The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 2, 1918, Page 2

BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE TUUALASQAUSMODSHOAEGUEOUCEOSHOSSOSEUOSUSUOUSU0G SSMMCUOOUSOOSOCOOLOUGEADUCOEOUEROOSUAUOGOOOOUOOONOORSSUOQSOOUOOROOOOEOUAOOOUOUROUSUOOOOUGROOAEONOO0NONSOUSOUCONIONOL Hapaneuaeneunens:sannennunesannansnnnuneuscansnscncogungs TT PSM a tie £ 7 y. 2 SOCIALISTS Hitt atefauninsesiaro rit ANGGCOLEAURAAOAEEROREAEUeRANONONUAONNL auneonnnvnnnengvcnrandncniicnrean Vortsnnsdnenetennutnoennniin Double-Crossing To the Farmers they Say: ; “Big Business says this is ‘single tax. This is all bunk. Single tax is a tax-on land- values ALONE. This amendment merely makes it pos- sible to exempt improvements on land. Railroad right-of-way, telephone and telegraph com- panies, bank stock, credits, incomes and scores of other things will €entinue to.be taxed.” (This statement was taken from a circular’ purporting to be an explanation of the constitu- tional amendments in the form of questions and answers mailed to farmers together with a two page letter from Mr. Lemke.) \ To Business Men they Say: “You know if you paid no taxes on your buildings and on your stocks of goods you could cut your selling price by that much and so in- crease the number of your customers and the vol- ume of their purchases and so increase your pro- fits.” E (This statement was taken from a circular entitled “Tothe Town Dwellers of North Dakota” which was distributed among the business men of the State together with a one page letter and several other circulars designed for the purpose of getting city votes but carefully kept from dis- . tribution among farmers.) One Story for the Farmer, Another forthe Business Men The Taxation Amendment Says: “The legislature may by law exempt any or dil classes of personal property from taxation and within the meaning of this section; fixtures, buildings, and improvements of every character, whatsoever upon Tand shall be deemed personal property.” . (Doesn’t this provide for the exemption of everything except land? \ In the two circulars just referred tonot:a sin- gle proposed constitutional amendment is quot- ed.)’ an Sis ab ile aa . s ‘ Anything to Get Votes for Socialism - If They Want People to Know the Truth Why Don’t They Quote ' Constitutional Amendments in Circulars Issued ‘for the Purpose of Explaining Them s PEUTPH UU USL ELUTE ELL suqzsczvzucnsneccnrncnccneanennegngnavennvgsnodsucciceccevocsocccacscecovant.ausvusuecovcevaececsucenaesnnvcccvcxovecueecacocceeyoncccuaceccacceneracangnaggn@aanit Frazier’s Pre-Election Promise--1916 Just before the election two years ago Mr. Frazier who was then seeking votes for himcelf as can- didate for Governor and knowing that the people of North Dakota were inclined to be careful and go slow in public matters as they had done in their private affairs from poineering days up till tha ttime, said: “I expect the 1917 legislature to pass for the first time bills for submission to the people of con- stitutional amendments providing for state owned flour mills, packing plants and cold storage plants. These will have to be passed a second time by the 1919 legislature before they cin be submitted to Don’t misunderstand me; these progressive planks in our platform will not be handledshastily. Many eyes will be watching everything we do and we must move ca’ tiously and carefully. One by one these things will be taken up and considered seriously and ca the people for popular vote. didly.”” Frazier’s After Election Statement / -- THEY CLAIM. . The £ocialists are Distributing a document signed by a number of candidates for State and Legis- tive positions in which it is stated: Be ‘The referendum carried in these Constitiitional Amendments gives the voters themselves ‘the ~ right, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NORTH DAK OTA, to vote.upon any law or bond issue passed by ke legislature. Even after these Amendment are passed the Legislature cannot issue one dollar's worth of bongs or do anything else unless you, the voters, agree.”’ \ . be -: They don’t tell you that the CONSTITUTION NOW PROVIDES: » ROTC " “Sec. 25. The legislative authority of the state of North Dakota shall be vested in a legislative assembly consisting of a senate and house of representatives, but the people reserve to themselves power to propose laws and to enact or reject the same at the polls, independent of the, legislative as- sembly, and also reserve power, at their,own option to approve or-reject at the polls, any act, item, section or part of any act or measure passed by the,legislative assembly. The first power reserved by the people is the initiative. The second power is the referendum.” re From this you can see that when they say the amendment will give FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NORTH DAKOTA, the voters a right to vote upon any law passed by the legislature, they deliber- = ately lie and misrepresent for the purpose of getting the votes of people who have not themselves in- vestigated the truth or falsity of these statements. eeede ‘a = They do not tell you that any act may be declared an emergency by two-thirds of the ‘members = of the legislature present and voting at any session which might be less than a majority of the whole legislature. They do not tell you tha} in the future we should“ have a Governor who would refuse to call a referendum election upon the ordinary referendum petition; we would have to get 30,000 signatures in the busy work’s season and only a few days to get them in. 2 : ‘ Phe candidates who signed this statement have either become parties to a deliberate misrepre- _sentation of fact for the purpose of getting votes for themselves and a socialistic program or else they didn’t know what they were signing, in which event it is proof that only men that can be handled are endorsed for public office and given hearty support by the heads of the Nonpartisan League. Are you going to vote for men for. the legislature who either don’t know what: the constitution of North Dakota now provides for or are the willing tools of a gang that is deliberately trying to When the now notorious and ihfamous H. B. 44 was sprung in the 1917 legislature without a single hint to the public that such a revolutionary proposal as a complete revision of the constitution would be undertaken, Governor Frazier rushed to the legislature with a special message which he concluded as follows: , : i “I most earnestly recommend that the concurrent resolution designated as House Bill No. 44 be passed. I believe it is the duty of every member of this Legislative Assembly, who has the welfare of the State and its people at heart, to vote for this measure.’’ LYNN J, FRAZIER, Governor. Instead of urging the taking up of one thing at a, time as he promised before his election he now urged the immediate passage of a measure that proposed a complete revamping of ouf entire consti- tution and which provided in itself that the measure might be submitted to the people for ratifica- tion or rejection in less than ninety days after the legislature adjourned, The evident purpose of such a proposition;can have jheen none other than to try to put over a socialistic program without giv- ing the people who were opposed to it, even a fair chance to form an organization and present the other side of the proposition so that the voters might be fully informed as to all phases of the issues involved before being called on to decide on such an important matter as a new oonstitution. ‘Now ah, do you know about the constitution even now when the matter has been discussed for many months. . No political gang in North Dakota ever tried such political railroading as Governor Frazier here urged. It’s anything to put over Socialism in North Dakota. All, even a reasonable Socialist, will admit that those opposed to socialism when socialism is a political issue, have a right to organize for defense of their ideas and to collect from those who wish to contribute a fund with which to conduct a campaign against socialism—anti-socialists have as much right to organize and conduct,a campaign AGAINST socialism as socialists have to organize and con- duct» a campaign FOR socialism. (Socialists are now spending money to establish socialism which was collected from farmers who are opposed to socialism.) The issue in this election is not whether anti-socialists have a right to conduct a campaign against socialism; the issue is, whether or not North Dakota shall be made an experiment station for socialism. . aunauanceanatuat mislead you as to the issues of the campaign? : | ‘ HULAUOUQSERAGEGHOQQUUEEUGANOQOUSUATOAROOUGGEUUOSEQTGSOUELGUOUUOSSUOOESTOUUEAOUEUOTAREGUOOUOUULUACOORRUOAOODDOOCDSOUS. MIM SR UAGUOUANUUUOUNONOUOUONUOOOADEOAUDEOQUDUREGODOOOARAUANOLOOAGORCNONNAROHUOUOOGNOROGAUOOLE \ ae , s ee BE SQUARE WITH YOURSELF _ Why not admit that mistakes have been made and confidences misplaced? : : : arenes (so ia: 4 , S) When Socialists attempt to make you choose between Socialisr or nothing, as Frazier did when he vetoed the Términal Elevator Bill and stuck out for 44 or nothing; then choose the platform and candidates who propose economic progress step by step as fast as one thing at a time can be made_a suc- cess. eer ; . Se : i J. Doyle’s platform is sound and provides for economic reforms and progress as fast as we can possibly’ get is. good. : ‘ ‘ : ae in shape to utilize them and his word - Vote for Doyle for Governor, for pro tection of your home and property and against-Socialism all along.the line on Tuesday, November 5th. ee \ ’ amass ofonedibSnonuonnvasunsdnnunatiugt