The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-28
NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE
REVIEW OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OR THE
STATE LEGISLATORS FOR THE WEEK ,

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M. N. johnson of Petersburg. Nelson
county, received every Republican
vote in separate sessions of the house
and senate Tuesday, and will be de.
clared elected United States senator
in the Joint session tomorrow. The
election was without incident except
for an arraignment of the attitude of
the Republican party on the trusts
by Senator Purcell placing in nominal
ton ]. L. Cashel as the Democratic
candidate. Senator Bessesen of Wells
county took the charges to heart, and
for time it looked as If the senate
would be embroiled in a partisan DO.
utical debate.
On the final vote in the senate John.
son received 80 votes, Cashel z and
Purcell 1. In the house johnson re.
ceived SO, and Cashel z votes. A
resolution has passed the house for a
recess of four days after the joint
election tomorrow.
Attorney Engerud applied to the su.
Ipreme court for writ Of quo war
frantic to determine the status of the
officers elected in Mclean county
whose residence is in Sheridan coun-
ty. Sheriff Beck. one of the officers,
has refused to turn over his books
and records to Hans Holtan, appointed
sheriff by the commissioners of Nc
Lean county. A writ of mandamus has
also been issued to compel the county
auditor of Mclean county to certify
to the secretary Of state the vote for
the organization of Stevenson county
out of old Mclean.
The house elections committee has
decided to hear testimony in the Tut
tle-Storey election contest. The whole
matter is likely to go to the floor of
the house for settlement, prospects
being for majority and minority
report.
Ex-congressman NJ. N. Johnson was
declared elected United States sena-
tor Wednesday by vote of 1926 Re.
publicans to Is Democrats. This is
the first time United States senator
has been elected in this state as the
choice Of primary.
After his certificate of election was
signed in the presence of the two
houses of the legislature, Mr.. John
son made a long address before the
Joint assembly, declaring himself un-
pledged as to elective or appointive
officers except in two cases and those
pledges, he said, he made because the
men who received them were worthy
and he had an entire right to make
them, as both were unsolicited.
Mr.. Johnson's certificate of cleo
ton was delivered to him by Senator
La Moure, the Oldest member of the
state senate, who nominated him in
the nsenate Tuesday. Mr.. johnson
left for the East Wednesday and will
go to Washington the latter part of
February.
The conference committee on the
penitentiary investigation resolution
was named Thursday and will prob
ably report within a day or so. 1t
seems likely that the resolution as
finally adopted will call for four men,
bers from both the senate and house
and for report before the close of
the session.
The day in the legislature was de-
voted to the passage of bills of minor
importance. One of the bills passed
by the house was for a constitutional
amendment to increase the term of SUI
preme court judges to ten years. The
bill to do away with terms of the SUI
preme court at Fargo and Grand
Forks was favorably reported by the
senate committe today and will prob.
ably pass both houses.
An invitation was extended by both
houses to DR.. Grassick of Grand
Forks, state health officer, and DR..
Ruediger of the state health labora-
tory to address the two houses on the
subject of tuberculosis and public
health. All interest tonight is CEN
tered upon the probable outcome Of
the Tuttle-Storey contest which is
made a special order for the house
tomorrow afternoon. The houses will
be closely divided on the question
and it is expected that the majority
either contestant or contestee will not
be over two or three votes.
A bill presented to the house today
calls for the abolition of the live stock
sanitary board and the reinstatement
of the old system of district veteri.
naries. Another bill calls for the re.
moval of all telephone and telegraph
poles from private lands and their
erection upon section lines.
Andrew Carnegie was invited by
concurrent resolution of the two