The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-22
|LEAGUERS ALL
BOOSTING FOR A
BRIEF SESSION
Some Nonpartisan Legislators Pre-
dict Assembly Will Ad-
journ Saturday. =
ONLY MILITARY MEASURES
Members Favor Considering Moth
ing But Emergency Legis-
lation-Some Dope.

N0npartisan ieaguers in the city are
unit in declaring for short ses-
sion. We'll finish our business and
.uIt and let the other fellows stay
here II they want to- said Rep. l.. l..
stair OF BOtineau this morning. He
admitted, though that the most the
Nonpartisan house could do, under the
constitution, would be to take a three
days recess, as it is provided that nei-
ther house may adjourn more than
three days without the consent of the
| other body.
Rep. A. A. Leiderbach Of Dunn coun-
ty, now full fledged league organ
lzer, declared on his arrival this morn
ing his belief that the session should
: wind up Saturday night or next Mon
day morning.
I'm against considering anything
not absolutely a war measure, requir-
ed to meet an emergency" said Leid
er1acl. I'VE would be foolish to try
to go into lot of progressive legisla-
ton at this session" ..a.n
I'VE would not be keeping the faith
with our constituents if we took up
anything other than war measures or
continued this session one day longer
than necessary said Senator Drown
of Page. II am very decidedly against
any investigations or any general leg
islation at this time. ! don't feel we
should pile up one penny more ex-
pense than necessary. .
whats it all about Senator Gil
Haggart of Fargo was asked Search
me- replied the statesman from Cass.
I'm here to find out | haven't a
thing on my mind, right now"
Frazier for President.
The talk drifted into the June prim-
aries this morning. I look for no
change in the line up on the state tick
et,' said Rep. Leijerbach. Stair of
BOttineau seemed to have the same
idea. Neither would suggest any
thing as to the possibility Of Judge
d. Ii. Totten of Bowman being the
leagues candidate for the place on
the supreme bench to be filled at the
next general election. Totten is gen.
orally touted as the leagues choice,
but since certain recent developments
his candidacy has been kept rather
quiet f.
Frazier will be our next governor,
all right" said Leiderbach. Were
going to keep on electing him gov
error as long as we need him, and
then we're going to send him to the
United States senate or make him
president of the United States"
Not After ScaIps.
Were not out after any scalps,"
said Stair of Bottineau, when the fate
of the hold-over senators came up.
These men have served the people
for four years. II they come up for
reelection we're simply going to give
the people a chance to say whether
they want four years more of them.
One thing you can put down in files
for future reference, and that is the
league is going to elect majority of
the senators next fall. We're going
to have control of both houses.
House Bill "A will not be resur-
rected at this special session. We've
stood these conditions a good many
years, and we can stand another year
Of it. At the next regular session
we'll have both houses, and then Well
consider A and other things we've
been waiting for"
A Place for the Goats.
Plans for the national park in the
killdeer mountains are progressing
nicely, reported Rep. Leiderbach, and
it was suggested that this might make
a good preserve for the goats the
league has captured and those it is
now cunning for. Beaver are being
trapped out of the park this winter
as means Of saving tthe trees. An
appropriation of 100000 for the pur-
chase of land is expected from this
session of congress.
~ Six-Days School.
Rep. C. E. Knox of Oakes, while not
a Lacquer, has bill which may meet
with popular approval. 1t would pro-
vide for six days school week as
means of shortening the session and
releasing farmer boys earlier in the
spring, when their services will be re-
quired in seeding. Dickey county is
much in favor of this bill State Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction
Macdonald was asked for permission
to make Saturday school day, but,
while he did not express disapproval
of the plan, he stated that present
laws would prohibit this innovation.
kirkeide has Been I'LL.
Senator A. j. Kirkeide is among the
old warhorses on the ground today.
The famous singer from Benson is not
looking himself after long seige OF
illness which has cost him fifty
pounds. With the coming Of warmer.
weather he looks for Improvement,
and his many warm friends n both
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