The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-28
Conferees on Seed Grain
Bill Near Agreement
This Afternoon
THREE POINTS ARE
STILL IN DISPUTE
Senate Judiciary Body APP
proves Redraft of Nor
atorium Measure
(By n. D. Paulson,)

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 2S.-The
conferees working on the seed grain
bill after continuous sessions Sat
urday night, Sunday and today, had
reached a point early this afternoon
where agreement seemed likely.
The points still in dispute relate
TO state control of bond issues, state
guaranty of bond issues, and the
assurances Of warrants instead of
bonds.
Senator Jacobson indicated that
the senate would recede from the
amendments relative to state con-
troll of bond issues and would REIN
state the $4,000 appropriation for the
commissioner Of agriculture; also
that it will reinstate the state guar
antee of bonds,
Walter Maddox, sponsor of the
BILL declared himself confident this
afternoon that an agreement would
be reached
The conferees have fixed fifty as
the number Of signers required to
obtain county seed
The senate military committee has
adopted amendments to the council
Of defense bill. giving the district
court judges the power to name the
members of the council subject toI
GEElEW DN the BONEEIlOE. 1ub
ration has been reduced to SIT, 900.
The house will insist that the power
of appointment shall remain with
the governor.
The new defense bill also eimin-
ates power over the Red Cross, Lib
erty Loan, etc, as carried in the
original draft.
The senate judiciary Committee
this morning unanimously approved
the redraft Of the moratorium meas
ure, eliminating the clause that Sem
ator Cahiu OF Morton county, MEM |
Der Of the Nonpartisan league, said
would operate against men of mill /
tary age and make&it impossible for
them to rent houses for their fam
lilies.
The provision exempted families
of spdiers from paying rent. Senator
Hamilton, at the opening Rof the
hearing, responding to Chairman
McBride's declaration that he (Mc-
Bride) was ready TO put the bill
back into the senate without recon-
mendation, declared that the COM
mittee must whip the sbill into its
proper shape.
I'VE cannot pass this kind Of
legislation in the shape that 1T has
come to us and be right with our
he said. 1T is up to us
10 do these things absolutely right
and am willing to stay here till
we do"
Senator Hamilton is a prominent
and strongly objects
to charges that "dilatory tactics"
have been employed by the senate
In holding UP legislation.
Nonpartisan senator's generally
including Wexford, chairman of the
grain grading committee that re-
drafted the grain inspection meas
nre; Levang of Walsh county, and
Drown OF Cass county, hold there is
no merit in the charges Of "dilatoryl
tactics"
The house grain grading commit
lee this morning accepted the sem
ate's redraft of the league bill, with
The amendment that clarifies en-
Dloyment OF clerical help and defin-
IteIy establishes the office OF chief
deputy grain inspector. The senate
bin will pass the house and the
are agreeable to Sem
ltors Hamilton and Wexford, Nom
partisan league leaders in the upper
house who redrafted the leagues
original measure.
The senate elections committee ]
las q subcommittee working on the 1
Measure to extend the ballot to SOL
Tiers and has found the subject ex-
complicated.
There il a we'll defined dispositionl