The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-02-01
D0INCS IN The
LEGISLATURE
The Courant's Special Cores
pOndent Gives Interesting
Sidelight on Assembly. ,
(By o. NJ. Thomason)

(By o. M. Thomason)
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. o.
After almost two full days of
the hottest debate witnessed
in the House Of Representatives
in many years and which at
times developed into acrimoni-
Gus charges, bitter denouncia-
tions and insinuations, House
bill No. "A, the proposed re-
draft of the state constitution
shot across the line at a speed
Of 81 for, 27 against and 4 ab-
sent and not voting.
T. he announcement of the bal
loting was received with in
tense enthusiasm by the packed
galleries and corridors as we'll as
from the floor of the house. The
debate on final passage started
on Thursday and continued most
of the day and started again on
Friday again at ten o'clock and
lasted till nearly five o'clock.
AS the hour for balloting drew
near the interest intensified
among the spectators so that by
the time the votes were taken
standing room was at a prem
ium.
There was never any question
as to the passage of the bill, the
only question being as to how
large the vote in it's favor would
be. The friends of the bill
claimed 81 but landed 80 1t
was predicted that the majority
would apply the gag rule and
choke off all debate and slam the
bill through without giving the
opposition an opportunity to
voice it's sentiments and air it's
views. But in this they were
happily disappointed-or maybe
unhappy, for the bars were
thrown down and the majority
simply sat back and permitted
the winds to blow and the ora
tory to fow-and it blowed and
| flowed. I
Bill Goes to Senate !!
But "A took it's journey to the
senate and passed the first
reading on Saturday and was
referred to the committee on
state affairs. It is predicted
that when it returns from that
committee it would not be rec
commended at Nonpartisan
League caucus. It is certain
that the bill in the hands of
the holdover senators, who deny
that they represent the
people now but two years ago,
will be able to recognize itself
after they are through with it.
The Roll Call
The roll call on the bill was
as follows: Ayes--Arnold,
Bailey, Bowman, Brown, Bry-
ans, Byrne, Church, Christian
son, Cole Dettler, Dupuis, Eek
ert, Erb, Ferguson, Fraser,
Frederickson, Geiger, Gunhus,
Hagan, Haines, Harding, Harris,
Hoar, Hoghaug, Keitzman, Kim
ball, Roller, Kunkel, Kurtz,
Lageson, Laird, Liederbach,
Larson of Cass; Larson of Ran
som; Larson of Stutsman; La
zier, Lowe, Maddox of Benson;
Maddox of Mountrail; Magnu-
sen, Martin, Marshall, Martz,
Maxwell, Mees, Miller, Moen Of
Trail; Myhre, Mcdonnell, Nc
Manus, Nathan, Minis, Nolti-
mier, O'Conor Of Pembina; Ok
sendahl, Olson of Bowman;
Olson of Burke; Olson of Eddy;
Patterson, Peterson of Towner;
Pleasance, Prater, Guam, Riba,
Reishus, Renauld, Sandbeck,
Schick, Schrag, Sinclair, Stair,
Storstad, Strom, Wadeson,
Walton, Ward, Weber, Weld
of Kidder; Whipple, Varmun
and Speaker Wood. Total 82.
Nays - Allen Blanchard,
Carigan, Carr, Divet, Ebel, Ev-
erson, Geigler, Hanson, Hen
erickson, Isaak, Kelley, Knox.
Mackoff, Meyer, Moen Of
Adams; Peterson of Sargent;
Rice, Rott, Schick, Smith, Stin-
ger, Tenneson, Turner, Wiley,
Wilson and Lang. Total 27.
Absent: Lathrop, O'Conor
of Grand Forks; Weld of Wells;
Wright.
The debate on the bill was
characterized by much bitter
ness, intense eanestness, ming
led with sarcasm, wit and hum
or. Stair and Patterson fur