The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-03
All Referred to Select Commit.
mite Which Is Trying to
Formulate Bill
McCREA DRUG PERMIT
CREATED SPIRITED DEBATE
Committee Investigating the Various
State Offices Made Preliminary Re.
port Which Was Signed by Only Two
Members, Collins Not Joining.
nv H. ID. Paulson,)

VSSeAsN5s
(By H. d. Paulson.)
Bismarck, N. D., March 3-Resur-
rection services were held by the
house this morning over the graves
of the Skulason, Law, Thompson and
Davidson primary election bills, with
the result that all were brought to
life again and referred to a select
committee consisting Of johnson Of
Bottineau, skulason, Sorlie, Laith-
waite and Gibbons. The committee is
at work attempting to secure such q
bill as can be passed by the present
assembly and thus secure amend
ments to the present law. The mo-
ton to reconsider was made by Hen
erickson of Ward. the bills having
been indefinitely postponed yester-
day
The primary fight opened Monday
afternoon when the elections and
privileges committee made report
on house bill No. $50, submitting sew
eral amendments to this measure.
The amendments proposed did away
with the filing fee, the legislative
pledge and providing that the high
man in the primary election should
be the party nominee for senator. The
committee held that the wording of
this law was such that the implied
pledge of the candidate would and
could be rightly construed in his be-
coming candidate for the legislature
on party ticket.
This report brought forth the
charge by B. G. Skulason Of Grand
Forks that the committee had failed
to do its work properly, as has al
ready been stated and the resolution
offered by him was voted down. Dur
ing the course of his remarks. Mr..
Skulason made some rather strong
statements with reference to certain
members of the committee for which
he later apologized.
The game conference committe made
a unanimous report this afternoon in
favor of the Hale bill which provides
for two game wardens. abolishes the
spring shooting and places the war
dens under the direction of board
of control of five members.
The house, after bitter fight, pass
ed the bill compelling telephone ex-
changes to connect their lines with
toll company lines.
Doyle of Foster secured the passage
of the bill making It necessary to Ia
bel political articles as advertise
ments when such articles are paid for
by candidates. The bill was first
killed, having only forty-seven votes,
but on reconsideration, it carried.
The senate bill by Steele of Ward
providing that notice of mortgage
foreclosure on real estate must be CIV
en- the mortgagor by registered letter
mailed by the register of deeds, was
passed by the house this morning.
Upon reconsideration this after
noon, the house passed the bill d.
viding the Fifth judicial district and
creating the Eleventh district.
Others Are Killed
Tuesday upon the report Of the COM
mittee, house bills Nos. 26, 1926 and 222
the Skulason, Law and Davidson bills
respectively, were indefinitely post
poned This, bringing the question
before the house, the lower branch
of the assembly went into the commit
tee Of the whole for the consideration
Of the Thompson bill, as amended.
Mr.. Doyle Of Foster offered an
amendment relating to the election OF
judges, doing SO merely for the pur-
pose Of steering clear OF his own jul
dicial election bill. This was follow
ed by the proposal of Mr.. Chatfleld of
Ward that the manner Of electing
United States senators be changed by
allowing the direct election, making
the highest man in the primary and
general election the nominee. This
amendment failed Of being carried.
Mr.. Wolhert of Burleigh made an ad-
dress in favor of action by the pres
ent assembly. Mr.. Skulason of Grand
Forks. in a short address, said that he
was not in favor of the amendments
and moved the indefinite postpone
ment of the bill, which motion pre-
fight. A roll call was asked by the
motion to adjourn carried before the
through.
Purity In Elections
Another election bill knocked on
the head Tuesday related to the square
at the head of the ballot. in which an
;elector may place cross and thus
vote the entire list of party candi-
dates. This bill was introduced by
Mr.. Doyle of Foster, who claimed it
was for the interests of purity in poll
tics that 1t be passed. Messrs. Han
ley, Schulz and Skulason spoke against
it, claiming 1t to be partisan meas
,ure and that 1t would work against
the interests of the majority party.
The vote was forty for and 43 against,
the bill being lost.
Passing the Fair Bill
The senate failed to become very
greatly stirred up over the Kennedy