The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-10
HOUSE REFUSES
 TO GIVE EQUAL
 REPRESENTATION
Effort of First and Third Divisions to Get Repre- sentation on Ways and
 Means Fails.

oeHldClOH loI lHe Fiot anu Divisions on the Ways and Mean' Committee was renewed in the House of Representative this morning without success. The motion wa defeated by tie vote-two members of the First and Third Divisions, Davies and Slater, voting against further representation for their Di visions on this committee which will consider all taxation measures and all appropriations. The debate was spirited.
 Representative Noon started the fireworks. He pointed out that the First and Third Divisions have two thirds of the population and pay ninety per cent. of the taxes, and ought to be equally represented ir the committee with the other Divisions. He laid particular stress on the fact that the First Division has no representation on the commit tee.
 Speak White plead with the mem bers of the House to be fair He said if there was no sinister motive behind the effort to deprive the First and Third Divisions from prop CT representation on this committee the members should in a spirit of fairness and equity permit the great coast country to be represented.
 MT. Patterson also supported the motion, and asked for justice.
 The fight against increasing the committee was lead by MT Collins objections to changing the commit tees, after they had been provided
 Those. voting to permit the Firs, and Third Divisions to have equal representation on the Ways and Means Cmittee were: Casey, Noon Nordale, Patterson, Pennington, Ray Sowerby and MT. Speaker.
 Those voting against-Allan, Bo gan, Collins, Daly, Davies, Dunn Rydeen and Slater
 It is said the fight will be renewed again.
 HOUSE PROCEEDINGS
 The House of Representatives con vened at ten o'clock this morning Following the roll call and prayer, the Journal of March 9th. was read and adopted.
 The report of the Attorney General was received by the House from the
 
 The Senate returned House Con. current Resolutions Numbers 2 and 3, adopted by the Senate, which were ordered filed with the Secretary of the Territory.
 MT. Patterson introduced House Resolution Number 3, which provided that no bills be introduced in the House or any other business trans actions nor any action taken by the standing committees of the House until such time as the Committee on Rules shall have reported.
 MT Collins moved that an amend ment be made, providing that the rules of 1917 be adopted as the rules of 1919 until the report of the com mittee. After discussion MT. Col lins withdrew his amendment.
 Following a recess, the Committee on Rules declared that they were ready to report.
 MT. Allan then moved, seconded by MT. Dunn, that the resolution offered by MT. Patterson be laid on the table, The motion prevailed by the following vote:
 Ayes-Allan, Began, Collins, Daly Davies. Dunn. Nordale, Rydeen, Slat CT and Sowerby-10.
 Noes-Casey, Noon, Ray, Patterson. Pennington and MT. Speaker.-6.
 The report of the Committee or Rules recommended that the rules of the session of 1917 be adopted as the rules of the session of 1919 The report was unanimous.
 Mir Began moved. seconded by MT. Slater, that the report be adopted.
 Mir. Noon moved as substitute for MT Bogan's motion that the tuACo Dc COiioiuciCu SCItiVu " SSS tion. MT Collins demanded a roll call. and the substitute was adopted, by the following vote:
 Those voting for the substitute Casey, Dunn, Noon, Nordale, Patter- son, Pennington, Ray, Rydeen and MT Speaker-9.
 Thoise voting against-Allan, Bo- gan, Collins, Daly, Davies and Sow erby-7.
 On motion of MT. Collins, seconded by Mir. Began, the House went into Committee of the Whole. The Speak CT called MT. Pennington to the chair
 Four amendments were offered to the rule providing for the power to change the arrangement of the committees of the House, and all were lost.
 The first amendment offered by Mir, Noon provided that the House have the power to add to or. take away from committees. The motion was lost on roll call. as follows:
 Those voting for the motion-Cas- ey. Noon, Patterson, Pennington, Ray and Mir. Speaker-6.
 Those voting against the motion = Allan, Began, Collins. Daly. Davies. D,Inn Nordala Rydeen Slater and