The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-10
CERTAIN
TO COMMAND BODY
ON STATE AFFAIRS
Gordon Cox, Bismarck, Regard.
ed as Sure Chairman Of
Judiciary Committee
PETERS, FREEMAN LIKELY,
Hamilton Leads Senate Racas
Patterson, Marshall and
Sathre Other Leaders

The first bin OF the twenty
first legislative session was pre-
Sented In the senate today BY
Senator Walter Bond, Minot.
1t would permit municipalities
to sell bonds to raise money for
the retirement Of outstanding Inn
provcment warrants, the idea be-
Ing that the bonds will cost less
for interest than would the war
rants.
Legislative members were staging
an informal guessing contest today.
With little to do except wait for
committee assignments, the guesees
were directed toward the placement
OF members Of the house and senate
on the various legislative committees.
speculation was directed largely to-
ward selections for committee CHAIR
manshtps. The committee on conn
mittees appointed to handle this work
IN the senate this morning had not
yet held Q formal meeting. Il vas
expected to meet whenever the Nom
partisan league members Of the conn
mittee had completed their Lineup Of
assignments for Nonpartisan SEN
ators. The formal meeting Of thu
committee Is expected to be In the
nature OF ratification session. since
the Independent committee members
nave conceded the Nonpartsan rieht
70 domination Of the selection Of COM
mtttee chairmeu.
Twichell, Cox Certain
Speaker Edwin Traynor was hrxv
tooay lining up committee assirn-
ments Tor house members. It was re.
garded as certain that L. L. Twichell.
Fargo. would be named chairman az
the state affairs committee, and thit
Gordon Cox. Bismarck, would ret tl,e
ass1gnment on the judiciary !. 1u1nslk. =
tee. They held, these last year.
Other probable house selections
were p. L. Peters, Pierce county Ia
mead the appropriations COMMITTEES
and g. v. Freeman, Grand Forks
county, on the insurance COMMITTEES
changes IN membership Of the house
and the selection OF Traynor to the
speakership leaves open a large num-
per OF committee chairmanships AZ
compared with the last session ana
q number OF veterans in the Inde- ,
pendent camp are considered In line
Tor promotion" to the chairmanshine !.
Of more important committees than /
they headed at the last session.
Hamilton In Senate !.
D. H. Hamilton McFIepry county. !
was regarded as the most likely can. !
1idate for chairman Of the senate ~.
Lairs committee and Del Patteroon. /
Renville county, was Z possibility to
head the senate appropriations COM
m1ttee. A. 8. Marshall or Dickev
county also was being considered fce.'
ms place. p. o. Sathre, steele
county. was probable selection "a
head the senate judiciary COMMITTEES.
observers here were generally az
he opinion that the major bills vhich
Will be introduced to carry out ia
administrative program, outlined yes-
;crday in the inaugural messaee AZ
Governor George F. 0hafer. vill s.
handled In the house by the state a.
airs committee.
The explanation Of this uossibilitv
that Chairman Twichell then would
'e IN position to handle the confer.
'nces with senate conference com.
nittees which are expected to result
rom Nonpartisan domination Of tha
lpper legislative branch.