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

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Tres from home people whose gooa
oninion he valued and that Whiie NO
nrinciples remained the same ne
would give his conscience "a sieep'ns
potion and vote with the majority /.
Nathan Not eribed.
Nathan OF Sheridan IN reslsteis
his vote against recohsiuera.lo,n,
warmly resented the implication nau
W A. {. Townley when ne cna,e."
Carl kositzky, state auditor WIN ha,
ing influenced the two Natnahs: io
declared that nobody had 'flxeu nun
and that no one could INK hlm' ina;
he opposed the bill Friday on general
principles and that he had not oceh
induced to change his mind
.e' They Find krcuger.
kreuger. VINO had stated prior to the
onaninr of the afternoon session that
no WAS opposed to the principle OF
Senate Bill 1877 and that he had Voteu
for it only because sometning hepre
sentative Kelley had said had maui
him mad, was not present when roH
call of the house was demanded.
81 can tell you where Mr.. kreuger
lis" said Carr of Barnes. HE Is at
this moment around the corner in the
lobby, talking to Mr.. Brinton
II move, Mr. Speaker said kep.
O'Connor of Grand Forks, that Mr..
Kreuger be notified that his presence
is required in the house, and that
Mr.. Brinton be requested to dcsls!
from lobbying long enough TO give US
an opportunity to vote on this Dill
kreuaer Welehes.
1t may have been the result Of TINS
conference which was rudely inter
rupted by the sergeant at arms, or IL
may nave been for some other reasoa
that Kreuger proceeded to act
strangely He voted against the re-
consideration Of the bill. Then when
this motion carried and the house
was voting on the final passage OF
the bill, Kreuger asked that he be en-
cused. In voting against reconsidera'y
ton Kreuger declared he did SO, as a
believer in equal rights for all and
special privileges for none fle de-
clined to disclose his reasons i1r not
desiring to vote upon the hill itself
He declared these reasons were ct a
private nature which he couid not ill
vulge, Unanimous consent was re-
fused, Herbert, Keitzman, Harris and
others objecting to Kreugers effort to
escape placing. himself on record
There was some; discussion rs to
what should lie done with Il member
who would not vote and who would
give no reason for his refusal. Mem
bers Of the majority defended kreuge-
and after he had squirmed and twist
ed miserably for fifteen minutes OF
more motion was put and carried
that he be allowed to pass.
Harris For Justice.
Rep. Harris, one of the prominent
leaguers who voted against the bill,
explained that hts district was pecul-
iarly situated; that it was all new
country which was opentd up by the
extension of the Northern Pacific
several years ago, and that bright
thriving towns had sprung up and
had induced newspaper men to come
iii and establish papers to assis: III
booming the country. Very few of
these men came Of their own volition,
said Representative Harris. I'VE now
have sixteen or seventeen good local
newspapers, in my district, and the
effect Of this bill would be to obliter-
ate a, majority. of them H., g..
poo Roquette's "ExpIanat'on." Il"
Roquette in voting for the bill said:
II dc. not believe, this bill has any
more merit, today than it had yester-
day when | voted, against it, but am
voting aye.''Y,,r,s x,saqt,t.,~ ~,iafn...
:, gg4jp Most Important Bill. ~
III. O'Connor Of Grand Forks .refratned
from voting until kreuger had CLASH
fled himself Then he said Gentle
men, l am not going to refuse to vote
on one Of the most important meas
ures that lever; has come before this
assembly. 'lSvotef NO" ot" .RT@''"f'-
En, '. ,n Messages, i. -, Rose! to senate ,.0
Senate Blu 1o7, which was amended
in the house by substituting the
chairman of the board of railway COM
missioners for the commissioner of
university and school lands as men,
Der" OF the printing and publication
commission, was promptly. messaged
to the senate, which concurred in thc
amendment. .t.'.".
How They Voted.
On Walkers motion to reconsider
the vote was: -. IS.
Ayes: Arnold, Alberts, Bailey.
Brady, Brostuen, Bratsberg, Eryans,
Bjerke, Byrne, Caddell, Eckert, Fer
guson, Haines, Hardt, Harding, Hoare,
lvers, johnson of Dickey, Johnson OF
Steele, Kamrath, 1kell, Kellogg, KEITH
man, Klein, kunkel, Larson of Ran
som, Larson of 'Stutsman, Larkin, lie.
zier, Maddox of lMountrail, Maddox
of Benson, Malone, 'Ganuson, Mar
shall, Martin of Slope, Martin of Bot.
tineau. Maxwell, Mcdonnell, McLarty,
McManus, Miller, Moen, Murtha, Mes.
Wig, O'Brien, O'Connor of Pembina,
Olson of Barnes, Upland, Patterson,
Prater, Riba Renauld, Koquette, Sher-
man, Strain, Strom, Uglum, Walker,
Weld of Wells, Weld of Kidder, Whip
pie. Wog, Yeater, Stair.-63.
Nays: Bollinger, Burtness, Carr,
Bonner, Durkee, Engen, Frederickson.
Hammond, Hanson, Harris, Herbert.
Humphreys, Johnson of Cass, Johnson
of P'embina, Johnston, Kelly, Roller,
Larson Of Pierce. Lowe, McGauvrain.
Mclaughlin, Mikkelson, Nathan Of
Sheridan, Nathan of Logan, Ness,