The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-07
bonner, BARDERRY
Bills KILLED; GAS
TAX PASSAGE seen
Highway Reorganization Meas.
ure Fails to Pass by Vote
81 to SO in House
0kAY $4,000 CHARITY BILL
More Abe lincolns and Fewer
Red Oranges Are Needed
Swendseid Tells Solons
oKAY $4,000 CHARITY BILL

oCuotUE a. + 0OIlLCI Ultl prov Iu-
ing for reorganization Of the high
way commission and department
was killed in the house yesterday
by a vote of 81 to SO.
Vote to kill the bill came upon its
reporting from the house state af-
fairs committee recommending in
definite postponement. Attempt to
delay action until Thursday or Fri
day by seeking to amend the meas
ure failed.
A bill to appropriate $4,000 for
an auditorium and gymnasium at
the state agricultural college ran a
dangerous gauntlet in the committee
Of the whole. It came out Of the
committee recommended for passage
but only after it had provoked a
vigorous debate. 1--WE need more Abe
Lincolns and few Red Oranges" r..
E. Swendseid of Mountrail county,
declared in opposing the measure.
Barberry Bill Fails
An attempt to include a $4,000
appropriation for barberry cradica-
tion in the general budget Of the
agricultural college experiment sta
tion failed. The committee Of the
whole recommended the budget with
out this appropriation and the re-
port was accepted by the house. The
general budget bill of the state uni
versity also was recommended for
passage by the committee Of the
whole.
An added gasoline tax Of one cent
will 60 to the counties if the Watt
bill for such q tax is passed BY the
house as recommended by the COM
-Ynittee Of 1.-THE whole. Attempt was
made to turn 4 portion of the added
tax over to the highway department
but the committee rejected such an
amendment.
The committee passed bill to ap-
propriate $4,000 for the House Of
Mercy and st. Johns Orphanage at
Fargo and killed bill to increase
high school tuition to students COM
ing from outside districts to high
school.
Bill Has Merit
II have yet to hear one construc-
tive criticism Of the Bonzer high
way BILL" declared NJ. H. Lynch,
Richland county. 1.-THE bill has mer-
it and brings business principles in
to government. II we need efficiency
in any department, it is the highway
department, which spends as much
money alone rs the legislature ap-
propriates for all other branches Of
the state.
I'm business one man is at the
head of the organization" Lynch
continued. I'm military affairs it is
the same. Another thing, this plan
will place one man on the job 365
days in the year whereas under the
present system the commission puts
in very few days during the year."
He made q motion to place the bill
in the committee of the whole to
make an amendment.
L. L. Twichell, Cass county, at
tackled the principle Of q one-man
commission. "This is not a three
man commission but q one-man
commission" he asserted. Zone man
is named by the governor and is
the dictator with the governor and
auditor present only when contracts
are let. Does the house know any
body to whom It would turn over an
6,000, 900 department?
"A one man commission is the
product Of q situation where q man
has been developed who can handle
the work better than three or five"
Twichell contended. Difference in
the size Of the commission makes
no difference" Mr.. Sharts, federal
engineer who appeared before the
committee when the bill was consid-
cred, said. "The work Of the commits
sion depends on the character Of the
board and not the FORM" he said.
'Inefficiency in Department
There is much inefficiency in the
highway department and people Of
the state are demanding that some-
thing be done," Fred =. Mau, Ram
som county, maintained. "This inef-
ficiency should b rectified. How can
we ret efficiency with different de-
partments in the highway depart
mont and no coordinating head +!
(C0oakfnAled m UnRA elove0)