The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-06
LEGISLATURE
VOICES FAITH
IN PRESIDENT
Resolution Originating in
Senate PraiSing President
Is Passed
LIVELY SCRAP HELD
Other Action of the House
During Busy Afternoon
on Thursday

After a lively battle the North
Dakota House Of Representatives
yesterday afternoon, 50 to 81, pass
ed a senate resolution expire ssing
faith of the nation in President Cal
vim Coolidge. The vote was almost
strictly fractional, three Nonparti-
sans joining independents in the
House in voting for the measure.
while 81 Nonpartisans opposed it,
The resolution, as passed, provid
ed for the sending Of message to
Pres ident Coolidge as follows: "The
Legislative assembly of the state of
North Dakota now in session has by
resolution requested us to convey to
you as chief executive Of this nation
its congrat ulations and best wishes
and to assure that North Dakota has
faith in Coolidge"
Rep. F. A. Vogel, Mclean county,
Nonpart san League floor leader OBJ
jected to the phrase North Oak ta
has faith in Coolidge" and sought to
have this stricken out. His motion
was defeated, and he pressed the
fight against the resolution to roll
call.
The roll on the Coolidge resolution
was:
Ayes-Anderso of Stutsman, Bor-
man, Bollinger, Boyd, Brown, Burns,
Carr, Croker, Currie, Divet, Dough
erty. Eckert, Elken, Ellingson Of
Ramsey. Ellingson Of Trail, Ferris.
Flom, Fox, Frank, Freeman, Halcrow.
Hanson, Hildre, Johnson Of Pembina,
Johnson of Ransom, Johnson Of
Trail, McDowall McGauvren, Miller
OF Mcintosh. Montgomery. Morton,
Mus, Olafson. Palms. Peters, Plath.
Polfuss. Quade, Rabe, Radcliffe,
Root, Rulon, Sagen. San,lerson. Skog-
land. Slominski, Sproul. STANDBY,
Starke, Thompson of Burleigh,
Thompson of Sargent, Traynor,
Tschida, Tuneberg, Twichell Veitch,
Watt, Worner, Zimmerman, 50
Nayes-Anderson of Divide. An
derson of Sargent. Arduser, Grant,
Bubel, Burkhart, Butt, Cart, Craig,
Doyle, Erickson of Divide. Erickson
of kidder. Erickson of Steele, Fine,
Hardy of Slope, Hardy of Mountrail,
Hartl, Helbling, Hempel, Hoople, w.
erson, Jacobson, Jodock, Johnson of
Foster, Johnson of McHenry, Jones,
kamrath, Keierleber, Lazer, Leraas,
Levin, Loudenbeck, McCay, McMan-
us, Martin. Miller of Williams,
Oberg, O'Neil, Guam, Rasmussen.
Richardson, Roberts, Sanford,
Schmidt, Shepard, Shurr, Stretch,
Svingen. SWEET, Thatcher, Tweten,
Vogel, Yeater, Speaker Larkin, 54.
The vote was solidly Independent
;.nd Nonpartisan, except that Morton,
ed aye"
Long Fight Settled
The long fight over Senate Bill
No. &c, making appropriations for
the children's department of the
board Of administration, was ended,
when the House repassed the bill on
conference report, SO to 20. As the
bill finally was passed the salary
OF the director, Miss Henrietta Lund,
twas left at $4,000. The House had
rejected four conference committee
reports because of this salary item.
Efforts to reconsider several bills
were made. Rep. Starke was not
successful in an attempt for recon-
sideration of the engineers license
bills. Senate bill No. 1879, providing
an appropriation of $4,000 to aid in
drilling the Des Laos oil we'll, got
70 votes for reconsideration to 80
against, but failed for lack of two
thirds of the House vote. The meas
ure previously had been indefinitely
postponed.
Rep. l. w. Standley of Hope, after
this vote, walked to the front of the
House and said he wished to exoner-
ate H. f. Johnson, head of the Des
Laos oil well company, Of allega-
tions which he made in debate q
few days previous, Rep. STANDBY
saying that he had been misinform-