The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-04
STRIKE RESOLUTION
IN SENATE HALTED
BY NOODLE Ruling
Effort by stuoke to Force Ac.
ton Abandoned; Left for
Wexford to Handle

VVOVVuN ~ uU0UUNUO
Announcement Of disqualification
Of Governor Thomas H. Noodle by
the state supreme court headed off
q move In the North Dakota senate
Saturday to force resolutions on the
Fargo strike out Of committee on
ways and means.
Debate on = motion OF Senator T.
Q. stucke Of Mclean to have the
senate request the committee to re-
port the resolutions to the main body
came to . halt with announcement
the supreme court had held against
Noodle and that Lieutenant Cover
nor Walter Wexford, presiding over
the body, was now acting governor.
Stucke withdrew his motion, say
ing ut Is not very often that I back
up In . situation like this, but Mr..
President, this is the last time, I be.
lieve. that am going to address you
as president Of the senate, after this
It is governor Of North Dakota
This being the fact" stucke said,
II am going TO withdraw my motion
and leave It to your honest, good
Judgment to settle the Fargo affair"
His motion prevailed.
Seeks 70 Force Issue
Debate opened after the senate re-
convened following q recess during
which members Of the ways and
means committee held . closed ses.
sion to determine whether to report
out the resolutions which protest
"acts of violence and terrorism"
against coal driver strikers and de-
mand their release from Jail.
Stucke sought to force the resolu-
lions onto the floor for action through
q senate rule requiring the chairman
Of any committee to whom . bill or
resolution has been referred, shall. II
50 ordered by vote Of the majority
Of the senate present, report such bin
or resolution back to the senate
forthwith"
A. w. Fowler Of Cass opposed the
move, declaring he was not going to
argue the merits OF the resolution be-
cause he had not been In Fargo dur
ing the strike and did not have per.
sonal information about the facts.
He suggested III we are going to
take up the resolution, then in the
spirit Of fairness, it should be laid
over until Monday 50 We can hear
both sides and act intelligently."
No Particular Hurry
He said he had been In the senate
four terms with both factions control
ling, but "this is the first time I have
seen an effort to force something
through without giving both sides .
chance to speak"
"Why this particular hurry" he
asked. why not lay 1t over until
Monday"
Gust Wog Of Billings. chairman Of
the ways and means committee. In
formed senators he had promised
Fowler no action would be taken until
the opposition to the resolution had
been heard and had told Senator
William Watt Of Cass, absent satur.
day, that no action would be taken.
As s. s. Mcdonald Of Burleigh
spoke in support Of the resolution.
announcement Of the supreme court
action was made. The senate ad.
:journed until Monday.
. Indefinite postponement was the
fate Of McDonaldS bill to repeal the
absent voters law IN North Dakota
which pioneered the movement In the
United States.
Promise Of introduction Of . new
bill amending the present law to
tighten up and eliminate possibility
Of fraud was given Mcdonald before
tho bill was postponed.
Starts Immediate Battle
Coming out Of committee with two
reports, one for passage, the other
for indefinite postponement, the bill
started q battle Immediately.
Fowler requested reasons for the
drastic repeal measure" with Nc
Donald declaring that approximately
10000 such ballots had been cast last
fall. and claiming about $4,000 Of
them were absolutely illegal"
Many persons who have been dead
for 20 years, he said, have been vot~
ing.
E. E. Greene Of stutsman said he
did not believe the absent ballot
should be done away with although,
he declared. the law probably should
be amended.
Declaring the absent ballot has
more safeguards than voting In per-
son, Fowler questioned that 10000
absent ballots were cast last fall, ex-
pressing the opinion It probably was
closer to 5000 or 10000"
Fowler said It would be unfair
to deprive citizens interested enough
to want to exercise their franchise"
He said III there are loop holes in
the law, I will be glad to aid in MAX
ing 1t tighter"
Two Proposals Passed
Two proposals were passed by the
senate, one senate bill turning over
duties Of the state capitol commission
10 the state board Of administration,
the other q house resolution fixing
salaries Of Legislative employees.
A resolution urging federal and
state authorities to cooperate In .
program Of highway construction with
particular attention to needs Of urban
and rural communities was introduced
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