The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-30
CLOSING DETAIL
OF THE SPECIAL
SESSION OF 1918
Harmonious Close Of General AS
sembly With It's Work
.
Accomplished
WHAT DAY BROUGHT FORTH
House Peeved at Senate and
Knocking INDUCED in But is
Harmless
WHAT DAY BROUGHT FORTH

The session just closed gave Nortl
>, Dakota an opportunity to go formal,
on record in favor of national prOhiL
ition and to record it's vote INFORMAL,
in favor Of national equal suffrage
; Rep. J. +. T. O'Connor's resolution, re
citing the fact that equal suffrage ha:
been embraced by all of the principa
political parties of North Dakota, re
cording the approval of the Fifteenth
general assembly, and asking our rep
Jesentatives in the national congress!
to work for the amendment now be
fore the United States senate, was
adopted without dissent by both
houses 1t was even suggested that
there might be some way in which
North Dakota might anticipate the
United States senateS favorable &C
ton on the suffrage amendment by
formally ratifying it, but there was q
question as to the propriety of such a
step, and the fear WAS expressed that
discussion of constitutional questions
involved might prolong the session.
Pledges Allegiance
North Dakota had all opportunity
to pledge anew her allegiance to the
United States and to tender President
Wilson the states undivided support
in the present emergency. The legis-
lature without dissenting vote, reg
istered its disaDproval of I. W. w. ac-
tiyities in this state by adopting a
sabotage bill. which will enable any
court, on the conviction of anyone
charged with burning ,wrecking and
running food stores or property used
for the storage or transportation Of
food, or the production and harvest
ing flood, to inflict life sentence
in the panitentiary.
! Both houses unanimously adopted
resolutions offered by the state coun-
Gil Of defense directing the attention
of congress to North Dakota's great
est natural resource-her immense
store of Ignite coal-and calling up.
On congress to cooperate with the
state in the development Of these
great coal fields and in assuring this
fuel its rightful place in the nations
industrial scheme.
In the House.
In the house Tuesday consideration
of Senator Hanilton's resolution per-
hitting the taking Of suckers and sim
liar fish from the Mouse river was
indefinitely Postponed.
Rep. Staale Hendrickson of Divide
made one last plea for Senator Eng
lund's Home Guard Pill, which had
been sidetracked by the house. Il
don't believe this session should adj
journ without legalizing the Home
Guard" said Hendrickson. THAT is all
this bill does-it simply gives the
guardspen some legal status. If any
one in jn's assembly has anything
against the home guard or against this
bill, l wish they would state it."
Nobody did, but they overrulled
STABLES motion Cole Of Cass county,
Fraser of Mclean, Stair of Bottineau,
Bailey and Varnum Of Burleigh, Whip
pie Of Stutsmen, LejderDach Of Dunn,
and Speaker Wood were among the 60
nonpartisan leaguers who registered
their opposition to the guard. Harris
Of Mercer county and ROtt of McIn-
tosh were numbered with the 33 sup
porters of the guard BILL a number of
whom were leaguers.
Hagan was Wrathy
Rep. A. NJ. Hagan Of Westhope al
most started something with his reso-
luton suggesting that inasmuch as the
senate had rejected the unanimous re-
pot of the last of three conference
committees named on the seed bond
ing bill, that it be requested to name
a committee in whose report it would
have complete confidence. Reps. Hen
erickson, Lathrop and O'Connor, Of
Grand Forks opposed the resolution on
the ground that it was an insult which
would rile up the senate and would not
expedite final action on the bill. Hag-
an could see no object in extending
the senate courtesy when, he declared
the senate had shown no courtesy to-
ward its own committee.
Patterson told Of the long hours
which the conference committee had
put in on its report, going into session
at O'clock Sunday afternoon and
working almost continuously until late
Monday evening, when a unanimous
agreement finally was reached.
Thousands of people are anxiously
awaiting the action of this Legislature
and a few politicians have turned
around and absolutely ignored<our re-
port and given us a slap in the face.
This bill has been nothing but a pol.
itical football said the league ora
tor
Riba advocated the adjournment of
the house. LET those members sit
over there in the senate, and we'll 60
home,"' was his advice.
Hagan's resolution was finally voted
down, and another conference COM
mittee was named.
Soldiers Voting Bill.
After much discussion and in spite
Of early league opposition the house
late Tuesday afternoon adopted a very
sensible and apparently practicable
soldiers voting bill. 1t was the origi
nal house measure with everything
following the enacting clause stricken
out and new bill written in by the
senate This measure made no provis-
ion for soldiers voting in primary ell
ections, obviating the necessity OF
changing the primary law. It retained
The house bill feature requiring every
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