Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-07


1t makes. available just that pucl
nor money for the purpose of takil;
care Of school, county, municipa
bonds and for loans upon farm mort
cages 1t is a good advertisement t
60 abroad that the state is paying 1t:
bonded debt before it is due.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The House and Senate have more
members than they should have. Oul
legislature is only in session for sixty
days and 1t takes some time for :
large body such as is our present
legislature to get under way. If the
membership Of the legislature was re
duced one-thifd or one-half it's eff
cheney would be largely increased and
l would recommend that the present
legislature consider this question in q
public spirited way and reapportion
the Senatorial districts and reduce the
number of Senators and House mem
bers. Action of this kind will meet
with the approval of the people OF
| North Dakota, for it will very ma
terially reduce the cost of each legis.
lative session and increase its etti.
| cheney. III.
SESSIONS or THE LEGISLATURE.
l would recommend that u state
constitution be changed to provide for
! a session of the legislature once in
four years instead of two years as at
present. II for any reason it may be
necessary for the legislature to con-
vene in special session, the Governor
has the right to call the legislature
together in extraordinary session at
any time.
If the constitution of our state shall
be changed to provide for the legisla-
ture c%Onvening once in four years,
then I would recommend that state
senators be elected for terms of eight
years and members of the House for
terms of four years. i
BY electing state and county officers
once in four years, We will reduce the
cost of our elections and expenses OF
our legislature by many hundreds of
thousands of dollars and that money
can De used to advantage for the peo-
pie of the state. H.
-. ~~ COMMITTEES.
In the national House Of Congress,
which is a very large body, the mem
bers of the. House are, as a rule,
placed upon two committees, never to
exceed three, and, in the case Of the
more important committees, upon but
one. BY reason of this it is possible
to expedite the business in the House
of Congress, which would not be pos
sible were members placed on a large
number of committees. i recommend
to the present House that in making
up the committees that the plan
adopted by the national Congress be
followed and that each member of the
House be placed upon one of the i'm
portant committees and upon one of
the no1.impprtant ones. If this is
done it will2la1f found that the work
OF the House will be expedited and
that the members will be given the
time to study carefully the bills that
come before their committees; legis-
lation will be pushed forward and not
held until the last days Of the ses-
sion and much better digested legis-
lation will be the result. | believe
that If the plan is tried that it will be
adopted by all future legislatures.
To a degree that which would ap-
ply to the House would be true in the
Senate. The Senate is a smaller
body than the House and in the ma
tional Congress Senators are upon a
number of committees, but ever there
they are not On as many in proper
ton as they are in our state legisla-
ture. l would suggest to the state
Senate the cutting down of the mum.
Der of committees upon which Sena.
tors shall be named. r.,
TERMS OF OFFICE.
Two years ago / recommended in
my message to the legislature four
year terms for state officers. wish
to earnestly re-recommend that on.
state constitution be changed to pro-
vide for the election of state and
county officers for four lear terms in
stead of two year terms; also that a
Governor who shall have served four
years snail not be eligible for a con.
,ecutive election.
- - BUSINESS AGENT.
North Dakota should have a bust.
hess agent. Nearly every town in
Dakota has a Commercial Club,
put few of the towns are financially
able to employ. a salaried secretary.
We should encourage the location of
manufacturing plants in the state.
There is an opportunity to build up a
great pottery industry, perhaps glass
factories, and certainly all kinds OF
brick and thing industries, and to
develop the splendid Ignite
coal possibilities. There is a future in
North Dakota's development through
her coal fields and the School OF
Mines at Grand Forks and the sub.
station at Hebron are doing a splen.
did pioneer work in this direction AID
should be given every encouragement
possible. we should have canning
factories, for the opportunities are
in that direction. L. believe
need in North Dakota a man who
shall not give his tinfe to and for any
particular community, but who shall
work for the whole state and who
shall 60 outside of North Dakota aad
present to individuals, firms and cor.
po%rations the opportunities for bust.
ness enterprise here in North Dakota