The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-30
OVERTURES MADE
BY BOTH HOUSES
BRING SPECIAL
SESSION TO END
Bill Applying Absent Vot-
er Act to Soldiers Is
a Passed
-
HOME GUARD TO
BE LOCALIZED
Reduces the Punish
ment for Crime Of
Sabotage
APPRECIATION FOR
RETIRING MEMBERS
of Both Factions
Voice Personal Esteem
For Co-workers
APPRECIATION FOR
RETIRING MEMBERS
fRv 4. D. PauIsen.l

| (By Hs ps Faulson'J
Bismarck N. D., Jan. 30.-Under
the terms Of a compromise agree
ment whereby the senate majority
| acceded to the house demand that the
governor appoint the members OF the
state council Of defense, the admins
| tration forces in the lower branch OF
the assembly consented to the eliml-
| nation Of the state guaranty in the
\ seed grain bonding act late Tuesday
/ afternoon, paving the way 10 al
i iournment which came shortly before
/ midnight last night.
The settlement OF the two issues
which had hung up the legislature
all of Monday and Tuesday, carries
with it the pledge Of Gov. Lynn
/ Frazier, delivered to the conference
committees, that he win Immediately
issue a proclamation legalizing the
establishment Of a home guard.
In the closing hours Of the as
sembIy, a bill was passed proVlding
| for the extension of the provisions
of the absent voter act to voters in
the military service, no matter where
they may be located, so that they may
participate in the next general cleo
tion. No provision was made for
participation in the primary election
because OF the fact that changes
which would permit soldiers to vote
in that election, would be so exten-
sive that they would endanger the
satisfactory working Of the primary
law.
Enactment OF a law aimed at the
Industrial Workers OF the WoTla,
accomplished also in the final hours
OF the assembly, brought more
forcibly to the attention Of leEls-
lative observers the fact that the
farmer members of the assembly are
at last asserting to a degree, at least,
their opinions on legislative issues.
In the regular assembly. repeated al
tempts at enacting anti-I w. w.
legislation failed because of the OPP
position of the dictators OF the Non
partisan league.
The final hours OF the assembly
witnessed the defeat of the bill
providinF for the showing Of pic
lures on Sunday by the state coun-
Gil of defense. Likewise, Senator
Hamilton's war measure to permit
seininE for suckers and pickerel IN
the Mouse river was lost. The SEN
ate killed the Sunday law, and the
house killed the fishing bill.
SEED BOND BILL RAISED
STATE BONDING ISSUE.
When the Nonpartisan league
members in the legislature elected to
stand by the provision for state
guaranty of the bonds issued by the
Individual counties for the purchase
of seed grains, the opposition In the
senate stood firmly against the
proposition, holding TO the theoEy
that IT was an opening Wedge, m
iected into the bill by the Nauonal
Nonpartisan league leaders as
means Of paving the way to otner
state guaranty Of bonds.
While that sentiment wasn't Votc-
ed on the floor Of the senate till late
Tuesday. when Senator Cahiii
declared 1t was boys play, being
responded to by Senator Hyland, II
was that one point that hung up the
proceedings all of yesterday and the
day previous. except that ad1ourn-
ment earlier was impossible because
of the fact that the soldier ballot bill, |
council of defense measure. and sew
eral others were still undisposed |
AlbiJouRNMENT HOUR UP
TO GOVERNORS EXPECTATIONS. |
The state legislature completed the |
work OF the special session WITHIN |
the time limit that Governor Frazier
anticipated 1t would, according to the |
views he expressed to Nonparusah
league members when he recently |
visited Fargo. While his call was /
framed with a view to completing the
work in four days. the governor real
ly did not expect such rapid action
nor did many other OF the league /
members. Representative L. l.. STAIR 1
OF Bottineau county, one Of the
league men, previous TO /
the assembly, Indicated in an inter-
view with The Forum that 1t would
REQUIRE at least a week or ten days
to complete the work.
The legislature convened Just a
week ago today, so ii closed its Worh
within the time limit that league
men expected ii would be ended.
Among the league men there was
little sentiment in support of the at Il
tack made by the official organ of the
National Nonpartisan league upon
the state senate for its refusal 10
pass the bills in the form that they
were introduced by the league. All
bills, 1t is understood. were prepared
by the leagues legal adviser, William
Lemke. Not single material meas
ure was passed in the form that y
was introduced. and in the senate,
the league members were, II any
thing. more insistent that every
measures be given through consldera-
ton before approval.
NEW FEATURES OF TIE
ABSENT VOTERS ACT.
New features Of the absent voters
act as drawn by a joint committee
of the two houses, we're inserted in
81. B. No. liz, introduced by Repre-
sentative Patterson, Of MOuntrail
county. The bill had passed the
house providing for a commission