Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-24

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the premises. The per diem bills of
Messrs. Van Horn and Donnelly, which
have been allowed by the old board, will
probably be refused payment by the
governor and auditor, they not recognize
ing them as members and therefore not
considering them entitled to pay.
The matter has been the cause of Q
considerable discussion, and there are
those who have arguments pro and
con. It is probable some legal procedure
will be 500 commenced.
son saturdays Daily.]
Another Chapter.
More interesting day by day grows the
condition Of affairs in the contested
management of the North Dakota peni-
tentiary. Yesterday closed another in
teresting chapter in the rapidly filling
book. The new board seems still on the
outside, as far az gaining possession of
the premises is concerned, and the new
members, while they have held meetings
and transacted business, have yet failed
to taste any of the fruits of their work.
The old board of management has con.
troll, and has its officers in authority,
while the new board has the sanction of
the governor, and relies upon holding
the key to the situation in that the state
officials will refuse to recognize the
financial acts of the old.
Each of the opposing forces held a
meeting yesterday afternoon. The old
board convened in special session, and
held down their usual meeting room at
the ~penitentiary, while the pew one met
in adjourned session, and held it's meet
ing in fowl. The after meeting was but
a routine one, and the greater part of the
time was spent in the discussion of the
deadlock. The disposition of the men,
beers, as expressed by one of them after
the meeting, seems to be to "awalt devel-
opments." just how 1901 something will
develop" it Is difficult to say. The
new board, it is understood, holds
another meeting to-day.
The members of the old board also
passed q considerable portion of their
time in discussing the various phases of
the situation. Colonel Ball of Fargo
was IN conference with them, and while
the result Of the conference has not been
made public, it ID generally understood
that the board feel pretty confident of
their position.
N. +. Boucher was appointed warden
by them, before the close of the meeting,
and his bond wa duly approved, and
filed in the Office of the state treasurer,
and Mr.. Boucher took the keys and was
duly placed in possession. 1t is a signif-
cant fact, too, that the receipt which
was given by the state ~treasurer's
deputy, was for an instrument "purport-
ing" to be the official bond of N. F.
Boucher as warden of the North Dakota
penitentiary.
The only u%nraveling of the rather
tangled thread to the ordinary indi.
vidual seems to lie in the decision of the
state supreme court. Both sides appear
confident, and neither seem disposed to
make any concessions.
From Sundays Daily.]
In Statu Quo.
The affairs in the penitentiary middle
are about at q standstill, and yesterday
worked no material change in the situa-
ton. No active steps we're taken by
either side. Both boards held meetings
but they were more for the purpose of
consultation and discussion than for
any routine OF other work pertaining
directly to the affairs of the institution.
The new board adjourned after q con.
siderable session, to meet again at any
time upon the call of the president.
1--WE have arrived at q plan of action"
said Mr.. Showers, last evening, "but the
condition of affairs is such that we do
not feel it would be doing justice to
ourselves to make it public. The first
move in the case will come in
an unlooked-for way, and will render
it necessary for the old board to take the
first steps in legal procedure. The affair
is a ~disagreeable one, and some of the
reports being circulated about 1t are
erroneous. The interview of MI. La.
mont in the Fargo Republican gives g