Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-11
BRIEF REPORT MADE NY THE IN
VESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
Aedor!ty and Minority Reports Will
Nc Presented to the House Next
Thursday Evcning-How the
Committeeman
Stand.
ARE TO BE REGULATED DY LAW.
senator Millcr's Express Bill Passcu
the Scnntc-The House Drain-
age Bill Approved.


report to the house, stating that the
members OF the committee, after
hearlng all the evidence in the Ives
impeachment case, were unable to
agree upon Il report, so two reports
will be submitted to tic house next
tuesday evening at $50, and asked
that they be made a special order for
that time.
Those voting for impeachment were
Messrs. Dahl, Johns, Jones, j. d.:
Littleton, Smith, r.. e.; Reeves. Teig.
Barta and Gutterson.
Those voting against it We're Messrs.
underleak, Hartshorn, Gibbs, Scho-
field, Cant, Douglass, Anderson and
Schumacher.
Neither of the reports has vet been
drawn up, though it has been general
~ conceded for some time that there
would be two reports.
1t is not certain that all of the eight
members who voted against impeach-
ment at the meeting will sign the
minority report. The members of the
majority were ready this morning to
claim that eleven and probably twelve
members would sign the majority re-
port.
Chairman Underleak was claimed by
both sides, though he voted against
impeachment. He is not saying q
word himself. But it is understood
that Mr.. Hartshorn and probably Mr..
Douglass will go over to the majority
when it comes to signing the report
1t is intended that both reports shall
be as brief as possible, and in that
event. the majority report will Of
necessity be longer than the minority
as it must include the recommended
tions for impeachment and the
charges. These, it is understood will
be incompetency, corrupt practices in
office and crimes and misdemeanors,
with the latter two as the chief part
of the foundation for the recommends
ton of impeachment. A transcript of
the evidence may also accompany
these charges. but that is not decided
yet. In addition to this there will
probably be the skeleton of the arti-
cles Of impeachment for the guidance
Of the board of managers to be ap-
pointed by the house.
The minority report, it is understood,
will make no recommendations,
though the members of that faction
favor censure, if it could be admins
tered. 1t will simply review the testi-
mony briefly and state, in the opinion
of the minority, it is not sufficient to
justify an attempt at impeachment.
Senate Proceedings.
Senator Miller's bill to put express
companies under the operation Of the
railroad and warehouse commission
law was the only bill upon the cal
endar ready to be voted upon. The
bill passed by a bare margin of one
vote. Senator Miller says he is salts
fed the bill will pass the house with
out any decided opposition. Senator
Wyman occupied the clair in commit
tee of the whole. The only bill taken
up was S. r. No. $40, to amend Sec
tons. title 2, chapter &C, General
Statutes Of 1873, limiting the time
when action may We begun for dam
ages for injuries to within two years
of the time when the injury was sus-
tanned. Senator Potter said there was
no opposition to the bill, and Senator
Wyman explained it's general opera
ton. The bill was recommended for
passage.
The afternoon session Of the COM
mittee of the whole was presided over
by Senator Iltis. The only bill con-
sidered was H. Il. No. 2O--McGrath-
to appropriate $4,000 additional mon
eys for the purpose of opening closed
water courses leading into the Red
river and tributaries in Wilkin, Clay,
Norman, Polk and Marshall counties.
The vote was overwhelmingly in favor
of the bill, and it was recommended
for passage. The committee then re-
solved itself into the senate and the
ayes and nays were demanded upon
the question of adopting the commit
tees report. A motion to suspend the
rules and put the bill upon it's final
passage failed to get the necessary
"a votes.
The meat inspection bill seemed to
have very few friends in the senate
when it came up on general orders.
1t was beaten to 4 stand-still and
without hope of resurrection; it was
indefinitely postponed, notwithstand-
ing a hard fight made, first to secure
its passage, and later to save it for
the purpose of amendment ON the
part of Senator Stevens.
The 'senate agreed to the amendment
by the house to three senate bills, and
repaSSed the same, as follows: $. II.
No. 325, to permit the investment of
the state school funds in county and
other public bonds Of the state.
S. Il. No. 300, relating to the duties
and compensation of county surveyors
and deputies.
S. II. No. AIS. providing for the crca-
ton and organization Of new counties
Ito prevent Polk county from being
cut up into five countiesD
Twenty-Five Bills Passed.
The house sustained it's reputation
for industry. and put in the morning
and afternoon sessions on the calen-
dar, passing Twenty-Five bills.
Bills Passed - Staples. an act to
amend chapter 90 of the General Laws
of 1850, relating to mineral lands; Van
SAINT, relating to duties of adjutant
general; Staples, to provide elemen-
tary normal Instruction in state high
schools; Wright, to provide bounty
for the arrest and conviction OF chick
en- and poultry thieves; O'Reiily, to
provide for separate elections for
municipalities; Johnson. Il. c., to