The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-03-03

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Emmons and Kidder 80. 3
Logan and Mcintosh 800. 8
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Ihis bill stands a very good show Of
passage.
The Ployhar bill for the making of
new judicial district from the fourth
and fifth districts passed the house ON
reconsideration. If this gets through
the upper house it will make a dis
trict of Stptsman. LaMoure, Mcintosh
and Logan counties, and will be known
as the fifth district and will make a
new district. to be known as the thir-
teenth, out Of the other counties of
the fifth district. This would leave
Dickey, Ransom, Sargent and Rich
land In the fourth district. The friends
OF Alfred Zuger are boosting him for
the judgeshtp Of the thirteenth dis
trict, should the measure become law.
The appropriation committee of tho
house had an all-day session on WASH
ington's birthday, and the result of
their labors are as follows:
Recommended for passage: For
glandered horses, $4,000; tuberculosis
sanitarium at Dunseith, $4,000; ele-
mentary education, $4,000; agriculture
and labor department for immigration,
$4,000; wells and standpipe at capt.
toll. $1,000; survey and drain from
Mouse river to Devils Lake, $3.50; ex-
pertinent station at Harvey, $4,000;
blind asylum, SLOTS; reform school,
$500; fish hatchery at Fish Lake, 3d.
| 700; Mayville normal, school, $685.
81; reimburse counties on account
| Of rewards paid for enforcement of
prohibition law, s1,S50; deaf and dumb
school, $4,000; improvement on Rock
! Island military reservation, $4,000;
school Of science, $685.; insane asy-
lum, $114,000; storehouse at Rock Is
land military reservation, $4,000; A. c.
chemistry building. ss5,oOo: A. c.
girls dormitory, $4,000, for purchase
of half section of land, $4,000; main.
tenance A. c. for two years, 100000;
university, $4,000; Valley City nor.
NAL $4,000; Industrial school senate
committee has, cut to $4,000; the peni
tertiary will get about $4,000; farm
ers' institutes. 100000 annually; min
ing substation at Hebron, $4,000;
state humane society, $4,000 annually.
There are $1,25O,00O to be appropriated
and as the amount called for exceeds
the revenues the pruning hook will
have to be used little more on some
bills. The Minot normal will get about
$150,000, according to the senate COM
mittee estimate. The house was little
more liberal and recommended 1925, 900
for this new institution, but all agree
that the senate recommendation is
| nearer correct.
The sentiment that party pledges
| should be redeemed gathered strength
as the session advanced. Now the leg
islative majority is intent on carrying
out the party pledges AS result Of
the platform promises. the past week
an anti-pass law, initiative, referen
dunn and recall measures have beer
passed as we'll as a board of control
| measure.
The anti-pass bill becomes effective
July /. It exempts workers in the
farmers institutes, the men necessary
| to carry out the work Of the good
I farming trains and the geological sur
| vey.
! Three initiative and referendum bills
' have been passed. The Doyle-Ploy
4 har bill relating to both CONSTITUTE onal
! and statutory enactments, the Gibbons
| bill for constitutional amendments and
the Bessessen bill for statutory amend
ments. The measures as they relate to
the constitution will be passed on by
the people at the next election and the
others will come before the next leg
islative assembly.
The board of control bill relates only
to the penal and charitable institutions
Of the state. 1t provides for board
! OF three members and carries an ap-
h preparation of $4,000.
j The Cowan impeachment proceed
fngs still occupy the center of the stage
i in interest. The hearings of the COM
/ mittee have been held behind closed
i doors, but enough escapes through wit
j nesses to keep the interest at fever
heat. The findings Of the committee
Will be reported to the house today.
j There are hints at an attempt to white
wash. but the personnel Of the COM
! mfttee is too self-respected and Of high
I character to allow anything but q
tair and candid consideration of the
j matters involved. fractional feeling is
i
hat the investigation vii be decided
N it's merits.
Undoubtedly the legislature will pass
1 a bonding measure. The bill now be-.
fore the assembly calls for 100000
! Of bonds to be submitted to the peo-
pie at the next election The idea OF
J issuing bonds to run for twenty or
| twenty five years would be to build and
equip all the state institutions with the
necessary buildings. etc, and let flu
sure generations pay for It. This
would stop this continued fighting for
appropriation bills for state education
al institutions that engenders SO
much strife among members at each
session. Senator LaMoure, head Of
the senase appropriation committee
for thirty years, is heartily in favor
Of this method.
Reported TO the Governor.