The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-18
SI|PENDS Bench
Held SUFFICIENT,
JUDCEDBY FARMER
TiIIers Making Dollar a Day and
Supreme Court Staff Paid
SIS Each, Is Argument
NATUR0PATHS HAVE HOPE
Bill Defeated Friday for Licens-
ing HeaIers to Be Resur.
rected by Backers

Proposals to raise the pay OF SUI.
preme and district court judges ane
Of state officials went into the discard
Saturday when the North Dakots
senate voted them down.
A divided report was presented b,
the judiciary committee. The recon.
mendatton OF the minority that thu
bills be killed was adopted 30 to Is.
Six other senate bills went through
without argument.
The foundation was laid for re-
opening the argument on the bill ia
license naturopathic doctors to prac-
lice In the state. The bill was beaten
Friday but an effort to apply the
"ciincher" motion failed and It was
expected to come up again today.
Leaders OF the fight for the measure
indicated that they would move for
reconsideration.
arguments on the salary increase
proposals reused echoes OF the battle
over the proposal to raise the pay of
legislators by granting them an al
lowancc for committee services
beaten several days ago when many
members held that the effort was un-
constitutional. The debate was
wholly on the judicial salary bill
When the vote went against it. the
bill to raise the pay OF state officers
was permitted to share the same fate
without discussion.
Compares Judges. Farmers
Opening the fight. Dell Patterson
'Rcnvtlle county, compared the situa-
ton OF the judges with that of the
average farmer, saying supreme court
Judges get SIS day whereas statis-
tics show that the average farmer
and his familJegets only one dollar a
Gay. He said salary increases would
BE an imposition on the taxpayer and
called on hts fellows to rally to the
defense Of the exchequer.
J. r. Cain, Stark county, sponsor Of
the bill. pointed to the fact that
supreme court members are getting
salaries fixed Ia 1905 and that dis
tr1ct court judges salaries were fixed
~ 1907. Since then. he said. MANY
laws have been passed to benefit the
farmer but no pay boosts have been
given judges. He said district Judges
receive less than similar officials IN
any other state and that salaries ~
49reme court judges are lower than
- any other states except Florida and
1pnnessec. The state. he said, can |
well afford to give them an increase !
ana dwelt upon the increase In living !
costs since they last received a raise
W. d. Lynch said judges and state
OFFICIALS have no chance to save for
= rainy day and that service on the
bench and In state office incapacitates
= man with respect to making good in
other activities when he returns Ia
private life. The average LAWYER
making half the salary received by a
Judge. has better prospects OF build
ING q competence than do judges, he
said.
Quit II Not Satisfied
=. H. Hamilton. McHenry county.
compared the judicial salary raise
With the proposal to raise the legis-
lators' pay and declared that those
who have the jobs can quit them II
they are not satisfied with what thew
IRE getting.
John Van Arnam, Cass county.
sAid he respects the judges but re.
spects the taxpayers more, that the
state has fewer people now than 10
years ago, that half the farms of the
state are under foreclosure and that
he taxpayer needs relief.
frank Hyland, Devils Lake, stressed
he high qualifications which a Judge
must have, the cost of living, and of
st1ucation, and said they work harder
Now than when the salaries were
ixed.
Ole Ettestad, McHenry county, said
Y felt judges should get more
han the average farmer but that
hey are getting more now. If thev 9
re overworked, he said. the answer
to get more judges rather than to !.
aise the pay; that no one should
'vcrwork for any amount of money 9
Cain explained that the legislative
~ boost was voted down because the =
egtslators had no right to increase
heir own pay but that they could in =
rease the pay OF the judges. He Q
xplained that the raise, IL granted. =
Guild not be effective until the Judges y
lefe reelected and six years from 81
~ In the cases of all but two SUI
rene court judges. Because the leg. :
MAJORS receive an absurdly low wage =
mo reason for being niggardly with q
- judges. he commended. y,
4. Oppose Pay Increases v
William Watt, Cas- county, said he y
~ rejected, q q member OF tho