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for women. granting that right upon
those who WI property upon which
they pay taxes. This, they think, will
nave the way to complete franchise
later.
Another proposed amendment to the
constitution is to allow an increase in
state tax lcvies to 4 mills annually
IN case of need Of such, with other
ak provisions.
The Brady bill not only attempts
o restrict but absolutely prohibits
he manufacture, sale or Offering for
sale of cigarettes or paper.
A new element is to be sprung in
he inebriate asylum proposition by
prohibiting the use of the state-Owned
buildings at old Fort Sisseton for that
purpose. Thorson of Minnehaha in
he senate tOOk a few more falls Out
If railways in bills requiring track
scales and joint stations at crossing
points. Another brick was hurled at
he owners or stockholders Of brew
cries. prohibiting them taking any
part in the retail trade.
The first bill to receive final action
n either house came up in the house
Wednesday afternoon. First of these
was the Morris bill which requires
precinct officers and county auditors
0 make immediate election returns
outside the official returns.
In committee of the whole Thurs
lay. with Mcpherson of Lawrence
n the chair, oratory flowed free and
lntrammeled by rules that afternoon
! when the Dillon bill to return the
, money secured from North Carolina
IN bonds donated to the state be re-
turned. Senator Dillon. who spoke
nearly two hours, charged that the
| whole transaction was tinctured with
fraud. and that the state could do but
one of two things, either return the
cash, or go into a general collection
business CT bad debts of other states.
Senator Dillon further charged that
the whole scheme had it's inception in
Wall street by which the acceptance
| IF the bonds was made possible, and
that it was carried through by the
: Joint efforts of ex-senator Butler Of
South Carolina, ex-senator Pettigrew
Of South Dakota. Wheeler and Peck
ham of New York and r. w. Stewart,
at that time a state senator, the two
latter being employed attorneys of
he New York contingent back of the
deal. He spurned any offer to trans
fer tainted money to any FUND of the
state on the ground that it would
flight any institution to which it was
transferred.
Senator Curtis of Brown, who had
moved to amend the bill to place the
money in the school fund, r~ecounted
he transaction from its beginning,
taking the position that the bonds on
which collection was made were legl-
innate indebtedness against North
carolina, and had been acknowledged
by payment of a large part OF the
bonds by compromise. The commit
ee then rose with a permission to SIT
again tomorrow, when others will be
heard.
The senate railway committee re-
ported favorahly on the 2-cent rate,
electric headlight and express rate
bills. .
The Democrats in caucus Thursday
night selected Andrew r. Lee as their
candidate for United States senator.
A move to fight the white plague in
A. .t,+n x-n ctorfnI EriIau nv the
bill by Bate to appropriate money tc
establish a state tuberculosis hospi
tai at Custer. The only other bill OF
Importance presented was that which
materially amends the present pri
mary election law, practically abol
ishing the county convention, placing
the duties of the convention on The
county committee.
The first house argument was call
ed out on the bill requiring county
commissioners to publish poor alt
lists. which was defeated, Fowler, He
bal, Bate and Bartine opposing thu
Gcasure, and Johnson, Morris ant
y ylor supporting 1t.
The North Carolina bill was agail
up in the senate committee OF TN
whole Friday and by a vote OF 20 u
II the committee recommended tina
the bill pass. This came in the wa
of a surprise, as it was the genera
opinion that the vote would be yer
close. The discussion was by Dillon
Bates and Seward for the bill, wit
Curtis and Byrne opposing, and tn
seriousness Of the argument wa
somewhat strained several times b.
charges Of bad faith and cold mis-
statements banded between the leac
ers. L
Bates and Dillon took occasion t
warmly refute the intimations whicl
were contained in the charge Q
counsel for the other side made l
regard to some of their statements
and also resented the charge OF "pe'
tifogeing," charged in the argumen'
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