The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-11
CARR APPOINTS
HOUSE MEMBERS
OF COMMITTEE

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the last session, in connection will
the flour labelling bill, advocated b,
the governor but defeated In thl
house. several witnesses gave testi.
mony without being sworn.
The length Of time required e
print the house journals, caused BIZ
the voluminous reports, is expected
to make It almost impossible for
the legislature to complete its work
by Saturday, as some members had
hoped. One Of the reports, that by
O. B. Lund on his audit Of the
mill. is not expected to be available
Tor inspection by all the legislators,
before Friday.
Careful Consideration Needed
Leaders of both political factions
last night were trying to estimate
the effect of Governor Sorlie's
message upon the rank and file of
the legislature. Some leaders Of
the independents. the faction op.
posed to the governor, were inclined
to the view that the message pre-
sents a formidable political hurdle
which 1t will take some care to get
over safely. All were Of the opin-
ion that the matters suggested by
the governor should be carefully
considered and that the lndepend-
ents should be careful to give the
executive a square deal rather than
to take advantage of their majority
and treat him roughly. They have
never forgotten how the voters of
the state sent Lynn J. Frazier to the
U. 5. senate in 1922, a year after he
had been recalled as governor.
: After hearing the governor
message the house give the speaker
authority to appoint the house mem.
bers of the joint committee and de.
cided to print in its journal the va
rious reports bearing on tn. opera
ton Of tho state mill and elevator.
These include the reports of the
senate fact-findi..r committe dated
March % and July I, 1927, the re-
port of the audit of the mill made
by o. B. Lund and the report Of the
examination by Poole and Schantz,
public accountants, of the affairs Of
the Midland Grain company and I.
s. Josephus company, Min eapolis
firms whose dealings with the state
mill and elevator were called into
question in the various reports.
The house decided to order $500
copies Of its daily journal but 5000
copies will be printed of the journal
which contains the mill reports.
Plans Representative Committee
Speaker John w. Carr, James
town, said he wished to exercise
great care in selecting the house
members Of the committee which
will steer the affairs Of the session
and do what investigating is done.
He wants both political factions to
be well represented and to have
proper geographical distribution of
committeeman, he said.
Newspaper meY who tried to es-
innate the effect of the governors
message upon the assembly encoun.
tered difficult task. Sentiment
generally expressed among the Non.
partisans, however, made it appear
doubtful if an attempt to construct
q new stock-owned terminal eleva.
tor at Fargo would meet with en-
thusiastic support among the legis-
lators on the governors side of the
political fence. Some legislators
on both sides of the political fencu'
said they were impressed with the
message and the points raised In it,
while others viewed it with cold
eye. y Y \
The determination is general to
make the session as brief as pos.
sible, to forestall flood Of new leg.
islation which always occurs at a
regular sessions, and to hold investi-
cations within narrow limits.
The Independent Side
The Independent idea, as ex-
pressed by L. L. Twichell, house
floor leader, is to confine the inves-
tigation of the state mill and ele-
vator situation to a review by the
committee Of the various reports
and the examination Of relatively
few witnesses. The latter probably
will include o. L. Spencer. manager
of the mill and elevator: H. NJ. Web.
ster, former grain buyer al the mill;