Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-01-21
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chairman Of the judiciary committee,
White of Trail as chairman of the
committee on railroads and Ployhar
of Barnes or Putnam of Eddy as chair
man OF the appropriations committee.
The inclination of tho speaker was to
place Putnam at the head of the APP
preparations committee with a view
of getting a chairman from a non-in-
stitution district, leaving all the men,
Gers from institution districts on the
same footing. Strong pressure was
brought to bear by some of the Barnes
county members for the placing of
Ployhar in view of the fact that Peake
of Valley City held the committeeship
two years ago.
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The rules adopted by the house
provide for the same committees as
two years ago and about the only
change that has been made is the re-
duction of the number of members re-
quired to demand a call of the house
to twenty-siX. The senate committee
has named a committee on rules, con-
sisting of Senators Mcdonald, Talcott,
LaMoure, Koffel, Kennedy, Cashel
and Sharpe. Some changes will be
made from the rules Of two years ago
and some new committees created.
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A resolution of sympathy for Sen
ator Ha%nsbrough, who is now serious
ly i'll at Asbury hospital, Minneapolis,
was adopted by the senate on the
opening day.
The formal Inauguration OF the state
officers took place Wednesday after
noon in the joint session OF the house
and senate. The governor and mem
bers of the official family were escort
ed to the house chamber by a com
mittee of the house and senate. Judge
Fisk of the supreme court admins
tered the oath OF office to Governor
Burke and the state officers, after
which the message of the governor
was delivered. Politically the prin-
cipal recommendations OF the message
of the governor that created interest
were those for a non-partisan election
| of a United States senator and for the
passage of a law permitting the %
| ernor to remove county officers. This
latter law is pressed ON the ground
that it Will mean the better enforce
ment of the prohibition law.
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The matter of the adjutant general
ship occupied a considerable share of
the weeks interest. As forccasted in
last weeks letter Governor Burke de-
tailed Colonel \. p. PealEc, command
ing officer OF the state regiment, as ad-
/ jutant general and directed General
T. II. Poole TO transfer his office to
Peake Poole refused to comply with
| the order, alleging that under the con
stitution of the state he could not be
removed except by sentence OF court
martial, The constitution of the state
| says that mo commissioned officer of
the state guard shall be removed from
office except by sentence Of courtmar-
tial pursuant to law" An action in
mandamus will be brought to compel
Poole to surrender his office and this
will bring the entire matter into the
supreme court Of the state. Attorneys
differ as to the meaning of the con-
stitutional provision, some claiming
that the adjutant general is not in
| Guided in the commissioned officers
that the law is intended to owe A
stipulation will probably be entered
into by the attorneys in order to get
the case into court at the earliest
possible time.
Only two bills have been introduced
up to the present time. One of them
provides for the abolition of the death
sentence in the state as a penalty for
murder. This bill was introduced by
Welch of Burleigh county and if it
passes will prevent the execution of
two murderers now in the state peni-
tertiary, Joe Peltie1 of Bottineau
county and R. S. Noah of Ward
county.
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When the senate Sen
ator Pierce will present a bill for the
guaranteeing of state bank deposits.
The bill provides for a levy of l per
cent on the average daily deposits of
| Ddllk1US INSTITUTIONS, llS uuQ CISdtGQ
to constitute a guaranty fund Pro
visions are made for the payment Of
the depositors of failed banks. Ma
tional banks are permitted to partici,
pate by the payment of the ! per cent
and there is a provision that no bank
shall receive state deposits unless it
shares in the deposit guaranty fund.
Both of the political parties in the
state endorsed the bank deposit guar
anty matter, but there is likely to be
considerable opposition to the passage
Of such a bill.
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Senator Macarthur will present a bill
for the wiping Out of the druggists
permit law. taking away from the
druggists the right to sell liquors eX-
cept under a physicians prescription.
The drug permit law has been the
source of many violations OF the pro-
hibition law and a good many of the
druggists of the state have given up