Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-23

TOR the late Marshall. HI Jewell, q pfo-
seer editor Of the state, who passed
away Feb. 10 after a three months
illness, brought on by overwork. The
deceased editor was the dean of the
newspaper fraternity in the state. His
paper, the Bismarck Tribune, was the
first newspaper established in Dakota,
founded IN 1873. Jewell established a
daily in 1881 and has conducted it ever
since. There were many expressions
of sorrow over his death. He was
closely associated with many histor-
ical incidents in the state, had for
twenty-five years been official state
printer and was at the time of his
death register of the government land
office at Bismarck. He was fifty-four
years of age.
A joint committee has been named
by the house and senate to confer on
the anti-pass bills, one of which has
been passed by the senate and the
other by the house. The object of the
conference is to agree on which bill
shall go through, so there may be no
failure of anti-pass legislation through
such disputes as have occurred at the
last two sessions. Indications are that
the state will get an anti-pass law
that will take effect July 1 and that
will be stringent in it's provisions.
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Tho inifiofiyyn or1 rofornnd,1ro loo.
islation pledged by the Republican
party platform has taken shape in
three different bills, all of which have
passed. They differ as to the per-
centage of voters required to initiate
legislation and as to whether or not
constitutional amendments shall be in
cluded. Some of the Prohibitionists
oppose submitting constitutional
amendments by initiative and refer
endum lest the prohibition clause OF
the constitution be attacked. All Of
the different bills will be put up to
the next legislature and it will be for
that body to select which shall be sub
mitted to the people.
Lincoln's birthday was celebrated by
the two houses in joint session by an
address by Smith Stimmel of Cassel-
ton, formerly a member Of Lincoln's
bodyguard.
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The reapportionment committee of
the senate has been unable to get to-
gether upon any plan for the redis-
tricting of the state into congressional
districts and all four bills before the
committee have been reported back
to the senate committee of the whole
without recommendation. There is a
great diversity of opinion as to how
the state should be divided and the
whole matter will be taken up on the
floor of the senate.
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About the only change in the pri-
mary election law that has been pro-
posed is a change in the time of hold
ing the primary, changing it from
June as at present to July or August.
Considerable opposition has developed
to the change and the bill is still I'M
disposed of, although chances are that
no change will be made in the date
of the primaries.
A stringent corrupt practices act is
another matter of election legislation
that is up for consideration. The Ore
| gon plan of campaign publicity is pro-
| posed and there are stringent provi-
sions regulating the use of money and
the manner of campaigning.
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Propositions to adjourn before the
customary sixty days have gone glim-
mering. Already the fiftieth day of
the session has approached and finds
as much work as the body can do by
working day and night, in assembly
and in committees. There will be no
all of the time until then will be
filled with business.
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No executive appointments had
been made up to the forty-sixth day
of the session, except one appointment
for a vacancy in the board of trustees
of the state asylum. There has been
so much in the way Of impeachments,
Investigations and other matters pro.
posed before the legislature that inter
est in the appointments is not intense
except among the candidates for ap'
pointment.
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The newspaper men of the state
are still fighting for the passage Of
their bill making uniform the charges
for public printing. and advertising
through the state. The bill passed
the house. but opposition has devel
oped in the senate committee and the
committee of the state press associa
ton is still working to get the matter
through.