The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-24

John D.. Rockefeller Is spendir
ot1nond Fla. This II the most re'
found together, on either side OF
the question.
The roll-call on the bill was as
follows:
Against anti-dancing bill:
Boyd Burns, Carr, Doyle, Dough-
erty, Durkee, Ehr, .Ellingson, Fedge
Flom, Hardy, Harrington, Hart
Jackson, Jardine, Jonnson of Nelson
Johnson of Pembina, Kellogg, Kelly
Kopp, Lackey, Lake; Louderbeck,
Lynch Maddox. Martin, McCay, Nc
Dowell, McGauvran, Morton, Mus,
Oberg, Olafson, Olson of Towner,
Plath, Quade, Guam, Radcliffe, Root,
Rustad, Sagen, Sims, Slominski,
Sproul, Stark, Shurr, SWEET, Tray
nor, Trubshaw, Tweten, Twichell,
Ulland, Veitch, Walker, Watt, Weld,
Yeater, Speaker Johnson--Total 60.
Anderson of Burke and Divide;
Anderson of Sargent, Arduser, Boil
linger, Bratsberg, Brown, organs, j.
L. Burk, Burkhart, Cart, Cole, Craig,
Erickson, 10th district, Frauds on,
Frederickson. Freeman, Geiszler,
Goranson. Halcrow, Hanson, Haug-
land, Heaton. Helbling, Hempel,
Henne, Hoople, Iverson, Johnson of
Trail, Jones, Larkin, Larson, Lazier,
Levine, Link, McManus, Miller, Nor
den, Olson of Ransom, Orange Pc
ters, Satire of Steele; Sethre of
Williams; Steen, Stretch, Vogel,
isbeck,-Total 46.
Currie, Eckert. Elmer, Erickson Goth
dist; Patterson, Rabe.
Debate 1iB3S
The house engaged in a lengthy
debate over house bill No. 20, relat-
ing to suspensions Of sentences in
criminal cases, and finally killed the
bill
The bill, Chairman Stark of the
judiciary committee said, provide no
judge could suspend sentence I'M
less the maximum penalty were i'm
posed; that thereafter as long as the
defendant lived, the judge Of the
court in which convicted would have
authority to declare the person was
not conducting himself as good
citizen, revoke the sentence and put
the person in Jail; and that it re-
rod ind in -
preach a sermon" to the defendant.
Supporting the majority report for
indefinite postponement of the bill,
he said that the law now provided
that sentence could not be sus-
pended except on. the first offense,
and that it made the Judge the sole
arbiter of the conduct of the defend
ant in the future.
Rep. dad" Walker opposed the
bill vigorously, declaring that the
possibility of abuse was too great,
that it did not temper justice with
mercy. He declared a corrupt Judge
could use it politically.
Rep. Harrington's bill, reducing
the maximum time in which cancel
lation' of land or similar contract
may be cancelled from one year to
thirty days, stayed alive after pro.
longed debate, on close vote. Rep.
HArringt0h's bill, reducing the max
imum time in which cancellation of !
a land or similar contract may be
enforced from one year to 80 days,
stayed alive after prolonged debate,
by a close vote.
The author said he was moved to
introduce the bill because under the
present law when poor man is |
buying home the person from
whom he is buying will require that |!
substantial down payment to COW
er at least a~year's rent will be de- |
manded because of the delay in can
collation. if he fails to make pay-
ments, and that this prevented
many poor men from buying homes.
Discussion, however, turned chiefly
to its effects on land contracts.
Land Sales Hurt
It was argued by Reps. Starke,
rwichell and Carr that the present
law had made sale on land contracts
almost thing of the past, because
such big down payment is requir>
ed. Reps. Twichell and Carr also
argued that the person defaulting in
payments would have opportunity to
seep his property, saying that the
from one year to 80 DAYS
yas simply the reduction Of time in
which an action to foreclosure may d
We started, and that a foreclosure
lnder present procedure offers OPP
'ortunity to. validate contract.
Reps. Hempel, Vogel and others
|rgued that the one-year' provision
vas essential under present condi-
ions in the state, and that it was
J protection to the farmer buying
and on laid contract-that it gave
lim time to get years crop to, be
sed in making up his defaulted
ayments. The bill went to third
eading on q vote of 81 to 81. Il
A score Of bills were to be intro
uced today, most Of them being I,
Ills by the appropriations commit
ee for specific appropriations for
arious state institutions.