Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-29
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a point of order, asking the speaker
If, under the circumstances, No. 1873
vas not automatically referred to the
house as a committee of the whole.
He vas assured by the speaker that
such vas the case unless other action
is taken by the house, and Mr.. Lam.
bert moved that the bill be referred
to the house as a committee OF the
whole for consideration as a general
order next Wednesday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Held Over to Wednesday.
MI. Ployhar moved that the bill be
permitted to take it's natural course,
but his motion was declared out Of
order, and Mr.. Euck suggested that,
in the interests Of fairness and the
welfare of the state, the bill should
be carefully considered by the whole
house.
Upon being put to a vote, the bill
was referred to the house as a com.
:nittcc of the whole for consideration
: next Wednesday afternoon.
Comes UP Again.
Later in the session, Mr.. Ployhar
moved that the vote by which House
Bill No. 1873 was made a special order
of business for consideration next
| Wednesday, be reconsidercd, explain
ing that in the event action on the
measure is delayed for sc long a time
there will be an influx of outsiders
that will fill the hotels and Hobbies in
the meantime and exercise influence
to encourage legislation to suit them
selves il dealing with the question.
Mr.. Blakemore also expressed the
opinion that the proper time was at
hand to deal with the question, and
he was interrupted by Mr.. Lambert,
who declared that Mr.. Blakemore's
remarks relating to the merits of the
measure were not pertinent to the
! question, but in this presumption he
was overruled by the speaker.
Motion to Reconsider Lost.
The motion to reconsider the, for
mer vote was lost when put to a vote.
Mr.. Ployhar requested a roll call. and
"a informed that it would require
the support of 36 members. Thirty
| eight indicated that they favored a
! roll call, and the vote on the motion
to reconsider was 80 ayes, "a nays,
and s absent and not voting.
House Convenes at 2.
The house convened promptly at 2
o'clock, and after the usual routine
Of opening was disposed OF, Speaker
Frame declared that complaint had
come to him that lobbyists were at
work on the house floor, and he re-
ferred to both the house rule and the
law, relating to this subject, declaring
that he is unable to act because OF
the general nature of the complaint,
but in the event it becomes specific,
the person involved will be expelled
from the chamber.
Standing Committees Report.
A message from the senate, read at
this juncture, referred senate bills
Nos. 6 and 80 to the house for consid.
Grafton. The former relates to motor
licenses and road regulations, and the
latter to garnishment proceedings in
justice court. ID. y
Reports of standing committees
were then read. The committee on
joint rules recommended the passage
of Senate Bill NO. so. and the rules
were suspended, the amendment con.
Cured in and the bill placed upon it's
third reading and final passage.
Claims It's a "1rust" Game.
Representative Butler was granted
the privilege of reading a communica-
ton from Ransom county, the house
rules having been suspended for the
purpose, in which it was represented
that the proposed uniform textbook
measure is introduced in the interests
of the American Book company, zone
of the greatest trusts in the country
and the legislature was petiti0ned not
to give the bill favorable considera-
ton.
The committee on temperance rec
commended the passage of the concur.
rent; resolution relating to the ratift-
cation of the so-called Kenyon-Shep.
hard bill under consideration by the
congress OF the United States. Also,
it recommended the passage Of Bill
No. 81, relating to prohibition IS ap.
piled to cigarettes and cigarette ma
terial, and providing a penalty for VI
olation of the law. az
Other Committees Report.
The committee on public health rec.
commended the passage Of Bill No. S6,
relating to hotel equipment and In.
spection, and the committee on ways
and means recommended the passage
OF Bill No. so, relating to the election
OF township officers and their terms
OF office. Bill No. 1O4, relating to
bonds Of school district officers, was
turned down by the cOmnittee, and
the report was adopted.
Passage OF Bill Mo. 73, relating to
!county road funds, was recommended