Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-01-29

showed that Storey had three votes
more than had been given him in
that district and that none of the
votes for representative agreed with
Che count as originally returned. This
was held by the elections committee
to destroy the tie that had been de.
clared and to entitle Storey to his
seat. The friends Of futile held that
the contest should not have been de.
cided upon one ballot box from the
fifty In use at the regular election.
Streeter OF Emmons county, the other
member from the Twenty.sixth dis
trict, made vigorous plea on the
floor for the seating of futile and the
whole matter was discussed freely
and with considerable heat. On the
roll call, however, the majority report
Of the elections committee was sus-
tanned and Storey given the seat that
has been held by Tuttle since the
opening of the session.
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The senate state affairs committee |
refused to concur in the house amend
ed resolution for the penitentiary in
vestigation and the whole matter |
went to a conference committee con-
sisting Of Senators LaMoIfe, Pierce
and Talcott and Representatives
Peart, Gribbens and Hale. The points
of difference were as to the member.
ship of the committee, the time at
which it should report and some mat
tiers of detail. The senate committee
held that the committee should be
equally divided between the two
houses and should report before the
end of the session.
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The appropriations committee of
the senate will hold its first meeting
shortly to get an idea of how much
money there is to appropriate. The
requests Of the several institutions
and Of many state departments will
have to be scaled down vigorously.
Already there are requests in for
sums far beyond what the state rev.
enue will justify and it is announced
from good authority that any appro-
priations in excess of the probable
revenues of the state will be vetoed.
The penal and charitable institutions
will be provided for first and other in.
situations will be taken up after the
necessities of these institutions are
cared for; One of the matters of es-
the probable decision of the supreme
court involving the law requiring
counties to pay 500 a year for the
care of each insane patient. This law
is being tested in the supreme court
and means a matter of 100000 or
$250,00O to the state in the way of
revenues.
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The initiative and referendum
ing for the referendum of all laws, as
well as constitutional amendments,
has been reintroduced in the house.
The Plain bill covering the same SUBJ
ject, but excluding constitutional
amendments. has been reintroduced
in the senate. The prohibitionists are
expected to fight the referendum of
constitutional amendments on the
theory that it would permit vote to
be taken on the resubmission of the
liquor law.
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A number of the bills Of the state
educational department have made
their appearance, including those for
the non-partisan nomination and cleo
ton of state and county superintend-
ents of schools. These have been
favorably reported by the educational
committee and have gone to the cleo
tions committee. The bill making an
appropriation for rural graded and
district schools has also been intro
duced.
The state officers salary bill calls
for practically the doubling of the
salary of the officers through a pro-
vision for an expense account equal
to the present salary. Under the con-
stitution salaries cannot be increased
for the term for which an officer is
elected, SO that the provision for an
expense account is the only means by
which the increase could be made
effective. The governors salary is
fixed at 5000 under the proposed law,
that of other state officers $4,000 and
of the commissioners of railroads ST.
400. It is hardly likely that the bill
will get through in its present shape
and there is apt to be considerable
opposition to such an extensive in
crease in the salary scale.
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The state fair. which has been a
bone Of contention between Fargo and
Grand Forks ever since the first pas