Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-28
LEACUERS GET
DIRTY |''Y WORK
LAST HOURS
Brinton and Others Unusu.
ally Busy Boostin. the
Newspaper Bill.
(By stan Coarespondent.l

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Bismarck N. D.. Feb. 2S.-In the
closing hours Of the sixteenth .legia-
|lative session, it is q case OF '.dirty
work at the cross roads for the
league leaders are endeavoring to put
over several of their most vicious
measures. $6 %
wv. Brinton. John Bloom Of Dew
ills Lakeh and other friends of the
rerstwhile Beach politicians, are un-
usually busy this afternoon in, an at
tempt to have the house pass the
newspaper bills and at this writing
the indications are that their meas
ures will go through. McGoyern,
member Of the house printing COM
n1ittee. signed a minority report
against House Bill 1853, which pro-
vides for the election of the public
quires county commissioners to fur
nish copies Of offlciar publications in
certain cases. In case of other bills,
there was unanimous report for pas
sage.
Brinton's scheme to get control of
the publication of all official proceed
ings in the state is openly defended
by many league legislators. They de-
clare that\ the Independent press has
brought this upon themselves and
that many of" the weekly papers in
the state ought to go out OF business.
By these bills. Brinton's strike of
newspapers will be assured Of thou
sands of dollars revenue yearly and
the independent weekly papers will
have to go out of business.
n morning after the ecret eau
Gus approved Brinton's- newspaper
bills, that gentleman. amiable only
when things go his way, called The
Herald correspondent to his side and
asked If The Herald was personally
interested in the newspaper bills, pre-
suambly from a revenue standpoint.
When informed that he could go as
far as he wanted so far as The Her
aid is concerned. he calmly answered
that a paper outside of Grand Forks
city would be named official paper in
Grand Forks county.
Brinton has had the support OF
Townley, Bloom and others in fore
ing his bills through. For lone
time he -contended with difficulties in
the caucus, but he finally got the
agreement of that legislative body
and then his fight was transferred
the emergency had lost on House Bill
157. Iownley threw himself into the
breach and Unanswered a reconsider.
alton and the emergency carried!
The bills were received in the house
committee with some opposition, but
this evidently was overcome. There
will be a fight on the floor of the
house, and during the recess today
The senate state affairs committee this
81. which takes the certification
duties away from the superintendent
OF public instruction for definite post.
ponement. This morning it was ru.
mored that the committee would re.
port it for passage and Chairman Ca.
hill refused to make any announce.
ment as to what the report was. Yes.
terday or the floor of the senate, he
confessed that THE bill would be killed
by the committee because it was com
sidered as Il direct attempt to strip
Miss Nelson of some Of her powers
and today he told The Herald repre-.
sentative that it was a good bill and
that it was unfortunate that so much
criticism had been directed against it
He absolutely refused to say what the
committee report would be, however
formed the correspondent that it was
for indefinite postpOncment.
League legislators openly admitted
that the immigration bill. which Is
before the senate for passage, is de.
signed to spread propaganda in other
states n continue the campaign tt
make North Dakota safe from Social
lolu. IL ID llLcIcSl4llS W IIOl0 LID
two years ago Governor Frazier We.
toed an immigration bill, which pro
vided for advertising the state anc
bringing in settlers. because its ST..
900 appropriation was too great. Bu'
this bill carries a 5000, 900 a%ppropria,
ton and establishes the Office of com
missioner of immigration at a salary
of $500. but not a word has beer
raised against it in the league caucu.
or in the league house, or senate com
mittees.
The other vicious bill put over or
the final dash was Senate Bill 1874
which strips the superintendent -o1
public instruction of much of hel
power and ce%ntralizes control of al
penal and charitable and ~educationa'
institutions in a board of five. j
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