Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-01-26
,oIhGs AT THE CAPITAL.

3OlNUo Al InE ORf ! Al,
Bismarck, Jan. %. lsil
is is the quietest session q the
allure. so far, of the four the
er has attended. The choosing
majors having been settled By
s0ters at the primary election.
hoice of a successor to Senator
anber and a senator 70 fl, the
pired term of the late NJ. \.
s1E was purely perfunctory
Every once in while there
teen an article covered d q
re head" in the state dailies,
ne that there was a movement
)0t in the legislature to tHn
n McCumber or Gronna. First
ould be one and then the othe.
matter of fact, there was not
ny time even a whispered sJ9g-
.ion that the senators and meNs
should go back on the instrge
of the voters given 10 tnier
esentatives at the primary
9 there no such thing as h9,r
ing among the men chosen Il
Q the laws of this conNgan-
lib, self-preservation would
undoubtedly always Viii
ent the members of any le9isla-
Of North Dakota from using
legal right to vote for sueh
dates as they may choose II
less of the will of the voters ot
respective parties. The Is
gouldn't stand for such action
e election for the two senats
place on Jan. 18th. First. eaa
ibers Of the senate and the house
as separate bodies. Next day
on-i it is usually termed ai.h
although there is no author
| have ever seen that defines
noon as anything but Just
. noon the two houses met II
/ session to verify the vote oi
previous day. AT the separate
.qns on the 18th the viii 81 .lie
lie was registered exactly as it
been signitied at the primary
lumber and Gronna receiving
r. Republican vote and Purcell
Bruegger getting every Demo
tic vote. Representative Wesley
sett Of Rolette county. the lore
.alist in the legislature. divd-
his votes, one being cast for
ma and one for Purcell. AT the
I session on the 18th both
es having the day before given
ijority for the Republican ear
ties there was no voting. The
.edings were as follows As
& as the. House assembled al noon. 4
llnlttee was appointed to receive
body in joint session. The sen
s having appeared and taken
\ seats, the lieutenant governor.
as president of the senate pre-
y over all joint sessions. called
iolnt session to order. The sec
ny of the senate then called the
te roll and the house chief clerk
q the house roll. Then the for
read the journal record and the
* the house record covering the
'tl0n Of senators the day pre-
s. Then the joint session ad
med.
he present session is way behind
iJs work, and for this reason.
eTnor Burke as is his Usual
Jom IN pulling the wool over tie
: cf the voters. recommended III
message that no bills be printed
after they had been cc4s.a-
\ and reported by committees.
MS recommendation was fal-
81 by the house committee on
& who presented a rule elna05!y-
the governor recommends
31s. The rule was adopted after
nirlted contest, in which tie
ser and other members opposed
adoption of the rule. II MAS
lptea, however, and the 'hallifg
of legislation in both holses be-
I. However. after trying for d
y the system recommended u.s.
The governor. the house commit
on rules surrendered ard
ght in resolution abolishing
l'le, and their recommendation
unanimously adopted.
ne result of the governor 5 BAD
is that up to the close Of
rday 5 session, but one bin had
q the house. and tina, one Il
le bill authorizing paymcn; iar
stationery and other supplies.
the blockade" existed BINS
cred in the hands of the chief
and when the governors bun
scheme was dropped ther,
about hundred house bill