The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-02
Bitter Contest Over the Con-
gressional Districts Mark
ed Legislative Day
GRAND FORKS AND CAsS
COUNTIES IIED TOGETHER
Possibility Of Defeat Of Measure Re.
cause the End of the Session Is So
Near-Three Districts Formed by
Senate Bill. .-....

Senate Bill.
Bismarck, N. D., March 2-Red riv-
er valley plans for the division of the
state into congressional districts
were defeated 81. t.severy turn IN both
houses today a1dHFhe the noon az =
journments arrived the house h.N
gone on record as favoring the plan
of creating eastern, central and west
ern districts, with the senate having
passed the bill creating northern
Southwestern and southeastern dis
trict.
In both houses the days proceed
ings were exciting and the hard fight
put up by both sides is indicated by
the final roll call in the senate Of 26
to q for the passage of the bill and
of So to 40 for the passage of the
eastern, central and western bills.
Parliamentary procedure was TAX
en- advantage of in every instance
possible and by so doing the house
supporters Of the two eastern and one
western districts prevented the final
passage of that bill.
In the house when the division
question came up, Default offered
an amendment which created central,
eastern and western districts and
after several motions to indefinitely
postpone and further amend had been
lost. all on roll calls, in which the
votes were, 81 to so, So to so and 81
to 49, the question Of adoption final
ly came up and carried.
An attempt was then made to sus-
pend the rules and place the bill on
its fnal passage but Price Of Cass
and Frame of Walsh served notice
that they would take advantage Of ev-
cry possible point and prevent such
movement. and in that they were sue.
cessfu1. AS q result the house ad-
journed the fifty-eighth legislative day
with the. bill on the calendar for the
fifty-ninth day.
The Homes bill for southwestern,
northwestern and eastern districts
was also resurrected and Is on the
calendar, but it is very probable that
neither will go to the senate because
of the joint rules preventing the
transmission of bills on the last two
legislative days.
The bill passed by the senate pro-
vides for the following districts.
First district - Pembina, Walsh
Cavalier, Ramsey, Towner. Benson
Rolette, Pierce. Bottineau, McHen-
ry, Renville, Ward, Burke, Noun
trail, Divide and Williams
Second district-Grand Forks, Cass
Trail, Richland, Steele, Barnes, Ran
som, Sargent Nelson, Griggs, Eddy
Foster, Stutsman, LaMoure, Dickey
Wells.
Third. district-Kidder, Sheridan
Burleigh, Emmons, Logan, Mcintosh
Mclean, Mercer, Oliver. Morton
Dunn, Stark, Hettinger, Adams. Nc
Kenzie, Billings and Bowman.
The president of the senate last
evening appointed committee of one
member from each judicial district
to make up a bill out of the reappor.
tionment bills that had been present.
ed to the senate the committee re.
porting to the senate this morning
with majority and minority report
signed by Talcott and Plain, that bill
220, which places Grand Forks ant
Cass counties in different districts
do pass.
There was roll call on the adop
ton of the reports and the majority
report was defeated "a to 25, and the
minority report defeated 21 to %
Simpson then Immediately offered tn.
bill which made up the basis of the
majority report, presenting it in tn.
form of an amendment to 8. B. 22O
The roll call on the adoption Of th.
amendment showed rs ayes and 2.
nays. Elken then endeavored to offel
an amendment but was ruled out O
order and Bessessen offered al
amendment which was lost.
The previous question was movet
and the roll call made, which re
suited in 26 ayes and % nays and tn,
clincher was attached and the bill
Immediately messaged to the house.
Senator Jerry Stevens of Crane
Forks voted all the way through tt
place Grand Forks county in tn,
southeastern congressional distric
voted against the bill.
In the house Collins has voted con
tinually to place Grand Forks ant
Cass in the same district, with th'
other members voting against sucl
division.
The efforts of the valley men ar
now being directed toward severinl
the passage in the house of the bill
providing for three north and soutl
congressional strips. thereby sendinl
the question to conference commit