Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-05
Senate Majority Fails
10 Slip Anything Over
On The Attorneys
Hired By The House
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with Mr.. L~iederbach. he OF the Moroc-
can troops ran in the chief equine role.
1t was fun for the attorneys but the
couldn't see the joke and fin
ally IN desperation Senator Baker
moved that Murphy be released from
arrest and made to answer questions
as a witness.
Motion Passed.
The motion went through; SO did
Mr.. Murphy. He went through the
crowd and out the door. The SER
geant-at-arms and one or two other
ieaguers tried to stop him. They al
into Carl kositzky and one Of them:
went out. the: door Of the senate cham:.
Der faster than he had intended to-
Mr.. Murphy disappeared. Another
warrant was issued for his arrest but
no n seemed much interested in
serving it.
Then the wolf was turned loose on
Mr.. Sullivan. He was ordered to an
swcr questions P. D. @. or go to jail.
He suggested that there was a sort Of
constitution in favor of allowing a
a to be heard in his W defense
before being sent to Jail. !,
T~he~ieagne senators weren't inter-
estcd in g. little thing like the consti-.
tuition. They wanted to see Sullivan
jailed. He was told to make up his,
mind right away whether he would
submit to the kangaroo court pro-
cedure or go to Jail. '
Then Mr.. Sullivan, who as before
mentioned is Irish, got mad on his
own account and told the assembled
leaguers that he had made up his
mind before he ever came to the. SEN
ate chamber and that all Of the Nom,
partisan league maiorities from. .Hud-.
sons Bay to hell couldn't make him
change It. I:
He Was Jailed. ' BY.
So he was ordered t. Jail.
On the way out he suggested to
n serseant-at-arms hat the jailor
might be curious about commitment
papers or something Of that, sort. The
sergeant-at-arms decided that the
best thing to do was to put the pris-
oner in Bill Lemke's office. This
was done. Bill didn't worry about
a little thing like legal papers and
the prisoner was received. 1t was at
this stage Of the game that several
perfectly. good fights were staged in
the rotunda. ."
W. J. Riggs. a: Bismarck automo-
| bile man, knocked out Seaman Smith.
recently the league choice for state
sheriff. About that time some one
hit Carl kositzky from the rear. Carl
got up and clinched with a son Of O..
e. Lofthus and the two went into ex-
ecuttve session behind the doors Of
the supreme our library. 1t was
Mr.. Lofthus who moved the adjourn
ment.
In the meantime Bill Stutsman had
obtained a writ of habeas corpus from
Justice L. E. Birdzell of the supreme
court. The only trouble. was that
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could be found at any Of the reguIaiy
iails of the city. Finally some one
suggested taking a try at Mr.. Lemke's
office and that was done. There was
the prisoner and his guard.
Inc writ OF habeai; corpus was
served and the meeting adjourned to
Justice Birdzell's chamber. There
Mr.. Sullivan told his story.
Short Session.
1t did not take the Justice long to
decide the case. He at once issued
an order holding hat Mr.. Sullivan
had been deprived Of his liberty H.
legally and should be set free at once.
In the meantime Howard Wood,
1.-The lteuteftant governor. had found
fout what was going on and made
a gallant effort to ave the senate's
face. He wrote an order to the bur-
ley sergeant-at-armS to release Mr.,
Sullivan. The order arrived about the
time Justice Birdzell was issuing his
" order for the release of the pris-
'oner and the justice went ahead and
issued the order without regard to
the action of Mr.. Wood, So his views
on the senate kangaroo court is part
of the record.
After that Bill Lenlke got Staalen
Hendricks on the witness stand and
learned that Staaler is drawing. a sal
airy from the house audit committee
as spccial marshal.
Old timers declared the show was
n of the best seen here in years.