The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-21
CHIEF INTEREST
OF SESSION IN
AUDIT REPORT
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Everything Ready for Full In
vestigation by Com
mittee ....
*CAN CALL WITNESSES
Twitchell Follows Precedent Set
by State in Apportioning
Committee

The audit of the state industries by
Bishop, Brissman & Co., accountants,
still holds the center of the stage in
the legislative session and from all in
dications it will do so up to the hour
of adjournment,
The plan of the Independents is to
have the report as soon as it is de-
livered to Speaker Twitchell turned
over to Chairman Grangaard of the
special committee created Wednesday
for the express purpose of considering
this report. @
Given Full Powers.
The house has empowered this com
mittee to take any steps necessary 20
insure an accurate and informative re-
port which will give the people of the
state clear and complete statement
of the exact condition OF the states
industries at the time the report was
taken BY creating this committee and
giving it full powers, the house has
guarded against any delay after the
report is received.
The committee can employ account
ants, attorneys and any other assist
ants necessary. In informal discus
sions the general sentiment has been
for the employment Of two or three
attorneys. Nonpartisan members OF
the committee have asked that they be
permitted to select any attorney to
represent them. AS to accountants
Speaker Twitchell on the floor of the
house declared that besides calling the
men who assisted in making the re-
port, he favored procuring other ac-
% countants as a check and to make II
certain that fair report was secured
and to prevent the circulation OF mis-
: leading propaganda.
May Call Officials.
The committee is empowered to call
in any OF the state officials and thus
may question any persons connected
with the management Of the state In
dustries from the governor down IL
also may call other persons whose tes-
timony is needed to get a complete re-
port. This will enable them to call
in officials Of the Consumers Stores
company to learn of -four deals WITH
the Drake mill or of any bank which
has had dealings with the state bank
In appointing the committee, Speak
er Twitchell based the representation
of minority and majority factions on
the precedent made by Speaker Stair
OF the last house in selecting the men,
bers of the library investigating COM
mittee when he appointed two Nonpar-
tisans to one Independent
Chairman Grangaard is a banker 0!
Rogers He is an official of the State
, Bankers association. This is the flrs'
wear he has served in the house. He
has been liberal and progressive IN
politics. '.'.''
NQnpartisan Members.
The three NOnpartisan members
are:
S. w. johnson of Steele, county, one
of the Nonpartisan floor leaders; me
odore Hanson of Benson county wha
has taken an active part in house de-
bates and comes from Senator
Church's county, and. P. F. Doyle o'
Williams Mckenzie. Mr.. Doyle is in
moor health and has asked to be re-
lieved.
The other members are:
: John Freeman of Grand Forks VINO
has been leader in all discussions on
the floor relating to the audit report;
Andrew johnson of Ward, new men,
her who has been especially active IN
support of progressive legislation
Adam Nagel, Jr, Of Logan an aple
representative Of the south centra
portion Of the state; D.. E. Shlpiey
state secretary of the Farmers Union
Stark county; and c. l.. Ulland' leau'
ing Independent Of Trail county.