The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-04
GENERAL BUDGET
CENTER OF LAST.
MINUTE DEBATES.
Legislature to Adjourn Off
eiany at II O'clock but
Timepiece to Go Back
MONEY THE BIG SUBJECT
House Scraps for Ten Hours on
Budget-License Bill Also
to Be Disposed Of

Il. w. Fraser, clerk OF Divide
county, was escorted out OF the
house this morning by the serg'
Cant.at-ArmS, as "a part Of the
start Of hectic last day.
The morning fight began on the
question Of concurrlng In senate
amendments 10 house bill No. 1OS
Speaker Twickell declared the
amendments were desi ned to
break up the anti-Townley Rep.
ublican State committee, making
It a miSdemeanor to act as u party
committeeman to any body not
chosen In the precinct meetin 3.
A vote was taken. 1t showed
IN Independent majority Of two,
Six Independent members OF the
house audit committee we're not
in the house, being ut u meeting
downtown. Nonparti>ans charged
that two representatives, not
members Of the committee, were
voted who were not present. After
n ycrifcatiOn which still showed
an Independent majority le,guers
stOcd up in Il body shouting "Mr.
Speaker 1t was during this con'
fusion that Fraser was alleged to
have injected himself IN discus
sion on the floor, and Rep. Watt
complained OF outsiders croWding
Onto the floor and talking to menu
bers.
Another vote was finally taken'
during which there was Scur'
rying for absent members, and
the league side won, but Il little
later the house audit members
brou: hit by automobile, came In
and the house refused TO concur.
A. house emplOye, who went MT.
or the missing members grabbed
Gov, Frazier's automobile, and
brought back the Independents In
II. ..... |.a
On suggestion Of Rep. Durk.
ilarht NonpartIsan, the speaker
ordered the benches inside the
house railing placed outside, and
all persons not members, employ.
es or newspaper men prohibited
from coming inside the railing.
The 17th legislative assembly Of
fcially ends at midnight tonight.
That the clock will be turned back
md the session will end in the wee
hours of Saturday morning appeared
/ certainty, with a large volume OF
business to be disposed Of,
The senate had four bills on it's cal
sndar at the beginning Of today's ses-
,ions while the house nineteen. In
addition the, appropriation bill was
,ure to be carried to conference
committee, as we'll as several other
bills. The reports of the house and
senate investigating committees were
submitted this afternoon, and the
question of payment for the expenses
If the Investigations was expected to
)e settled.
Both the senate and house conven-
I'd at 10 q. M, with an afternoon and
1ight session in each house follow
ne. The house recessed at 2 a. m.
,oday until 10 a. M, and the appro-
,riation bill, on which the house
ought for nearly 10 hours was to be
passed by the house.
Budget Bill Fight
Senate bill No. IS, the state pool
lall license bill, was another import
mt measure on the house calendar,
md the question of proposed $1,000
for the immigration de-
,artment and the enactment of a de-
,ository law were among the unsettl-
I'd questions when the solOns began
heir last days deliberations.
The spectacular fight on the general
budget bill embroiled the house in lts
most bitter argument late yesterday
afternoon and last night. With In
dependent representatives from three
;ities in which educational institutions
ire located desirous of putting
through appropriations for buildings
and with the majority of the appro-
Driations committee committed to
the postponement of all building
programs possible, as measure OF
economy, the Nonpartisans had the
and tried their utmost TO
out over the appropriation bill practl-
,ally as passed the senate.
The general appropriation bill rs
Introduced in the senate carried ap-
of about $760O,OOO. The
raised this to nearly $780,
700 and the house committee cut them
10 under s7,OOO,000. When the bill
finally was approved by the house.
sitting as a committee Of the whole,
he appropriations had been pushed
inward 100000 from the house COM
nittee figure.
Speaker Twitchell made the hardest
fight Of the legislative assembly, to
prevent the adoption of the majority
.eport in the afternoon session when
Freeman, of Grand
Forks, opened the debate by an i'm
speech for adequate appro-
priations for the educational institu-
ions. Rep. Grangaard, Independent
of Barnes, also took the same stand.
and some other Independents inter-
ested in appropriations for education
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