Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-01-21

remains as deputy secretary and W.
A. Falconer remains as deputy treas
urer under the new state treasurer,
Bickford. The Office of the state VI
ditor was turned over the first of the
week by the retiring state auditor,
H. l.. Holmes, who has occupied this
position for six years, to his success
sor, d. K. Brightbill, formerly state
examiner, and c. O. %.Iorgenson, who
has been deputy for four years, re-
mains with the new official. Andrew
Miller, the new attorney general, has
not yet announced his deputies, of
whom there will probably be two, the
attention of one to be devoted to the
enforcement of the prohibition law
through the state. The name of
George Murray OF Steele county, who
was temperance commissioner for two
months under a law afterward de-
clared unconstitutional by the su-
preme court, has been mentioned in
connection with n of the places.
Miller is pledged to a rigid enforce
ment of the prohibition law iii the
state and there is much interest gen
orally in the work done by the attor-
ney general along this line. His cam
paign vas made to a considerable eX-
tent upon this question and consider
able activity is looked for in the prose
cution of violators of the liquor law
of the state.
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changes entirely, the new members
being w. II. Stutsman of Mandan, w.
| H. Mann of New Salem and o. P. n.
Anderson of Starkweather. 1t is eX-
pected that Stutsman will be the pres
ident of the new commission and the
| secretaryship will be offered to Tom
Hall of Fargo, who was executive
secretary of the Republican state
committee during the last campaign.
Hall is an old time newspaper d
of Fargo and we'll known in the state.
There will be no change in the office
force of Superintendent Stockwell.
who begins on his fourth term as
state superintendent. Insurance Com
missioner Cooper will also retain his
present force, as will Commissioner
of Agriculture Gilbreath.
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One OF the matters in which the
state guard is interested was settled
in the course of the week, when Gov
ernOr Burke informed a committee OF
the state guard that called upon him
to urge the rcappointment of T. II.
Poole as adjutant general that he had
decided to name Colonel A. p. PeaHe
of Valley City to the position. The
law providing for the appointment OF
an adjutant general was amendes!
foCr wears ago to provide for the ap.
pointment of a line officer to hold the
place for two years and then to be
retired. Previously the adjutant gen
oral was appointed as other officers
of the guard. to hold during good be
naNior and to be removed only by
courtmartial. With the death of Ad-
QUAINT General E. S. Miller Colonel H.
NJ. Creel was named and he resigned
in January two years ago and Poole
was named. The latter will complete
his two-year term in January and the
governor advised the committee OF
militiamen that under the law he was
not eligible for reappointment and
that he would give the place to PealSe.
The latter is a resident of Valley City
and has been commanding officer OF
the state regiment for fourteen years.
If he is appointed it will mean pro
motion for the line officers. In SOM
quarters it is stated that Poole may
refuse to surrender his Off claim
ing that he cannot be removed except
by courtmartial, and in hat event a
case would have to be brought to de-
ing the appointee to two years OF
service.
There is plenty in the way of pro:
posed legislation to occupy the atten'
ton of the two houses when the reg
ular grind of bills is begun. The
matter of appropriations will be one
of the most important of the session
and there are demands from all OF
the state institutions for increased
appropriations. The regular depart
ments of the state must be provided
for and various state boards want ad
ditional appropriations. The state
live stock sanitary board has a deficit
and needs more funds to carry out
the work proposed for the ensuing
term. The state medical men want
an increased appropriation for the
archaeological laboratory and for the
proposed anti-tuberculosis warfare
The pure food department of the state
expresses its need of more funds tc
carry on its programme for the ensu
ing two years and the appropriations
committee of the two houses will have
their hands full to make the fund:
meet the demands for them.
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Proposed amendments of the pri
mary election law will be numerous
The White bill, which provides for
state convention to nominate state
officers, with a reference of the nom
inees to a primary election in CASE
there is a division of sentiment in The
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