Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-05
|C0WAN return To HIS
HOME DISTRICT CLEAR
Of ALL Charges MADE

u ~ Oh record as heartily ulSdSTe
ing with Burdicks position. But
few minutes later the record on th
point was expunged, which brougl
forth further caustic remarks frOl
Senator Jacobson
Press Is "Thanked."
. Probably one of the most droll a.
tons of the court came when Senate
Stevens made motion that the pres
representatives be thanked for "fai
and honest" reports of the court Sc:
sion. Some senators wanted to kno,
if such vote was extended only to tn
press men working on the floor of tn
senate, and being assured that it was
some concluded to vote for it, other
did not vote at all, while two vote
against the resolution. And durin;
the progress of voting several sen
ators took occasion to say nice thing
about the men covering the trial. vot
ing for the motion after they discov
cred that it limited the membership
of this circle of the blessed, but sucl
remarks will not appear in the cour
record it being deemed later that sucf
action as was taken was hardly with
in the jurisdiction of the court, even
though it is the highest tribunal OF
justice the state has ever had.
Slipped One Over.
But in adopting the report on the
newspaper inquiry at the evening ses.
sion it is quite apparent that the
; court of impeachment slipped one
over on some Of the state editors,
and every member of the court voted
for it. In substance, one portion of
this report declares that certain
newspaper editors who have seen fit
to make such unusual and heated
comment upon the work of the court
didn't know any better. And here is
the language in which this declara-
ton is couched:
THAT said articles were published
and permitted to be published, not
with any wilful intent to influence, in.
timidate or SANDER any senator, but
rather through mistaken idea of
persons so responsible for said publ
cation as to the legal and ethical
right of newspapers to comment upon
a trial such as was in progress at the
time of such publications, and through
lack of knowledge as to the rights
and liabilities of newspapers in mat
ter of comment upon such occasion"
This feature of the report relates
more particularly to the attacks
against certain senators participating
in the trial.
Norton Wants in Record.
In the evening there was received
from Secretary of State P. D. Norton
relative to statements that had been
made by Tracy Bangs several days
ago as to deposits in the bank at Het.
finger and with relation to which Mr..
Bangs had already made the state.
ment to the court that in heat OF
argument he had not quite stated the
facts as disclosed by the evidence.
Mr.. Norton's communication was
rather warm, both against Tracy
Bangs and against Judge Cowan, and
the court OF impeachment, after a
brief debate, refused to make it a part
OF the record. Mr.. NortOn's position
in the premises was that he wanted
correction, but the claim was put
forth that it would be difficult prop
osition to accede to demand of any
witness with relation to the remarks
that might have been made by counsel
for either side.
Last Witness on Stand.
Last night C. H. Baker of Devils
Lake appeared before the court with
reference to the claim made by Editor
Bloom of Devils Lake that he (Baker)
had made certain statements as to
the court being fixed" but Baker de.
MED any such statements. Senator
Gibbons, against whom the attack
was recently made as to his being
bluffed into remaining at home, de-
clared that he, was contented with the |
action that had been taken already.
Welch 10 President Pro Tenn.
The final action of the state senate |
was to elect George WEIGH of Bur !
leigh county as president pro TEN, to |
succeed President pro TEN G. A. Plain /
Of Cavalier county. With this duty !
completed the senate decided to make
merry and enjoyed the pleasure of
by various senators.
eurdick Talks.
President Burdick, who opened this
feature of the evening, declared that
in his opinion the trial had been sue
,essful in several things, in that it
would serve to awaken deeper inter-
EST in the judiciary, both in this and
states, and that it would
serve to create q sentiment for the
'ecall measure.
Simpsons Farewell
Senator Simpson declared in q
'rief address that he was saying good.
we to the senate at this time, as he
lad concluded his legislative career
senator Talcott of Cass made mo-
ion to present the president with the
hair and gavel, carrying unanimous
y. President Burdick was also ex-
ended unanimous vote for the very
air manner in which he had presided
'ver the case. The president ex-
ressed himself as confident that the
enators, in arriving at their conclu'
ions of fact and law relative to the
rial, had been prompted by right mo-
ives and that they had been honest
n their belief.
Several routine matters were dis.
osed of last night. These included
ills of epense, disposition of journals
tc.
400 Copies Of the Jorunal.
Four huDdrod hound cOnios of the