The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-01-10
CHAIRMEN ARE
NAMED FOR BIG
SENATE BODIES
First Nine Committee Chair
men Announced Show a
Division of Power
NAME OTHERS SOON
Legislature Will BE Able To
Begin Considering Bills
in Legislature

Craftsmanship of nine important
committees of the state senate, an
nounced today by Lieutenant Gov
eAnOr Walter Maddox and the BIZ
partisan committee on committees,
gives five posts to Independents and
four to Nonpartisans. The other
committee chairmanships are expect
ed to be divided between the two
political factions in the Senate.
Independents named to chairman
4hips are: Appropriations, Paul
Kretschmar, Mcintosh and Logan;
Judiciary, Frank Ployhar, Barnes;
Tax and Tax Laws, A. G. Storstad,
Cass; Education, P. J. Murphy,
Walsh; Elections, C. w. Carey,
Richland; and Nonpartisans heading
committee. were: State Affairs, D.
H. Hamilton. McHenry; Banks and
Banking, Ralph Ingerson, Burke; In
surance, Nels Magnuson, Bottineau;
Railroads, ]. w. Benson, Rolette.
The House this afternoon was ex-
pected to receive the joint resolution
passed yesterday by the Senate re-
questing the United States Supreme
Court to make an immediate decision
in the North Dakota Grain Grading
case.
There still was a paucity Of pros
pective bills. L. L. Twichell of Cass
county, who has served in seven ses-
sions, said he did not recall ses-
sion in which, during the first week,
so few proposed bills were being
urged or discussed by members of
the Legislature.
Thirty-twO Nonpartisans an d
eight Independents were designated
as chairmen of committees in the
North Dakota House of Representa-
tives, by b. C. Larkin, speaker, lead
<rship on all of the important COM
ihittees going to leaguers.
On the appropriations and judi
ciary committees, the personnel. of
which was announced in full late
yesterday there are 10 Nonpartisans
and seven Independents. 1t is un-
Mrstood that this proportion will be
followed throughout except on the
committees which have only Is men,
bers on which the proportion will be
nine Nonpartisans to six Independ-
ents.
New Committee
Two new committees are added to
the house list under the new set Of
rules proposed for adoption this
afternoon by Mrs. Minnie Craig
chairman of the rules committee,
one of these will be known as the
state industries committee, and
would have charge of legislation
dealing with the state owned mill
and elevator. Bank of North Dakota
etc. The other is committee on
resolutions. 'ae
While all of the committee chair
men have been announced the COM
plete makeup of the committees eX-
eept those on appropriations and
judiciary is still lacking. On the
latter committee places have been
given to all the lawyers who are
members of the house, all of whom
are Independents.
Independents were given the chair
manships of the committee on mil
itary affairs, and the joint commit
tees on penal institutions, insurance,
public buildings, state library, rules,
labor, and charitable institutions.
None of the Grand Forks county
representatives received committee
chairmanships.
Vogel Heads Appropriations
#. A. Vogel, the league floor lead
:~o hn oh q
manship Of the appropriations COM
mittee, while the state affairs chair
manship went to James McManus the
committee on, taxes and tax laws,
George Morton of Dunn is chairman
of the committee on judiciary, while
Mrs. Minnie Craig of Benson is as
signed to the chairmanship of the
committee on banking. Charles
Stretch of Bottineau was given the
craftsmanship of the new committee
on state industries.
]. w. Hempel of Sheridan county
twas assigned to the chairmanship OF
the committee on temperance, but
announced from the floor of the
house that he would decline to ac-
cept the position. Speaker Larkin
said that his resignation would be
accepted. Mr.. Hempel when asked
asS~to his reason for the declining
tie committee. Craftsmanship refused
to make any statement. The COM
mittee on temperance is the one to
which will be referred any bills
which may be introduced for the re-
peal of the anti-cigarette law.
Most of the rules Of the 4revious
session will be adopted unchanged II
/ the report Of the committee is ac-
ceptsd. The chief changes recon-
. men6ed by that body outside Of The
(Centinued On pAeo y