Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-31
SPEAK E5RIl HAM
REPlIE'S' CHAR
FROM REP STREETER
s2 Mandan, N lD., II. arch 81, 1911.

burd ensome III the trying
session which Just closed. You as an
old member Also recognize that mem
bers are often cri Used unjustly, and
lam writing this elieying that as you
peruse this statement and remember
the facts as " they actually occurred
that YOU will realize that through: q
misund ding Of the facts you have /
IN your article ncorrectly stated my
position. i do not complain about
criticism for Sreco gnize that q speaker
In accepting his. position assumes the
Office with all Its difficult les, and that
he must expect that his actions as
speaker are, and should be, open to
comment, favorable for otherwise, ac-
lcording to how he performs his duties,
and perhaps depend ling somewhat upon
the Viewpoint of the one making the
3commen M But HI do insist that that
criticism should be; fair; and based on
facts. s. E 81: n,
Your criticism :of me personally
seems to apply to alleged unfair &C
ton by me in The following matters
which you pecincally enumerate: i.
4 5 1. You state that /, as speaker, re-
fused to recognize your point Of order
and ran the steam-ro Ter over It, and
that the second imp eachment resolu-
ton should not have been allowed to
come up for consi deratio y ri Il. 5t n
sIyy 2. Y ous complain because each, one
$of the board n Of managers appointed
had voted yin favor Of The imp chment
olutions. u 81 5s5I;ss: I. 3s.S: y %s. n
5 " Now, let us see what the facts are. m :
The original motion which was
adopted, i instructed the investigating
commit ito report ito the house the
testimony which was taken before it.
This the committee failed to do at the
time it reported. h . TIL 81. =: !. s + j
"A There fter on February 28th, Mr..
,,5Jordal, chairman OF THE investigating
! committee presented a motion in writ
i ng which among other things stated: =
ss a3} H* Al hereas the findings OF said
committee were divided, and no evi.
dence submitted and the people Of the
state are, led To believe that full jus
\ :ttice was not done by said committee
B. ''S ~ \ Now, therefore. be it resolved
that the evidence taken by the com.
4 mittee be made a special order at once
Y In order that the same may be submit
4 ted In the ommittee ,Sof the whole,
that the house : Z $ \ may hear and de-
fernine the truth Or falsity 1of the
charges preferred against the + Hon.
Ohm Cowan y Z 81
III The motion is found ii full on page51
H OF the printed House Journal for Feb
55528, and the motion was signed by Mr..
j ordal and the K ther SIX members Of
the invest ting ommitte tee. This
ii new motion, Or s5 res luti Ion was
/. moved for a adoptio Nv Mi. Jordal
which was done UNI amin ously and with
n out obje ction by you, or any member
\. N as will be found BY the following en-
tries on the same page Of the Journal
S;aSs, Jordal moved ss.;
That the resolution be adopted Il $$5 !.
.sE The resolution was adopte /:
sS Now then, i maintain that then anG
there, the steps that led up Il to sthe
u second impe aehment solution were
U FIRST taken, and that If there was OBJ
lection It should have then and there
been made and that from that time
IA ssf FheS mat rsswas before the house, and
that the Il commit tee then submit tint
She estimony were doing nothing NOR,
than what they had been Instructed &
do lii the inyestig ting res lution, ant
we're bringing before \ the house TO
action the test imony which UP 7.
q that time had not 4 been presented
n There was not then, and there neye
WAS, d motion to- reeonsid Ter the Yot,
&, by which the first imp aching sresolll
ffion had been efinitely postpone,
:s sis$ and on which q cline her mot Jon hal
SSs been mad q. II a motion to reconside
lad been mad es would Of course
have require ~ two -third vote tor
SsGonsider that resoluti ion, but that frs
impe ching resoluti ion was He'd an
n has not to this day been revived .@Si A
ntire1y new pro post lon was gtartef
and started by the committee itsel
Ssss and without OBJ ecti ion and for the pul
nor nose Of having the house conside LEI III
stimony taken efore iit,s and to- talk Il it
a& acttOn there d.
S The next action taken as shown b
the Journal of the House I'D that I'll
house went into the commit tee Sof th
ole, and Jordali presented IT'D
estilnony that had been brou ght QUIT
The inyestiga lon and then the comm a
tee xoff the whole adopt led major
vote a new imp eae hment resolution
The eommi tee, eff The whole. The
arose and Mr.. Hans On moved that III
va Ss report of the onInitt ee ofs the who
,e adopted, and en- for the firs
time and after the house had bee
consid ering the matter ffor over thre
hours; YOU arose ana raised the poii
sS sof order III the effect tn sIl,ie
III as clincher mo- Ion \ had been pl
the Ind finite postnor ennens
SSlie first resolution that the matte
could not be consid erred except DIV e