The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-03-11

Valley City printery is discussed.
Bismarck, Feb. 26.-The White pri.
mary election bill has been absolutely
killed SO far as the present legislature
is concerned. Following it's indefinite
postponement by the committee of the
whole in the house o. Wednesday,, it
was reconsidered by that body Thurs
day afternoon and was defeated by a
larger vote than on Wednesday,.
There are now four primary election
measures to be disposed of in the
house. Judging by their character
there will be nc primary election leg
islation this session and the people of
the state must submit themselves to
the present obnoxious measure for ans
other two years. A glance at the man.
ner in which the vote on the White
bill was recorded demonstrates that a
majority of the house prefer to have
the rich men Of the state hold all Of
the important offices of the state.
The senate placed a big grist OF
bills on their third reading and final
passage this afternoon. Some Of the
more important Of the house meas
ures are the Minot normal school, the
law compelling autoists to stop on sig
nal from team drivers, commissions
of administrators, pay of election Of
ficials, the Devils Lake biologicalSs sta
tion, meetings on the state board of
pardons.
Some of the senate measures are
the bill against certain classes Of med
ical advertisements. revision and com
pilation of the state school laws, ter.
minal. elevators outside the state, med.
ical examination of school pupils, rec
ognition Of high school diplomas. state
tax commission, storage receipts for
grain from elevators and warehouses.
The house this afternoon passed the
anti-pass bill of Representative White.
of Trail county. It went through on
a vote of Sc to 26 with 6 absent and
not voting.
At the evening session Of the house,
the bill increasing the salaries Of
deputies to state officers, from $1,000
per annum to $4,000 per annum, was
indefinitely postponed. The bill al
lowing the attorney general two as
sistants at a salary Of $4,000 each
annually vas one of the measures also
%favorably recommended by the COM
mittee of the whole. Three appro-
priation measures were sanctioned by
the house, $4,000 for the state uni
versity, 100000 for the state science
school at Wahpeton, and $152,815 for
the Valley City normal. These bills
were passed by the house under a
suspension Of the rules. There is
considerable difference between the
house and senate appropriation bills
relative to these three institutions
and a conference committee will be
necessary to properly adjust the ap-
preparations.
Bismarck, Feb. 27:-In the house
this morning the appropriation of $6,-
900 for the Florence Crittendon home
at Fargo failed.
Representative Baker secured a re-
hearing and after a nice speech the
Florence Crittenden appropriation
was passed, "a to- Is.
The public service utilities COM
mission, composed of Governor Burke,
Lieutenant Governor Lewis and Form.
er Speaker Twichell, made it's report
to both branches of the legislature
today. They charge that the expresA
rates are excessive and went after
the companies rather severely. 4
They were pleased over the con
sideration shown them by the G.. N.
and the N. P. on information on rail
| road matters in general.