The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-28
ABSENCE TURMOIL
HELPS LEGISLATORS
| TO Study zoo Bills
Committee Meetings Furnish
the Chief Excitement, With
Floor Battles Looming

THOUGH t0S MINUS Oh the 3lSC leg
lslative, assembly may have ground
slowly In their first three weeks Of
activity. they have eaten up nearly
200 bills, produced q few finished
products and thrown some into the
discard.
However, most Of the 200 are vet
In the process Of grinding with more
to b heaped upon them during the
week.
In but few instances has there
been turmoil In the machinery. Evi-
dence Of coming disturbance over adj
ministration and other grain storage
measures has occurred but the dis
turbance Is yet to come.
Committees In Battles
Committee meetings have OCCASION
ed the chief excitement for two little
clashes In the house last week and q
few in the senate earlier. The SEN
! ate judiciary committee has ground
away warmly at q bill on q dormi-
tory plan for state educational inSti-
buttons and the senate committee on
education held an interesting session
on the so-called Ten Commandments
bill> The house temperance commit
tee drew an audience on its consider
: alton OF q proposed bill to require
record Of malt product sales.
A wide variety Of legislation has
gone into the hopper In three weeks
and new legislators are finding that
they must become informed on an al
most endless list Of subjects. A great
number Of bills have been the regu-
! lar grist Of appropriation measures.
81 In all to date. This Is exclusive Of
bridge appropriation bills IL Of which
have been presented. The Fort Yates
and Mclean county bridges over the
Missouri river are chief among these.
Consider Many Bills
Seventeen bills for minor changes
IN court procedure and other changes
relating to courts are under consider
alton. Education bills number IL with
the Twete bill to do away with the
rural school inspector already passed
in the house and the bill to repeal
the so-called Ten Commandments
law listed on today's calendar in the
senate.
Matters relating to agriculture are
/ the subject Of dozen or more bills,
grain storage measures and two dog
tax bills to protect sheep and other
farm animals being among them.
Nine bills on insurance have been
introduced, four of them concerning
hail insurance. Several highway acts
and acts to govern minor changes in
cities are included In the long list.
Mill Fight Coming
II Is not expected that the legis-
1ative pathway will remain as smooth
as It has been during these first few
weeks. The issue most likely to de-
velop q solid party division Is the pro-
posed bill to turn the management OF
the state mill and elevator over to q
commission. relieving the governor of
his present responsibility in connec-
ton with the enterprise. Even here,
however. there is prospect Of
number of Nonpartisans supporting
the bill because they feel it is the
wise or the expedient' thing to do.
One Of the outstanding develop
ments Of the last week was the appar-
ent settlement of the bridge building
problem. A bridge over the Red river
at Grafton and one over the Missouri
river near Fort Yates appear certain
with second Missouri river bridge
at WaShburn q possibility.
/ A warm contest between Washburn
and Garrison for the second Missouri
river bridge was In prospect but was
halted when advocates of each bridge
site reached an agreement among
themselves. It remains to be seen II
there will be enough money in the
bridge fund to meet the demands
made upon it. however. and this
years expenditures for new bridges
may be limited to those at Grafton
and Fort Yates. Appropriations for
bridges at Fargo and Wahpeton are
taken as q matter of course.
Administration Busy
With the calendars frightening and
the various legislative committees
growing buster every day, the admin
1stratton Is making an effort to get
its legislative program into final
shape. Governor George F. Shafer
will make an effort to give practical
effect to The ideas contained in his
inaugural message by introducing
fbtlls covering these points. Some Of
them already have come in and all Of
those now tefore the legislature are
ifegarded Is likely to pass without
trouble.
8 The remaining administration bills
IRE expected to be introduced this
week. When they reach the discus
feton stage It win be possible to tell
whether the political lions and lambs
ctually are lying down peacefully to-
Bether as Is indicated BY the events
4pf the first three weeks. An
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