The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-02
MAJORITY Of CAUCUS FAvORS :
APPLICATION TO CONSTITUTION
Another Feature of the Platform
Which VIII Re Worked Into Law Is
the Changes In the Present Pri.
mary Election Law.

publican caucus held last night and
which was attended by about seventy
members from both houses. AS re-
suit of caucus two initiative and ref
erendum bills will be introduced from
the committees of the two houses,
one of which will apply to the
statutes only, while the other will
cover both the statutory and consti-
tutional enactments. In the caucus,
the majority was In favor Of making
the principle applicable to the con-
stitution as we'll as the statute. Ten
tative plans to carry the anti-pass
bill through. together with an ex-
tended discussion on the primary law
occupied the remainder of the time.
President Burdick of the senate pre-
.dded.
The organization of the auditing
board investigating committee was ef-
fected last night by the election of
Representative Reeves as chairman
and Senator l. E. Williams as secre-
tary. The commission will commence
active work tomorrow.
A corrupt practice act was agreed
upon by the senate elections commit
tee today. The liquor prescription
bill. which does away with the pres
ent drug permit system, was favor
ably reported by the majority Of the
committee.
Woman's suffrage comes up again
today on majority and minority re-
ports in the senate. .
aAnpther Congressional division bill
In the senate today creates q nor
thern shoestring district out of the
north tiers Of counties with south
eastern and southwestern districts.
Grand Forks is placed in the south
eastern district.
A big kght has developed over the
Hookway Mill doing away with me-
chanic's lieNs for lumber and ma
terial furnished. The senate judi
ciary committee heard extensive ar
guments on th& bill today but no
report made.
Fate predicted for the salary in
crease bills was meted out to one Of
the proposed measures yesterday aft
ernoon when the bill, introduced by
Mr.. Williams Of Burleigh county pro-
viding for larger salaries for regis
ter Of deeds was indefinitely post
poned. The report Of the ways and
means committee Of which Mr.. Dean
of Grand Forks is chairman, was to
the effect that the bill should be post
poned. but Mr.. Williams made a sub
stitution motion to that Of Mr. Dean
for adoption, that the bill be sent to
general orders and be considered by
the committee Of the whole house.
The motion of Mr.. Williams did not
prevail. however, and the bill was
pOstnOned
They Protest.
Mckenzie county voters have taken
up the cry against being made up in
to legislative district in connection
with Mountrial county and petitions
were received from them yesterday
asking that the county, IL the appor-
tionment carries, be made part of
the district in which Williams coun-
tv is included. II is shown that the
interests of those tive counties are
greatly more mutual than are those
OF Mckenzie and Mountrial, and that
is the reason assigned for wanting q
change made.
Recently Mountrial county voters
presented petitions to this effect to
the assembly.
Tax Commission Bill.
This afternoon the Nestos tax COM
mission bill. house bill No. II, will
be up for consideration by the COM
mittee Of the whole house. The tax
committee reported the measure out
favorably yesterday afternoon, there
being a goodly string Of amendments
proposed, although these amendments
do not affect. the general purpose of
the bill nor the manner of carrying
out its provisions.
Adoption of the tax commission
measure will be in accord with the
platforms of both the Republican and
the Democratic parties as placed be-
fore the voters of the state in the
last general election. Two years ago
the tax commission feature was up
in the senate but failed to receive
anything like favorable considera-
tion.
Claim. nconstituti0nality.
That the present Bacon law under
which 1t is possible for. voter who
has lived In one precinct to return
to that precinct within ninety days
from the time that he has. removed
to another to cast his vote, is con-
stitutional, was the declaration made
yesterday afternoon when house bill
No. 10, introduced by Mr.. Dean of
Grand Forks county, was Indefinite
IL postponed, On the previous day
II had been passed but on the motion
OF Mr. Sorlie, It was reconsidered.