The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-28
HOUSE HEARD THE EVIDENCE IN COWAN INVESTIGATION AND
VOTED TO BRING INF PEEAC1MENT CHARGES AGAINST HIN

$3.50 o'clock. Yesterday there was
more or less discussion Of these bills
in the senate, that body going into
session as a committee Of the whole
twice, each time arising and report
ing progress. One attempt was made
to have the Steele of Renville bill,
which provides for the "shoestring"
district, considered by the commit
tee apart from the others, but that
plan fell through and all bills re-
lating to the congressional situation
were finally taken into the commit
tee to be considered. Senators Simp-
son and Talcott we're the only MEM
bers speaking on the bills, the for
mer favoring two western districts and
the latter favoring two eastern dis
tricts.
In the senate the bill providing that
cities might revoke franchises In GER
tain cases, was indefinitely postpon-
ed after It was considered at length
in the committee. Opposition was
raised to the bill from western MEM
bers of the senate who contended that
foreign capital oy" IT the state.
The wallin felio< want law was
another that fell by !. g >,yside. The
move to have s. B. S4> onsidered
also failed, this being the$ q Npre re-
lating to the sale of editorhsoc. >port
in newspapers. There was a\>eIe Of
IL to "a. n
Trouble for the medical men of tfssss
state is also at an end as the Welo
naturopathy bill was killed, receiv-
ing only twenty votes. Several ef-
forts were made to amend the bill but
all failed and on the roll call the
me asure was killed.
Senate bills Nos. 76 and q, relat-
ing to the duties Of the state field pa
role officer, are in the hands Of con-
ference committee at the present time.
The senate refused to accept the
amendments to the bill that were made
by the house.
The board of immigration bill, one
of the interesting bills before the
assembly this year, was passed by
the senate yesterday afternoon. It
creates board of immigration to SUI
pervise the immigration department
work in the state.
Legislative apportionment. after the
report Of the special committee yes
terday afternoon, had easy sailing,
the vote being almost unanimous. The
Bottineau delegation was not IN &C.
cord. with the bill because Of. the fact
that 1t cuts out one senatorial dis
trict in that county. -.
Several important house bills were
killed yesterday afternoon on the
adoption Of committee reports for in
definite postponement. Among these
was the Trimble county hail insur-
ance department, Stevens third party
deposit bill, Stern's assistant labor
commissioner measure. The woman
suffrage bills went to special COM
mittee consisting of Messrs. Thomp-
son. Burns. Walters. Sorlie and Mar
tin.
were reported out of the house CON-
mittees for passage were the Stew
ems control Of fraternal insurance 60
cieties, Linde bill for support of de-
fendant in divorce action, sgutt IL
censing Of certain hospitals. senate
committee on elections bill to pre-.
vent newspaper from charging more
than legal rate for political adver-
tising, Plain initiative and referen-
dum,. Anderson of Griggs state aid
for county fairs, Cashel transfer OF
$4,000 wolf bounty fund to general
fund Duis regulation 70 construc.
ton OF telephone and telegraph poles
in cities.
The Englund bill designed to pre-.
vent railroads from using telephones
in the dispatching Of trains was also
among the dead list last night.
Consideration Of the appropriation
bills was reached by the house yes.
terday. and in discussing the appro.
i priation bills allowed by the house
committee on appropriations, Chair.
man Ployhar stated that the total OF
the appropriations allowed up to that
time had been $1,100,0O0 with the ap.
preparations for the Grafton institute
the state penitentiary and the Ellen.
dale normal Industrial school still to
come.
Representative Streeter failed to un.
understand yesterday afternoon why q
bill that would grant an appropriation
for spoilers who had been instrumen.
tai IN the conviction Of blindpiggers
shou d take precedence over a bill
that allows rewards for certain sher.
IFS who are entitled to such rewards
for catching horse thieves. Mr.. Hy.
land Of Ramsey stated that the an.
preparations committee to which the
bill had been referred, seemed to be
of the opinion that the sheriffs were
not entitled to reward for making
captures of horse thieves because they
were on salary and fee basis al.
ready. The bill was passed by small
majority but will be up again today
for further consideration.
! Following the Introduction of the
report on the state treasureship in.
vestigation yesterday afternoon Chair.
man Norheim Of that committee in.
troduced bill designed to correc,
the present law relating to the work
of the state board of auditors with ref.
erence to the examination Of the of.
fee Of the state treasurer. This bill
would allow the appointment of an
expert accountant to assist the board
this plan being in accordance with the