The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-29
Organization Of Impeachment
Court and Methods of Prose.
cution Nearly Settled
THE. TWO WOMEN WITNESSES !.
ARE NOT NOW IN THEsTATE.
Formal Plea and Opening Statements
Will Be Made Tomorrow Morning
at 10 O'clock-Absent Senators Arc,
Reaching the Capitol.

"oouI SVV WAIuebSe6 SUD-
poenaed on behalf of the prosecution, =
Two attorneys now representing Judge
Cowan have been called. They are
attorneys McElroy and Anderson. o.
r. Jordal, chairman Of the house inn
peacnment committee and o. G. Dos.
setn, member thereof, have also
been subpoenaed. Among the others
are 9. NJ. Cooley, f. J. Duggan, B.
=. Skulason, Scott Rex and Guy G. H.
Corliss Of Grand Forks. ~
When the work Of adopting the
rules and completing the court or
ganization is brought about Attorney
Tracy r. Bangs for the defendant
1urist will ask delay in the reading {.
OF the specifications and the entering
or the plea until tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock. He will make such re- /,
quest In view Of the fact that the rules
OF procedure will be such that they
Will require some preparation upon
the part of counsel before proceed
ing. Wit hthe granting of this con-
tinuance the first actual work in the
trial will commence tomorrow upon
the entering of the plea and making
the opening. statements.
Misses Edith Mcdonald of Minne-
waukan and Nellie Schulz of Rugby.
the women who figured prominently
in the case when it was before the
house impeachment committee, are
not in the state at the present time
although the prosecution has hopes Of
obtaining the presence of Miss Schulz:
Miss Mcdonald, 1t is understood; has
been married recently and is now in
the twin cities
Senator Mcdonald Of Morton who
was absent yesterday, is here today
while Senator Duis' Of Grand Forks
Is also. expected this afternoon. being
delayed at home by his wife's illness.
Senator Movius is at present enroute
to West Baden, Ind. supposedly ill.
The list of employees reported by
the committee and approved by the
senate for the court of impeachment
follows:
secretary-J. w. Foley, Bismarck.
Assistant Secretary-R H. Johnson,
McClusky.
Sergeant-at-Arms - James Walsh,
Richland county.
Assistant Scrgeant-at-Arms - Lon
Stevens. Cass county.
Messenger-F. A. Mcdonald. Cav
alier county.
Observation-Disclosures Banner
man, Kathryn Coleman. Marie l..
Holmboe, Ethel Newberry, Cora j.
Simpson and Helen Barber.
Janitors-M S. Harrison and Geo.
Fisher.
Court Reporters-O. H. Olson of
Bismarck, w. G. Green of Fargo and
V. S. Nelson of Rugby.
Last night proceedings were enact
ed this afternoon by the, senate when
the clerks were turned back to bring
the organization of the impeachment
court within the legislative day. it
being necessary to complete the or
ganization before the siXtieth legisla-
tive day officially expired. This de-
lay was occasioned by the failure of
the rules committee to reach an agree
ment and make report.
The fight in the rules committee
resulted from several important pro-
posed methods of regulating the trial.
One difficulty was encountered in the
rule that proposed barring evidence
tending to prove the first charge
against Cowan. that Of habitual
drunkenness. with reference to that
period of time previous to the term
he is now serving. Attorneys Geo. "A.
Bangs and E. r. Sinkler went before
the committee urging that such evi-
dence be admitted and rule to that
effect was finally adopted by the COM
mittee. four to three.
Another rule related to the number
of witnesses on each specification, It,
being proposed that only three wit
nesses be allowed to appear for the
prosecution on each specification. This
was amended later and provided for
three witnesses tending to prove each
fact alleged. -.
At 2:2O o'clock Chairman Steele Of
the rules committee asked that addi-
tional time be given in which to pre-
pare a report and twenty minutes
were allowed. him. The committee
sought to secure settlement Of all
proposed rules in order to avoid Z
fight on the senate floor.
1t was $40 o'clock when the rules
committee completed its task and an
nounced it's readiness to report. When
the senate convened. the employees
test was approved. The rules COM 4
mittee's report was unanimous. Ten &
O'Clock is the daily time for conve0e
ing of the court. Five minutes 10 q.
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