Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-04
LANCER AGAIN
AT TACKED IN
N. D. SENATE )
Bill Passed Cutting Number.
Of Assistants From Five
! to Two.
Hall and Kositzky Removed
y From Auditing Board
In Another Bill.
(By Geo. A. Benson. )


LAnger before the bar OF the senate
and try him on the charges Of mis-
conduct and inability to perform the
duties Of his off1ce-charges which
were made openly by ]. I. Cahill and
other Townley hepchmen-but the
! SNonparttsan leaguers received 1t In
silence. and a moment later passed
number Of assistant attorneys general
to two, reversing their action Of the
last session when they passed q meas
ure giving LANCER five assistants. The
vote was 33 to is, Senator Stenmo, OF
Grand Forks county executing his
annual flop. .
7 esterdAy, when the senate passed
the bill repeating the act giving the
attorney general powea to, appoint
the minority.
Ployhar Gained Floor
After somewhat lengthy and
heated debate, Senator Ployhar
gained the floor. Z.
Before this session convened" he
said, IT heard considerable talk about
introducing bills to clip Langer's
wings. We clipped one Of them yes
terday and I'm pretty sure were go
ing to clip another one In few min
utes. If LANCER is guilty Of all the
crimes he has been charged with
here. why in the name Of heaven
this senate and try him. You don't
do 1t because you don't dare to-"
Senator Walter Wexford, Of Penn
bina county in speaking in favor OF
the bill, declared that he never had
been afraid to tell why he voted as
he did. In this case. he said, he vot-
ed in favor Of cutting down the num-
ber of assistant attorneys general be-
cause he believed it in line with the
trial program into effect. In connec-
ton with Welford's statement, it is
Interesting to note that the voters OF
Pembtna county disapproved the In
dustrial program by a majority Of
about TOO ct the referendum elec-
ton. s55
When the senate bill cutting down
the attorney generals assistants from
five to two, was under sconsid deraion:
Senator Mees Of Morton county read
into the journal q lengthy copmuni-
cation from MT. LANCER refutthg
i charges ina AbYa Cahill on TUESDAY
to thS sGect thst the attorney general
had nSt bYsa- safn ncisnt1.ya 81 Trent
the 5detanse snf the state IN N. ttioh
br6uS6 BY The Standard OifsGo.; to
evade payment OF 5sthe OIL ta18levied
jOy the ldSL' d6o0kAOAy.
si hangers statement.
d, IT has come to my attention that
q member of the senate yesterday
charged either that I had lain down
or sold out, gone to sleep, or did all
three in the Standard Oil Co. case" "
Senator Cahill who made that
statement, either deliberately mtsrep-
resented, the truth, or also deliberate
ly falsiied,' said the attorney general
and 7he then proceeded to give the
full record of the case and wound up
by saying: I,
need pointing out: that these
charges have been concocted out of
whole cloth for political effect and
that the attorney generals office has
not been dilatory or negligent In the
case, but has done everything possible
to safeguard the interests OF the
state"
In introducing his remarks. Senator
Mees said: ''If this bill is to be
it's merits If it Is to be passed mere
" rs q retaliatory measure, were en-
titled, to know that.
.sheets. couldn't be found when the
Standard OIL case hearing was up In
Fargo because he was over ct the
,Scandinavian-Amer bank looking
for post-dated checks said Cahill, .
I leader
e.Kositzky and Hall Charged.
The senate yesterday passed s.. b.
40, removing State Auditor Kositzky
from membership on the state audit
inE board, but requiring that he con-
tinue to act as secretary and report
!. to the board all accounts, claims or
demands against the state except those
Of state owned utilities, enterprises
Il and business projects, and such others
as are now specifically excepted by
law.
moved from the board, to which are
added the state examiner, an appoin-
tive oficial, and the insurance COM
u missioner, who fs solid leaguer. The
board as constituted by this act would
include the governor. commissioner OF
insurance, Il attorney general, state
treasurer, and state examiner, all OF
whom except the attorney general are
solid with the administration. ~
The Important feature Of the bill is
L that It spcciflcally. exempts from audit
( Ing by this board any accounts Or
claims or bills or demands dled BY
Z state enterprises, utilities and busipess
projects, thus making these institu-
\ tions independently OF the check upon
their expenditurest to, which every 9TH
er state department Us, subjected to-
Z n ,BiIls Passed: j,
These bills also were passed: Sem
Y ate Bill 16. substituting the commis-
sion Of 1nsurance a. = member ana
z secretary OF the state board of equali-
Satioi1 and removing the state auditor
from membership ,,;,
] senate Bill 81. approprtatins $780,