The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-20
ANTFPASS BILL
Was PLATFORM
OF REPUBLICANS
Party Has Been True to It's
Pledges to the Public in
Campaign
FULL TEXT OF MEASURE WHICH
AWAITS GOVERNORS SIGNATURE

ance of Passes and the People of thu
State Who Will Profit by Them IL
the Future.
Bismarck. N. D., Feb. 20.-some
evidence Of the> force that a party
P,at,orm 1at.Io pledE &rries in the legis-
iative assemblS< % brought to the
dn'i front IN IN q remarke Asanner satur-
aay afternoon when e e S-pass bill
was Wa as1 adopted: !,t d. Perhaps %csam roll
little room for doubt but wh> I'D
but the situation remains theA Sha
the Republican party's pledge toN
people OF the state that an anti-paSs
Jaw would be enacted at the present
legislative assembly was the force
that brought it about.
Only the signature Of Governor
John Burke remains to make the law
certain. and such approval will, with
out question, be given the measure
this week. July passes in North
dakota, so far as the politician, the
office holder and others in whose
hands 1t has been declared that the
railroad pass should not be placed,
Will depart from this life SO far as
the Flickertatl state is concerned.
1t was interesting to watch the
progress Of the anti-pass measure
through the assembly Saturday after
noon. Less than an hour and fifteen
minutes after the time the report of
the conference committee had been
read in the house-the senate bill
that 1t was agreed to pass being in
the possession Of that body-the bill
had been passed by the lower branch
and by the senate.
In view of the vote on the roll call
few minutes later, It. is hardly fair
TO assume that the motion Of w. e.
Martin Of Morton county to indefinite
~ postpone received a majority vote,
still 1t must be admitted that the
ayes were decidedly strong. How
ever there was no hesitancy upon the
part Of Speaker Hanley to declare
the motion lost and the reading Of
the bill was proceeded with.
Then the bill went to the senate
and with it came all the force that
had been used in putting It through
the house. none Of its momentum
having been lost in transit. In fact
the bill gained In its movement and
at the first opportunity 1t was brought
before the senate under suspension
of the rules. Here and there arose
obstacles in the way of the measure,
but there was nothing serious enough
to hinder the steam roller. The steam
was full on and the program Of ac-
q slip.
Efforts at amending and to defer
consideration till today. together with
repeated explanations Of the amend
ments that had been offered by the
house. characterized the appearance
Of the anti-pass measure in the upper
house. President Burdick's ruling
that amendments by members Of the
senate could not be considered at that
time did away with one feature of the
objection raised to immediate consid-
Grafton.
When the steam roller had passed
by all was clear and smooth. The
record Of the assembly In enacting
such an important piece Of legislation
under q suspension Of the rules in
such remarkably short space Of
time, is decidedly out Of the ordinary.
The votes in the senate against the
00S4sp8b0 SAAA Wo10 w MAo6bE0s SoEI0IS
Hookway, Martin, Mcdonald, Movius,
Moure, Ta1cott and Trimble were ab-
sent.
In the house the votes against anti
pass were cast by Messrs. Aasheim.
Akeson, Burns, Defiance, Edwards.
Martin, Mcclellan. O'shea, Peart.
0n~tk Claws,
stranahan streeter, Tollefson, Tuttle,
drus. Hill Of Bottineau. johnson and
Putnam were absent.
Following 10 the full text Of the
goes to the governor for approval:
HI Text Of New Law
The anti-pass law that was passed
by the legislature follows:
Section 1.-Free passes. franks and
special privileges prohibited: Ex-
ceptions: No common carrier subject
to the provisions Of this act shall. d.
rectly or indirectly, issue or give any
free ticket, free pass or free trans
portetson for passengers except to it's
employees and their families, its Of
ficsrs. bonatde agents. surgeons, ply
elctRns ana attorneyB-at-law on the
pay roll Of the common carrier; to
ministers Of religion. travelling sec-
retaries Of railroad Young Mems
Christian associations. inmates Of
hospitals and charitable eleemosynary
Institutions. and persons exclusively
engaged in charitable and eleemosy-
nary work:to INDECENT. destitute and
homeless persons, and to such per-
sons whom transported by charitable
societies or hospitals and the neces-
sary agents employed In such trans
portation: to inmates of national
homes or state homes for disabled
volunteer soldiers. and Of soldiers
and sailors homes. including those
about to enter and those returning