The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-01-30
HANNA TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS
IN A FEW DAYS

Bismarck, II. D., Jan, 27,-At the
present time there Is every indication
that Governor Hanna will make a
number of appointments to office dur
ing the week, with a probability that
the names Of the board Of control
of penal and charitable institutions
will be sent to the senate either to-
day or tomorrow. The next appoint.
ment will probably be that of bank
examiner and that will be followed
by the naming of the oil inspector
if the cards have been read right.
1t is the general opinion here that
the governor wants to get the appoint
nlents made and out of the way so
that he can devote his time to getting
the business Of the state in hand. He
is contemplating many changes in
systems and number of bills have
been offered the legislature with an
idea of economizing and systematic
ing in the carrying out of the bust
ness.
The legislature has been in ses-
sion for three weeks now and there
has been little to show on the outside
for the time and money spent, but
it takes just about so much time to
get the machinery of the law making
body into action and while from this
time on there will not be so much
work for the members the outside in
dications will be that there is some.
thing doing. The committees will have
their first batch OF bills reported on
and the two branches will be turning
to the voting and debating. And
speaking of debating there will be
some in the house if present indica-
lions point to anything. There are a
number of the members who break
forth into oratory at the slightest ex.
cuse and talk long and exhaustively
on almost any question. Saturday
when it was evident to the most
casual observer that certain bill was
going to be defeated by an overwhelm-
ing majority there were arguments
for over half an hour and not a vote
was changed. If a change does not
come over the present debaters there
promises to be some long drawn out
sessions before the end OF February
as the arguments so far have been
only in the committee of the whole
and not on the final passage of the
bills. There are a couple of meas
ures that will come in for lot of
discussion, one of them being the ini-
tiative and referendum, with several
kinds OF recall attached to the vari-
Gus bills. There is one bill that pro-
vides for the recall Of constitutional
provisions, one that stands for re-
call Of officials and still another that
would recall laws only. The prohibit
tionists of the state have declared
against any recall bill that would
work so as to make possible recalling
previous constitutional provisions and
they will lead a fight against any
bill of this kind. There are others
who are opposed to any kind of an
initiative and referendum bill in spite
of the fact that this feature was en-
dorsed in the platform of every party
at the last two elections. That there
will be most bitter fight on these
measures is an assured fact.
1t was generally supposed that
there would be but little opposition
to woman's suffrage bill, but there
was a surprise in store for the sup
porters of the bill when it failed of
the necessary tWo-thirds vote when
put up to the senate Saturday. The
bill defeated was introduced by Bron-
son of Grand Forks and the vote was
% against the bill and Is for it with
two senators absent when the roll
was called. 1t is claimed by some that
this does not indicate desire on the
part of the senate to defeat the ulti-
mate passage of a woman's suffrage
bill, but to make way for one that has
been introduced by Cashel Of Grafton
and which incorporates feature not
embodied in the Bronson bill. The
Cashel bill provides that should 1t
pass the assembly and the vote Of the
people at a general election the ques.
ito nshall be put up to the women of
the state, possessing the same qualif.
cations as men voters, for approval
or rejection and should a majority OF
sue hwomen voters favor the measure
it is to be again put up to the leg.
islature and the vote of the people.
This bill seems to have gained a mum.
Der of friends among the members
and there is an idea prevalent that
the women of the state should have
a hand in the matter. Just what the