Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-03

or not for the purpose Of killing the
Dill but Tor the purpose Of again try
Ing to get the hill before the house to
sse Il the einer1sncy clause could
possibly pc passsd, and. inAsrnuch -
gency clause At two different times,
once In the Afternoon Of yesterday
and once between seven and eight last
night and wa killed both times by q
substantial vote, I do not think that
this motion should cary. I wish to
make IN assertion IN connection with
my explanation that the motion IL not
made IN GOOD faith, The way the roll
ceeded shows that those voting for
the reconsideration at this time Will
again vote a. they originally did on
for tho bill.
u, make the statement for the
further fact that 1 saw the gentleman
who moved the motion to reconsider
curing the recess. for . number Of
minutes, in conversation. with Mr..
Brinton, who It is known by eve ..yone
has been on the, floor Of this house
lobbying for tho printing bill and Mr..
Brinton is the gentleman who the
Capitol Daily Press. tho organ Of the
majority OF this house has said, at diff
ferent times during this session, Is in
charge Of these bills and those OF us
who were in the house yesterday and
seeing M. Brinton walking back and
forth behind that railing like a lion in
2 cage we'll know no Is interested In
these bills and well know that pur-
pose why he was here. For that rea-
son, Mr. Speaker. ana not because I
should lot be glad 20 see this Vicious
bill r~econsidered and killed I vote
Fredrickson Explains Vote.
II voted twice in favor Of this emer-
eency. yesterday and voted once in ia
vor Of the bill" said Frede ickson, ex-
planning his vote. II think this emer-
Eency has had q fair trial, and I am
not In favor Of taking It up again. I
vote No."
Johnson Of Steele. resented Burt
ness statement to the effect that he,
Johnson. had been seen talking to
B linton. He declared ne didn't think
It wrong to talk 10 Brinton or even to
these " men never had influenced
his vote BY anything they had said.
Kunkel. who voted against the
emergency Friday ana who was re-
ported this morning to have had q
change Of heart, voted for recon-
alteration. explaining that since regis
te ing his vote against the emergency
SSS-~lu"y AZ aAdu IecoAVcu u nuWOe
OF wires from home people. whose
good opinion he valued, and while his
principles remained tho same, he
would vote with the majority.
Nathan Denies Implication.
Nathan Of Sheridan. in registering
his vote against reconsideration,
warmly resented the Implication made
~ A. G. Townley when he charged
Carl kositzky. state auditor, with hav-
Ing influenced the two Nathans. He
declared that nobody had fixed him"
and that no one could fix him: that
oral principles and that be had not
been induced to change his mind.
Kruger. when the roll wal called,
passed his vote. but the chief clerk.
evidently not having heard what he
said, asked him how he voted. Kru-
ger then declared that he believed in
equal rights to all-and special priv
ileges to none. and that he would use
his very best Judgment and vote
against reconsideration.
Doll Patterson then moved that the
BILL be considered properly enrolled
and that 1t he placed on tn I'd reading
for passage. In explanation he said
that there was some doubt as to the,
his vote yesterday. and he wanted an
other roll call to set matters right.
Kruger, who earlier in the after
noon had told The Herald represent.
alive that he would oppose the fight
to reconsider because he objected to
the bill and thatsIhe would have op.t
posed 1t yesterday had 1t not been
for something that Rep. Kelly had
done to him. acted strangely when Il
came to voting on the bill again. When
his name was called he passed. hut
Rep. Herbert. q Lacquer. who stood
pat against tho bill. and Harris ana
others. objected to his lodging a
vote, he asked the unanimous consent
OF the house to be excused, but this
was denied. only two men standing
when 1t was put to vote. Kruger re-
fused to vote, however, explaining
that he could not disclose his reason
for o voting, because it was of a
private nature. Harris declared that
he had voted yesterday. and It was
only fair and just that he vote today.
A discussion followed as TO what
the house could do to a ma who re-
fused to vote. but the chair could not
say. Hoare. an ardent supporter Of
be ruled from the floor of the house,
but later he tool another position,
and declared that Kruger should vote
either faye" or may" unless he was
interested. in some paper.
Patterson Of Renvllle and johnson
of Steele came to Kruger's rescue.
and they secured the consent OF the
house to excuse him.
MAY TURN BACK CLOCK.
Helena, Mont, March 3.-The
Montana Legislature legally ends its
session at midnight Thursday nisht.
but 1t ia that 'aa in mast sos.