Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-02-27
APPROVES AID
FOR Good ROADS
House ReViveS Bill After Once
killing Measure.
BOTH SENT TO THE SENATE
Lower Branch of Legislature Disposes
of Two Initiative and Refer
endum Bills.
Especial Correspondence.)

been killed and had the %"clincher"
applied to the act by which it was
killed senate bill No. 76, providing for
state aid for good roads, was revived
and passed by the house. This action
was taken in spite of the protests of
those who declared it would throw
the state treasury wide open to the
good roads interests and it insures a
new era of road building in North Da-
kota if it is favorably accepted by the
people. This is the second good roads
measure to have passed the house
within a few days. the first having
provided for township road superin-
Etendents.,
Two initiative and referendum bills
have been approved by the house. One
was the bill passed at the last session,
which was introduced by Senator Bes-
sessen. The other was the bill intro.
duced this year by Lambert of Ward.
Lambert, In talking on his bill, made
a statement to the effect that in his
belief all other bills offered were un
constitutional and that his, without
the recall, was the only one that
would be acceptable to the people of
the state.
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Another force in the campaign for
woman suffrage has been enlisted, the
North Dakota Enforcement league, at
its annual meeting in Bismarck, pass
ing a resolution urging that the legis-
lature take action for the speedy ex-
tension of the right of voting to wo-
men. Enforcement league forces con-
tend that if the women are given a
right to the ballot there will no longer
be any fear of prohibition being re-
pealed in this state. Several organi-
cations, in addition to the Women
Suffrage league of the state, are max
ing a fight for equal suffrage.
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Senator Ellingson's bill, establish
Ing a state bonding department under
the direction of the commissioner of
insurance, is before the house COM
mittee on insurance. where it is be-
ing resisted by representatives of the
bonding companies, who have asked
to have more time extended in con-
sideration of the measure. 1t is con-
sidered one of the most sweeping
measures of the assembly.
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An investigation into the affairs of
the Independent Harvester company,
In course of organization, is proposed
by a resolution introduced in the SEN
ate by Senator E. F. Gilbert of Cass
county, which has been referred to a
committee. The resolution provides
that the secretary of state be asked
to make such investigation as he can
as to the responsibility of the indie
pendent Harvester company of Plano,
ILL.,, forthwith and to give publicity to
the results of his investigation by pub
Ilication and otherwise and to take
such other actions in regard to said
corporation as he deems meet in the
premises.
The senate finally has disposed of
the matter of confirming the board of
control appointments by confirming
the appointments of R. S. Lewis of
Fargo and j. w. Jackson of Williston,
but refused to confirm the appoint.
ment of A.. D.. Grant of Jamestown
The matter has been hanging fire
since early in the session.
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Senator Gibbons presented a com
munication from a number of his con
stituents asking that the Legislature
appoint a committee to investigate
into the question whether the state
could safely, legally and economically
2 enter into the manufacture of de
natured alcohol and if it was found
that all this was possible to provide
the means where the state might dc
the same.
Representative Williams introduced
and the house approved a c%oncurren'
resolution in the form of a proposed
amendment to the constitution of thu
state, providing for the sale of al
lands granted to the state under al
act of congress and reserving to tn,
state the coal deposits.
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Governor Hanna has filed with tn
senate a set of resolutions drafted b
Great Northern firemen and engineers
in session at st. Paul, protestin
against the passage of the Owens bill
now in the house, as being injuriou
to a great number Of tiremen now en-
ployed on the roads in North Dakot:
The resolutions were referred to tn
committee on railroads.
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The liveliest time the house ha
had this session attended consider;
ton of the liquor inspection bill an
the bitter remarks which accompanie
the discussion were not confined t
consideration of the bill alone, BIT