Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-01-20
HOUSE CONDEMNS
ATTEMPTS TO BLOCK
REPORT OF AUDIT
Passes Resolution Dedouncing
Questionable Methods Of
Len1ke and Poindexter to
Keep House From Securing
Report.

bismarck, ". d., Jan. i9.--tSpec-
ial) The mouse of representatives
wants the ,eooct Of the audit OF state
industries.
It said so emphatically, by vote
of So, to SO, yesterday afternoon III
passing a resolution condemnlng the
majority members of the state au-
dit hoard who are William Lemke
and D. C. PoindeNter, arG the ma
iority members Of the seEate audit
conference committee, for alleged
nnderhanded methods to try and pre-
vent the house from getting an un-
exnurgated report of Bishop, Bliss
man and company, accountants.
Fifty-nine is the largest numoef
of representatives to join in the i'll
dependent column on propositlon
OF, which the vote is strlctly on parry
Ear,v in the day Speaker Twlteh-
o,, received a telegram from Bisaop,
nr;ssman and company stating that
IN comDany had received an order
from the majority members OF the
state audit board to not denver o1ie
cony to the senate, one to the houso
and one to the board as had oeen
MANNED. but to deliver the report u
tho audit board.
s This independents, charged, was
dono Inv Lemke and Poindexter with
out the knowledge OF Ihomas r1a''
the third member of the board:
Mr.. Poindexter, however, aehieu
there was anything unusual III tne
action He said the board merely
instructed Bishop. Brissman ana
comnany to deliver all three copies
to the audit board, and that the au-
dit hoard would summon the mousse
and senate committees to decide no"
the report should be handled.
Text of Telegram
The text of the Bishop, Brissman
s,nd Company telegram follows: -.z.-..-,,
"To the House Of Representatives,
bismarck, N. D.
..Wc have received the followihe
communication under date OF Jan.
s15: Senate committee in conference
with board of auditors asks that
three copies of audit report be SUD-
nitted to the undersigned and that
marty who was in charge or audlt
work accompany the report IN per
son. prepared to explain in detail.
Would suggest he bring working pa
ners from which report was compll-
OIL Please advise when we may eX-
meet rport. Quick action requested
n q Poindexter, State Auditor.
1--WE have today replied as follows:
acknowledge receipt OF your WIRE
IAN. Is, requesting us to submit an
three ccpies of report to you. we
assume this is in reply to our re-
nuest Jan. 10, that state board OF
audit authorize the delivery OF one
cony each to senate and house to
conform to their respective orders
received. We do not feel justified
in ignoring such explicit orders from
the senate and house and again res
pectfully request your authority to
deliver copies as previously ordered.
AS heretofore agreed, will be glad
to have representative explain re-
mort after submission and discussion
before submission would be improp-
er. .
"Bhiscp, Brissman C Co.
Senntc Passes COuntr Resolution
Is the refusal of the state indus
trial commission, composed OF Gov
ernor Frazier, Attorney-General Will
liam Lemke and Commissioner OF
Agriculture, John N. Hagan, respon-
s;hle for the financial plight Of the
state Industries?
independents in the Senate th'nK
it is; the Nonpartisans deny it.
The subject of state finance was
debated at length in the senate yes
terday afternoon when the resolution
offered by Senator Leiderbach, civ"
ing .vote of confidence" to the in
dustrial commission, to counter
act'' the "vote Of lack of confidence"
OF the house, was debated. Tbs vote
was s25 to "a for the resolution.
Senator Rusch, of Cass County,
gave his explanation as to the diff
ficulty of the sale of bonds to finance
the state enterprises.
''No maturity is provided for these
bonds" said Senator Rusch. mo
provision is made for refundins HON.
The big bond houses do no. keep
the bonds-they sell them to CUSTOM
ers. And they want a guarantee
that they will mature and will be
paid"
Senator Leiderbach asserted the
"'42 taxpayers suit was RESPONSE.
BILE for the situation. He said that
the Bank Of North Dakota had sold
million dollars worth of bonds and
could have sold more, when the sult
was instituted.
v V III Senator Rusch and Senator Lied
erbach engaged in little tilt
s7a IF you people will help US, we
can sell 4 the bonds,'' said Senator
Rusch, who declared that the guar
4 antees asked for in the program
/ laid before the industrial commits
sion BY the bankers committee which
was endsavoring 70 sell ststt bonds
vas simply the guarantee asksd ~