The Bismarck tribune., 1921-02-04
HOUSE SPEEDS. &
UP AS SPEAKER
URGES ACTION
First Bill to Pass Both Houses
in Legislature is Senate
- Bill ~ II.
SCHOOL BILL FIGHT

The house. under pressure from
Speaker Twitchell. 'speeded up yes
terday afternoon. ... -.
The first bill to pass both houses
was senate bill No. IL, amending the
concentrated feed law. The house
also passed three other. senate bills.
Three bills were killed Oh commit
tee reports. six house bills and one
concurrent resolution. The afternoon
session did not end until after G
o'clock. ,.r .... ..
The speaker urged the house to
limit debate on house bill ;. No. ,66,
after 1t had been debated several
hours on committee reports and on
third reading on two. separate dates,
and. acting on the house suggestion
members limited the time used for
discussion somewhat. ~ =. s,,....,.,.. \.
Chief debate Of the afternoon .was
on house bill No. 66. providing for
payment OF tuition by school districts
having no high. schools for pupils
who attend high school In another
| district, making the maximum
amount. Of tuition, s54 q year. u:
- School Bill Passes. y !.
Representative DEL Patterson, Non
partisan, and several other speakers
attacked the bill on the ground that
It would place an unwarranted bur-
den on the, rural school districts
Speakers for the bill urged the cor
dition OF high schools and the bur
den Of their maintenance as argu-
ments for the payment OF tuition by
the districts which, they : said, was
not sufficient to cover the actual
cost. The vote was 6S to A. 4, W..
House bill No.; 81, taking away
from the governor the power to ap.
point special assistant attorney-gen.
oral, q power granted during the time
Attor1ey-G General LANCER was In Of
flee and the majority Of the legisla:
ture was Nonpartisan by a vote ol
IS to 81. The bill carried an ap.
propriation transferring $9,O5l from
the governors fund to the attorney.
generals office. ,Nonpartisans at.
tackled this latter provision on the
ground that the governor had in.
formed the house that the money re.
naming in the fund was' needed to
pay for attorney hire already con.
tracted. % - sy"s.,. .1
Debate Labor Bill.
There was some debate on house
bill No. IA which was introduced al
the behest of labor men, prohibiting
an employer. from interfering with
membership Of an employe in any
labor union, requiring him 10 leave
the union as a means Of retaining OF
gaining employment and prohibiting
the Blacklist" discharging "a man be.
cause OF political belicfs>o or co-ercine
him. The majority of the state af.
fairs committee had stricken from. the
bill the section relating to member
ship in the union and the blacklist
but this was restored by the house
on vote OF 60 to 80. and the house
sitting as a committee OF the whole
recommended the bill for passage.
Representative Olsen's resolution
petitioning congress to investigate
the petrifted forest in Billings coun,
ty. looking; toward the establishment,
Of national park. was adopted. Rep
resentative Lake introduced reso
luton calling for the display OF the
American ;AaS on, public buildings
and IN the home ON Mothers day, tn.
second Sunday In May
Other action on bills will be founi
In the daily calendar on the editoria
page Of this issue.