Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-27
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chitect under the provisions Of this
ssction for n very good reason,
among many others, that it would be
impossible for the sum named in TIL,
said section to employ Il competent
person to do the work required by the
state; that such was tho experience
Of the fonmer board Of control is al.
50 borne out by the records, to which
| your attention has been called, from
which 1t appears that the p;edeces,
sors of the present board also acted
under the provisions Of section 252 in
stead of section PSI. and paid ITS ar.
| chitect on q basis of three aud one.
half per cent OF the cost Of the vari.
Gus buildings erected, or the same per
centage paid by this board to its a..
chitect. 4
Aetuated Ia Good Faith.
J THE c0mplainants have not only
failed to make any showing Of bad
! faith on the part OF the board in ma.
king its application to the emergency
commission for authority TO SO divert
said appropriation, but it fully an:
clearlysappears that the board was &C.
tuated In good faith and from the
best OF motives. and acted with good
judgment, and. that, 1t fully advised the
emergency commission of its object
and purpose in making such alpllca.
ton, and that said emergency commits
sion was fully advised in tina prem
Uses.
THAT by the remodeling. now in
process Of final completion, Of said old
Administration building, the needs and
best interests OF the state have been
met at the low and reasonable cost
Of approximately $20,Ccr9snf the legis,
lative appropriation therefor. That
said tuberculosis hospital So provides.
Is entirely adequate for The present
needs OF: tn. state and for many years
Perverted TruthG,
These certain portions Only Of the
testimony Of the Governor. MI. Hall
and sMr. Jorgenson, were evidently sell
ected for the purpose of drawing ce:
tain conclusions. in other words. they
have, by selecting certain portions Of
their testimony, told but half truths,
and by So. doing misauoted the, wit.
nesses and perverted the truths.
THE testimony Of Governor Han
ma, Secretary Of State Hall. and State
Auditor Jorgenson, as members of tia
Emergency Commission, when given
in full, showed c%onelusively that the
question OF emergency and nee essi.y
had been gone into thoroughly during
a period covering some FIVE months.
and that the members of the Elmer.
gency Commission, individually, and
as a commission, believed that the
emergency did exist and that the best
interests Of the state were jeupardizet;
and that they, therefor, did duly auth.
orize the transfer of moneys from
one fund to another fund, a. was
made. Their testimony also showed
that such authority was granted to
the board Of control Thy the Emereen.
CIV Commission only after careful in.
vesttgation, much more careful ard
thorough. in fac. than public officials.
having other large responsibilities and
heavy duties are ACCUSTOMED to make
in like situations. and that 1t was
s.fanted only aftcr all relative fassss
'iad been laid. before the Emergency
Commission by the Board o. Control.
Superintendent H%otchkiss, Arch:teo,
Trabbe, and after their own Personal
Investigation and KIN edge showed
| that such were the Hfsr's."
,HvpothcticaI Questions. !.
"Thc tstimc'- cf witnesses Tor the
procc,"'ten reT"':., to the Droblc,na-
tical ahs.l of..n:' IA! buildings lbaS-
! ed upO" .h"tital Guestions DO
i pounded M.S prosecuting connsll L:
comrn.'"" ,t2hitects nni ~nnn-success.
full hid.'ass. rhU,lS 10 :.vc!Nded as ~
comDetent and Of nc. value.
mo testimony was introduced and
no attempt was made to show that
the $4,000 mower house building is
arything hut well and economically
constructed and the personal invest
ration by your committee has shown
that It Is we'll planned economically
! constructed. and 4 credit to5tha ar.
! chitect, the builders, the super:EteE.
dent, and the Board of aContr0;.