The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-12
SENATE DECIDES THAT coWAN
10 NOT GUILTY ON CHARGES
PREFERREp.
MAJORITY ON ALL VOTES
salIotins Proceeded Rapidly and on
No Ballot Was There an Advsrss
vots-Tisd on One spseiif.
cation Only.

Bismarck.-when the voting began
Thursday on the charges against
Judge Cowan 1t was soon seen that the
majority OF the senate believed the ac-
cused guiltless of the charges preferred
against him.
One of the charges the prosecution
fought hardest to prove-that OF habit
sal drunkenness-Charge got only
three votes for guilty. The members
Of the senate who thought John Cowan
was an habitual drunkard were-Gar-
den Of Bottineau, Welch of Burleigh
and whitcher OF Barnes.
Thirty-nine other senators voted he
was not guilty.
There were seven absentees.
On Specification / of Charge p
known az the sleeping in the court in
cident at Rugby-eighteen believed the
Judge had slept In court while twenty
eight voted he had not.
On Specification 2 OF Charge p
known as the Hotel Cramond Incident.
In which II was alleged the Judge was
was drunk at the hotel-eighteen voted
he was guilty and twenty-eight that
he was not guilty.
Specification 2. Charge 3-The Ness
drug store-twenty-three to twenty
three.
Specification 8, Charge 3-Bond drug
store-twenty-o to twenty five.
Specification 4, Charge 3-The Green
drug store-twenty-tw guilty and
twenty-four not guilty.
Specification s, Charge 3-The VAN
derhoof hotel, all for not guilty.
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strug store-thirteen for guilty and
thirty three not guilty.
Specification z, Charge 2-vander-
hoof hotel-forty-six not guilty.
Specification s. Charge 2-Vander-
hoof hotel lobby-sixteen guilty and
thirty not guilty.
Specification .. Charge Drunk
during McKee-Haley case-fourteen
guilty, thirty one not guilty.
Specification 10, Charge 2-court
room In Devils Lake In August, '9s-
sixteen guilty and thirty not guilty.
Specification IL. Charge 2-primary
election day--thirteen for guilty and
twenty three for not guilty.
Specification IL, Charge 2-Postofice
incident In Devils Lake, all voted not
guilty.
Specification 10. Charge 2-Insulting
lady attendants in Devils Lake court
room-seven for guilty and thirty-nins
against.
Specification IL Charge 2-Twenty-
one guilty and twenty-five not guilty.
Specification Is, Charge County
auditors office election night-seven-
teen for guilty and twenty-nine for not
guilty.
Specification Is. Charge 1.-The Cor
don livery barn charge-thirteen for
guilty and thirty-one for not guilty.
Specification IS. Charge 2-The fam
Gus Hansboro auto ride-two for guilty
and forty-four not guilty.
on the ballots on the first fifteen de-
layed cases the ballots ran from one
guilty to forty-hve not guilty up to
twenty for guilty to twenty-four not
guilty.
/ In no case was there a majority bal
lot against Judge Cowan.
/ II required a two-thirds ballot to
! convict,
/ The frst roll call came at 1850.
o'clock. After the roll had been called
IL developed that four senator's were
absent. Roll call Of the senate was
asked for and granted just as the four
senators walked in and took seats.
Roll calls proceeded rapidly. with Sec
rotary James Foley calling the roll
and Assistant Secretary Richard
tombstone reading the charges and
snecIacatIor. A. an o,cocr IN. lac,
snaciocation baa hasn s,schargea nv
President Burdick.
Immediately there was accorded the
ACQUITTED tnr,st a Recommendations that
,aciroa no,bIrr In varr,r.ss ora .no,-
tnneitv his counsel ana friends
gathered around him and after ran