Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-31
But Upper House Men Claim
Flaws in Seed Grain Bill
Compelled Great Care.
PROHIBITION ENDORSED
Duplicate House and Senate Bills to
rovid Maintenance for Insane
Are Passed--"kept Press Bill
Is Killed by the House

TO n senate was such as to require
unuSual dellberation is the conten-
ton OF members of the upper branch
or the legislature now in session here,
while Nonpartisan house members
claim that all blame for delay of
the session over the week was due
to unnecessary delay of the senate
to act.
Senate Dealings With the Bill.
The senate, on receipt of this bill,
referred it to it's agricultural COM
mittee, who, after ~deliberation, ask
ed that the judiciary committee CO.
operate with them in the considera-
ton of the bill, for the purpose Of
correcting any points which might
not be in workable form. On furth-
err consideration of the bill by these
committees working Jointly, a sub
committee was appointed to redraft
it as a whole.
After the redraft had been made
the bill was referred to the senate
Saturday and unanimously approved.
This made it necessary to place the
bill before a conference committee of
the two houses-and up to this writ
ing the end is not yet.
1t is claimed that no serious diff
Guilty will be- experienced in securing
an agreement of the two houses on
other bills.
House Kills "IAept Press Bill
An indication of the tolerant at
titude of the Nonpartisan league ma
jority in the house was shown by the
refusal of the house to pass Repre-
sentative PetersOn's concurrent reso-
luton c%ensuring the except press" and
certain self styled patriots for ex-
pressions alleged to have been de-
famatory to the loyalty of the state.
First Bills Passed.
The house on Friday passed house
bills legalizing the state council Of
defense and providing an appropria-
ton for its work; providing that
county mutual Insurance companies
may extend their articles of incor-
poration perpetually; appropriating
$4,000 for the expenses Of the spe-
cial session.; extending a credit of
$4,000 to the state hospital for the
insane at Jamestown for a period of
eight months.
Prohibition Amendment Passed.
The senate passed three measures,
the first being the resolution passed
by the house Thursday ratifying the
national prohibition amendment.
Three members voted against the
measure, Messrs. Mcbride of Stark,
Young of Mercer, and Oliver of Dunn.
OF the other two bills passed by the
senate, one provides for printing of
laws passed by the special session,
and n providing for raising the
maintenance fee for the state hospi-
tai for the insane from SIS to $24.
A bill Identical with the, last named
had already been passed by the
house,
Opening of the Session.
The North Dakota legislature lost
no time in getting down to business,
on being convened in special session
Wednesday under call of Governor
Frazier.
Bills Introduced.
Following the reading of the gov
errors message the houses reassem-
bled in their own chambers for the
| introduction of bills. The following
| bills were introduced.
H. B. 1-(Maddock)~-Amending
county seed bonding law.
H. B. 2-(Walton = Appropriate
ing $4,000 to install operation of
bank depositors' guaranty law.
H B. 3--(Peterson l--Resolution
c~ondemning the "kep' press" for
publication of matter alleged to be
defamatory to the good name Of the
| state and it's people.
H. B. 4--(Peterson)--Resolutio
pledging the states faith and sup
port to the defense of the lofty ideals
promulgated by President Wilson
January g., 1918.
H. B. 5-(Olson)--To reinstate
and revalidate charters of Cancelled
corporations.
H. B. misunderstanding a
per capita increase in allowance fol
care of insane patients.
H. r. 7-(Lageson)--To remove
oversight of grain grading from jur
commission.
H. B. Observation-Disclosures tt
ratify the national prohibition amend
ment.
H. B. MISUNDERSTANDING tt
prOIecI duu civil rights o
soldiers and sailors during the wal
and n year thereafter.
H. B. 10-(Walton)-To give le
gal powers to State Council Of De
tense, define its duties and appro
pirate $25,0o0>f for its work.
H. B. IL (Walton)-Proyidin,
for the establishment of a stat,
militia.
!. Senate bills were introduced h,
Messrs. Englund, Pendray, Drown
McCarten, Mortenson, Wexford ant
Martin, covering the same subject
with the exception of the resolution
offered by Representative Peterson
Some of the senate bills were identi
cal with the house measures.
The council of defense, soldie
ballot, home guard Issue, grain grad
ing bill, and seed grain bonding
problem are all of such importanc
that each of them 10 likely to be ex
tenstvely debated in the senate.