Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-07
MUST ABIDE By
CONSTITUTION,
SAYS LANCER
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thus and how iAItef UeS&aneu .txaAS
he PLACED them in the bank ~ from
which they were taken . nov ne
said he could no produce them In
court. Out OF lis letters p~hot09rADhed
only. three were allowed to so into the
court record and to the jury. That
Jury, composed OF eve rHe and
Ave Iaboring men, convicted HAGEN
Jim Mammalian, attorney for the league.
called it a ''travesty on Justice and
blamed the influence of the 1. VA
and Fargo residents for the conviction.
The Jury was surrounded ~ l.s.v.E.A.
men, Manahan Is said to have told the
secret caucus in Bismarck. and was
under the influence OF all sorts OF peo-
ple prejudiccd against Hagen.
Needs Special Assistants
Because Judge Lauder has assisted,
in the Hagen prosecution, The ilegisla-
ture was asked to pass a law. taking
from the attorney general d right to
appoint special assistant attorneys
general and gave that power to the
governor. This would eliminate lau-
der, they thought, from participating
in the arguments on Hagen's motion
for a new trial and from assisting in
tho prosecution Of Sherman This
month. LANCER told, then, Of placing
Judge Lauder and Judge Nuchols sun-
der $4,000 surety bonds and or pay
ing them $500 In advance for their
Services during the next year. The
state is absolutely protected. he said.
Lauder had done much work IN these
$3.50 anu was neu ns' e,orL ~ az
.ntsan - "s eocnaI : thr"e h,e All
roads in the state to pay approximate
~ wv oadna - c%nnnn,eta The caas
T,5,o ~ rn,ody another enaclal ~.
., .ts 10 nsaSsH n con, nj the
sa.inn .ro,rst tha frn;f omnanie. ne
~ rt.te '
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Attacks HefnminEsOn.
81 can't blamc Townley or Lem.
kc so much for this action" he.
sotd. ..Bnt I've got to blame yOur
senator from this district. II
Hcmminesen ia here. 1 want tn
tell him that the greatest crime
he ever committed against tho
state ri North Dakots vas when
he voted IN take away thoae snec.
iaI assistants. He tried to make
r. innnorsihle IN bring thea, men
and these tr1sts befor,. the bar Of
iuEticc and IL tried. I want tn tell
Hemmtnrsen that I'm sorrv for
him he 10 not n hir man. he il
not = ststns,.an tn ron h.vcn
bir man here and 7 a,n rcferrinr
tn p n Hanson one ~ vonr rem.
,n.entat,vos IN Inc Hnuee Ha =
dcc.nst ssv nuch h,,t he has the
interasts ~ hia cnpstitnents A. +
heart nj, tho time No man ccn
tell Hansen uhnf tn ~ y
~
Not Farmers Movement
7,, 80, ~.
n..tae = "" " y ~
n,ovannant f. ;sr,t aran f-arnsrs.
movement !, nom. ~ .a;d re- i.o
.aota1;st az -. Is :"
5000 u :"
! tbe pa .hr,rphn,+ ~" o.,,ntrr -
th.,. 49, n,.musanous. ~. os1.U
! :" v.rthro 500 80 aua
cot ,ont.n1 IL ta1d 49,, Mar.Ia,, as-
1;6ed hasnr. tha esnate ni,it.rn 80.
~can,r ;ttao .hat w. -nn ao1.aatas
| win tha ,e.c ,,. wera ~. .ociaIt.+s
.nd - $500 raw ~ .Ns.I.a-
aau "e o.ahoeo iowhieys t1suMonS
s,,.h 800. = = anth,n yas,an W.
Ter Thnma. M;,,s .nS . 800 ~ othar
lear,a ora nizars ali ~ whom Vel
| aken a nror;rant n.r+ e. ~ .aa;aI
;st NAVY. namna;rps n ~. $780,. .A
| othe,. st,t.s IL tia No.. T 49,
hjnsa,s n-sa .+.+a .N.'s'
ciaIist narty -
He described 4he w.r ~. ,ar;s,,-
t,,ra ,s 80 ~ - 80. ~ Iesisia-
tha Ho,,ss nv san,t - "a +aka, &c 49,
t .he i aiuht Or oena.e Is nken IN cnarge
forced to sign an agreement to vote
as the majority of the caucus decides
how he is handled in the caucus ana
how the steering mmitt directed
the voting of the members, He ex-
planned Senate Bills AZ, "a and a..
three OF the tax measures presented
at the last session of the legislature
These bills, IL they had been nassed
would nave added much more to the
tax burden, he said, but, largely
through the work Of Senator
Mees. they We're defeated. He told how
Townley had gone to the state Of Utah
and got Prof. Roylance to write these
bills because he believed there was no
one in North. Dakota big enough for
the job. He told how Townley went
before the caucus and declared that
not a period or omma should Ia
changed in those bills because thew
were just as he wanted them: how
Townley warned the legislature against
the actions Of such men as J. r r
Q'Connor, O. B. Burtness and WIN
Whitman: how Mees objected to them
in the caucus and asked tho lerisla-