Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-25
HOUSE,

| afternoon were by no means featureless,
and twice during the session was Mr..
/ Sorley of Grand Forks repulsed, once
on the ground of humanitarianism. The
latter was on the appointment of little
; orphan boy Johnny Cox, as a page.
| Doubtless Mr.. Sorley became sorry that
4 he raised an objection, in the way he
did, after he saw the way the house SO
emphatically supported the appointment
after remarks and explanations BY Mr..
1 Stevens and Mr. Mockler-tl1e latter
i cried Shame" on the objections of the
gentleman from Grand Forks.
1 The other matter was on the ii1trodt1c-
ton OF a resolution, accompanied by a
bill, providing for creditable and rep
resentative exhibition from this state at
the coming international exposition at
i Jamestown, Va, from April to Novem-
Der this year, and appropriating $25, 900
tor the purpose of carrying into effect
the purpose and intent Of the resolution
and the bill. Mr.. Sorley tried to keep
the item, which was introduced by Mr.
i Buttz, out of the record, but on motion
the bill was taken up out of routine, read
and briefly discussed by several mem
bers and finally referred to the commit
i tee on appropriations by an almost I'M
animous vote
f Rising to question of personal privi-
4 lege, Mr.. Buttz asked to have an article
4 read from the Grand Forks Press Of q
| day or two ago which reported the ap.
| pointment Of a steering committee by
the speaker. Mr.. Buttz declared thai
/ he had heard nothing about the matte,
I, and he thought it queer, especially as te
4 some of the remarks made in the stor,
! reporting the alleged appointment of thu
lco-called steering committee
4 When the reading Of the article anc
] the remarks of Mr.. Buttz had been com
pleted, Speaker TWichell stated from thu
4 chair that he desired to make state
q ment in reference to the article quoted
4 from the paper referred by Mr.. Buttz
He said, referring to the records Of tn
house, to prove, his. declaration, 4 I tina
/ nothing of the nature charged in the ar
q ticle had occurred, He stated in. add
1 ton that while he, was not wholly il
Il political accord with the policies of som
members of the house, that such matter
were within his private and persona
J, rights and that he claimed the privileg
], of thinking and acting as he though
7 best and according to his judgment; tina
when he came before the house owe
! which. he had the honor, to preside h
was the officer of the, entire body ant
not of any faction or party. Mr.. Twi
chell denounced as false any statemen
Ithat as the speaker of the house he hat
acted in any other manner than his du
4 ties required, and closed by stating tina
he was accountable only to the peopl
of the state for his official acts and tina
mo newspaper printed for political pur
poses has any authority to say Tor hin
that he had acted as stated in the articl
!, referred to. ryy,zs Eg z.
n Mr.. TWichell spoke out with calmnes
and decision and there was no rnistakin'
his meaning. 1t was the first THE at thi
!, assembly and since he came to the chat
that he had made any statement othe
than official announcements, and it wa
Z Igenerally commented upon that his re
& marks indicated fairness and impartial
!, ity, in his official capacity
The committee on engrossment report
3 Led that the following bills had beel
!. properly engrossed Nos. 80. 46, SO, 60
], 40, 70. SO and As.
Exhibit at jamestown.
D Mr.. Buttz presented a resolution amen
1.-THE making Of an exhibit at the James
Il town (Va0 International exposition
n this year, the preamble Of which re
II ferred to the work Of extensively ant
!, benefcially advertising thu, state o
!, North Dakota by the state department
j of agriculture and labor. Attached t
: the resolution was. a newspaper articl
giving particulars as to what othe
] states were to do or had done in TIL
way Of making ready for exhibits q
81 Jamestown. The resolution provide,
I that the committee on appropriations b
4 authorized and directed to investigat
!, the matters mentioned in the preambl
{ and report to the house.
Mr., Sorley objected to the printing .
1.-THE extracts in the journal.
Mr.: Streeter declared that Mr.. Sorle
: was the last man in the house VIII
Z should object to having extracts fror
I newspapers printed in the Journal.
There were some references made /
the fighting boys IN the war Of the Il
Ebellion and il raised the ire Of Messr.
Streeter and Buttz and both gsntieme
I eloquently defended their position an
Z that the reference to insurgents wa