The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-08
Will VOTE ON
EMERSON BILL
It is Applicable to Statutes
Only-Other Applies to
the constituti sl,.-
SPEAKER PLEADED
FOR SUCH ACTION
Said People had Been Promised Legis-
lation Of this Kind and that They
Were Looking for it-Assembly
Brought to Close at $3.50 O'clock.
(By H. d. Paulson.)


tive and referendum bills. one applic-
able to the constitution and the other
applicable to the statutes only, were
passed by the house Of representatives
between and $3.50 o'clock this morn
Ing. bringing to a close the all-night
session Of the legislature and ending
the thirteenth legislative assembly Of
North Dakota.
The formal adjournment Of the leg
islatuTe did not take place till some
time later. the enrolling of bills keep
ing the two bodies in session. although
both were in recess to meet at the
call Of the presiding officers.
AS a result OF the action Of tho
house the people will vote on the So
called Emerson bill. which relates to
statutes only and which is known. as
senate bill SO and the Gibbens bill,
known as senate bill 73.
Recall Means Facts.
The recall Of public officials meas
ure. passed two years ago and known
then as the Bessessen bill, failed by
vote Of 81 to 25. this morning after
the initiative and referendum bills
were passed.
The all-night contest reached its
climax, when Speaker Frame Of the
house took the floor shortly after s
o'clock this morning and pleaded for
action by the body in favor .of the
legislation, pointin out to them the
fact that the people have asked leg
islation OF this nature. that they have
been promised it and that now was
the time for the legislature to take
the steps,
Previous to the passage Of the two
senate initiative and referendum bills,
under which the vote will be taken
at the next general election. the house
amended the bills, in such a manner
as to submit the question in 1918.
Senate Refused to Concur.
The senate refused to concur in the
amendments. and the bills then went
to the conference from which they
ultimately were reported, after COM
mittees had worked unsuccessfully in
favor of the bills as originally intro
duced, It being recommended that the
house reccde from its amendment.
In the meantime Senator Talcott,
out OF courtesy to the supporters Of
the Ployhar-Blakemore bill. asked for
a reconsideration of that measure by
the upper branch. There was consid-
erable evidence of filibustering and
senate adjourn. taking this step as
threat against the supporters Of the
initiative and referendum bills, but be-
fore the roll was completed. Senator
Talcott withdrew his motion.
Then Senator Hanley of Morton
county. who has been the leader of the
senate forces in favor of the BILL made
was any senator, who had on the day
previous been against the bill. and
who would vote for the measure. he
should make the motion to reconsider.
Opposition to the bill stood out. how
ever, and the measure was finally kill
ed. At that time an effort was made
to revive the Plain initiative and ref
failed.
Attacked Representative Blakemore.
Speaker Frame. in his address to
the house. leveled an attack against
Representative Blakemore for his op-
tive bills that was passed, the Cass
county man being opposed to house
bill 73. He contended that he had
some admiration for the man who
stood by his guns and voted for a
principle throughout, but he couldn't
understand why member of the as
sembly should introduce bill on the
against another bill that carries prac-
tically the same provisions. Represen-
tatives Lambert and Twichell also
spoke briefly on the question of the
passage of house bill 73 about which
there was some doubt III the opinion
of some OF the house members. During
the last two days of the session there
was maintained tactic agreement
under which members Of the house
who failed to answer to their names
in roll call We're to he marked as vot-
ing ave. No objection to this arrange
ment was made when the bill was
originally passed by the house. The
opponents then took advantage Of the
question and at 4:3O o'clock this MORN
ing there was n call Of the house, but
it was remarkably short lived. On
the roll call. eighty-four are shown as
voting aye and sixteen as being on the
fourteen nayes and sixty-fve ayes.