The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1921-03-16

showed that they had been guilty Of
gross misapplication Of facts, mislead-
Ing Interpretation of. the Law and mis-
reading Of records into the evidence.
1t IL perhaps not strange that they
were afraid to appear for cross en-
animation before the senate commit
tee"
Other witnesses who failed 10 obey
summons were e. L. Bishop and 81. A.
Smith Of the Bishop. Brissman audit.
ing company. e. G. Lee and b. I.
Altman, also employees Of the Bishop,
Brissman company, appeared. Both
disappeared when called upon again.
Altman after having undergone a try
ing ordeal when the accounting accur-
acy Of the Bishop. Brissman report
was riddled by H. A. Paddock Of coun-
sci. for the senate committee. Altman
frequently reverted to the plea that
he had not seen the books Of the Drake
mill when Mr.. Paddock pressed him
for an explanation Of his records. Hs
previously had testified, however, that
the audit was correct "as far 90 hu-
manly possible"
]. r. Waters also refused to appear
before the senate committee under
doctors orders" Tho committee after
referring to his highly dramatic" tale
before the house committee, has this
to say Of all the witnesses who refused
to obey summons:
"All in all. the record Of these Wit.
nesses who failed to appear, OF who
ran away, would lead the unbiased
observer to believe that they were all
afraid that the light Of day and truth
would strike down the false barbados
they had prepared"
In its summary. the committee re-
fers to Waters and J. w. Brinton, the
latter formerly an employee Of Non
partisan league enterprises:
"These men at one time enjoyed the
confidence of such faithful servants
of the people as Governor Lynn j.
Frazier, William Lemke and John
Hagan. They apparently were heart
and soul for the industrial programs
until it was discovered by those who
were charged with the responsibility
for the programs success that they
were using the positions they occupied
to further their own interests. They
were % In the farmer9 movement be-
cause they believed in 1t, but for per-
sonal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. They were
traitors to the cause they were sup
posed to espouse. When that was dis
covered they were no o out than
they commenced to undermine and de-
stroy II they could the foundations Of
the Industrial program which, had been
enacted into law by the people Of this
state. Most OF the campaign thunder
which has been printed in the papers
a%ntagonistic to the Industrial program
has been furnished by these men. On
their false testimony has been based q
large part Of the criticism Of the Bank
Of North Dakota. BY the overwhelm-
ing testimony and the facts and cir
cumstances shown before this commit
tee it appears these men have perjured
themselves.
1T is a rule of law that where a Wit
has testified falsely, AZ to any
material fact in a matter under inves-
tigation,' we have the right to disrs-
gard all testimony Of such witness un-
less his testimony il c~orroboratsd BY
other credible evidence in the matter
under investigation, or BY facts and
circumstances proven. Applying such
rule to the testimony Of Waters and
Bfinton. we feel that they having tss-
tilted falsely upon several material
matters. that their testimony Il abso-
1atsly unworthy Of any credence what
sosver and should ~ totally disre-
sarded." I
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