The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-02-08
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Bismarck.-By the alleged final
quietus placed upon the Nonparti.
san leagues constitutional revision
bill in the senate few days ago u
marked change was brought over the
activities of the fifteenth assembly.
For in the short time elapsing be-
tween that incident and the three
day recess taken by the house
Thursday night, a tremendous
amount of legislative business found
its way through that body; and the
scenes of activity at the capital more
nearly resembled those familiar to
the frequenters of legislative halls
than at any time since the present
session began. For Bismarck now is
hive OF real legislative industry.
If the solons cannot bring home the
fruits of constitutional victory such
as many of them desired, it is evil
dent that they will not fail to bring
home some of the more modest re-
wards which crown the legislative
game.
But House Seeks Fresh Start
Nevertheless with brief record
OF achievement to its credit amidst
the congested mass of matters await
ing its attention, the house voted q
three days recess, and manv nf 80
members went home to look after
business matters and canvass ~.
sentiment of their constituents. Fo.-
lowing their return to the capital
Monday and Tuesday they had a
bunch of business stacked up for
them which bids fair to furnish
abundant material for the legislative
letters of the coming week
After H. B. Al, What?
Meantime, from the capital and
elsewhere echoes the question, What
after House Bill No. AZ? The mat
ter-of-fact way in which its defeat
is accepted at the hands of it's sup
porters shows two things: First, that
the result was not unexpected; and
second, that this does not end their
constitutional revision campaign.
One looks almost in vain for a cue
to the further steps in that campa ign
by scanning state exchanges since
the senate's vote of 20 to 20 put
Representative Hagen's bill to sleep.
Nevertheless one leading organ of
the bills supporters openly suggests
that there is still plenty of room for
a change in the senate's attitude,
even at the present session, if suffi-
cicnt pressure is brought to bear
from back home. If House Bill No.
"A cannot be revived, it is pointed
out, there is nothing to prevent con-
sideration of a bill very slightly re-
moved from that in it's wording and
containing all it's essential provi-
sions
Will Senate Answer In Its Own
Way?
If the house supporters of the
Hagen bill were previously prepared
for it's defeat, it's opponents in the
senate had likewise not failed to
foresee the effects of that action and
to forcstall its unfavorable reception
ut home, so far as practicable and
In keeping with their own ideas.
| For more or less elaborate pro.
| gram has been in process of work
ing out, in the senate, ever since the
session began, by which many of the
salient features of the constitutional
| revision plan may be taken up by the
voters, article by article, after hav-
| ing passed both this and the six
teenth assembly in the regular man
| ner prescribed for the submission Of
amendments at the polls.
Senate Presents "Alibi" Bills
Bills providing for amendments
| looking toward longer terms for
public officers, less frequent sessions
| of the legislature, exemption of farm
Improvements from taxation. and
| permitting the state operation of
! mills, elevators, etc., have been given
| attention by the senate, and an ex-
| tensive array of these bills will be
| displayed to the public as the SEN
| ate's alibi when twitted of it's failure
to lend aid to the Nonpartisan plan.
| In fact, it will be maintained by the
| recalcitrant twenty-nine members Of
the upper house that they have
| passed every meritorius measure Of
| fered by the league, and have done
so in manner which will permit
their final ratification by the people
| as early as, in the judgment of these
ACAuOC1o, Cdu AcSdlly ue uOue. IL Is
apparent that the majority in the
senate has decided to rest it's case
solely upon the cooler second
thought of it's constituents, or to rely
upon the league supporters rallying
to the senate plan in default of hav-
ing been able to bring a successful
issue to it's own.
Suspend Rules for National Guard
| Under suspension of the rules.
both house and senate few days
ago gave speedy consideration and
prompt passage to a bill appropriat-
ing $4,000 to aid North Dakota
militiamen who may be in need un-
til positions can be secured for them
4 following their return from the
front. The bill provides that the