two differ
ent occasions attempts had been made
to revive it. The first of such attempts
came on Wednesday, with another ef-
fort being made Thursday afternoon,
both failing, however.
Nothing in the way of amendments
to the present primary law will be
available this session, as the senate
late Thursday afternoon refused to
concur in the resolution of the house
asking for the suspension Of rule
which would make it possible to trans
NIT the house primary bill as adopted
Wednesday evening. The failure of
the senate to suspend the rule kills
the house bill. -
Congressional apportionment also
appears to have been defeated, in fact.
the bill went down last night but an
effort will be made to secure recon-
sideration of the vote this afternoon.
The vote on the congressional ap-
day evening was SO for apportionment
by the senate providing for the east
ern and western districts.
The McCrea and Macarthur bills pro-
viding for certain changes in the drug
permit laws of the state, the first one
providing that physicians shall have
sole power in determining who may
have liquor for medicinal purposes,
while the second provided for amend
ments to the present drug permit law
and the retention of the system. The
senate killed the McCrea bill that had
passed the house. while the house in
definitely postponed the Macarthur
bill, which originated In the senate.
A notice that reconsideration would be
asked in the Macarthur bill was given
by Mr.. Garden of Bottineau county and
the matter is due for further consid-
Grafton this afternoon.
The penitentiary investigating COM