The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-01-28
johnson Received Entire
Republican Vote.
Bill Introduced To Permanently
Locate State Fair at Fargo.
APPROPRIATIONS MUST Be CUT DOWN
APPROPRIATIONS MUST Be CUT DOWN


local warehouses in the state be sub
3scted to strict regulation and that
the state be divided into elevator dis
tricts for the purpose of such regula-
ton. Daily, weekly and other period
Teal reports from the elevators are
suggested in order that due publicity
be given to the amount of wheat
bought, the grades and dockage and
the spread of price between local ele-
vators and the terminal markets The
whole matter is one of vital interest
to the state, but aside from the ter.
minal elevator plan little is offered in
the way Of suggestion for betterment
Of conditions.
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The session of the house at which
the Tuttle.Storey contest was decided
was by far the liveliest and most in.
~teresting Of the session, the attend
ance of spectators exceeding that at
the senatorial election. Storey was
seated by a vote of 50 to "a, after
half a day spent in arguments by At
torneys Sorley. Engerud and Lauder
and after addresses by q number of
members of the house. A good deal
Of f%actionalism was brought into the
eontest and a good deal of feeling
stirred up among %partisans of both
men through the contest. The cleo
lions committee opened pnes of the
ballot boxes used at the November
election and a recount of the votes
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
the count as originally returned. This
was held by the elections committee
to destroy the tie that had been de-
clared and to sntitle. Storey to his
seat. The friends of Tuttle held that
the contest should not have been de-
cided upon m ballot box from the
fifty In s at the regular election.
streeter of Emmons county. II. other
member from the Twenty-sixth dis
trict. made q 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 p~enitentiary in
vestigation and the whole matter
went to a. conference committee con
sisting Of Senators LaMoure, Pierce
and Talcott and Representatives
Peart, Gribbens and Hale. The points
Of difference were as to the member
ship of the committee, the time al
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 O.
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 fol
sums far beyond what the state rev
enue will justify and 1t 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
stitutions will be taken up after tht
necessities Of these institutions are
cared for. One Of the matters Of es
pecial interest to the committee /.
the probable decision Of the supreme
court involving the law requiring
counties to pay 800 . year for the
care of each insane patient. This Law
Is being tested in the supreme court
and means q matter of 100000 OF
$250.000 to the state In the way o.
revenues.
The initiative and referendum
amendment to the constitution provid
ing for the referendum Of all laws. az
well az constitutional amendments
has been reintroduced In the house
The Plain bill covering the same sub
ject, but excluding constitutional
amendments. has been reintEodueed