Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-11-27

nof Frazier in mis- message to tLie.
special session of the state 1egisla--
ture which opened today recommend
ed that the legislature appoint a.
committee of five to investigate t1fe-
illegal and improper expenditure Of
state funds, and illegal acts of pub
lie officials" The governors recon-
mendations were taken to Indicate
that the session would not be "brief
and harmonious" as was forecast
yesterday. .r.a
This clause in the governors mes
sage Is regarded as the indication 0t'
legislative attack upon Secretary
of State Hall, Attorney General Lan~-
ger and State Auditor Hostility
which should the league muster. SUI.
ficient strength is expected to ter
inmate in impeachment or an at
tempt to impeach.
The governors message was cou-
pleted a minute or two before he
went to the house chamber to read
it to the legislators awaiting him
there in joint session. The paragraph
in which he asked the appointment nf
an investigating committee is EnsS;
but one written by the governor AMI!
it is believed to have been inserteEi
in the message following this n1osn--
ing's secret caucus of Nonpartisaua
legislators, the third to be held sinces
Yesterday noon. It's thot that thts'
caucus, attended by practically all OF
the league members Of the twoh
houses, gave the administration con-
fidence to go ahead With its atte1Hpe;
| to remove the three insurgent state ,
officials who have made so much
trouble for league plans.
"The work or these obstruction
ists," said the governor, Should be-.
investigated and there are also other
matters of vital Importance to- the
welfare OF our commonwealth that
should be looked into and 1 urgently
recommend that special joint COM
mittee to consist of two members OF:
the senate and three members OF the
house to investigate an attempt made
by individuals or corporations to de-
stroy the credit of the state by mis-
representation Of it's laws for it's in
dustrial program; also to investigate
election frauds as to fraudulent sigma
lures on petitions; as to FRAUDULENT.
use of funds; as to fraudulent voss
ing; also to Investigate the illegal
and improper expenditure of state
funds and investigate illegal acts of
public officials.
Otherwise the governors message
is brief and unexciting. He askeE
the appointment of state sheriff; rat
ification of the woman's suffrage-
amendment; extension Of the times
payment of county loans for seed anda
feed, a division of tax payments on.
realty providing that only half be-
comes due March / and the remain
der Nov. Is, amendment to the sob
diers' bounty to increase tax 1eyles,
and to make larger funds available;
authorization of bond issue for the
state home building association, and
concurrent resolution appealing toe
the United States supreme court for
immediate action on the "forty-two
taxpayers" suit now pending therein
and which governor holds responsible.
for the failure Of the state to self;
bonds, whose validity with the legal
ity OF the whole league program g
attacked in the action.
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
|"Gentlemen Of the Sixteenth Legfs-
lative Assembly in Special Session.
.'You are called together to gfyg.
your careful consideration to the FOL
lowing emergency measures which
trust you will act upon as speedily -
possible and thus avoid Unnecessary
expense and delay. ss sssssss.s
ssys W0man's Suffrage.
Whereas. congress has made fts
possible for the various state legi1-
latures to vote on the WomanssB Buf-
frage amendment, and, Whereas
North Dakota stands foremost among,
the states OF the Union for pr0gre1
sive legislation which insures. aIs'
square deal for all its citizens, urA
emily recommend that you ratifys thins
national amendment az your first acks