Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-25
ADJOURNMENT
PLANS RECEIVE
new SETBACK
Delay on Educational Ad-
n1inistration Bill is.
Unavoidable.
tBy Staff Correspondent

tBy Staff Correspondent
Bismarck. Feb. 24.-Plans of league
leaders to adjourn the legislative ses-
sion Thursday night went glimmering
this afternoon. when Senate Bill 134.
the educational administration bill,
was referred to the state affairs COM
mittee. This delay on this. important
measure, coupled with the fact that
the omnibus bill, the general appro-
priations measure. will take consider
able time to dispose Of has made it
day night President Howard Wood
of the senate said this afternoon that
the session would probably end Fri
day night, but many consider that too
early.
Today's session was featured by de-
bate in the senate over the nurses
bill, and in the house Aby al interest
ing colioquy between Dell Patterson
Of Renvillc and J. F. T. O'Connor OF
Grand Forks anent reconsidering the
vote whereby the house concurred in
the senate amendments to the public
utilities measure. The vote was re-
considered, and the measure now goes
which took from the nurses ~associa-
ton, the right to recommend the
names of nurses for appointment to
the state examining board. was killed.
There was ar interesting fightsover
the motion to adopt the committee's
report for indefinite postponement,
the feature Of the debate being Sena-
the report. Cahill bitterly criticised
the nurses who have been here lobby
ing against the bill, and charged that
80 senators had absolutely pledged
themselves to vote to kill the meas
ure: This broushx a denial from sew
eral senators.
The house committee Of the whole
recommended House Bill 121, provid-
ing for a memorial building for N. d.
soldiers, for passage. The bill was
by Rep. Engen SO as to pro-
vide for a memorial tablet in the
building for Theodore Roosevelt.
Labor Law RECOMMENDED.
The bill fixing the hours of labor
Tor femaies also was Recommendations
passage. The measure was amended
so as to permit not more than So
hours a week, or eight hours and thir-
ty minutes a day. :.
The senate passed House Bill 1853.
the flood irrigation measure provid-
ing for the appointment Of a drainage
commission. The bill now goes to the
governor for his approval.
The house Friday c%oncurred in the
senate amendment to the public util-
tiles bill: which enables the railroad
commission to raise the maximum
charter rates-if deemed advisable, but
this afternoon Patterson of Renville~
moved to reconsider the vote, after
an interesting debate. in which Rep.
O'Connor and other minority mem
hers had considerable fun with; the
leagues Demosethenes. The vote was
~411~sSSnr41 nod <A@ It'll ~ A.
q conference committee. Speaker
Stair appointed Patterson. Walker and
Bratsburg, three sleaguers. as the
house conferees,
Patterson previously had submitted
an amendment against giving the
committee this power, and today he
t spoke r, st Length aaSh :. II, favor =, Of such &C
to protect the orphans, willows and
Burtnessl and o,ctnnnor ~ Of Grand
Forks, Twichell .ot.aCass and Others,
maintained that"if the 7commission had
the powerSSto lower or raise the mini
mum rates. they also should have
power to raise Or lower the maximum
rates. NJ, =
During the, cours OF the debate,
.O'Connor asked Patterson:.if he was in
favor Of giving the railroad commits
sion unlimited power, to fix maximum
and minimum rates that the utilities
should charge. Patterson replied that
against raising the maximum rate.
When. he informed the minority
members that they needed a little in
formation, O'Connor retorted: I've
never got very much information out
of you In the two years I have been
here" Patterson finally was forced
to admit that he was against giving
thu =roi1rooH ronn, ~ iocinSo1r c,,pH a.
limited powers. The vote to reconsid-
err carried. So to "A. with 16 absent.
: When the nurses bill came up in
the senate, Cahill made a lengthy
speech against adopting the report to
indefinite postponement. He charged
that religious matters had been in
jected into the. fight. and that thirty
to kill it. Cahill declared that it was
not a religious question with him.
and that he would have faith il a
board composed of Five ministers
without a Catholic representative"
But I have no faith in a bunch of
women" he declared. who. will stand
around here buttonholing every sena-
tor as he goes out Of this chamber"
McNair declared that the bill was
not introduced with the idea of being
unfair. It simply was planned to
give the governor a free rein in APP
pointing the members Of h exam
lining board. he said.
clared that their votes had not been
pledged. that they were in the senate
to- exercise their prerogative ITO be
independent. and they regretted Ca
hills charge.
The bill was killed by a vote of 81
to 16. with two absent.
rnxycDHIR1cNT VYTTI .