Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-03-07
VOhIAAi,IS SUFFRAGE BILL PhSoGJiiTj. PhoJ; .ii7ii6jhIn
DAKOTA LEGISLATURE THOUGH NEAR DEATH
DOOR, MOTION To RECONSIDER LOST
MORE THAN THE ADVOCATES
HAD HOPED FoR-ALL NIGHT
SESSION TO FINISH.

SESS1ON III finnish.
:peca, to The ors6
Bismarck, N. D., March 7.--An effort
to reconsider the vote by which the
senate woman g suffrage bill passed the
house yesterday Afternoon, was lost this
morning. 1t appears the bill went
through with rush of roll calls and
a good many Of the representatives
voted for it not knowing what the
measure contained, and thinking it
w~s some minor amendment of the
election laws.
1t appears now that many friends
of the woman's suffrage cause have
been busy during the night and have
ll.,ed up enough so it will be impos-
siblc to get the bill reconsidered which
is really more than the woman's suf-
frage advocates have expected during
the past couple of days as with the
initiative and referendum fight grow.
ing so bitter there is said to have Been
trade in which senate bill No. the
favorite of the suffragists was to be
sacrificed. In other words the Eouso
ives going to. get even with Senator
Bror:cn, the author, for voting against
! the House initiative and referendum
I5bill by, killing his suffrage bill in the
House. So as matter lef fact, NO
man suffrage had q very narrow escape
from death in the North Dakota legis
|. Both houses were in session this
! morning and took a recess till one o.
clock this afternoon and the afternoon
session will last till six 'clock. There
will be a large amount Of work left
even then, and the chances are it will
be two or three o'clock tomorrow morn
ing before final adjournment is taken
Bismarck, N. D., March 7.-There
was CONSERVATION in the ranks of the
Grand Forks and Bottineau county del.
egations today, when it was found that
appropriations bills for the state uni
versity and school of forestry failed to
make provision, except in the title, as
to the place where the appropriations
were to be expended.
Under an opinion given by Assistant
Attorney General Young it was con
tended that the bill would relate to
the title and that the appropriations
would be legal.
The Blakemore.P .Ployhar initiative
and referendum bin passed the senate
this afternoon by bare constitutional
majority and two years hence the peo
pie Of the state will vote on the sever
al amendments that are therein pro
posed. The several amendments to the
constitution will be voted upon sep
arately. They include the making Of
the application of the principle effect
i've against both the constitution and
the Statute and the measure also i'll
cludcs the recall Of public officers.
The annual appropriation of $4,000
for the state fair at Grand Forks and
Fargo was finally cinched by the ac
tion Of the senate inconcurring in the
house amendments, under which $4,000
will be used for premiums and $4,000
for maintenance. There was an effor,
made to secure further amendment
which,twould have permitted the er
penditure Of $4,000 for permanent i'm
provements and the matter was sent t,
a conference committee, but the house
amendments were finally approved.
The inheritance tax bill, proposed
by the state tax commission, alst
passed the senate this morning. &
goes back to the house for minol
amendments and doubtless will be i,
the hands of Governor Hanna to
morrow.
There was brief initiative and
referendum contest in the uppe
branch, as result Of an effort to in
definitely postpone the Ployhar-Blake
more bill, the upshot of the effort be
ing to make that bill special orde
for this afternoon.
The absent voters bill, proposed b,
Representative Twichell, also wa
passed by the senate, minor amend
ments being made and they will b
approved by the house.