The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-01
HOUSE BEATS CLOCK AFTER
 HOT SESSION
Stormy Night Meeting Is Hard on GdveI- I-Sendte
 Sent Sea of Bills

Lusty lunged Representatives in the House, racing the clock last night to get under the Senate ac- ceptance deadline, gave a damned gallery it's biggest show of the ses- sion, and gave Sneaker Howard Lyng sour outlook on the world and a sore gavel arm before mid- night closed the session and by zones became bygones.
 Legislators shouted at each other. ''impugned" each others motives, and threw charges of "grandstand- ing" while Speaker Lyng persist ently yielded his gavel, at one time offering "to get hard boiled" and another time threatening to hava an "impugning" member removed from the House.
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 In the period of time between 3.30 o'clock in the afternoon until midnight, the House passed 19 meas- ures and killed three to bring the days total of bills handled to 29, in addition to nearly forty bills dealt with yesterday, setting some sort of record.
 Speaker Lyng took up the gavel at 7:30 last night with defiance, after experiencing supper time pres sure from those who would have defeated two controversial measures in the afternoon, in which Lyng cast the deciding votes.
 l The two measures were. House Bili li8, by Davis, passed. to create Ia Territorial Revenue Constabulary, and House Bill 95, by Lander, which was killed and if passed both houses, would have repealed criminal sym dicalism laws of the Territory. Contabuiary
 Representative Davis's constab- ulary measures carries an appro- priation of S3o,00o to create the office of Chief of Constabulary. who may appoint i3 Territorial Constables. Duties of the law body cover a wide range of license tax collection. liquor law enforcement. traffic law en- enforcement on Territorial Roads, inspections of weights and measures and kindred subjects. The measure passed, to T.
 The criminal syndicalislr repeal measure offered by Lander, was de- feated by tie vote. laborites lnsist- ing the law, enacted iii 1917, during the war, is outdated, unusued and of no use. and opponents Of the bill insisting the law should be kept on the books in case of need.
 The law, which labor has long fought, defines criminal svndicalisnl as "The doctrine which advcatese crime. sabogage, violence, or other unlawful methods of terrorism as means of accomplishing industrial or political reform or which advo- cates the overthrow. by force or violence of the government of the United States or the Territory of Alaska"
 The law also says Tor other un- lawful methods of terrorism as means of accomplishing industrial or political reform.
 Representative Davis. opposing the measure, brought down coals of fire from ex-service man Represen- tative Smith of the labor block when he asked, Are We Americans?" Smith expressed insult at any question as to his patriotism, and said "six members of this House in favor of the bill are ex-service men,"
 The vote was 8 to 8. Voting for the bill were, Coffey, Dowd, Danger, Lander. Mccormick, Smith, Spencer. Walker. Voting against it were, Anderson, Davis. Gordon, Martin, McCutcheon, Por- ter, Rogge, Lyng.
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