The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-06


 The greater part of the last hours of the Territorial Senate for the Legislative Session of 1921 was spent in marking time, waiting foI messages from the lower House or reports from Free Conference Com mittees
 House Joint Memorial No. 10, the Holt Memorial relating to fish pro pagation, etc, was lost in the Sen ate early last evening" Before final action was taken Senators Chamber lin, Hunt and Britt made short dis cusSions concerning the merits of the Memorial. Britt and Hunt op- posed the Memorial and Chamberlin was for it. When the final passage came up, Senators Britt, Collins, Frawley, Hunt and Price voted against it and the Memorial died
 The repeal of the Sunday closing law was also relegated to the un- known when the motion was made to adopt the Free Conference report that pIouse Bill No. 21 be adopted Senators Frawley, Hess, Hunt and Sundback voted in the mo" column.
 Senate Resolutions.
 Senate Resolution No. 2, intro duced by Senator Collins thanked the Governor, Secretary of the Ter ritory. Territorial Treasurer, Com missioner of Education and the Ter ritorial Mining Inspector for all as CiCto Uiypn tho GonDto hor
 House Bill No. 16, known as the Ross Road measure, died in the Sen- ate, the Free Conference Committee of both Houses announcing the members were unable to agree
 House Concurrent Resolution No. retary signing the Journal of the last day was adopted.
 Of the Fl measures introduced in the Territorial Senate, 21 were in definitely postponed by that body.
 One Senate resolution which will lot appear on the daily journal of the last days session is that intro duced at o'clock this morning that no hotel keeper, storekeeper or res taurant manager refuse credit to members of the Territorial Legisla ture during their stay in Juneau while waiting for steamer
 Not one of the election measures introduced in the Senate got any where.
 Senator Chamberlin did not in. troduce his bill proposing tax on bachelors and old maids of the Ter ritory of Alaska.
 After all of the discussion on fish measures, none passed both houses
 The probate measure introduced in the House, and upon which much time was spent in drafting by Rep was killed in the Senate. resentative Cochran and Judge Reed
 Three Senate bills introduced failed to pass the House.
 Three Senate measures died either in the committees or on the daily fife. These were as follows: R lating to qualifications of voters at primary elections, act defining of lenses against the election laws and fixing penalties, and providing that the Governor shall prepare the an nual budget
 Important Bills Lost.
 The Getchell eight hour measure, Mnrray's anti-blue Sunday law, and Senator Britt's comprehensive bill for the Territorial control of Alas | kan fisheries went by the board in last nights session of the House | The Murray bill. however, was pass ed by the House but the Senate re- fused to adopt the Conference Com mittee report recommending its pas sage, the vote being a tie.
 On the eight-hour law, the Con ference Committee recommended that Senator Hess substitute adopt ed by the Senate be passed by the House. MT, Murray declared that it was not an ideal eight-hour law but that it at least did establish an eight hour day as basis for nego- tiation in every industry and would therefore be of benefit to the Ter iitory. Mir. Brown opposed the pas sage of the Hess bill, declaring that