The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-18
SORLIE is NOT
SURPRISED AT
ACTION TAKEN
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the action Of the lawmakeFs. '1r
view Of the membership Of The com.
mittee and the manner in which The
committee was appointed feel that
we got everything We could expect-
which was nothing" TIE aCyernor
told the Associated Pres.
The committee to which he re.
ferred was the special joint commit.
tee OF the senate and house which
was appointed to examine his mes,
sage and recommend . course Of
action. The committee found that
criticism of the executives manage.
ment OF the state mill and elevator
1T Grand Forks, made by Q speejal
senate committee appointed @ TIE
last regular session, was justified.
It also held that the action Of the
governor in calling the special aes.
sion was unwarFSnted, since no
emergency existed, and that noth.
ing should be cone now with the
various recommendation made In
the governors message.
Dishonesty Charges Cleared
His purpose in calling the session,
the governor said in his openin9
message, and again in . stateMent
to the committee, was 20 permit TIE
legislature to investigate the mill
and elevator situation and find if
anyone had been dishonest. Some
newspapers, he said, had limited 1t
dishonesty on the part Of himself
and men employed by him @ the
ex.officio mill manager. Other
recommendations and reasons for
calling the session were secondary.
In its report the COMMITTEES ulade
no finding with reeaRd to the hon.
csty and integrity Of the governor
and mill management. In Z formal
statement read into the senate
journal yesterday afternoon, how.
ever, members Of the senate mill
fact-finding committee said thew
are certain there was no dishonesty
in tho mill management and that
any rumors or reports to the con-
trary, in their judgment, are false.
Nonpartisans Have Dinner
At dinner last night Is Nonpar.
tisans made speeches in which party
members were urged to subj0kate
their various personal and political
disputes to the party's good. Gov.
crnor Sorlie was cheered following
his address and party leaders said
that good feeling had been restored
among the Nonpartissn rank and
file.
Others who spoke were Walter
Maddox. lieutenant governor; Rob-
ert Byfne, secretary Of state: Mrs,
G. A. Fisher, Alfred S. Dale. Mrs.
Minnie D. Craig, Mrs. +. o. Bailey,
Ben Larkin, j. H. Burkhart, house
minority floor leader; Thorestein
H. Thoresen, state tax commission.
err; Fay Harding, member Of the
state railroad board, and State
Senator's Patterson, Satire and
Benson. Judge H. A. Bronson,
Grand Forks, was toaptmaster and
the fifteenth speaker.
Some members Of the legislature.
including some Independent leaders.
are Of the opinion thGt the siSoeiai
session had strengthened the POSI-.
ton of the state mill an; elevator
and will reduce the political attacks
made upon it. The independents
are the faction opposed to the GOV.
crnor and have been fighting the
industrial program Of the Nenpar@
tisan League for the last 10 years.
The mill and elevator, togethet. Hiik|
the Bank Of North D-kota, .Vhicha
also remains in operation, wAa tie
cornerstone upon which the Non.
partisan League based its industrial
program. inaugurated in the hey.
day OF A. c. Townley, its founder.
Still Factor in Politics
Others, however. do not see how
the session will change, to any great
extent, the political-economic. Issue
which has been the source Of polit-
ical strife in North Dakota for 10
years.
A majority Of the legislators in
terviewed were Of the opinion that
the special session had removed
Governor Sorlie from the scene az
a political factor to be reckoned
with but others were not SO sure.
The latter contend IL It the executive
has shown himself to be strong with
the people and that the present
legislative defeat may not sound
his political death knell Is some Of
his opponents, both within and with
out his own faction Of the Repub.
lican party, believe.
Chief interest ct the closing Of
the legislature conferred in the SEN
ate, the house having already adopt
ed the report Of the steering
committee which recommended
against acting on any Of the COVER.
nor's recommendatiens and that the
legislature adjourn sine die.
A parliamentary tangle resulted
when the question Of adopting the
committee report WIS brought up.
Senator Benson Of Rolette county
wanted the evidence taken BY tho
special committee, which examined
the governors message and investi.
gated the mill, made . matter Of
public record.
The vote on the committee report
was 43 to s, al Of the latter being
NonpaYtisans favorable to the gov.
ernor. A number Of NonpartiVans
voted with the Independent majority.
One Party Vote In Senate
The question Of having evidence
taken by the special joint committee
Transcribed and filed with the soere-
tary Of state - . public document,
again raised by Senator Benson, Was
defeated by the only marty vote In.
the senate ct this session. DInson'o
motion was defeated, Is 70 a.
The senate voted 70 continue for
another year the special fact finding
committee, whose activities were
credited with having caused the
special session.
Senator Walter Schlcsser, Grand
Forks county, made . futile attempt
to evade further service On tn cesn.
mjttee. In . statement 70 the press
Lieutenant Governor Walter Md
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