Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-11

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would be absolutely unprejudiced ir
the matter. He felt that the grave
importance of the task before the
committee required that men be nam
ed to 1t who had not shown any pre-
vious sentiment one way or the othel
on the proposition. He had also gone
outside of the judicial district in which
the Judge is located. He felt that the
committee was in the nature of 8
grand jury.
As members of the committee be
announced o. P. Jordal of Sheridan
county as chairman, with D0sseth OF
Mountrail, Cunningham Of LaMoure
Boerner of Mercer, Andrus OF Ran
som, Moritz of Cavalier and O'Conor
of Pembina as the other members
This committee is charged with max
ing an investigation into the charges
reporting back the evidence and rec
concentrations before the fiftieth day
of the session.
One of the first difficulties into
which the house was thrown yester.
day upon convening was on the &C
ceptance of the report relating to two
election bills. The Hoge bill, reQuir.
ing Z Is per cent to nominate candi.
dates In primary election was rec.
commended for indefinite postpone.
n1ent, while the senate bill by Besse.
sen, requiring 20 per cent, was recon.
mended for to pass. On Hoge's mo.
tion, followed by a lively debate, in
which Messrs. Doyle of Foster, Street.
er, Bond, Frame and several others
participated, the motion to refer to the
committee Of the whole prevailed. 1t
was claimed that the twenty per cent
clause was too low and that it would
serve to break down the barrier that
- thrown about political parties to
keep the members inside their own
ranks
The question of re-cnnsidering S. B.
No. 81, introduced by Mr.. Welch, oc.
casioned lively debate. 1t provides
dian children at the various Indian
schools in the state located at Bis.
marck, Wahpeton and Devils Lake,
all of which are maintained by the
government. The intention of the bill
is to compel all Indian children at
tending these institutions who may
have run away to return to their
studies and to the institutions where
they are trained and civilized.
When Mr.. Price of Cass county m0v-
ed to reconsider the vote by which
the bill was defeated in the house on
Thursday, there was considerable Op-
position to the measure. Mr.. Will
liams of Burleigh county stated that
h1 <hoS,~hf %L4 ho, ho1 10 hNrod
der misapprehensi0n when acting on
the question the day before, and that
the bill was good one and should
Pass.
Mr.. Sorlie of Trail asked the men,
ber from Burleigh to point out in what
particulars the bill was a good one.
He said he was against 1t Thursday
and was still against it. He contend
ed the measure was very drastic and
If it should be enacted it would give
the superintendents of these Indian
institutions the right to take children
from their homes, which was an in
Justice to humanity.
Mr.. DISCARD of Nelson pointed out
the the principle purpose of the bill
was not to empower the authorities
of these schools to take children on
the reservations from their homes by
force, but to prevent people who might
be sentimentally inclined from har-
boring those children who had run
away from school.
Colonel Frame spoke in favor of re-
consideration, stating he had opposed
the bill on it's final passage Thursday
but he had since altered his opinion,
as he now felt the measure was q
good one.
Mr.. sttreeter Of Emin0hs stated he
! had been in the same position the "a!
before as Colonel Fraine, but since re:
reading the bill had been convinced OF
its merits and was ready to support
it.
In speaking a second time, Mr.. Sor'
lie said he had no way of knowing
what the intention of the author was
in drawing the bill; the only thing ne
conld gather was from what the Dill
said. which did not change his views
H> felt that if the bill could be with
drawn or so amended so as not TO
| make it so drastic in its provisions
he might vote for Reconsideration
along with the rest. But as 1t stood
he said. he thought the law was wrong
when it compelled Indian children tc
he taken from their homes to institu
tions located at distance of from 81
to 200 miles. He thought in all prop
ability that Indian parents had JUS
as much affection for their young a:
civilized families: >,
| Mr.. Hyland of Ramsey SAID ina
living in the vicinity OF one OF tnes'
schools at Devils Lake, he knew ina
every consideration was given thes'
Indian children, and that they wer
educated and cared for without ea
pense to their parents. When the
we're taken to school they were Xix
wild birds being Gagged, and 1t va
dificult to keep them there. IN
tendency was to break away and r.