Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-04
CARNIVAL Of FUN MARKED THE CLOSE
Of HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Of
THE Twelfth Legislative ASSEMBLY
placed their O. X. on the articles of
impeachment in the Cowan case,

the high speed clutch in on legisla-
ton.
Roll calls were so frequent that all
the house clerks are hoarse and bills
We're passed or killed with such ex.
petition that in many cases where
they died by the indefinite postpone
ment method the chief mourners old
not awaken to their bereavement un-
til later inquiry as to where par
ticular pet measure stood revealed
the fact that it had gone to the legis-
lative graveyard.
The congressional proposition
came up again yesterday when S. t.
220, Elken, was reached. There was
a majority and minority report. the
latter favoring the provisions OF the
Davis bill in the senate, northern
district extending across the state,
and the southern PARTON divided in
to two districts, southeastern and
the former following the line Of H. B.
252. as amended by DE Nault, provid-
ing for eastern. central and western
districts. After considerable discus
sion the majority report was adopted
for the purpose of forcing confer
cnce, on apportionment.
There was a good scrap over the
capitol street car line on II. B. 1898,
Williams of Burleigh, which as amend
ed by the Senate, extends the capitol
street car line alung Ninth street and
broadway to the penitentiary and c"r-
ries an appropriation from the CAPT
tot fund Of $4,000. Nestos moved
that the house do not concur in the
senate amendments. Williams argued
fo' his biz ard moved to amend that
the house do, concur. Sorlie object
ed to the extension Of the street car
line, stating that it was measure
solely in the interests of Bismarck
and not desired by the state as
whole.
DISCARD of Nelson, favored the bill
and saw merit in the arguments of
the author that the extension would
result in u saving Of money if the
line was equipped so that it could
haul coal and supplies for the capitol
and the penitentiar and cut down the
team hire. Sorlie and Price had re-
ferred in their remarks to the fact
that they had taken an oath to do
their duty and when they had finish
ed Price of Cass informed the house
that he had taken oath too," but he
was quite sure that voting for this
bill was inconsistent with that oath.
He could see how the state was going
to be saved money in the production
of electric current as we'll as on the
hauling of supplies. The amendment
that the house do concur in senate
amendments was carried and further
action on the bill deferred until after
the noon recess, when it came up on
final massage.
At that time motion to indefinite
ly postpone was lost q to SO and
roll call on the bill was favorable
to passage 6S to %.
The clincher was attached.
The vote by which the bill provid.
ing for ten year terms for judges of
the supreme court was lost was re-
considered under suspension of the
rules and Homes opened the debate
for the passage Of the bill and made
p good argument. Nestos called at
tention to the danger of having to
elect three judges every sixth year
and the scramble that was boun. to
ensue. He thought the bill an ex-
cellent measure. Doyle of Foster,
thought so long as the bill had pass
ed one assembly it should be passed
by this enc and go to the people for
endorsement or rejection. He said
members were in favor of initiative
and referendum measures and it
would be inconsistent to deny the
people chance to say how long
judges terms of Office should be,
Martin of Morton was emphatical-
ly against the bill in his quaint man.
ner He said the longer the term
of Office the farther the official gets
from the people and that as far as
this initiative and referendum talk
was concerned it was all poppycock
UNTIL the people also had the call
back law" He inquired if the clinch.
and when the speaker informed him
it had he said: Then how in b
ran you get it out?"
After a talk by O'COnnOr OF Grand
Forks in favor Of the bill, Martin
came to the front, said this was an
unusual house." that it had done
;hings only to take them back, plead
I'd with 1.-THE boys" not to reverse
themselves on this bill, not to pass
t up to the people without a string
IN it," and finally invoked the name
# manhood in a loud if not eloquent
,lea to kill the bill. The bill passed
Is to "a.
H. B. III. Englund, relating to
rain commissioners at Minneapolis.
nd also at Duluth, returned with (
ew amendments repeating the provis-
ons creating the grain commission :
nd after roll call was commenced
n the measure it became apparent
hat many members did not know {
that they were expected to vote on, I
o a second roll call was ordered. Be-
ore it was taken.- Doyle of Foster.
efended the grain commission idea
t some length and with much force.
'uttle thought the state might as
;ell throw the money in the Mis-
ouri." Martin of Morton said the on.
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