The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-22
|NATUROPA Attic BILL. !.
TIES only SENATE
THRILL Thursday
One Deadlock Creates Second
and Lieutenant Governor
Gives Death Vote
INTEREST CUT IS PASSED
Measure to Add Fingerprint
Identification to Ballots
Cast to Discard


Arguments were brief and tame in
the state senate Thursday although
the upper branch Of the North Dakota
assembly killed two bills which pre-
viously had caused sharp debate and
heated words.
Galleries In the senate chamber
were packed with people who expected
to hear q real fight when the bill
to license naturopathic doctors came
to a vote.
Before the vote could be taken,
however, j. p. Cain, Stark county,
moved to kill the bill and the roll was
called on that motion without de-
bate. The result was tie, % to %,
according to an unofficial checkup.
but two senators had passed their
votes.
Lieutenant Governor John w. Carr.
the presiding officer. faced with the
duty Of breaking the tie, pointed out
to the senate that two Of their num-
Der had not voted. BY q two-thirds
vote q senator may be permitted to
pass his vote but the two-thirds ma
jority was not forthcoming. Senator
w. 8. Whitman, Grand Forks, sup
ported the motion to kill the bill but
Senator o. H. Olson Of Eddy county.
the other nonvoter, supported 1t and
the final count still was tie. "a to
a. Carr thereupon voted with OPP
ponents Of the measure.
Defeated Minus Debate
AS result 1t went down to defeat
without word having been said
either for Or against its merits.
The bill would have provided for
the licensing Of a medical cult calling
themselves naturopathS. who treat
ailments by physical or mechanical
means. The bill also would have per-
mitted them to practice minor sur
gerry. Medical doctors conducted q
hot campaign against the bill while a
number Of naturopaths lobbied for it.
The other bill killed without argyll
rnent was the one preventing credit
ors in foreclosure proceedings from
taking deficiency Judgments in cases
where the property sold does not bring
enough money to meet the debt. It
was the subject Of bitter debate yes
terday. It received "a votes, one
short OF the constitutional majority.
The Hamilton bill. which would
authorize the governor to appoint q
manager for the state mill and ele-
vator at Grand Forks and continue
the governors responsibility for man
agement Of the institution, had been
scheduled for vote Thursday. Ham,
ilton moved, however. to defer the
vote until Monday. The bills chances
Of passing the senate are regarded as
doubtful. despite the fact that the
Nonpartisan faction, Of which Hamil-
ton is a leader, has a nominal ma
jority Of three votes.
Interest Rate Reduced
A bill to reduce the maximum legal
rate Of interest from nine to eight
per cent passed. It created the major
discussion Of Thursdays session.
Senator Cain said the bill would
affect only the western third Of the
state since banks in the eastern part
are not charging more than eight per
cent now.., It would be unwise to re-
duce the present maximum, Cain
said, since 1t might prove harmful to
both bankers and borrowers.
Dell Patterson, Renville county.
author Of the bill. said extortionate
interest rates charged by the bank.
ers are :eating up the farmers. He
said most bankers charge the maxi
mum interest rate permitted by law.
EastxnfA Bucks Bill
J. E. Eastgate. Grand Forks county,
said he felt the bill should be killed
since interest rates are not 80 much
matter Of law as Of individual credit.
The interest q farmer pays for money.
he said, depends on his financial
position and the kind of farming he Is
doing. A lowering Of the interest
rate would clean out" at lot Of
farmers, he said, by making 1t diff
cult for them to finance the opera
lions and encouraging foreclosures on
farmers not in sound financial posi-.
ton.
A bill to amend the absent voters
ballot law to require persons voting
the ballots to identity them by mark
Ing them with . fingerprint was de-
feated upon a report by the majority
Of the judiciary committee.
| An effort to save the Conrath bill.
which would have declared railroads
q public improvement for which taxes
could be levied. failed. It had twice
been recommended Tor defeat by the
Judiciary COMMITTEES and the ef-
fort Thursday was to send 1t to
the tax committee. The vote or
this question resulted in tic
and Carr voted to leave It with
the judiciary COMMITTEES. The lat
tier COMMITTEES /. thereupon present-
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