The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-28
CONFERENCE
COMMITTEES
ARE AGREED
Hoped Further Progress Toward
Completion, of Session May
Come Today
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SOLDIERS BILL A PUZZLER
Senate Cuts Out Governor Fraz-
ier's Commission Some
Problems Left
SOLDIERS BILL A PUZZLER
PASS SEED BILL.

bill with only one or two minor
i. amendments before announcing the
, vote on motion of Representative
Hendrickson re-referred the bill to the
grain grading committee for the cor
rectiOn Of defect in the section pro-
vided for employment of clerical help
which Representative Divet had point
cd out as being unconstitutional. This
was one of the sections amended by
the house committee to take the en-
ployment from the railway commits
si0ners and place it in the hands IT a
chief inspector The only unique
thing in this practice was the fact
that Representative Stair Of Botten-
eau concurred with and co-operated
with Staale Hendrickson and Repre-
sentative Divet.
The house bill creating the North
Dakota council of defense was passed
by the senate this afternoon after that
body had taken away from Governor
Frazier the privilege Of appointing
members Of the defense board and had
decreed that the council should con-
sist Of IL members to be named by
the II district judges OF the state with
the governor and attorney general as
members eX-officio. =
The senate, also cut out the sec.
ton of the defense jurisdiction over.
the Red Cross and Y. NJ. G. A. work
Of this state and reduced the. annual
appropriation from $4,000 to- SIS, !,
900. The house probably will CON
slider this bill this afternoon and II is,
likely that conference committee
will be named. = ~,,,i ~ ~
The senate committee on the seed
bonding bill this afternoon recon-
mended that the senate recede- from
it's amendment striking from the bill
as passed by the house an, appT0pria-
ton of $4,000 for the administration:
expenses of the commiss ioner Of agri-4
culture, and it reduced the number Of
signatures required on petitions from
100 to so. /, 4
The house conference committee on
this bill in its report recommended
that the house concur in the senate
amendment which will retain for the
various counties their present privil-
ege OF issuing seed warrants in lieu
OF bonds. | ,'stE (, Z
The house committee on grain grad.
ing, by agreeing to the senate's prin-
cipal amendments to the grain grad.
ing act of 1917, which leave the ad.
ministration of this department to the
highway commission, and the confer
ence committee of the two houses by
agreeing to compromise on the
seed bonding act, as amended by the
senate, this morning gave legislators
at the capitol new reason to hope that
the special session may be ended Tues.
day.
The principal stumbling block now
is the soldiers voting bill. This has
been amended in senate committee to
eliminate the leagues provision for an
eXtravagant voting committee to JOY
ride around the world picking up SOL
diers' ballots, and has restored the
Reishus provision enabling the sol.
diers to cast their ballots by mail.
There are many puzzling features
which make the drafting OF a satisfac-
tory bill difficult, and it Is doubtful
whether the draft reported out this
afternoon will prove generally salts
factory. II, however, the league ma
jority in the house really wants to
give the boys in France voice in
their state government, an agreement
can be reached. declares conservative
leaders in the senate.
Moratorium Out. 5
The senate committee on judiciary
has drafted moratorium bill which It
believes eliminates any Objectionable
features which were present In the
house bill as passed by that body, but
which they regard as extending to the
soldier every necessary protection.
The bill is not so radically different
in any respect that the house should
find much difficulty in concurring II
the senate accepts the new measure
this afternoon in the guise Of amend.
ments to the house bill
t Militia Bills.
The house militia bill, giving Gov
ernOr Frazier power to constitute q
state guard, under war department.
regulations, to commission its officers
and otherwise guide its destiny, as the
lawful commander in chief OF North
Dakota's military forces, still rests IN
committee in the senate, and 1t is not
believed it will get far. Senator Eng
lund's home guard BILL regarded by
friends of the home guard move.
ment as more practical, will come up
for attention in the house, and it ID
believed home guard sentiment 10
strong enough to procure the pass.
age of this measure.
Adjournment Hopes. -
Those sincerely in favor of-a brief
/ session and an economical one now
are expressing the hope that the lAg-
islature may have completed its work
in time to permit Of adjournmedt
Tuesday evening. Unless the legisla.
ture works all Of tonight, there ID
thought to be NO possibility Of clean
ing up earlier than Tuesday evealng.
The defence COUNCIL bill 81 u lssiG