The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-03-03
Open Lobbyinu.


Open Lobbying. ~
BrintOn was engaged in open lobby.
ing in the house foyer the lobby.
ante-chamber and the gallery from
early morning until late in the after
noon. The net result of Ills work as
it finally appeared in the roll call
seemed to he the winning over of
kunkel a Lacquer who had voted
against the emergency, and Roquette
and Murtha of Stark county, minority
members whose reason for this elev-
enth hour flop are not known. Form
er Senator Leslie A. Simpson arrived
in the city early Saturday morning
and was much in evidence about the
capital.
When there at last arrived a mo-
ment when Brinton believed ne had
influenced sufficient number of
house members to change their votes.
Patterson Of Renville made a motion
that Senate Lii 1851 be reconsidered.
The motion was seconded by Walker,
Patterson's teammate. Burtness OBJ
jected, reading from the journal OF
the previous day to show that both
Patterson and Walker had voted with
the minority side and therefore could
not move to reconsider.
Steele County Honored.
Steele county then enjoyed the iOn
Or OF seeing its representative, Mr..
Johnson, VINO had only few mo-
ments before been buttonholed by
,Brinton, arise and make the motion
whose purpose was to give iinniedi-
ate effect to what has been dubbed by
leaguers and non-leaguers alike as the
dirtiest and altogether most vicious
and despicable piece OF legislation
ever proposed in North Dakota as
sembly.
Burtness of Grand Forks was in
qu!sitive. He asked Patterson and
Johnson in turn for their object in
making a motion to reconsider. Have
these gentlemen had change Of
heart; have they come at last to
realize how damnaby vicious this bill
is; do they ask us to reconsider our
vote because they believe this bill
should be killed. asked the gentle
man from Grand Forks.
'Or, is this being done merely to
give the majority. which already has
nad two trials, one more opportunity
to attempt to fasten on this bill an
emergency clause which this house
has twice voted down.
O'Connor Explains.
Rep. J. F. 7. O'Connor undertook
to explain the situation:
Senate Bill l57 has passed both
houses. 1t is ready for the govern
Si or
it will become effective July L. 1919,
when the work of destroying the free
and independent press of North Da.
kota will begin. Those who are most
interested in the success of this Dill
are asking us to give them thir1
change to pass the emergency claus"
which is attached to this measure.
and the reason for this IS that they
are not content to let the independ-'
ent press live until July l, only a lew
months hence They want TO begin
their work of destruction now, today.
or tomorrow, tley want the right
to sink the dagger they now hold sus-
pended deep in the heart of the in
dependent press Of North Dakota.
AS the bill stands now, you will
destroy the independent press July |.
1919. If you vote to reconsider and
give this bill a twothirds vote, then
the measure carries with it the en-
ergency, and the slaughter begins at
once"
Burtness Calls Lobbyist.
Did l have the least reason to be-
lieve that this motion to reconsider
was made in good faith, l would vote
for it, said Burtness. Il do not be-
lieve in limiting discussion or con-
sideration OF a measure Of such i'm
portance. But am convinced this
motion was not made in good faith,
that its purpose was not to bring the
bill back for reconsideration with d
view to amending Or killing it, bat
to get this bill before the house once
more to see if you cannot get enough
votes to carry this emergency clause.
Il say again, this motion was not
made in good faith. l saw the gentle
man Who made this motion in confer.
ence during recess with Mr.. Brinton,
the man whom every member in this
house knows is back of this bill, the
man whom the leagues own organs
have repeatedly asserted is handling
the leagues newspaper bills
Frederi:kson BaIks.
A roll call was demanded on the
motion to reconsider. 1t resulted in
the motions carrying So to Al, MUIR
tina and Roquette of Stark county yot-
ing with the majority, while Bollin-
ger Frederickson, Harris. Herbert
koller. Nathon of Sheridan, Nathan
of Logan, Pleasance and Wadeson
voted with the minority
Il voted twice in favor Of this
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