The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-28

Reapportionment of legislative re-
presentation among the counties OF
North Dakota became practically as
sured when the senate on party
vote approved for passage House
Bill 3l2 the bill providing for such
a redistribution Of seats. The mea-
sure NAV be passed today.
The Nonpartisan League senators
opposed the measure strongly. Ole
Ettestad of McHenry county insist
ed that the measure should be held
up until after the 1925 state census,
and the reapportionment then be ba-
sed on the results shown by that
count.
Senator Byrne attacked the pro-
posed law on the basis of unfair
ness declaring that on the basis of
votes cast his district OF Mckenzie
and Williams county had more right
to demand division into two districts
than has Stutsman county which is
one of the districts slated for divi-
sion if the law passes.
The majority report of the COM
mittee on elections was finally ac-
cepted. and the bill will be on the
calendar.
Resolution Dies
The Nathan resolution, designed
to permit farm owners not actually
residing on the land to obtain loans
from the Bank of North Dakota, and
also to compel the officials of the
farm loan department to remove re-
strictions on farm loans based on
the products of the farms in ques.
tiOn was killed after q brief debate,
the vote again being along party
lines. -...,-...
1t was at this time that Senator
Baker. Nonpartisan, clashed with 1t
Gov. Frank Hyland.
Following the "aye" and "no" vote
the Acknowledgements. as presid-
ing officer, had declared himself to
be in doubt as to the result and
started to call for a division.
Lets have roll call, what do
you want to waste time on division
for?" called out the senator from
Renville.
Bang went the gavel.
"Will the senator from Renville
kindly allow me to finish what was
about to say?" inquired Mr.. Hy-
land.
The lieutenant-governor stated the
question, counted the votes, and an
nounced the result.
"And from this time on l want it
understood that I'm the presiding
officer of this senate" he concluded.
The senate passed a big grist of
bills, including a number of house
appropriation measures, and the
concNrrent resolutions introduced
Monday afternoon by Senator Porter
and Rusch.
Pass Tabert Resolution
The Porter resolution calls for a
searching probe by the state of Flor
ida into the death at convict la
Dor camp of Martin Tabert, former
ly of Cavalier county. The resolu-
tion was reported in for passage by
the senate committee on federal re-
lations and unanimously passed.
Senator Rusch's resolution calls
for an investigation by the Cover
nor to decide whether or not an
efficiency expert should be called
in to determine how efficiently and
economically the state departments
are being run.
The bill for the increase of the
real estate loan bonds of the state
to twenty-five million dollars went
through sailing. although with sew.
eral amendments, which must now
be acted on by the house. Senator
Walter Bond, Independent, and SEN
ator B. F. Baker, Nonpartisan, the
leading members of the two factions
on the committee on banks and
banking both spoke in favor of the
measure.
The house bill for county divi-
sion, drawn to permit the formation
of new county from the "Goose
neck" of Ward, and the greater part
of Renville and, Burke counties was
killed on committee report. Senator
Ingerson Of Burke county put up a
fight on the action, but the report
of the committee recommending the
death Of the bill was accepted with.
out a roll call vote being taken.
The senate got into warm jangle
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