Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-02-07
EXPECTED FIGHT FAILS TO DE.
. vELoP-LAMBERT foF WARD
TALKS AGAINST BILL
suFFRAGETTEs AT, MEETING De.
eide TO STAY FOR THE FIN .
IsH-FEW BILLS PASSED

eide. TO STAY FOR THE FIN -
IsH-FEW BILLS PASSED
BISMARCK, FEB. 7.-When the
house took a standing vote to adopt
%3the report Of the committee of the
whole on the adoption of the report,
recommending that the Blakemore-
Ployhar initiative, referendum and re-
call bill be passed, there were only tif-
teen opposing votes and the much talk
ed of bill was recommended to- pass.
With Dean of Grand Forks in the
chair, the committee of the whole
tackled the bill Thursday and
Lambert Of Ward was the first recog-
nized by the chair. He talked for more
than half an hour against the bill. In
opening his remarks he said: "As tc
which side I am on, will say at the
start I am opposed to the BILL 1t is a
bad and mischievous bill and it should
be voted down unanimously by the
house." He also referred to the bill
as "a yelled attempt to bring resub.
mission Of the liquor question" and de-
clared that as to it's application to the
constitution, it is ridiculous, while it
might be more applicable to the stat
ute provided the people were capable
of Intelligent action. r.. w.. =. Il
O'Connor, of Grand Forks, took ex-
ception to the. remarks Of Lambert,
and begged to disagree with the gen
tlemens from Ward to the fleet that
brewery interests can come in here
with money and swing. the intelligence
of the voters. or all the bills consid.
cred by the last Legislative assembly
he said this was determined to be the
best. III closing MI. 10 Connor SAID:
"A few days ago you walked to the
front Of this chamber and hold ding
your hands above your head, you asked
God to help you do your duty, and now
the time has come for you to do your
duty" r&@sy ;s@t H. -.
Ransom of Butler and Coltom from
Traill counties were the only others to
oppose the BILL, while y Streeter
Klien, Bass, and Weiss, were in favor
of the bill. .l5:gs r.. .H =
Senate Passes Few Bills.
: : The senate started vigorously at
what promised to be the busiest af
ternoon Of the session until a special
committee was appointed to amend
the gopher determination bill, when a
recess was taken to hear the debate
in the house on the initiative and ref
erendum, and it was an hour and
twenty-three minutes before the upper
branch resumed it's routine. = O..
A new herd bilfSWas passed by the
senate, and a bill providing for the
determination Of gophers, prairie dogs
: and coyotes passed after severa
amendments were made, re-: Z; {., .:..:.s :,' ( (
Among other bills, passed in the
senate was Senator Talcott's
bill that exempts all property as
sessed for $50 or less and also private
buildings used at colleges for domi
Cling students. Another bill which
passed the senate was one which re
quires telegraph companies to trans
fer messages from one company to IN
other at points where, their line
E cross. :5:s* tSs5s > $, @ @
BE- 5.3 tsuffragettes Active IL 5..ta
At meeting OF the state associa
ton Of the Votes for Women league
# held here this morning, It was detefm
4 ined that the delegates should renal,
II in Bismarck until they had seen thei
bills passed or killed. n .3 .33s d ss \,
jeanette Rankin Of Montana, Ma
4 tional field secretary for the league
was here and delivered an address
one.third Of the counties Of the stat
q were representa- at the melting and ]
is the intention to have one delegat
from each county In the state remail
here for the entire session and Worl
for bills looking towards woman's sui
frage,
AJAX Educational Approximation
President j. III. Worst Of the agr
cultural college ana MI. Kelley Of th
board OF directors, met Wsdnesda
night with the appropriations commi'
tee to discuss the needs Of the agr
cultural school and the use to Whic
it's planned on putting the appropris
tion asked for. The total amount asl
y cd BY the agricultural college is 1886
2oO,s and of this amount II is planne