Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-20
The Capitol Run

The North Dakota railroad com
mission has been assured of the as
sistance of the Wisconsin commits
sion in arriving at a system of &C.
counting in dealing with corporations.
The Wisconsin commission is regard
ed as the strongest in the country
and is composed of the most able
minds to be had North Dakota is to
get the benefit of the Wisconsin
boards experience in dealing with
railway rates. Expert Little has the
tariff reports from nearly all the state
commissions and he has made them
a study. They have been of great as
sistance to the North Dakota board
in arriving at conclusions. The North
Dakota commission will be in posi-.
ton to deal more justly with the cor
porations as we'll as the public, and
the Ignite coal rate cases will be the
initial test.
The state board of control found
everything satisfactory at the state
reform school at Mandan. The board
visits the institution each month.
Governor Burke, by invitation of
the faculty, this afternoon addressed
the members of the high school of
Bismarck. He took for his subject
the conference of Governors" The
first conference was held in 1898 and
has been continued each year since
that date. The governor outlined the
topics discussed and considered by
the state executives at the recent
meeting in New Jersey. He also made
plain the chief questions which con-
Germ the people at the present time.
Governor Burke refutes the published
statement that an attack was made
on the supreme court of the United
States by the distinguished assem-
blage. The court decision in the Min
nesota rate case was frequently re.
ferred to but not in a spirit of un.
favorable criticism. 1t was because
the issues involved in that case and
Judge Sanborn's decision attempting
to define the rights of states to fix
rates. The United States supreme
court will be called upon to decide
where state authority leaves off and
federal authority takes hold. It is a
great and serious question and one
which must be settled. At present
no line is fixed, hence the confusion
Governor Eberhart has called a
conference with the governors OF
North and South Dakota for October
30 to determine the part to be taken
in the so-called governors train which
starts at the Pacific ocean and runs
to the Atlantic. Governor Burke says
he will be unable to make the trip,
but may send a delegate The ex-
pense of such jaunt is an item to
be considered. The governors train
will make the trip in November.
Commissioner Mcdonald of the
land office has busy force these
days. The employees of the depart.
ment are divided into groups and are
working in relays. It happens to be
the busy season in land matters.
With drafts of nearly 100000 on
the state treasury yesterday and to-
day the balance at the end of the
month will be too small to worry
over. Some of the big bills are for
buildings and additions to buildings
provided by the legislature. An ap-
preparation of $4,000 was made for a
hospital department to the state nor
NAL school at Mayville. The hospital
Is to care for the sick pupils of that
institution. The Mayville institution
is not large one on account of its
location. Deputy State Audior Jor.
censor thinks with the use of the oil
inspection fund and the taxes com.
ing in they will be able to pull
through