The Alaska daily empire., 1919-05-02

Following a continuous session of thirty-three hours, with an occasion al recess for something to eat, the Fourth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Alaska came to an end shortly after noon today when Mr. Bogan's motion in the House to ad- journ sine die was adopted, with Rep resentative Collins still fighting for the Fairbanks Agricultural College appropriation. The Seante adjourn ed sine die about the same minute. Until the last few minutes of the session the Senate and House were dealocked over the appropriations for roads, the Publicity Bureau. ana the Fairbanks Agricultural College. The differences were adjusted on ali matters except the agricultural col lege, which failed to get anything.
 The fight over the retention of the publicity bureau was one of the hard battles of the session. The bill to abolish it was introduced in the Senate by Senator Sutherland, who made his bill the subject matter of attack on the public officials and the Democratic organization. Sena- tor Heckman joined him in the at tack Tha bill was later killed in the House of Representatives.
 4s-.s Publicity Bureau Saved
 The Senators i. last night renewed the fight on the item in the approp- riations bill for the maintenance of the Bureau. and by a vote of five to three struck it out of the bill, Senators Britt, Price and Roman vot- ing against the motion to strike it.. The bill called for $20,000. The House refused to recede from it's position, and a free conference com mittee compromised on $15,O0O. The Senate refused to adopt the confer ence report by a tie vote, Senator's Britt, Hess, Price and Roman voting for the report and Senators Heck man, Sundback, Sutherland and Pres ident Frawley against it. Senator Sutherland gave notice of motion to rnconsider. and just before ad- 1ou1 hent the motion to reconsider wss put and carried, and the a2- propriation bill went through carry ing this appropriation.
 The Senate cut the road approp- riation from $40O,000 to $300,O00- $75,000 for each Division. The free conference committee compromised on $100,000 for each the Second, Third and Fourth Divisions, and $75,- 900 for the First. This compromise went through when Senator Suther- lands motion to reconsider the vote by which the Senate rejected the con ference report was reconsidered. Other changes in the appropriation bill were minor. The officials all got practically the amount they asked for.
 Agricultural College Fight
 The fight over the Fairbanks Az ricultural scollege appropriation has been one of the hardest fought bat ties ever witnessed in an Alaska Legislature. Representatives Nordale and Collins fought for it to the end, and MT. Collins was still fighting to resurrect the dead measure when the motion to adjourn sine die was put and carried. MT. Collins and sev- eral others voted against adjourn ment.
 When the bills for this institution were first introduced they carried appropriations of $S0.0o0. The com mittee cut this amount to $60,080, and when 1t finally passed the House it carried an appropriation of $43.- 0S0. This was several days ago. The bill came up in the Senate last night and Senator Heckman made a fight against 1t, and it was sup ported by Senators Hess and Suther- land with able speeches. Senators Roman, Price and Sundback and President Frawley also opposed it. The bill was finally put at the bot tom of the calendar and this morn- ing the Senate compromised by pass ing the bill with an appropriation of $12.500. It then went to the confer ence and then free conference, and a compromise was agreed upon at y20,OO0, Mir. Collins refusing to con cur. The Senate approved the con ference committee report, and the House refused to concur. Later a motion was made to reconsider in the House, and a controversy arose over the rules. which provide that