The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 28, 1918, Page 2

sete Socialism commercially and industrially means that all productive property and industry shall be owned and controlled by some branch of government. To accomplish this 7 . our constitution must be amended. ee | oe . 1. Soas to allow the state or any political subdivision to engage in any business or industry. 2. So the state may go into debt without limit for the purpose of either acquiring business enterprises, or guaranteeing them. . / You are told you can prevent Socialism by referendum after the Constitutional Amendments to accomplish these very things are to be voted on November Sth, 1918. | (Ne eee fl amendments are passed, but you cannot because the amendments au- thorize the legislature to declare most anything an emergency, and ‘ 7 That's why the authors of House Bill 44 didnt want patriotism and morality taught in our publie sechcols. Everything that Socialism stands for was arranged for in the now infamous House Bill 44. : The Amendiments now proposed do not inelude all that was in H. B. 44 ,but, in order to make it easy to put over the balanee of it, THE AMENDMENT NOW PENDING WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION WITH A VOTE OF LESS THAN A MAJORITY. | If it is not the intention to plant Socialism in North Dakota, why are cnly radical Socialists of long standing and prominence picked for leadership in the Nonpartisan league. everywhere and so far as possible for all State and Legislative offices? If an effort is not being made to plant Socialism under the banner+of Republicanism, why have 8,000 meu who heretofore have registered and voted as Socialists abandoned their party and gone into the Republican ranks!) They are keeping up their close organization and in that They have never told:us that Socialism has been tried and proven a failure time and again in this ‘country since th first colonists came here and almost starved as a result of the Brooks Farm Experiment. What great wroug has been done in taxation that justifies a complete revolution of our system of taxation? What particular industry do we need for which we need to bond the state without hint? We have voted fer terminal elevators but there is a limit to what we need to spend for them. ‘ , i Is the mereantile busitiess so profitable that we shall want the state to go into that business? Statisties show that 85 per cent of all business ventures fail. Do we want to squander our school fund on business failures?» If 85 of every 100 men who have their fortune aud reputation at stake fail in bnsin s it not reasonable to support that there will be even more failures in business ventures managed by 73 cent tax payers and political nibblers? It is not that we ueed all of these, but Socialists wanteus to, experiment with Socialism. oo ae : 5 He Socialism is the Issue : If you believe in Socialism, cithcr boost forFrazier and the Socialistie Constitutional Amend- ments that he is boosting for or sit still with your mouth chosed dnd your hands folded while the Socialists work. . On October 25th, the Socialists selected a,committee in every precinct in the .state, whose duty itis to devote a’ week or more to solicit votes for the amendments, for Frazir, and for Sogial- ist legislative camlidates. y ‘ \ e . (Political Advertising) { . BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE “ “SOCIALISM IS OPPOSED TO PATRIOTISM AND CHRISTIANITY, ‘ the impression that the Constitutional Amendments provided ‘for a ‘‘strietly limited indebtedness.”’ . ° MONDAY, OCTOBER: 28, 1918. \ _ 3. Soas to revolutionize taxation methods, that titles to property can be taxed away from individuals, and everybody, including farm- ers, work for the state as hired men for whoever is in power. eed ; vie | 5 . i A ny A . leave the calling of an election on any referendum petition to the pleas- f ure of the Governor unless 30,000.people petition for a special election, 4 within 180 days after the legislature adjourns. Busy spring’s work for. a the farmers. Too busy to circulate petitions. - ‘ | \e 5 i i way absolutely domiuate ihe present Republican party in, Nerth Dakoga. You see it in your com- munity if you look around with your eyes OPEN. s H ’ Tn order to prevent people from wakingeup and realizing what the funning plans are, organ- % izers are told not to let farmers know that what they are advocating is Socialism. But through the mass of big headlines, personal abuse’ and vilifying cartoons, glares the fact that THE PRES. ~ \ ENT LEADERS OIF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAVE NEVER DENJED THAT THEY ARE ; TRYING TO PLANT SOCIALISM IN NORTH DAKOTA. \ They have never denied that in order to cover up'their S i vialistic designs they tried to leave After being forced from coyer they are now ‘admitting that they do not know whiere the limit is. They haye never tried to convince the farmers of the state that single tax is good for them. Abusing Mr. Doyle does fot prove that unlimited public debt or single fax is a good thing for the state, < . - ' XN . 5 J He Tf you are opposed to Sevialism, get Dusys Asie men-everywhene to’ go to-the polls ox cleetion 4nd vote against Socialism all along the jine-—against "the amendments. for Doyle and for anti-Socialist. candidates for legislature. y a iS : i The milifary registration records of the state show tliat there are more than 159,000 men en- titled to vote in North, Dakota. Allowing 39,000. discount for soldiers’ votes, that- cannot be had, transients who fail to vote, ete. eaves a possible vote of not Jess than 120,000. Of this num- ber the-Socialists mustered 54,000 for Frazier THE BALANCE (66,000) WILL) DEFEAT SO. CIALISM TF EVERYONE OF THEM GETS out. : i " Don't let personal abuse, fake law suits and other noise gas you the last days before-clevtion | so you forget that Socialism -or not Socialism is the issue. é The battle is in your hands fyom now, on Mr, Anti-Socialist. Work, work, for what you believe’ sto. be the: best for, the state.and its people. Victory lies before you if you will exert yourself. Remember, IT’S’ NOT 10,000 BUSINESS MEN AGAINST $5,000 FARMERS. It’s Socialism or not Socialism. Sh} ! 2 t > VOTES WILL DECIDE IT os tSvicialits must have a niajority for the Amendments*of all votes cast at the election/in order t6 carry; them. The more votes east for Governor, the harder for them to carry the Amendments. 5 VOTE—AND GET OTHERS TO VOTE WITH YOU “8 ° ik ~ “_JoINT CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE