Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-12-04


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Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 5.-(Spe-
cial.)-The league steam roller was
oiled up and trotted into action Tues
day afternoon when by votes Of 80 to
16 in the senate and 6S to AZ in the
house a number of important meas
ures essential to the administration
were passed or recommended for
final passage, while by the same ma
jority bills to which the administra-
tion was opposed were retired for in
definite postponement. The league
was shown by this first real test of
passage Of emergency clauses giving
strength to have a bare two-thirds
majority, which is necessary to the
measures immediate effect, in the
senate, but in the house it is from
four to six votes short of the requir-
ed two-thirds majority.
The days results were the passage
by the senate of bill removing from
Acknowledgement LANCER the power
conferred upon him by this same as
sembly in its last regular session;
the Staying for the second time at the
hands of the league majority of a
nonpartisan primary ballot bill; the
introduction over the protest of the
minority of an administration house
bill empowering the governor to ap-
point state sheriff and to create a
state constabulary; the passage by
of bill exempting all
bank deposits from taxation; the re-
lection by the house of an independ-
ent measure repeating the present re-
Quirement that electors vote for pres
idential candidates at the March pri-
maries, when ordinarily there are
no bona fide presidential candidates.;
recommendation for passage Of a
house bill defining an election pre-
cinct; recommendation for passage Of
the house administration resolution
urging the supreme court of the
United States to speed action on the
AZ taxpayers suit against the lea
gue> program; recommendation for
passage of the administration amend
ments to the soldiers bounty act and
of the administration house measure
reducing the legal reserve for de-
mand deposits from 20 per cent to
ten and on time deposits from ten
to seven, and the rejection by the
solid league majority in the house Of
a bill introduced by the independents
requiring the state banking board to
examine the Bank Of North Dakota
at least once each year.
The senate has passed on third
reading s. B. z, relating to the de-
struction of predatory animals; S. B.
20, providing, increased salaries for
court stenographers, and s. B. 4, re-
pealing the special assistants granted
the attorney general during the last
session, in addition to. the concur
rent resolution ratifying women's
suffrage. The house has passed on
none of its own bills on third read
ings, and has passed to date but two
senate bills, the suffrage resolution
and the measure dealing with preda-
tory animals.
Final action in the senate on s. b.
a, regarded asa punitive measure di-
rected by the league against Attorney
General LANCER, called forth sharp
tilt between Senator .Mees, an insur-
gent Lacquer, opposing the bill, and
Senator Cahill, Lacquer, and author.
Of the measure. The vote was 80 ~. 70
16, with Senator Skies absent and
not voting. !, 95 d. s ,5t5s III;
New System Adopted.
The house adopted a new rule Of
procedure Tuesday IN having tardy
measures reported IN by the commit
tee on delayed bills with rocommen-s
dations that they pass. They were
minority and majority reports on the
state sheriff bill, H. 3. 54. introduced
~ Rep. Albert TWichell Of Cass
thereupon called the attention Of the
I house to the fact thatsit had always
been the practice to insist upon e
I unanimous report from the commit
tee On delayed bills. The house, how
ever, voted to accept the league ma ma.
jority report recommending the q bill ill5
Tor az. introduction an passage after 3
II had voted down the minority re-
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