The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-03-02

sentation in the lower house from that
district 81 to one senator. Senator Mar
tin said that inasmuch as williams
and Mckenzie counties contained
combined population of 10000, and hts
district six 70 one senator. Senator Mar
for population Of Is 900 people, which
he did not feel was fair either in his
instance or in the demands of Senator
diversion. Senator Kennedy OF Cass
county stated that he was in the posi.
ton Of Senator Martin and he felt the
senator from Williams county was ask
ing too much.
The amendment was voted down, and
IN lieu thereof Senator WEIGH Of Bur.
leigh county offered several amend
ments which increased the house mems
bership to 113. The Nestos bin came
over from the house, as amended, with
lO4 representatives and forty-nine sen
ators, and the senate apportionment
committee added ten members in the
house and one in the senate. which
makes the membership fifty In the up
per house and 113 in the lower.
A message was received from the
house returning S. B. 332, 3s3 and Ss4.
which had been indefinitely postponed.
They are three measures relating to
judicial technicalities, one by steele of
Renyille and the other two by pierce
Also that senate amendments to n. r.
447, 427, 425 and 295 had been con-
Cured in.
Primary Law.
A large amount Of work was done in
the passage Of bills. H. B. ESQ. which
has to do with the primary laws of
the state and fixes the percentage re-
CURED that candidates of a party NAV
have a place on the general election
ballot The old law which was CON
sidered unconstitutional by the SUI
preme court last fall required that
candidate must receive 80 per cent of
the vote cast for the successful eandi-
dates for secretary of state. The new
law which will become effective as soon
as 1t is signed by the governor pro-
vides that a candidate must receive
20 per cent OF the average number of |
votes received by the successful candi- |
dates for governor, secretary Of state
and attorney general at the last prev |
ious general election. Senator Duis |
democrat, was opposed to the bill and |
stated that 1t was another plan of the |
republicans to keep Jus poor demo- |
Gratis out Of the way at election time |
and he proposed an amendment calling !
for 20 per cent provision which was |
lost and the original bill was passed |
3S to 5.
Better Examination,
s. B. 362 was passed and provided |
that the state board of auditors con- |
sisting of the governor the secretary
of state and the attorney general shall |
make two examinations annually of |
the treasurer's Office and the time of |
making the reports shall not be made /
known to the state treasurer or any of |
the employees of the Office before the !
examination is started.
Delegate Bill.
The Bessessen election bill which |
provides for the election of delegates !
to national political conventions had |
a narrow escape and there was a. great1
deal of debate on the question. Tai |
colt made a motion that the bill be |
indefinitely postponed but that was. lost |
and the bill was finally passed by a |
vote of 26 to 81.
After Fire Insurance Trust.
s. B. 254 which was drawn for the |
purpose Of preventing combination be- /
tween fire insurance companies in re- |
gard to rates caused a merry fight for /
a time. The bill was discussed in the |
committee of the whole but before re- |
solving into a committee of the whole |
the senate voted that the talk on the |
bill should be limited to FIVE minutes |
each and that only two senators should |
be allowed to speak. Talcott was call |
ed to the chair and while he did not /