The Alaska daily empire., 1925-04-30
HOUSE NOW SET
FOR final DAY.;
SLATE CLEARED
Passes All Measures on Cal
endar and Is Ready for
Bills from Senate.

Passing four Senate bills and one
Senate memorial, and two House
measures, the House yesterday af
ternoon disposed of all measures
that were expected to come before it
this session and was in position to
handle any amendments that the
Senate may put into the three meas
ures which remained in its hands
for final disposition. For the first
time In the recollection of observers
there was no indication that the final
day of the session would be signal.
lied in a jam of legislation and con.
fused by torrid conferences over dis.
puted taxation and appropriation
measures.
The former bill has been disposed
of entirely, the House concurring
without debate on the Senate's
amendment restoring the bakery
schedule. And all indications were
favorable to an equally satisfactory
disposition of the appropriations bill.
In fact, there were hopeful individ-
uals who were confident there would
be no lengthy night session today to
mark the sessions end
Fight Board Mcasure.
Mr.. Murray. who marshalled the
forces of the regular Republicans and
Democrats behind the Sherman bill
empowering the Territorial Canvas
sing Board with authority to examine
individual ballots where there legal
ity should be questioned. was even.
tually successful in getting 1t before
the House and 1t was quickly passed.
Paul led the opposition to the meas
ure.
The claim was advanced that un-
dsr the House rIfes II was not pos
sible TO bring in a substitute bill.
Murray contended that the substitute
was the amendment which the Elec
tions Committee recommended, that
the original measure had been re-
committed to that committee for
amendment He was upheld by the
Speaker. An amendment was then
offered to the bill which was ruled
out on point of order. The OPP
ponents of the bill then sought to
have it recommtted to amend, but
the motion was lost. On final pas
sage the measure carried nine to
seven. Grier. Hardy. Jensen. Moody.
Murray, Sherman and Speaker viii
cox voting for it, Elliot. Ferguson,
Grant Nylen, Paul, Ross and Sund-
quist against.
Pass Sundquist Bill.
A similar fight was waged against
House Bill No. 40 Sundquist, regu.
lating the size of sample ballots. AS
amended by the House the printing
or possession of sample ballots more
than two-thirds as large as the Off
cial ballots is made misdemeanor
The aim of the measure as was point
ed out by Mr.. Jensen, is to prevent
the use of form ballots, stencils and
similar devices by voters.
Paul sought to have the prohibition
against possession of the illegal
sample ballots stricken but the
amendment was defeated On final
passage. with Mr. Ross absent, only
two votes were cast against it. Paul
and Nylen voting no.
Hunts memorial urging that the
Metlakatla Island Indian reservation
act be repealed and the island open
ed to settlement was passed IL to
2. Moody and Speaker Wilcox op-
posing. Ayers bill amending the
Workmen's Compensation Act by
providing for funds for hospitaliza-
ton and medical treatment passed
unanimously Senate Bills No. Al.
and AZ. providing for the construc-
ton of airplane landing fields i'll
the Second and Third Divisions re-
spectively. were passed. The form
er measure also provides for pay
ment of $4,000 annually to the city
of Nome to take care of its share
of harbor maintenance. Senate Dill