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WHAT THE S0[ONS
WILL FIND TO Do
Some of the Work Awaiting
the Legislators Next
Wednesday

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 11.-When
the legislature reconvenes Wednesday
afternoon after recess of a week,
the state law makers will find there
is plenty of work awaiting them. The
downpour of bills will start early
while there are also many other mat
ters that will take up the attention of
the members during the first two or
three days following the return to
work.
Wednesday afternoon in both
branches of the legislature the COM
mittees will be announced and a great
deal of interest centers about this.
1t is in committee rooms that the
great grist of work transacted in a
legislative session is disposed OF, and
for that reason the makeup of the diff
ferent committees is of much import
ance. 1t is the committee to which a
Dill is referred that in nearly every
case determines the fate of such bill
Both Lieutenant Governor Lewis
and Speaker U. l.. Burdick have been
engaged during the recess in getting
their committees into shape and both
have now completed their work. In
some instances the work of making
selections has been no easy task as
contests for important committee
places have been many and in some
cases, quite spirited. 1t has required
tact and skill to avoid the creation of
rough edges but the presiding officers
of both the house and senate seem to
have passed by that danger with flags
flying.
In the house the insurgents are. of
course. scheduled for the good places
but it is understood that the speaker
has given those who opposed his
election fair consideration in the mat
ter of appointments. Speaker Bur-
dicks room in the Grand Pacific hotel
has been beseiged almost constantly
since last Wednesday afternoon by
members who have been looking for
places where they believed their SER
vices would be of the most benefit to
the state.
Most of the contests for places on
senate committees were fought out
before the senate steering committee.
With harmony the keynote of the early
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continued so up to the present time
and has been preserved intact through
the lining up of the committee ap-
pointments. Outside of the chairman
ship of two committees, the approp-
riation and judiciary, nothing official
has been given out.
House Appointments
BY resolution passed Wednesday,
Speaker Burdick has appointed
committee consisting of Duncan of
Benson. Collins of Grand Forks and
Honey of Ramsey, which committee
has recommended to the speaker, the
creation of number of clerkships in
addition to those provided by law.
Just how appointments will be made
in accordance with this resolution is
not known definitely. but it will be
considerably less than the record two
years ago. Burdick has this list of
appointments ready and will announce
them upon next Wednesday.
Repeal Druggist Permit
he repeal of the druggist permit
law which the temperance interests
of North Dakota hope to bring about
at the present session of the state
legislature will stir up one of the
warmest fights that has ever been
waged. With the legislature prepar-
ing to get down to real work the
forces are lining up for a contest on
this measure that promises to be de-
cidedly interesting.
The druggist permit law now on the
statute books and which will be at
tackled vigorously, will find a large
amount of support from the druggists
of the state and there will be big
lobby here to try and retain the pres
ent law. The temperance workers
are in earnest however, and will push
the fight through to the finish
Senator Gunderson's bill which will
be introduced Wednesday with refer