The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-01
COLE MEMORIAL RUNS GAUNTLET
 OF OPPOSITION
Capitol Building Memorial Passes Second Reading
 Without Amendment.

| Despite efforts to delay the sec ond reading and further considera- ton of House Joint Memorial No. 1 g. by Mir. Cole. urging immediate commencement and rapid completion of the construction of capitol building in Juneau with the funds already authorized, that memorial passed it's second reading this morn ing in the House unamended. A motion made by MT. Elsner to defer action and set the memorial for special order on Friday of next week was overwhelmingly defeated.
 In making his motion Mir. Elsn er , since the introduction of the memor- ial, he had not had an opportunity to study the status of the appropria- tion in question and asked that members be given until next week 10 gather all available data on the mat | ter.
 Mir. Cole opposed postponement. He said that the memorial was briaf, i the matter to which it referred was one of common knowledge and a complete history of the appropria- tion and it's present status was csr- ried in The Daily Empire few days ago containing all the intor- nation needed. Mir. Hunter also ob- jected to postponement.
 Unable to gain time for consi lera- tion, MT Elsner moved that the sec )nd> paragraph of the memorial, il which Juneau is specified as the place of construction, be stri2ken, This motion was also defeated on a viva voce vote by an, overwhelming majority. No further amendments were proposed and the memorial passed it's second reading.
 House Proceedings
 communication was received from the Governor enclosing cores pondence relative to an Alaskan re- cess or alcove in the corridor of States in Victory Hall in New York City. No action was taken on the matter, the correspondence being re. turned to the Ways and Means Com mittee.
 Committee Reports
 MT. Brown, chairman of the Com. uittee on Enlightenment and Enroll nent reported Senate Joint Memor al No ? enrolled; House Joint Me. norial No 2 enrolled; House Joint Memorial No. engrossed and en- oiled and House Joint Memorial No. } engrossed.
 House Bill No. 16. a new Terri orial Road Act, repeating the pres. mt law, was introduced by MT. Ross. cad first time by title and referred to the Committee on Roads ana Highways.
 House Joint Memorial No 6, re Fed aral aid to transportation was lmended by striking from it the re- 1uest that the Government establi 5h ines of transportation or that it en- 'er into certain contracts with pri- vate lines which would bring about lowered traffic costs to the public. Mr. Frame sought to have stricken he third paragraph which states: Whereas. the high cost of transpor- atiOn and the inefficiency of the present system to supply the needs If the country have so crippled the industries as to drive large per aentage of the white population out If the Territory, and threaten the industries thereof with extinction. :" He argued that such an asset tion 'laced the whole burden of monde. velopment of Alaska on the steam- ship companies and declared that the root of the evil went deeper than transportation and that unlimited transportation facilities could not in- erease development unless the ra- tural resources were thrown wide open for utilization. MT. Holt, au- thor of the memorial, declared that transportation is the worst feature )f the difficulties confronting the him. declaring that the paraSra ph under fire was vital to the meMor- ial. It is a matter of common know ledge, he said, that the great, press ing need is for relief from the "stranglehold" which the "steam5hir companies have on the Territory Nr Frames motion was badly de feated. and the memorial passed it's second reading. House Joint Me morial No. ,. by MT Holt seeking the assignment of subchaser in the waters of Boring Sea along the shores in the vicinity of Nome passed it's second reading House Joint Memorial No. 4, by Mir. Holt relative to establishment of Govern ment radio stations. was referred back to the Committee for including l Wiseman. in the Koyukuk district, as ! site for one station.
 Made Special Order House Bill No. 12, reported un favorably by the House Judiciary t ~ g-