The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 26, 1918, Page 8

PAGES =~ Amendment to Federal Con- stitution NOW UP TO THE GOVERNOR Judge Robinson Addresses Senate on Behalf of Better Public Service. The amendment to the national con- Stitution prohibiting the booze traflic was ratified in the senate of North Da- kota Friday afternoon by a vote of ayes 43, nays 2—the nay votes being | cast by Senators McBride of Stark and Young of Mercer. Four senators were absent and under excuse. The joint resolution carrying the amendment prevailed in the house on Thursday by a vote of 96 to 10. The} measure passed the senate in the form of the house and now needs only the signature of Governor Frazier to make it effective. There is no ques- tion as to the treatment of the resolu- tion at the hands of the chief execu- tive. Thus North Dakota becomes the fourth state to ratify the anti-booze measure, which we: tirst ratified by Mississippi, followed in order by Ken- tucky and Virginia. North Dakota has the unique distinction of being the first northern state to take the aqua pura plunge. All of the states to which the proposition has thus far been presented have ratified it. ‘When two-thirds of the states have given their approval to national pro- hibition after the manner of the ac- tion of the states thus far the consti- tutional amendment becomes a part q of the organic law of the land without further action of congress. The per- q iod during which this step may be tak- en by the states is limited by congress to six years. ROBINSON ADDRESSES SENATE Justice of Supreme Court Talks of Duties of Public Servants, The venerable Justice Robinson of the North Dakota supreme court re- galed the senate Friday afternoon with a discourse on a bill which the justice has prepared, but which has not yet found a sponsor, and whic! may be roughly described as a “Bil for an Act to Compel Public Officials to Earn their Salaries.” i Judge Robinson was given a hearing | N from the president's platform on the’ presentation of a communication deiiv- | WITH ADVENTURE, | Connected With Effort to End | all Today | WHICH WILL NOT BE DONE! | O'Connor Throws Bomb Into Pro-| | ceedings by Pointing Out | Constitutional Hitch The house of representatives will} be compelled to do practically all ot its work over again, because every ap- | Propriation bill so far adopted carries | a form of eme y clause which has } {been held by the supreme court of North Dakota to be unconstitutional, | Rep. J. F. T. O'Connor informed the | house Friday. This matter was threshed out in the last regular ses- confer and negotiate with labor or- ganizations and leaders and such other persons as might be in position to supply the state with farm labor. Dr. Ladd’s name was stricken from the bill, and it was amended to pro- vide that the council should co-oper- ate with the fuel administrator as well as the food administrator in stimulat- ing an increased production of food and fuel, and economy and preserva- ; tion thereof, and in encouraging the use of lignite and in the development of new fields of consumption. The apropriation was raised from $8,000 to $25,000, and it was provided that if the state treasury did not contain suf- ficient funds to pay warrants drawnj by the state auditor in favor of the council that the state treasurer should endorse these warrants and make them more or less legal tender. Blanchard, Divet, Mayor, Ebel, Pet- erson, Reishus, Tenneson and Wilson voted no. House Bill No. 13, enabling county mutual insurance companies now in | existence to so amend their charters | as to take advantage ot an act, of | 1917 and become “perpetual” was pass- ed. MAY ADJOURN WEDNESDAY | All Thought of Closing Tonight Now | Abandoned. Wednesday, January 30, is now set DRY MEASURE IS LEGISLATIVE DAY FIRST COMPLETE IN HOUSE FILLED LEGISLATIVE ACT Senate by Vote of 43 to 2 Ratifies! Routine Proceedings and Events'| ered to the chair by the sergeant at| as the earliest possible closing date! arms through the courtesy of one of F the senators to whom the Dill had 7 been offered for introduction, after which the judge was invited to ex- plain the merits of the measure in per-! j son by the unanimous consent of the 4 body. if The judge read a part of his com- munication from a prepared manu script from which he frequently de: q parted to relate incidents within his experience as a practicing lawyer for forty. years in North Dakota, and which bore especially upon the delays encountered in the law, existing, he said, very largely on account of the habits of presiding and appellate courts to indulge in frequent vaca- tions. But the same lapses that he de- j plored in the courts, he said, were, sae more or less the practice of all state and county officials, and the measure ‘ which he had in mind and which he considered entirely worthy of the ap- proval of the legislature at the present special session, was intended to create a system of reports applying to all state and county officials by which it could be ascertained how much time they devoted to the public business and how much to other pursuits, in- cluding the pursuit of pleasure. He be- lieved that six hours should constitute a minimum day’s work, and he would have his system applied through the state auditor in case of state officials and county auditors in county affairs, these officials to receive the time sheets and tabulate them for the ben- efit of the public. Asked by one of the senators if he would “dock” recalcitrant officials the i judge said that he would highly favor that method if it were not that the constitution in one case and the law in the other especially designated official salaries without making provis- ions for loss of time. The judge was frequently interrupt- ed-by- applause and laughter. On motion of Senator Hyland a vote of.thanks was extended to Judge Rob- inson. THREE NEW BILLS As to Educational Pictures and Ab- sent Voters. Three bills were introduced in the senate Friday, as follows: Senate Bill 18, by Drown, amending the Jaws so as to permit of the exhi- bition of moving pictures on educa- tional and moral themes on Sunday. No. 19, by Mostad, providing for the ‘voting at primary and general elec- tions of absent voters (soldiers) by preparing ballots in advance and trapsmiting them to voters in time for them to be returned by mail and can- vassed with other election returns; providing also the conditions of such voting, which in the case of soldiers ig supervised by their officers. No: 20, by Mostad, amending the law relating to primary elections and the printing of ballots 75 days in advance of the day of ‘election for the benefit of absent voters. --The senate military committee re- ported Senator Englund’s Home Guard bill by striking out all save the enact- ing clause and substituting a provis- fon for the organization of a guard in cities and villages under authority of the governor, to be equipped and trained, ‘the duties of which shall be to exercise military and police duties in'the county in which the unit exists. _ for the special session by conservative members of both houses. The senate} yesterday advised the house that it! could not concur in the house's am endment to the s | pledging the spec | clude its work this evening, at the! | close of the fourth legislative day. The enate advised it would be impossible to conclude its work today, and asked | the house to name a conference com- | mittee to meet with a similar body sion, when the same mistake was fre- | quently made, and much of the work | had to be done over again. HOUSE ROUTINE Council of Defense Bill Passes bya Wide Majority. The North Dakota defense council bill was passed by a vote of 95 to 8, after being amended to provide that the governor might through this body tatives passed a Dill appropriating! $12,000 to cover the expenses of the special session and another bill mak-’ ing an emergency appropriation of $50,000 for the state hospital of the insane, both of which are considered ! absolutely necessary and certain to pass the senate. VOTE FOR SOLDIERS Compromise Bill Likely in Line With New York The New York soldiers’ voting bill! which worked successfully in the rec-| ent New York city elections was pre- sented to the house committee on elections and election privileges last night, and it is probable that a com- promise bill will be introduced today closely following the lines of the Em- pire state statute. This law does not provide for any expensive voting com- mission, but allows the soldiers in for- eign service to vote by mail, under proper restrictions. “absolutely ridiculous,’ was Justice James E. Robinson’s term for Rep. Patterson’s league bill, appropriating; $10,000 to be spent by a commission ; ‘of three to be named by Governor Fyn- zier to travel about the world per- sonally conducting elections here and there and gathering up the soldiers’ ballots. “The sensible thing to do—the sim-' ple thing, and therefore*the logical, thing,” said Judge Robinson last night, “ig to permit the soldiers to vote by mail, thus imposing no additional ex- pense on the state, and at the same; time insuring every soldier in for- eign service his rights.” As Wise as Anybody. After Aunt Fanny had vainly striven to convince Walter that he was in the wrong she exclaimed: “Walter, I guess I know a few things!” “So do I,” was his answer. “I know as few things as anybody.” _ (Advertisement.) es When you are wéaried from ove: work, feel listless and languid, can’t sleep or eat as you should, you are getting run-down—an. easy prey to dangerous disease germs. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea—nature’s herbs —should be taken wi it delay. *. JOS, BRESLOW’S. from the senate. Maddock of Moun- | trail was named chairman of the | house committee, whose report, con- curring in the senate’s exception, was) adopted by the house, and ail thought | | of closing the special session tonight; | abandoned. | se | DRAGS ON TREASURY $12,000 for Special Session and $50,000 for Insane Hospital Two more heavy drags were made on an already depleted state treasury Friday, when the house of represen- BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUN. ” The State Council of Defense Under the Auspices ofthe BISMARCK | HOME GUARDS Presents the Second Series of the SHOWING “The U.S. Naval Activities” “THE SUBMARINE” at “The Medical and Ambulance Corps” “Messengers of Mercy” “The Spirit of 1917” A PRODUCTION THAT WILL STIR THE PATRIOTISM OF EVERY AMERICAN Night - 8:30 and 945 coy