The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-02
Belated Explanation of Trade
That Made Relief for State.
Possibility -,

Governor Frazer was si'th INV
STATE council Of defense in exchange
for 4 seed bonding bill. Had the gov
arnor not had his way with the coun-
I'll OF defense. North Dakota woulo
have had no seed-bonding bill, and the
legislature might have remained III
session indefinitely. ..'
Governor Frazier said nothing III
his proclamation calling a special seS'
sion nor in his message addressed 10
the legislators on the opening gay
al0u, the states guaranteeing inc
Countv's seed and feed bonds. Ihls
Suaranty was inserted unobtruslVely
in the administration seed-bonolng
Niu, one OF two measures which came
here already drawn from st. Panl.
Senate opposed Guaranty.
The house passed the bill in its or
;ginal iolm. In amending the Dill the
senate struck out the state guaranty
provision. The house declined TO ac'
cept the senate S amendment. Conner:
: ence committee after conference COM
mst,ee disagreed and was discharged.
Finally the session reached the clos
ing hours. with the senate and the
house still deadlocked over the seed
bonding bill. The governor desired all
appointlve power left in his hands.
He also wished eliminated section
authorizing the organization and arm:
ing and drilling of home guard units.
At this juncture the senate sent
committee to wait on the governor.
HsSwas advised that the seed bonding
DILL never would pass win the state
guaranty feature attached; he was
+ compelled TO admit, that, as IN the
case OF House Bill "A, the real signlfl-
canoe o. the proposed legislation had
beea concealed from the people IN the
eoveraor's proclamation and in his
message to the legislature. The gov
e-aor is said TO nave replied that ne
didn't expect the senate to pass the
gead bonding Dill. The senate insist
eti that II would pass seed bonding
bin but that it would not render the
state liable for the act OF every coun'
~ official in North Dakota in connec'
.io3 with the issuance Of seed bonds
and warrants; that it would not pack
40 With the states good name and
credit any and all Of the possible hun
bred and one mistakes in estimating
and reporting which county officials,
some inexperienced in the work which
the act calls for, might make.
Senate Talked Turkey.
It was made plain to the governor
that If seed-bonding act was not
passed at this special session, the
blame for that commission would be
: hr1nnO Than
came the suggestion OF a trade--tne
council of defense for a bill which
would afford immediate relief to such
farmers as might need it; and eco
nomic and humanitarian war measure
for an act which would add little to
the governors political prestige.
Some time later William Lemke,
vice president of the National Non
partisan league, advised the confer.
ence committee that the trade had
been agreed to, and that the league
majority in the house would accept
the senate amendment absolving the
state from the heavy responsibility
which the league act, as originally
drawn, would have imposed. =
And that, according to excellent au-
thority, is the inside history OF that
famous deadlock.
- All Bills Signed.
The governor has signed every act
enacted by the special session. His
only veto was an item Of $500 in the
bill appropriating $14,500 for the ex-
penses Of the special session. Every
act carried an emergency clause
which gives it immediate force and
effect
Beginning next Monday, county COM
missions in every county in the state
where help is needed will assemble
to receive petitions praying for relief.
In Burleigh county, the board already
has voted to issue seed warrants up
to 100000, and it is believed this
will be more than sufficient to care
for all demands made on the commits.
sion
Surprises Discovered.
The seed grain census independent.
ly conducted by the railway commits
sion has disclosed some surprises. The
very counties which we're hardest nit
by last years drouth have on hand
the largest quantities Of seed grain,
in their elevators and grain ware
houses. One of the heaviest stores re-
ported by any county in the state is
owned in Golden Valley, which did
not suffer so severely as many other
counties west of the river. But Will
liams and Mckenzie and Dunn coun-
ties, which were very hard hit, report
spring wheat and durum and oats in
their elevators up to 100000 bushels,
exceeding by tens Of thousands the
amount reported from Cass and other
counties in the Red River valley,
! Burke county, in the midst OF the
1 drouth section, reports 100000 bushels
of spring wheat in it's elevators. "The
indication is that someone has used
great intelligence in handling the seed
grain proposition in these countless"
said Secretary j. H. Calderhead of
the railway commission in comment
ing upon the showing made.
In eurieigh County.
In Burleigh county, with five ele.