The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-20

5-DAY RECESS;
IN HOT FINISH
Audit Board Resolution Again
Before Observation-Disclosures
Win Lacquer
A COMMITTEE is. NAMED
Nine House Members to ''Di-
gest" Report and Ascertain
It's Correctness

ternoon before the house agreed with
the senate to adjourn until next Tues
day at p. NJ, to permit many men,
bers to attend the grain growers con-
vention at Fargo.
The fireworks was OIL the audit re-
port, the independents carrying the
resolution of Grangaard, Of Barnes
gaining one league vote on the meas
ure declared by the author to be for
the purpose of getting the account
ants report on the state industries
"unsullied."
The Grangaard resolution created
q committee OF nine members to study
the report as soon as it is received,
and to call for officials, accountants
or anyone for the purpose of ascer-
taining the correctness Of the report.
The vote was 58 to so, with S absent
., Del. Patterson, Nonpartisan, i'm
mediately offered an amendment call
ing for a committee of three to act
with similar committee Of the SEN
ate.
Speaker Twitchell called Watt of
Cass, to the chair and taking the
floor, renewed his charges of attempts
at obstruction by the majority mem
bers of the state board of auditors.
Makes Charges.
1--WE can hope to get nowhere he
said, lin the investigation or the con-
sideration of the audit report if we
call in a committee of the senate. The
first thing to do to make a report
possible was to get the money and the
money was not Forthcoming from an
of the representatives of the men who
are now trying to amend this resOlu
ton. No money was offered from the
contingent fund. Everything was done
to prevent the old board of auditors
from making the audit and now these
men are telling us that they want the
report. You have an idea how inter
ested they are. We want expert &C,
countants to appear before this COM
mittee and they will not be all Bishop,
b Brissmanz either. We want fair
audit and we are going to have it..
Mr.. Patterson charged Mr.. Twitchell
with attempting to convey a wrong
impression of his stand and said he
was going to fight for the amendment
to the last ditch.
Kitchen of Golden Valley, insisted
that the house had initiated the idea
of getting the report and was entitled
to a separate consideration Of it.
Maddox of Mountrail, said he didn't
care much whether the amendment
passed or not but that he disliked
greatly all this old stuff insinuating
dishonesty and don't care from
what side it comes
Made No InsinuatiOns.
Speaker Twitchell here declared
that he had not made any insinuations
but that they were charges, and that
he thought he had made that clear.
On roll call the vote was SO against
the amendment and 50 for it.
Olson Disguised.
Harding of EmmOns, then moved an
amendment to provide that five of the
majority and four of the minority be
appointed on the committee. Olson
of Barnes, Lacquer, voted against this
amendment because although he didn't
agree with everything in the Gran
gard resolution he was disgusted
with all the wrangling back and
forth. He felt sometimes he said as
though if he had pocketfull of stones
he would throw the rocks at every
body
Mr.. Kitchen moved the previous
question while Patterson had an
amendment he wished to make giving
each member of the committee the
right to call witnesses. When the
previous question was put Shipley and
Starke of Stark, Johnson Of Cass, and
other Independents voted against it,
and Miller of Bottineau, and other
leaguers voted for it, and thus in dis
regard of party lines it was carried.
Appoints Committee.
Speaker Twitchell appointed the
following members on the commit
tees: M. o. Grangaard, Rogers,
Barnes county, chairman John Free
man, Grand Forks, Grand Forks
county; Theodore Hanson, Leeds,
Benson county; Andrew Johnson,
Douglas, Ward county; Adam Nasel,
Jr., Lehr, Logan county; S. w. John
son, Colgate, Steele county; P. F.
DOYLE, CndrleSON. NlllldHlS-McheH-
zie: D. e. Shipley, Dickinson, Stark
county, and C. l.. Ulland, Mayville'
Traill county.
The resolution was as follows:
Whereas, the house is advised that
the audit of the state bank and the
state industries prepared by Bishop
Brissman & Co.. under the provisions
of the initiated law passed at the
November, 1920, general election vii!
shortly be available to the house; ana
Whereas, such report will necessar-
ily be voluminous and comprised OF
hundreds Of pages of printed matter
and figures, needing and requiring ex-
animation and verifcation; and.
Whereas, many. matters disclosed
by such audit will undoubtedly re-
Uuire other and further information
and data with respect thereto to
clearer understanding and apprecla-
ton of the exact condition OF suc1
state industries by the members or
this house and the people of the state:
and
Whereas, it will be entirely imprac-
tical for the house as body to make
such further investigations as shall
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