Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-24

| Plan ! For 8 Clipping L.anger's
Wings b Cutting His
Approp priiatio,lnl' ) Is / Consider L
ed e 81 Some Leaguers;
0rganizaho OF House
4, And Al | 5 Senate j Remain. + y The i,
Same.
(By Geo A. .Beason.r

S5y By Geo A. .Benson.r &,
Bismarck, N. D.. Nov, 24.-With the
arrival in Bismarck Sunday Of Gov
ernor Frazier, Senator j. l. Cahilf,
chairman or the state affairs commit
tee, and a number bf league legislat-
ors, sNonpartisan league plans for the
special session which opens Tuesday,
became more or less familiar to OBJ
servers. All are agreed that the spe-
would be surprised to see 1t extend to
three weeks or possibly longer In,
view OF the program that has been
1 The Susan B., Anthony women's
suffrage amendment to the federal
is to be ratified and some
will be made in the state
feed and seed law to provide more
liberal aid for farmers in the drought
stricken areas.
May Amend Bill.
The league probably will seek to
amend the home builders association
bill to make it operative. There Isl
talk Of providing for another bond
Immediately available, but whether or
not this will be attempted is more or
less doubtful at present.
It, lis expected that the legislature
will be asked to repeal the "situs'' act,
by which an attempt was made by the
last legislature to assess foreign busi-
ness corporations and non-residents
on credits arising within the state.
The soldiers bonus bill also Is ex-
pected to- come In for some consider
alton, and an attempt undoubtedly
will be made to amend it SO as to
make 1t more liberal.
81 Would Clip His Wings.
In connection with the fight be-
state. administration, there seems
little doubt today that the league
forces willSclipi Langer's wings. One
plan is to reduce the appropriations
for his office and thus deprive him of
two or three Of his assistant attorneys
general and much of his clerk and
.stenographic force. There also is talk
of repeating or amending Senate Bill
"a, the state pool hall license. act. The
licensing department is under the
control OF the attorney generals Of,
Ace; ana this fact has e41en the ad-,
ministration forces considerable dn-
.easiness since rthe session adjourned.
Earl Tpstevina has been In charge. Of:
this department.. and like others In
the attorney general IS ONCE. he has
been al thorn in admi ation hides:
}s III yvnl bes imp ossible tt0 Get q line
on sttlfe gONernoEss message until 1T ts
1 se1x e Esass 3
Il 9e 1tnutss e bssore @ 5oins % =
sion Tuesday 10 that they can wire
1t to their papers for publication. that
afternoon, but that is as far aAsile, will
60. His secretary announced today
that the governor hadn't finished
writing 1T, and he could give nos mfor-
mation as to what It will contain.
The governor, 1t appears. has horror
Of being criticized by independent pa
pers before he delivers his message,
and consequently he refuses to trust
any but league press representatives.
& Organization Unchanged.
The organization Of the house and
senate will remain the same Speaker
Stair Of Bottineau arrived here today
to take part in the Anal conferences.
Lieutenant Governor Howard Wood
has been here since Saturday, but SO
far has not been in conference. Geo.
Totten, Jr.,. again will be chief clerk
Of the house, and w. j. Pratar again
will be secretary, of the senate. 1t is
not expected that either house will
hire big force of clerks and ste
nographers.
n Nonpartisan league boys who have
anxious to have the session adjourn
quickly. They want to see the, legis-
lators out of Bismarck as quickly as
possible, for they fear that pro-
tracted session isl fraught with dang
ers to their official hides. These $15,-
900 and 0,000 jobs with living ex7
penses to boot are the subjects Of con-
siderable comment among legislators
already on the ground, and there is a
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