The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-03-06
INDEPENDENT PRESS
MUZZLED BY BILL

MULLLEDbI BILL
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 25.-The le-
gal newspaper publication bill, by
which J. w. Brinton is scheming to
drive out Of business independent
newspapers of North Dakota through
the concentration into his own
string of newspapers of all legal and
official printing, was passed by SEN
ate yesterday afternoon the emer-
gency clause being attached by vote
of 33 to Is.
The bill was passed, 80 to IS, on
the original roll call, and the en-
Urgency clause was lost, the vote
being 81 to II, on the first roll call.
Senator Noltimier, of Barnes
county, nonpartisan league member,
who voted against the bill and
against the emergency clause, the
first time, changed his vote on the
reconsideration Of the emergency
clause.
Noltimier, it is believed, void with
the minority and against the caucus
decision on the bill, so that he would
be in position to move the recon
sideration. This scheme worked out
satisfactorily, as Hammerly, absent
when the original vote was taken, ar
rived before the vote was reconsider
cred, and his vote, and that of Motif
mier, were sufficient to carry the day.
Following are the senators who
voted to drive the independent press
of the state out Of business:
Senator Benson of Rolette.
Senator Peter Berg of Ransom.
Senator A. E. Bowman, of LaMoure.
Senator J. I. Cahill, Of Grant.
Senator VIM. J. Church, of Benson.
Senator Chas. E. Drown, of Cass.
Senator Ole Ettestad, of McHenry.
Senator John E. Fleckten, of Ward.
Senator R. L. Fraser, of Mclean.
Senator A. NJ. Hagan, of Bottineau.
Senator J. P. Hemmingson of Grand
Forks.
Senator Geo. F. Hunt, Golden VAL
ley.
Senator Ralph Ingerson, of Burke.
Senator Carol D. King, of Bur
leigh.
Senator Christ Levang, of Walsh.
Senator A. A. Liederbach of Dunn.
Senator R. L. McCarten, of Sergent.
Senator H. H. McNair, of Trail.
Senator Morten Mortenson, of Will
liams.
Senator Thirwald Mostad, of Ward
Senator Thorwald Mostad, of Ward
burg.
Senator John L. Mikklethun, of
Griggs. .-...~-T
Senator Andrew Oksendahl, of
Pierce.
Senator O. H. Olson, of Eddy.
Senator Thomas Pendray, of Suits
man. .a
Senator E. H. Skies, of Mountrail.
Senator C. A. Ward, of Emmons.
Senator John Weber, Mcintosh.
Senator Walter Wexford, Pembina.
Senator James A. Wenstrom, of
Wells.
Senator William Zieman, of Dickev.
Senator C. H. Noltimier, of Barnes.
Many of these senators who voted
for Brinton's publication bill, which
governs not only the publication of
official notices required of the state,
counties, cities, towns, villages, town
ships and school board, but which also
has been made to extend to the publ
cation of all kinds of legal notices
paid for by private parties, such as
mortgage foreclosure notices, bank
statements, probate court proceedings,
etc., are personally interested in one
of the so-called league bureau news
papers, which are to profit through
the passage Of this bill.
The senators who voted against the
Brinton bill are:
Senator John A. Beck, of Sheridan.
Senator C. w. Carey, of Richland.
Senator A. S. Gibbons, of Towner.
Senator Gilbert Haggart, of Cass.
Senator Frank Hyland, Of Ramsey.
Senator Hans P jacobsen, of Het-
finger. IS
Senator E. H. Kendall, of McHenry.
Senator M. L. Mcbride, of Stark.
Senator Fred W. Mees, of Morton.
Senator P. J. Murphy, of Walsh.
Senator E. M. Nelson, of Walsh.
Senator Frank Ployhar, of Barnes.
Senator w. H. Porter of Cavalier.
Senator Albert Stenmo, of Grand
Forks.
Senator A. G. Storstad, of Cass.
0CIlSaCOA " A1AIdIl w u1GIudl,
Grand Forks. ~.
Brinton and his crowd have freely
admitted that the real purpose back
of the newspaper bill is the punish
ment Of the independent newspapers
Of the state that have taken the
brunt of the fight against the league
some of which are adj
in serious financial straits.
BY this scheme, if it is approved
by the house and put into opera
ton, the league bureau newspapers
will be designated official newspa-
pers in each county in the state; no
other newspaper will have a chance
Of being designated the official news
paper until in the general election of
1920 by which time Brinton expects
to have his own string of newspa-
pers so we'll established that it will
be impossible for any other news
paper to break in on them
Two hundred newspapers, it is
,onservatively estimated, will be
forced out Of business through the
passage of the bill, as it will take
from the newspapers, particularly
he small weekly publications, large