St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-11
North Dakota Legislators Re-
fuse to Swallow the Louis
lana Lottery Bill.
The Bill Giving the Southern
Tiger a Legal Lair Is
Squelched.
Charges Of Bribery and Cor
ruption Are to Be Inves-
tigated.
The Virgin State Spared the
Stigma Of Sandager's
Infamous Scheme.
Special to the Globe.

BISMARCK, n. d., rep. 1U.-Ine eS-
citement over the lottery bill, claimed to
be in the interest of the Louisiana Lot
terry company, reached its climax to-day
in the house when further considera-
tion of it was indefinitely postponed.
In the senate, Bell, Democrat, intro
duced resolution calling for an in
vestigation of the charges of bribery
on the bill, and also included
the state Republican convention and
the United States senatorial fight. No
Sooner had the resolution been intro
duced than Senator La Moure, Repub-
lican, rose and resented the reflection
that this resolution cast on the Repub-
lican party of the state. For one, he
said he defied any man to point at
one corrupt act of his, either in
the state convention, in the election of
United States senators or in voting for
the lottery bill. He would favor the
resolution, and hoped that the investi-
cation would be tull and complete.
Senator Swanston followed in similar
vein. and scored those who had been
circulating the reports branding them as
HYPoCRITES AND BLACKMAILERS.
He would support the resolution and
hoped that that the men who had been
making the charges would be brought
to. account. Bell, the Democratic sena-
tor who introduced the resolution, re-
piled by saying that his resolution
seemed to make the Republicans
squirm. He voted for the lottery bill, as
did every one of the seven Democrats
in the senate, and they knew that in
situations of bribery had been made.
He did not care what the Republicans
thought of it, but the Democrats would
not remain silent under these charges.
They demanded an investigation. The
resolution was passed by unan-
imOuS vote, and MeSsrS. Robinson
Haggart and Harmon, Republicans, and
Mccormack and Mcbride, Democrats,
were appointed as the committee. Al
ready subppnas have been issued for
number. of the most prominent Repub-
licaHs in the state to appear be-
tore the committee. They are E.
W. Camp, of Jamestown, reporter of
Senator Bailey, Fuller and T. B. Casey,
OF Minneapolis, who, it is claimed, dis
burSed the funds for the election of his
brother, Lyman R. Casey. to the United
States senate. Others who have been
summoned are Lieut.. Gov. Dickey and
Jesse Frye, of Jamestown, and George
Carpenter, of Wiliston, and n. &. Fan
ming, of New Rockford.
THE SENSATION CREATED
by this action OH the part of the senate
was no greater than that in the house
when Representative Walsh moved to
Indefinitely postpone the lottery bill.
Walsh hah hnon 10 nd
this action OF. his part was seconded by
Representative Stevens who had also
favored it. Representative Walsh ex-
planned that the object of the
was to take the bill out Of the eVs way of
other legislation and permit the Dusi-
ness of the session to proceed Repre-
sentative Stevens stated in reply to a
charge of the minority that this was to
Shut off the investigation of the bill,
that he desired to see the investigation
proceed. He did not propose to be
Shadowed by private detectives on
trumped up charges of fraud. His
reference to detectives created stir, as
it has been discovered that detectives
supposed to be from the Pinkerton
agency in Chicago have been at work
here, and the men claimed to be detect
ives were i'll the room while Stevens
was speaking. A vote being taken, the
motion to
INDEFINITELY POSTPONE THE BILL
carried. This, it is believed, is the
death knell of the bill, and It's opponents
are jubilant. The friends of the meas
ure concluded that they could not get
the necessary two-thirds vote, hence
this action. A message was received
here to-day from M. A. Dauphin, presl-
dent of the Louisiana Lottery company,
Iefuting the statement that the lottery
would ruin the state. He states that
but 8 per cent of the lottery'S receipts
come from Louisiana.
JOHNSON MUST FURNISH PROOFS.
Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK, n. D., Feb. 1O.-M. N.
johnson, the Scandinavian candidate
for the United States senate, who claims
that he was offered $4,000 and $4,000
consulate for his support during the
conteSt,has been subp9naed and will be
the first witness to appear before
the investigating committee. For some
time the newspapers have been calling
on johnson for proof of his statement,
and now the Investigating committee
will give him whirl. There is great
excitement In political circles. and it
begins to look as though those who
have been bowling about morality dur
ing the past week will be given an op-
portunity to defend themselves against
charges of cOrruptiOn