The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-28
Independence Shown by Number
of League Senators Kills
y, Macdonald Emergency
CAUSE OF MUCH ORATORY
Cahill Admits That House Bill
T 81 Was Aimed at Miss Mel
s0n-City Named Her


the cure of the insane In the state
hospital.
The vote was % to 90, defeating
the emergency clause which would
give t!:is act immediate effect and
make it difficult to referend it. The
roll-call was as follows:
Ayes: Benson, Berg, Bowman, Ca
hill, Church, Fleckton, Fraser, Hagan,
Hammerly. Hemmingsen, Hunt. In
gerson, King, 1-evang, Liederbach, NC
Carten, McNair, Mortenson, Morkrid.
Miklethun, Noltimier, Oksendahl, o.
son, Pendray, Skies, Ward, Weber.
Wexford, Wenstrom-29.
Nays: Beck. Carey, Drown, Ettstad.
Gibbens, Haggart, Hyland, jacobson,
Kendall, Mcbride, Mees, Mostad, Muir.
ply, Nelson. Ploy har. Porter, Stenmo,
Storstad, Whitman, Zieman.-2O.
y Cahill Makes Admission.
That House Bill 81, introduced by
q Lacquer with the approval OF the
leagues secret caucus and passed by
an almost solid league majority In
the house was aimed at Miss Minnie
j. Nelson, state superintendent OF
public instruction., was an important
admission made on the floor of the
senate by Senator Cahill, while dis
cussing Senate Bill 1874.
Charges that House Bill 81, revOk.
ing all sections of the present statutes
relating to the certification of teach
crs, was q direct. attack upon Miss
Nelson and her powers were vigor.
ously, denied by leaguers and the
lao o. ,nhtlo Dill
under consideration Now that
House Bill 81 has been put to sleep
in the senate and some OF its provis.
ions inserted in Senate Bill 1874, Sen
ator Cahill confesses that this bill
was aimed at Miss Nelson. ..-..
Would Have RuIed Her Out.
House Bill 81" said Senator Ca
hill, contained a provision that any
one elected superintendent OF public
instruction must be 2 graduate of an
accredited, college. Miss Nelson,
understand, is not graduate Of an
accredited college; | felt that this
provision was aimed at Miss Nelson,
designed to prevent her, from becOm.
ing candidate to succeed herself, as
state superintendent of public instruc-
tion, and in committee on state af-
fairs l made motion that further
consideration of this bill be indefin-
itely postponed, and that motion car
ried."
Still Unfriendly.
That the league is still unfriendly
to Miss Nelson, however, would seem
to have been indicated by Senator Ca
hills next statement, which was to
the effect that Mis- Nelson was not
elected by the country people but by
city folk, advocates Of higher educa-
ton.
IF we were to have state super
intendent elected for the country
schools by the country people the situ-
alton would be different. Miss Mel
son was not elected by the votes of
the country people. She was elected
by the Cities" ~ ....
Stei,mo Leads Assault.
Senator Stenmo of Grand Forks
county led the attack on the league
bill. Il cannot see wherein this plan
of consolidation has any advantage
over the present system. The line Of
demarcation between the three boards
is clear. There is no conflict of aut:l-
ority; no overlapping. Control Of pen
al and charitable institutions requires
a different type Of men than are need
ed for the board of regents, or for q
board of education. The highest type
of men have always been ready to
serve on the board of regents and the
board of education without compensa-
ton. We could not buy the services
of such men II we attempted to. Ger
tainly we could not expect to COM
mand such service for paltry $4,000
per annum.
"This bill would require the state
superintendent, an officer elected by
the people, to serve in subordinate
capacity under "a board of appointive
employees. It would be highly improp-
er to place the state superintendent
of public instruction in such a sub
ordinate position, where she would be
deprived of all but the faintest sha-
dow of authority and under the conl
troll of board whose appointment
rests solely with the governor
This bill Is not in line with recon-
mendations which the governor has
made in his last two inaugural ad-
dresses. Two years ago he advocated
UTU1ucI pOWCIc lOE LHc SLhlS SuNClAA
tendent Of public instruction and urg-
ed that he be made a member of the
Oard of regents. The state superin-
tendent himself suggested that he
should member of this board.
Since the November election dia.
metrically opposite view has been
taken by the governor. In his mes
sage this year the governor rec
commended board of education and
commissioner of education. with a
board of control to be entirely dis
tinct from this body.
THE chief difficulty of the authors
of this Ill has, seemed to be in rela-
ton to the present state superintend-
ent The repeating clause OF this
bid repeals all acts or parts Of acts
in conflict. 1 understand that House
Bill 81 has not been reported out.
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