Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-18
Spirited Debate in Senate Followed
+, by Executive Session
Members Almost Unanimously De-
eide to Stick to the End
President Burdick Gives Notices that
Decision Must be Made e.

Bitter words were used this morn
ing by George and Tracy Bangs IN
their support and opposition. to the
proposition of the court OF lmpeach-
ment taking an adjournment at the
conclusion of evidence for the defend
ant. After beating about the bush on
this question till after II o'clock, hav-
ing convened at nine-thirty, the court
decided to continue it's work OF TAX
ing evidence for defendant without
having made any decision as to ad-
journment. a.
One proposition, that of adjournlng
one week at the close of the introduc-
ton of testimony of witnesses tor the
defense now in the city or on the way
here, was voted down, as was another
proposition of taking a two-week ad-
iournment at same time. Senator Bes.
sessen made the one week motion and
Senator Steele of Stutsman made the
two-week motion.
When President Burdick brought
the adjournment proposition before the
court he stated that it probably would
be we'll to determine the question at
once. inasmuch as it had been dis
cussed so generally i'll the last few
days.
Counsel George Bangs then made
statement in which he declared that
the prosecution would be in need OF
some time to prepare its rebuttal, stat
ing that he was beginning to under
stand some of the serious discrepancies
in the evidence relative to the Lakota
and Rugby affairs as offered by the
prosecution and respondent. tie also
declared that the attitude OF the house
investigation committee in refusing. or
failing to turn over its evidence had
been responsible for the hard work.
and that in order to get the rebuttal
evidence, some time would be required.
This statement from the prosecuting
counsel brought forth scathing talk
from Tracy Bangs. He declared that
the cry for time at this time was an
admission of neglect of duty upon the
part of the board of managers, and
that it meant nothing more or less
than that the board was ornamental.
He declared that the house committee
had not been friends of Cowan, and
at the same time declared that there
had been an attorney searching the
state from one end to another for evl-
dence. .,
The defendant, he declared, had
travelled over the state to get the right
evidence on propositions that had come
up, and that If he had not, he would
have been lied into hell long ago.
He contended that the prosecution
knew there was nothing to rebut, and
if adjournment was taken, he wanted
it now so that no more witnesses could
be bought.
George Bangs came to his feet at
this remark with query as to wheth-
er Tracy Bangs was making lnsin'1a-
tions.
Not toward the prosecution counsel,
he answered, but Dan Brennan, Joe
Kelly and Fred Mann and others. The
FIGHT of the prosecuting counsel, ne
said. had only been for victory.
He wanted to know if the witnesses
that had been placed on the stand for
the defense had been Of the type of
Dan Brennan, who would drive Low
an, McClory and Cuthbert out OF Dev-
lis Lake, and said that the defendant
had not made payments of $50 day
for the purpose of spying on them, as
he declared counsel for defense had
been spied upon. He declared, too,
that he had talked with no witnesses
without having to take the precaution
of being '.pussyfooted" on, and that he
never looked out OF his room in the |
hotel but what some one of the clique
was hanging around the other end of
the hall.
George Bangs made an equally heat.
ed reply, in which he said his chief
source Of regret in the case was the
bitterness of the arguments of the re-
spondent. and that the house board
and their counsel had been insulted
continuously in TRADE voiced by the
only tongue in the state which could
give it such sharp sarcasm. |
He referred to Jordars statement |
refusing to turn over the evidence, but
was interrupted by. Senator Simpson,
who declared the language was notfi-
ing like that used by counsel. to which |
George Bangs RESPONDED that he would ]