St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-05
Attorney General Goodwin. of
North Dakota, Denounced
by the Senate.
Senator Dodds Deposed from
the Office of President
Pro Tenn.
Two Nebraskans Enamored Of
Each Others Wives Effect
a Trade.
A Badger Brute Makes
Meal Out OF a Team
ster's Lip.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK. n. D.. March 4.-This has
been day of sensations in the legis-
lature. In the senate the cOmmunica-
tiOn from the attorney general, in which
he made sarcastic reply to a request
of the senate for his opinion as to the
proper procedure to compel the attend
ance of witnesses before the invesIi gat-
ing committee. was considered. 1t is
we'll known that it is the desire or the
committee to compel certain state Offl-
GERS who are close political friends of
the attorney general to testify, and the
attorney general has been evading the
questions sent to him for some time.
Recently he informed the committee
that the best way for the state to pro-
ceed was by due process of law. This
was taken as an insult to
the senate. ana a resolution re-
citing the history of the case was
sent to him with another request that he
render his opinion. Again he replied in
a sarcastic vein stating that there were
great many ways of compelling wit
neSSeS to testify before an investigating
committee, and in a hippant manner
called attention to the fact that in the
dark ages the rack" and other inStru-
mrntS of torture were Tesorted to.
To-day the senate considered the COLL
municatiOn aud gave the attorney
general most scathing denunciati0n.
Senator LaMoure read from the statutes
as to the plain duty of the attorney
general and denounced his action as un-
dignitied, unmanlv and cOwartily and
appealed to the officials who are skulk-
ing behind those eVaSiVe legal opinions
for an explanation of their obstinate
refusal TO appear before the com
mttee and testify as to what
they knew regarding the charges of
bribery that have been SO freely made.
Senator Stevens also spoke, comparing
the attorney general to brainless par
rot. who is being used as the instru-
ment to prevent certain state officials
from being compelled to testify before
the committee on questions Of vital ih-
pOrtance 10 the welfare and good name
of the state. The communication of the
! attorney general was then eXpunged
from the records, on motion of La
MOure that this Stuff be eXpunged.
Following this roast came another on
Senators Barlow and DOdds, who. in a
minority report on the newspaper bill
requiring newspapers published in
other states to have an agent i'll tn
state upon whom service could be made
for libel, denounced the friends of the
bill as political shysters, deadbeats
and demagogues. Senators Worst, La
MUure. SWanstOn, Bell and Diesem
made vigorous speeches i'm denunciatiun
of this report and Senator Stevens in
troduced resolution censuring Barlow
and Dodds, denOuncing them as un-
N ~ nf 10
clarIng vacant the office of president
the election of his successor. This
resolution was adopted by a vote of %
ayes and navs. 10 make the rebuke
more conspicuous and crushing Senator
La Moure, VINO is the arch enemy of
DOdds and Barlow, was elected preSI-
dent pro tenn. in the house the WOman's
suffrage bill was defeated