Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-08

dsscssH1eHt gains property Snall D(
made. Passed.
Resolution offered providing Mr.
Skarison be employed for four days
at 81 per day to mail journals OF
senate for 59th and Goth days. Pass
ed on roll call.
1l9, providing for removal OF coun'
ty and city officers by district court
or judge for certain crimes and pro
viding procedure Hughes owe fur
Their consideration postponed. Motion
is lost; "a ayes, 20 nays, and bill is
lost. Clincher.
Gronvold moves vote by which H.
b. 429, preventing promiscuous dis
%tribution of drug samples, was indef'
initely postponed be reconsidered.
Carried. House was requested to re-
turn bill.
Hyland's motion that smoking be
stopped for balance of evening was
lost by decided vote.
4G1, providing railroads keep look.
out for pedestrians and abolishing de.
tense Of c%ontributory negligence.
Motion BY Hughes to indefinitely post.
pOne was carried.
A concurrent resolution proposing
commissioner Of agriculture and labor
gather labor statistics and make a
report to next legislature. Jacobson
moves to cut out part which says
swork must be done on appropriation
given department, as no appropriation
was allowed by legislature. Allen of
Emmons moves further consideration
of resolution be Indefinitely postpon.
ed.
Message from the house tells of
slaughter senate bills l59, Jap, PAS,
III, 1875, 2G4, 313, 800, 81, 31S, 257,
ia, 252, 279, Al, 1862, 1886, 81, 3G7,
107, 100.
S. B. l03, giving governor authority
to start action for removal of county
officers on request and complaint of
electors: IS ayes, q nays, and clinch-
er attached.
Message From Granville.
GRANVILLE, n. D.. March 4, 1918.
Hon. c. w. Hookway, Care Senate,
Bismarck, n. D.: The following reso-
luton adopted this fourth day of
March, 1915, BY unanimous vote of the
Granville Commercial Club. c. A..
Stubbins, president; O. O. ~Sheggeby,
secretary. Mr.. "President your CON-
mittee on resolutions begs leave to
offer the following resolution:
"Wheieas, newspapers throughout
the state are publishing reports con-
corning the Ness bribery case before
the bar of the house of representa-,
tlves OF the 18th legislative assembly
OF the state of North Dakota, and in
which investigation certain members
of said house testified that they had
been told by Ness that two years ago
that the Hon. .Judson Lamoure and
the Hon. CIV. Hookway, members of
the North Dakota senate at that time
had received bride money to kill the
snuff bill and, whereas, state Senator
Hookway has been for the last ten
years a highly respected citizen Of
this place, having the entire conf
dence of his legislative district and all
those who have had the pleasure to
meet Mr.. Hook&ay and, whereas. the
Granville Commercial Club, having
the utmost confidence in the honesty
and integrity OF MI. HOokway do here
by resent the insinuations made
against Mr.. Hookway and Mr.. La
moure and brands the same as false |
In every particular. Be it further re-
solved that a copy of this resolution
be forwarded to the Granville Heral1,
Hon. Judson Lamouse at Brainerd,
Mimi, and to Mr.. Hookway by tele-
graph at Bismarck, n. D.
"A. E. Lecy. A. P. Simonson, W. A.
Christensen, Committee. /
Resolution Offered by Mr.. Linde.
WHEREAS. it appears from the
Journal OF the House and from the !
press of this and other states that the
name of our esteemed fellow member
OF this senate. Senator C. W. Hook
way. has been i~neXcusably and with
out any grounds or reason Whatsoever
and through hearsay reports alone,
mentioned in connection with certain
charges Of attempted bribery prefer
red by the house against one 3. J.
Ness, growing out Of Senate bill No.
80. and |
Whereas. such reports, which in fact
no foundation or Semblance Of
truth in them, will or might tend to
besmirch and place a stigma upon the
good name, character and reputation
Orr fellow member in whom We
have explicit confidence and who has
our absolute respect and good will,
and
Whereas. it is the intention of this
senate to do all within its power to
deny and repudiate such reports and
to prevent and stain or stigma from
attaching to the name OF Senator
Hookway.
Nov therefore be j. resolved that We
by this resolution express our sincere
and honest regrets at. the unfortunate !!
and uncalled for reports concerning
c. ". Hookway at this and at
the last session, and extend to him all
expression of Il confidence in and
respect for him, and that we hereby
20 On record that we believe that such
reports are in all respects and in all
false and untrue and without
any foundation whatsoever, and
Be it Further Resolved, that we rec
ommend Jul fellow-member, G.. w.
Hookway to the world and to the peo-
pie of this state as a man whose hon
esty and integrity have never. during
term of service in this senate or
at any other time been in any manner
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