Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-01-22

anCe Is taken TO mean That the gov.
ernor is satisfied the appointment will
be sustained in case the matter gets
into court. Poole after his disposses.
sion obtained an order from Judge
Winchester Of the district court of
the state commanding Colonel Peake
and all other persons te refrain from
interfering with Poole in the dis.
charge Of his duties as adjutant gen.
eral, returnable within week, and
an order was then obtained by the,
governor and the attorney general
from the supreme court Of the state
commanding Winchester to take no
further steps toward interfering with
The governor and Colonel Peake on
;he ground that they were doing their
legal duty as commanding officers of
the state guard and could not be in
terfered with.
The appointment of supreme court
Judges was also made in the course
Of the week, following the passage of
the constitutional amendment last
tall increasing the membership of tie
court from three to five members. S.
e. Ellsworth of Jamestown and John
Carmody of Hillsboro get the coveted
places, for which there were scores
OF applicants. The appointments were
forecasted for several days and did
not come as a surprise. The new
Judges were sworn in at once and en-
tered upon the discharge of their du-
ties. Ellsworth is Republican and
Carmody Democrat and the mem
bership of the court now consists of
three Republicans and two Demo-
Gratis. The State Bar association en-
dorsed a number of attorneys for the
places and there were about score
Of active applicants.
!. !. !.
The naming of the house and sen
ate committees and the beginning of
the flood of bills marked the outset Of
the week in the routine work of the
legislature. Skulason and White, who
were candidates against Burdick for
the speakership, both got good places
in the house, Skulason going to the
craftsmanship of the judiciary commit
tee and White to the Craftsmanship of
the railroads committee. Wolbert,
who was also a candidate for the
speakership, got the craftsmanship of
the banks and banking committee and
other good assignments. Johnson Of
Bottineau county got the chairman
ship of the elections committee, which
will have the hearing of the Tuttle-.
Storey contest and the consideration
Of all the elections bills that are to
be presented. Several of these have
already come in. The White bill has
been reintroduced, providing for both
convention and statewide primary,
and the Skulason bill, which is adapt
ed from the provisions of election
bills in a number of other states.
Another bill has been presented de-
signed to prevent the spending of
great amounts of money in primaries
and elections and aimed especially at
newspaper advertising and 'boost-
Ing"
j. j. ].
Over a hundred bills made their
appearance in the first three days of
active work after the legislative re-
cess. The drain upon the state treas
ury by the needs of the state institu-
lions was made apparent by the APP
preparation bills that have already
bobbed up. Large sums are called for
by the state university, agricultural
college. insane hospital, school for the
feeble minded and other institutions
and many other bills are yet to come
in. Big appropriations are asked for
the payment of claims for glandered
horses killed by the state veterinari-
ans in the course of the past year and
for which the legislature of two years
ago made no appropriation. Funds
for new experimental stations, for ex-
periments with milling values of flour
and denatured alcohol and for a dozen
and one purposes are asked and the
appropriations committee of the SEN
ate. which is headed by Senator La
Moure Of Pembina, who has held the
position for many years, is preparing
statement of the available revenue
of the state and will seek to make an
equitable division of the available
funds among the various applicants.
The work will take considerable time
and 1t will probably be late in the
session before the budget is made up
and the appropriation bills reported
back to the legislature. In the mean
time representatives of the different