The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-25
NEWS Or THE NORTHWEST

to Grand Forks, Whera he made an adj
dress at the opening OF the state fair
which Is being held there this week.
and reached his office at Bismarck
yesterday.
One of the first questions PROFOUND
ed to the governor upon his return
here was pertaining to calling an X
ira session of the legislature this COM
ing winter relative to amending the
state law relative to the election of a
United States senator. The federal
constitution has been recently amend
ed which permits a direct election by
the people of a senator to succeed
Senator Gronna, whose term expires
1915, but. the last legislature failed to
amend the state law which provides
that the secretary of state may place
upon the November ballots the two
candidates receiving 40 per cent Of the
votes, and that those candidates shall
be left for the legislature to choose,
but as there is no longer any oppor-
tunity for the legislature to have a say
in selecting a senator it becomes prac-
tically necessary that the legislature
meet in extra session before the APP
preaching primaries to remedy this
law.
The governor has stated that he Is
strongly convinced hat he will call an
extra session this coming winter,
ploDdUly X i - k1AlC uhl l. CYL hll y
or March, but that before this is done
he will take UP the matter with each
member of the legislature and will also
consult with the attorney general. The
calling of the legislature on this sub
ject is purely discretionary with the
governor. who realizes that this law
must be remedied before the next
election, but he is anxious that should
be done with as little cost as possible
to the people of the state and at a
time when it is most convenient to the
members Of the legislature.
Among the first letters opened by
the governor yesterday was an invita-
ton from George B. Vallandingham Of
Valley City, commander of the G. A.
r. of the state, asking the governor to
attend the national encampment of the
G.. A. r. which will be held in Septem-
Der. In view of the extremely friendly
feeling engemdered while the governor
attended the reunion at Gettysburg
this summer, the war veterans are ex-
tremely anxious that the governor at
tend the encampment, and If it Is Dos
sible the governor proposes to attend.
The governor also conferred yeSter-
day with r. S. Lewis, chairman of the
state board of control, and the two
went owe the plan of the new build
ings at the state asylum for the insane
at Jamestown. These buildings will
SOOI DS- III COURSE Ol CONSTRUCTION anu
will give North Dakota one of. the
most extensive institutions of it's kind
in the country, and will provide a home
for his class of unfortunates that will
be sunequalled. The; board Of control
has spent considerable time this sum-
mer in remodeling this institution and
changing the system of management.
Warden Talcott of the state prison
also met with the governor, relative to
the manufacture of Irvine that is be-
ing carried on extensively there this
summer. This institution. too, was
on a better business basis, and it
is believed that every pound of Irvine
contracted for will be manufactured
and delivered to the farmers of the
state in plenty of time for the ap-
preaching harvest.
The governor leaves Bismarck this
morning for Minot, where he will take
part In the exercises of the laying of
the corner stone of the Minot normal
school which will occur on Friday,
and from there he will go to Hamilton
to spend a day at the opening of the
Pembina county fair. He will also go
to Fort Rice for the dedication of that
historic outpost of over forty years
ago, and will be back to Bismarck in
plenty of time for the meeting of the
state board of equalization which con
7 venes'<Aug. 5. There are more de-
mands for the governor to visit differ
ent points in the state than is phys
ically possible for him to comply with
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