The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-06
HOUSE ACTION.
NOW AWAITED
BY SENATORS
Upper House of Legislature
Had About Finished Bust.
ness at Noon
APPROVE THE BUDGET

before the time fixed by the consti-
tuition for the expiration of the 10th
legislative session the North Dakota
senate refused shortly after noon to
concur in house amendments to S.
=. so the general departmental bud
get bill, and the measure went into
conference.
The house amendments 70 the bin
boost the appropriations required in
most cases, but heavy cuts are made
in the department Of the state dairy
commission, and minor cuts in the
office Of the state examiner.
The heaviest increases made by
the house is in the department Of
public instruction the budget Of
which was boosted $65,800 above the
figures set by the senate.
Appropriation bills for the state
university and agricultural college
in which the house is making heavy
cuts had not reached the senate at
noon. 1t will undoubtedly be neces-
sary to name conference committees
on these also.
Senator w. II. Porter of Cavalier
county left last night for his home
in Calvin called there by the severe
illness of one Of his children, and
the Independent majority of one vote
is thus lost.
| The Independent senators today
were looking for some effort on the
part of the Nonpartisans to take ad-
vantage Of this situation, possibly
with reference to the bridge appro-
priation bills which are being held
in STATE of suspended animation
| until the final action of the house
on the university and agricultural
college appropriation bills is known.
killing of four fair appropriation
bills in the house last night didn't
improve the prospects of the bridge
bills.
The first use made by the senate
Nonpartisans of the absence of
Senator w. II. Porter of Cavalier
county was to move for the recall
from the house Of the governors
efficiency expert bill which had
been killed Thursday. This was pre-
liminary to motion for a reconsid-
Grafton of the vote by which the
measure was killed.
On motion Of Senator Rusch the
author of the measure the senate
concurred in house amendments to
Senate Bill No. l which rcwritcs
the delinquent tax law.
Stcib Causes FURRY
The jamestown asylum probe bob
bed up again this morning. Ed
Steib, the former asylum employee
who made the charges has written
several letters attacking the investi-
eating committees and the senate in
general for not finding his charges
Justified.
This aroused the ire Of Senator ].
E. Stevens of Ramsey county who
moved that the senate vote is con-
fidence in the investigation commit
tee.
Senator Richie of Sheridan coun-
ty undertook to defend Steib, when
some Of the senator's wanted him
arrested for contempt of the senate
but finally these were satisfied with
the unanimous passage of Senator
Stevens motion.
ARRIVES in GRAND FORKS
Grand Forks, N. d., March C.
DR.. w. H. Porter, Independent State
Senator from Calvin, N. d.. who left
Bismarck carly this morning in a cal
to make speedy trip to the bedside
of one of his children who is seri
ously i'll, arrived in Lakota this
morning and was to leave there to-
day for Calvin by train. DR.. Porter
remained for several days at his pos,
| in snitc of his de 81 re to he near hi