The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-27
Nellie Schultz Incident at Rug.
by Started the Fireworks
Bitter Words
COURT RECORDS BEAR yUT
0EFERSE'S CONVENTIONS
Clerk OF Court Of Pierce County Pre-.
sonttd Records to Show Argument
Took Place on Law Point Us Claim.
ed by tho Defense.
REX STATEMENT
II 1gORRECTED.


The Times desires to correct =
the statement which appeared in =
rs news columns yesterday in =
. which it was stated that Scott .
Rex had changed the date of the =
Lakota incident in which lie testi-
fed to Cowan's drunkenness, from
juno 12 to June IL in his rebuttal
testimony. Tho senate journal of =
= Aprii 6, at page 8, the time when "
he testified on direct examination,
contains the following:
Question (By George Bangs)-
. About June II, 1916, were you at "
. the Hotel Grace in Lakota?" =
"Answer (By Scott Rex)-I "
was" %
This question and answer are *
the only reference to the date of "
the incident, so that Mr.. Rex did =
not change the date when he testi- y
hed In rebuttal yesterday that the =
date was June II. The Times =
has no desire to misquote or mis-
interpret any witness and makes =
this correction as much in its =
own defense In quickly correcting
an error when discovered, as in =
Justice to Mr.. Rex in setting his
: testimony correctly before the :
public:
sss.s sssss*ss* = =
III. d. Paulson.,
Bismarck, N. D., April 27.-Satur-
day morning will see the opening of
the arguments in the famous Cowan
impeachment case, the decision to
that effect being made at noon today
by the court OF Impeachment, after
q lengthy discussion OF the question.
Ten hours will be allowed each side
in making such arguments, being d.
vided into four days OF Ave hours
each, with a slight possibility that
there may be one or two evening ses-
sions. E. r. Sinkler will open the
arguments for the prosecution and
will occupy the entire time Saturday.
He will be followed Monday morning
by f. T. Cuthbert for the defense,
who in turn will be succeeded by
Tracy Bangs for the defense. The
closing argument for the prosecution
will be made by George Bangs, and
under the present arrangement will
be concluded Wednesday of next
week. Then will come the arguments
by the members of the senate, should
they be allowed, after which will
come the voting. 1t will be at least
Friday or Saturday of next week be-
decision of the case.
When the question of fixing the
time Of the arguments arose Senator
Hookway stated that it would be alb
solutely impossible for him to be
here next week and he suggested that
the arguments be abandoned, but the
motion received no second. There
were several motions for adjourn
ments until, Monday or Tuesday Of
next week but the Saturday morning
motion finally prevailed. The ques.
ton of the arguments on the law
were broached. by George Bangs and
.Cuthbert, the latter declaring that the
question of whether or not the de.
layed cases and the drug store charg.
es were in fact impeachable would
be taken up extensively, although
there was some slight misunderstand-
ing that such arguments could not
be made. Cuthbert declared that il
was q constitutional privilege well
established by the courts Of the land
and that 1t was. a right that no court
would stultify itself to the extent OF
taking ii from the party involved III
the action.
Afternoon Session.
Unexpected wrangling occurred
this afternoon after the defense an
nounced that it rested it's rebuttai
the question arising over the stipu-
latlon that had been prepared by At.
taTneys Stnkler and Anderson on the
decisions ir the delayed cases. Oh
tecticn as made by the respondent on
thu grounG that this stipulation cov-
cred: tho points already in evidence
a.d that it was irrelevant and !mnaa-
te~ta!, The ohjectioG: was finally
withdrawn after heated argument
and stipulation allowed to be IN
oluded IL tho record.
Senator {. w. Hookway of McEer"
ry .ccun;y thie afternoon faade re-
msr...alie statement tc the senate IN
communication 10 Presiden. Eur
dick &: which he stated that he wcu:d
be unable IT, ho here till the tin!e fo1
voting but that he was low pre-
PACED to cast u ballot OF mot guilty
on each end every one Of the speci-
fcatioas included in the articles q;
inpenchn1sn. against I0Ea Z. Cowan
Ills communication was accepted by
the ssnate and Hookway was eXcils-