The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 29, 1918, Page 3

* TUESDAY, OCT. 29, 1918. : jak i é p BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE eevudgenaunavecuuusatcenunanaenyssuccagoestenecetatueteeceeg vega en eeNAUUMeUAATUMANUEAUNEL UNO HUEGUNONOUEUEA GHA evU LEANNA NONEN ERM eaeNAeNMNNUHUNNT NEAT iit ARUGYUELOGDLADUOGGOQUEOLOCOUOUOOUUGUEOUOGUEOQUGNUOOUEOUED buduangucueananiauanuenuenuasuacuananusausavinannucguanuencanedeontagnatey ’ / $ 4 ‘ Ny ‘Judge Robinson or Townley? ‘ {Qe eecmeevceenierecsniececcocentinecenicceecaneeecenaeieeeaneneegezeeecaacaenaeeecaeaccaaeeeaacnaecna cannes nnunnengadeaeaceacceeenencceeciaeaetee utara es Vote Against Amendments First. When You-go to Vote Call for the Separate Constitutional Ballot. Be Sure You Get It: Vote “No” on évery one of the ten amendments. Then vote the small tickets for Fisk and Nielson and then vote for the democratic state candidates on the big ballot. | . “TUAdneananeeuuevuenunnecennsavaccasnaneacsaseacancsncaneanancsanessuensedasndeenqnancenensnnensacanegngs avenscdteganseaesgueecesedHessueneeGeaAUeMAEOUeOUeeGeedUeAONUNOnEGGAOUOGUUOAUODUeOUeadedouananoooneasogge HAUGUAEEUAGEOEDEOUAG auAUUGAAEUONNAGAUEUAGOGUAUSUOANEGUOGUEGOGEUEOUGEUCNOGUONONANOUONAGOLEGOUENEOUOOOEOUDGaOGUOAEAcaCgrote ROBINSON THE JUDGE.- | TOWNLEY THE BOSS-- — “Do you care for the opinion of your humble servant on the ten. : : TO LEAGUE MEMBERS AND THEIR FRIENDS: coustitutional amendments to.be submitted to the voters in Noveinber?”” m4 Your devotion to the cause of Democracy-government by and for the Oa pales Beret cr an re ean Tp eee re people is to be tested again. : i eae oe = eee Ba CoRarbaee ee nee i ; xR In three years great victories you have won. The primaries and Se ae erica pr gm ee EE yw OW final election in 1916. Thent the primary election last June you routed YOU TO VOTE AGAINST ALL-OF TILEM EXCEPTING THESE a the forces of reaction, sweeping into complete control of every branch of THREE: \. state govzr..ment. No one doubts the election on November 5 of practi- p> Phe dhwiatiee ond vesorend ag apalitditoe leciélati DANA cally all your candidates for office. ne initiative and referendum as appli¢d to legislation, \ \ K 3 ; After next January Ist you will have all the MEN NEEDED IN ©20 The constitutional wuendments, or the manner of amending & , THE OFFICES—ON THE JOB TO CARRY OUT THE LEAGUE PRO- the constitution. - + , i 3 : GRAM FOR INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY. , PPS oh ee ash § ‘ ‘ 3 ‘ \ But these men can’t carry out the League program. The men of “3. Publie ownershi pof industries.”” SB ae 2 . " \ your selection are in control of every office in the state they can’t carry “Under the first two amenklments it will be much easier for the : . out your LEN alee Anse ine iY bund alate eleyalcrs, flour mills and state people to make and amend the laws and the constiytion, To the firs H : y elevators, four mills anc state rural credit banks. | measure there is just one objection, Lt provides that 7.000 elcetors Why can't they? Because the Constitution of North Dakota specifically prohibits the state from do- : Screg race ing these things; AND. ALL THE MEN YOU HAVE ELECTED CAN’T CHANGE THE CONSTI¥FU- ON. a 4 » ae x s at large may by, referendum petition suspend the operation of any, measure enacted by the legislature, ¢ pting on cmergeney measures, beer : HSE shales ¢ RRS Sa Sar tra Fee on eae ae tan The constitution was adopted many years ago by a vote of the people of the state, AND IT CAN That makes it to easy for a few disatited votensto suspend the er” ONLY" BE CHANGED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE. You, the voters, must change it, because necessary to rémedy in two years: : no one else has the right to change it. rs ‘ fs id ‘ The constitution, you see, is the foundation law of the state. It defines what laws the Governor “The publi¢ ownership amendinent is by far the most important and Legislature may or may not make. The Governor or Legislature can’t make laws not permitted by of the whole bunch. Under it the state, each county and cach city the constitution. So if you want the League program carried out—if you want the governor and legis- may engage in any industry, enterprise or busin the same as a . lature to pass laws to build state elevators, flour mills and rural credit banks to be run at cost—YOU, natural perSon. It may Tearn to make an honest ence instead of * THE VOTERS, MUST CHANGE THIS OLD.CONSTITUTION GIVING THE GOVERNOR. AND LEGIS- forever remaining a beggar, a nursling or a tyrant exacting tribute LATURE THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO PASS LAWS,TO BUILD STATE ELEVATORS AND rom the people. If the state corporation cannot learn to live or exist BANKS. ; —the same ther corporations, the same as New Zealand—-without AMENDMENTS ARE THE NEEDED MACHINERY. levying tributes, it deserves to perish from the arth. That’s what the ten’ amendments are for—you -vote “yes” on these amendments to change the ve 2 A tl constitution so Governor Frazier and Legislators can pass laws this winter to carry out the League pro- ' Bey eee The purpose of the bonding amendment is good and beneficient gram. UNDERSTAND, WHEN YOU VOTE'YES AND PASS THESE TEN AMENDMENTS THAT but:it is subject to several objections. It is too vague and indefinite; its meaning is not pbyious; its limi- DOESN’T MAKE ANY LAWS TO BOND THE STATE OR BUILD ELEVATORS. The gang says it tations are open to dispute, It seems to contemplate the the mortgaging of state property and public util- does but the gang lies. ‘ 2 ities when there is no occasion for a state, county or city to mortgage any of its property. It does- If nothing more was done than pass the amendments, the League program wouldn't be carried. out. neither describe the bonds to pe issued nor make them a legal tender in payment of taxes nor exempt ~ When you' pass the amendments and change the constitution you give the men you have elected ‘consti- * them fromi taxation. A bonding amendment should be in words few and precise, and not subject to any _ tutional authority to go ahead and make some laws to carry out the League program. IF YOU DON’T dispute, and so that its imprint on’a bond would male it as current as gold or legal tender. / PASS THESE AMENDMENTS, YOU MIGHT AS WELL NOT ELECT FRAZIER AND THE REST OF ‘And, as the purpose of a bonding amendment should be to promote some great industry and to AcUe ee ROAM 0 OFFICE BECAUSE THEY WON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO _AHBAD } . THATS WHY THEY HOWL. Make it a grand | success, the voters should know-the nature of the industry and the assurances of suc- . . SOE eer ED a Fspod Oe AaNe GREELY teeee wUer Ee ae RP AGboate A So they have fallen back to the Hindenburg line where they how! and fume and shoot ale gas nad GOOD ENTERPRISE AND GOOD PUBLIC SERVICE. Without good service. it is vain to hope for Sige ed tte aed apa are aboutout of good older ore all out of ammunition, Witness the suceess in-cither a publie or private business; and, as we all know, thus fat the state publ srvice has aa iE raeaied So ‘ane pe aris phar Alldhe amendments Read carefully the pamphlet eC; very » sue. y on . ely ns] a owreel. ar mui Pg , <j 5 s S a eo Fee eee a ee eee Rat acm idand Corallt te dant a betier tie pauiiesercise - entided “The Tenth About the Constitutional Amendiiionts, sent to oll-votets by ihe NEED Usroe ap thae te nfaye equal in efficiency: the , of any bank or business corporation, This point ALL publican, State Central Committee. But remember this: These amend ett Mota “ea” an ee amends See a AND AT Tat ceecstuan Gedevone Ine loch wiline tor tee bis tiny and to leave "ents pass, ‘The legislature goes aliead and passes a law to isons 10,000,000 woet Of ema fo build his work undone, The policy of each party is to denounee the other, to pound the devil on the back elevators, flour mills and state OTE OF oe Ree noe and the rest: dont Uke ts without attempting to show how to better conditions. “+ - : What could they do to continue to earn their modest share of the “Slush Fund?” Why, Jerry, and “Besides, it does not seem at all necessary far a state, a county or a city to vote or issue bonds he- Notman and their comrades could frame a referendum petition, circulate among their friends and co- fore engaging in any industry. The state keeps a good deposit account in nearly every bank in the workers in the cities of Fargo, Grand Forks, Devils Lake, Minot and Dickinson—and compel Governor state; each county, in every, bank of tha county, and each city, in every bank of the city. ’ Frazier to submit to the voters the laws bonding the state to build elevators. Then if a majority of “a Wi; a Ae : : voters agreed with Jerry and Norm, that majority would vote against the bonding law and the Governor ames, Hill had no such resourees when he commenced the building of his railroads and made couldn’t sell any state bonds to build elevators or anything else. So with any other law the gang didn’t Aundred s of millions’ of dollars. The gréat packers commenced with only-a few thousaid dollars, and like. They could easily refer it to the people and let the people decide. ‘ for many they have amassed great, wealth and levied great tributes on all the western world-—v Is this so dangerous? What's the matter? Can't be these political highbinders are afraid to “carry on every producer: and every consumer of meats. And so it is wit the other big corporations that have the truth to the people?” OR ARE THEY AFRAID OF THE DECISION OF THE PEOPLE WHEN long been exploiting fhe resources of the state and making the citizens hewers of wood and ‘drawers ‘THE PEOPLE GET ALL THE TRUTH? i af water. : 2 4 ; DOES NOT PLUNGE See DEBT. hat putd:the state in debt, Th “In Utopia the public industries and utilities are conducted through the stat rporations in which . __, They now try to make you believe that when the amendments pass that puts the state in debt. % e there is always a union of public and private capital, represented by public directors and private di-- fact is, passing the amendments only gives the lee lature iine Tight to make ewe issue bonds;-and rettor one gives foree and power, the-other, assurance and efficiency. Banking; insurance, rail- even those laws can quickly and easily, belles BY ve eal t y ad af hee 4 ur ose by misrepre- roading aud ‘every sueh special business is conducted by a special state corporation under expert man- eatiie cere elses the special privilege lackeyes seek to accomplis. purpt y Pp) agement, an dso it is in New England. , Aud these arc matters worthy of consideration, Finally, remember that all the enemies of the common people inside and outside of North Dakota are _ “S80 1 SAY TO YOU BY ALL MEANS BO VOTE YES ON THE THREE AMENDMENTS, AND in the fight with Black, Doyle and Bacon against these amendments. If you vote “no,” or if you fail to ON THE OTHERS VOTE A BIG NO. PROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH voté at all, you are counted against the amendments and with ithe enemy. e % IS GOOD. At the election in 1920, when amendments will be submitted in a state painphlet, wish rea- All those things proposed to be doné by passing the ten amendments and then passing laws to sons for and against each amendment, then it will be much easier for, the voiers to act wisely. There carry out the League pfogram have been done and are in operation NOW in different places ‘in the United will be plenty of time’ to consider and to, vote for good measures. States, Canada, Australia and Europe. In so far as the people anywhere in the world have come into ed “Yotirs truly power, these things are being done. GET OUT AND WORK AGAIN. ‘AROUSE THE VOTERS or the \ ‘ : Siren ‘ : suecess of your program will be delayed and if delayed too long it may be lost altogether. / J. &. ROBINSON, Associaté Justice.” Don’t be too sure you will win or you may lose. 5 ae North Dakota Sttpreme’ Court You've got to work. Yours to win, et cence North Dakota Leader, October 26, 1918. A.C. TOWNLEY: #4 atOATAHHOTL SMe et rt 3 : x darecbua oekdvornnecosousenesnsss4nuveurv4ouensuUenS404UTQ4UH0s844c4nuuvssuvdtenenorunssenarevensauueseruiesscorcenasnnensypeeese‘cséseoeoeeesteeestoenstoeeumeoesnagoo se edquegnenetssaateedsauesenase euzeead s#0sssH Hoobeneeea4one4busOU0G04440S00000U0000S008E00880050U0004.000¢00E80000N00ULENEU¢00000008 Y : EEUU EERE! oo ee _!'. , THE BOSS : _ . A.C. Townley says that taxes shall be levied and collected for purposes other.than public purposes. Mr. Townley says there shall be unlimited priv- ilegés for the state, counties, townships, cities, villages and school districts to bond, WITHOUT LIMIT. Mr. Townley says we must tear our constitution to pieces and patch it up again according to a Socialist pattern in order that we may have state-owned elevators. Mr, Townley says we must change our in- itiative and referendum regulations to permit a small clique of voters anywhere in the state at any time to suspertd legislation or to plunge all of the state into controversy and turmoil.: , a : : . ‘ ; ; . THE LAST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY GAVE THE FARMERS OF NORTH DAKOTA A TERMINAL ELEVATOR BILL ENABLING THEM TO CONSTRUCT TERMINAL‘ ELEVATORS OR MILLS ANYWHERE THEY PLEASED. WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE. Beck: . , AND GOVERNOR FRAZIER KILLFD IT. - 3 é ‘ : . : FROM WHOM WAS HETAKING ORDERS? FROM THE FARMERS WHO HAD LONG STRUGGLED FOR THIS LEGISLATION, OR FROM MR. TOWNLEY, IN ST. PAUL. _ , ; ! : a ~ Perhaps Mr. Townley opposed the porniinalelevator bill for the same reason that he attempted to defeat the federal farm loan act, under which the - federal government ‘has established farm-léan banks and is loaning money direct to'the farmers and farm associations at satisfactory rates. DISCORD, DISCONTENT, DISTRUST, DECEPTION, DESTRUCTION! These are Mr. Townley’s stock in trade. : If you approve at the polls next Tuesday- Townley’s amendments for unlimited bond issues and taxation on land alone, with tk- sky tie limit, there will be no more federal farm Joans in North Da- kota. Just think it over. — ; = eee : seen at) i : , ‘Townley wants to load up the state with Socialistic junk utilities ad’ I. W. W. laws and law-makers,“° ~~." 7. 27%! SHSM aE a vnanennanaveauegnapronay vis fai Townley wants to put it_in the power of 7,000 Socialists to block the enactment of laws and to change the constitution. ; 2 eee iieie cavedarnintaavaneQossnencstacusnonoacsavuss¢yaceuasteccsranny ~ POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT ‘ es 5 BURLEIGH COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE, By F.0. 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