The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-11-22
SPECIAL SESSION
TO BE BRIEF IS
LEAGUE BELIEF
Lieut.. Governor Howard Wood
Expects Assembly to Ad-
journ in Ten Days
IMPEACHMENT sQUELCHED

A brief and uneventful session IS
the prediction of the advance guard
Of legislators arriving here for the eX-
traordinary assembly of the sixteenth
legislature which cOnvenes at noon
Tuesday. Lieut. Governor Howard l.
Wood, seen in Fargo yesterday, esti-
mates the length Of the session to not
exceed ten days. Mr. Wood and other
prominent leaguers who have CON
sented to be interviewed insist there
will be no impeachment proceedings
against Hall, LANCER and kositzky.
Such action has been limited at in the
league press. but legislators assert
these suggestions will not be taken
seriously Whether it is because
.Townley doubts his ability to control
the legislature in the event Of an ,ef-
fort to indict these three officials. all
leaguers and with large followin:
inside the organization, is not indi-
Gated.
WILL CLIP WINGS
It. is expected. however. that. tho
no effort may be made to actually re-
move the insurgent trio. their wings
will be clipped by removing ther,
from important boards. as members of
which they have made things unpleas-
ant for TOwnley. and that the pow
ers will be otherwise abridged. as
has been done in the case of Miss Mel
son. state superintendent Of public in
structiOn. ... ..
The principal business of the extra
ordinary session will be the enact.
ment of laws or amendments to exist
ing laws designed to facilitate the Op.
Grafton of the leagues industrial pro:
gram. One of the most important OF
these will authorize the home-buildiny
association to issue bonds secured up.
on homes or farms which it finances
for members. The homebuild:ng plan
at present is purely cooperative, ami
several years must elapse before
there could be built up any great sur
plus through the payment of member
ship fees.
THREE POINTS NAMED
The three points outlined in the gov
ernor's proclamation as demanding Il
special session are the ratification OF
the national suffrage amendment, r. :
lief for drouth-stricken farmers and
the enactment Of legislation which
will advance the leagues Industrial
program. Under the latter head may
be included authority to the indus
trial commission to pay a premium on
the states authorized bond issues, ag'
gresating $17.0OO000, which donot APP
pear to be in great demand at five per-
cent: an extension Of authority to the
mill and elevator association to in
clude packing plants and the manufac-
turing of other food products with It's
original terminal elevator and -four
mill program. and amendments to tho
bank act which will empower the
Bank Of North Dakota to loan some OF
its $4,000. 900 in resources to farmers
who cannot furnish absolutely clear
first mortgage security. The last report
lof f. w. Cathro, director general Vt
the bank. showed that only $25.OU)
had been loaned to farmers UP to that
time. while the bank had paid to ap-
praisers of farm loans $4,000. or
more than half as much. legislators
feel thattit is apparent from this state.
ment that the banks present farm
loan plan is too expensive and cumbec.
some
SOME TAX CHANGES
Probable legislation affecting tax"
tion, which has become the most vital
issue confronting the league. will be
the repeal Of the moneys and credits
act. which levies a direct tax on farm
mortgages; a repeal Of the clause in
the income tax act which provides for
the collection Of taxes at the source
| of the income. aid repeal in the
same act Of the clause distinguishin.
between learned" and "unearned' In.
come and levying special penalty on
the latter.
Walter Thomas Mills. after, 1t is
said. spending several weeks at Fargo
headquarters framing up the legisla'
tion which league managers will pre-.
sent to the special session. has beer
disDatched to Spokane. Wash, and it is
understood that because of criticism
OF his alleged dictatorship in the las,
Il