The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-12-10
HOUSE PASSES
EMERGENCY ACT
BY 66 TO Il
Every Act of Present Special
Session Declared an Emer-
gency Measure
REHAsH ELECTION STEAL
Frauds BY Which Riba Gained
Seat Threshed Over
Attack On LANCER

Attack On LANCER
The adoption Of House Bill Co.,
which precin:tated Mondays fight,
and which would declare all acts OIL
this session emergency legislation ef-
fective within 10 days; the tabling
of concurrnt resolution introduced
by minority members of the commit
tee on delayed bills, demanding the
investigation of William Lemke, vice
president Of the National Nonpartisan
league, for alleged lobbying; the be-
ginning Of retrial of the alleged Sar-
tgent county election frauds OF year
ago, whose first milling over resulted
in all Of the ballots in Forman cleo
ton being thrown out, the unseatlng
of Peter Weber, independent, and the
seating Of Frank R.ba, leagucr; the
adoption of a new budget bill which
reduced appropriations made at the
last regular session $5Sl 900; the pas
sage of a bill which reduces all state
taxes, except the hail insurance and
soldiers bounty levies, 25 per cent,
and the adoption of report from
attorney General LANCER, declaring
he had investigated alleged election
frauds in Sargent county as directed
by the last assembly and had found
no grounds for criminal prosecution,
were high lights Of a busy but not
over-exciting day in the house.
The emergency legislation bill
was passed by a vote Of 66 10 Al,
Reishus, one of the minority men.
being absent. The ayes were not tho
two thirds required to pass an emer-
gency clause which would give this
bill immediate effect, but the passage
Of the bill is held to give this meas
ure immediate effect upOn other
measures which it gives Immediate
effect. \ Burtness suggested that it
would he. sjmnlliers for. the log, stature
to repeal the constitutional amend
ment approved by the people one year
apo requiring q two-thirds vote to
give legislation immediate effect, but
the majority did not agree with him.
Twichell Of Cass, led a, vigorous at,
tack upon the new budget bills, which
bites deep into the appropriations OF
state officials opposing Townley. The
state auditor loses $4S,50o of his
$71,Oc0 appropriation for the bien-
mum; the attorney general is shorn
of $69,700 of his $4,000 appropriation
and is left with only 100000 for the
next 1S months, or t,Twichell said
presdming that he has already spent
one-fourth of his original appropria'
ton, with only $4,000 for the next
year and half, There is deep bite
into the secretary of states funds
and the state superintendent Of public
instruction suffers several severe
cuts.
This $5S1,297 is being taken out OF
the budget merely to put out OF busi.
ness state departments established
by the constitution Twichell assert.
ed
AS the direct reverse of it's action
on the budget, the house few min
utes later, concurred in an amend.
ment to Senate Bill AZ, which would
increase the mergency commission
fund from $25,0O0 to $4,000.
House Bill SO, remitting and refund
ing Is per cent of the state taxes fo1
1919, was amended before final pas
sage so as to- throw a bouquet at
the leagues state:owned industries
which were referred to as "self-sup
porting These industries to date
consist of a $4,000 flour mill at
Drake and the Bank of North Dakota
An effort upon the part OF Pau
Johnson to further amend the bill tc
provide for the remission of so pei
cent of the 1919 taxes failed.
House Bill 4S, which provides fol
the governors rinquisitorial commits
sion, was amended by the house tt
place the $4,000 appropriated for the
use of this commission at the disposa
of the chairman, to be deposited by
him in the Bank of North Dakota
and to be checked out by him as hi
sees fit. j. F. r. O'Connor vigorously
opposed this amendment, declaring
that in handling $4,000 Of the pub
lies funds over to one man to do will
as he pleases the state was establish
ing a dangerous precedent tor which
no justification could be found.
LANCER REPORT ADOPTED.
Attorney General Langer's report
on the Sargent county election
frauds" was adopted over the pro
test of the majority, headed by Walk
er, whose motion that the report bt
rejected, was voted down, As to 81.
The attorney general investigated
the Sargent county election in re
sponse to resolution adopted at th'
, last session In his report yesterda.
he advised that 300 people attended
the hearing at the. Sargent count!
court house and several Of them vol
unteered their testimony.
"The testimony clearly showed
that there was no fraud in theselec
ton held November 5, 1918; that tn
election board did everything possi
bile to protect the interests OF tn
county and also Mr. Riba and MI
Weber; that the election in Forma1
was fair and honest; that Mr.. Rib!
got As votes and Mr. Weber SO vote
in the city, and that there was moth
ing done which would warrant tn
arrest of any one.
con October 12, 1918, an order ha,
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