The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 11, 1919, Page 3

‘bankrupted and its people impover- LINCOLN SPIRET RECALLED IN » SELB ARTICLE Frontier Legislqtures Uncurbed by Bond Limit Not New to National History QUOTES EMANCIPATOR John: Selb of Drake, N..D., here-on. business, made ‘the following comments relative to the political movement now under way: “The histories of the states chronicle that in) Lincoln’s time the people re- volted against their legislatures. What is today so earnestly advocated in ‘can- cus’ in North Dakota, had its counter- part in ‘the questionable legislation of the states,in Lincoln’s day. ' The peo- ple of the then western states, dis- covered that the richest state could be ished by putting the legislature on the job, with the powers to vote money as it saw fit. In those days, state con- stitutions had been drawn rather loosely, and unlimited * po were delegated to the legislative bi The perils confronting us today in North Dakota were, on 2 much smaller scale, experienced by the pioneers of Ohio and the frontier states of the Lincoln period. “With 2 modern Louis XIV at the hedd: of a movement in our state which hasta ‘program’'—and who blandly as- sumes that ‘I am the state,’ unlimited powers are necessary. Thé people have been made the subjects of a subservi- ent legislature. In this ‘great conspir- ney’ the taxpayer and citizen of our state finds himself with no power re- served to himself, but that every de- partment of publie service is presided over=by particular brand of brain, and which assumes to itself the privi- lege of lording it over a ‘governed clas ae “The péople of Lincotii’s-time had discoveret and learned by hard ex- perience the perils confronting us at this time. ‘Their legislatures’ were granting special privileges to. igdivid- uals and favored cla ‘They -ma- niplated county, townsh'p and cify polities; created corporations and ex- empted the property of the favored class from taxation. Local boundaries were. being changed for political pur- “New constitutions’ were adopted. Old. constitutions were amended. The y of thé legislative power. Vor the first lime a state constitution fixed the debt limit of the state. The legislature could not pledge the public credit beyond this sum. The great debates ‘of those days in legislative halls \weré/ou the subject of state debts. ge.as5 \ “Clearly theré. tere fwe things which no: legislutuye abuuld be.»suf- fered to do; notably,.to. over-reach, the eredit of the state th support of so- ealled ‘internal improvements.’ x “Also, to charter _wild-cat banks, and permit tssue® oft flat’ money ; to “enact innumérabte* and contradictory’ private acts; and to gerrymander the state at the \ will of the party“in' power, SHORN OF POWER latures of Lincoln’s time had freqnent- ly committed. They~had {to be shorn of, much; of their power. | Prohibitory clauses were ‘inserted in new constitu- ‘tions, and in amendments. to old ones. ‘very constitutional convention strug- gled with the state debt problem. The constitutions of the states adopted dur- ing the Lincoln period reflect the con servatism moving af the time, Pro- yisions unmistakabl¢ in their meaning were incorporated in state constitu- tions-to protect the people and states from bankruptey LIKE DAYS OF’ LINCOLN” “How like the present in cont Da- kota were the days of Lincoln. }Mill- ions of dollars are being ‘voted away ; fundamental laws are being repealed and changed; the rights of property invaded; the school,funds used in ex- ploiting doubtful. ventures. ‘All this is being done witliout a public hearing at which the voice of protest and argu-{4 ment might be:heard. The ‘caucu does it all The ‘Get Rich Quick Wall- ingfords’ are, there but: the taxpayer and citizen is’nét admitted. The high- ray of legislative autocracy contains he ‘no’ thoroughfare’ sign and_ the public is warmed to keep off. Our state capital has been made7a ‘Marxinian henyen,’ and emigration’ to Russia is unnecessary for him who would enjoy. true socialism, ‘The administration’s motto seems to be: ‘Count that day lost whose low descending sun finds no, new scheme for getting our hands on the mon.’ GREAT TRANSEORMATION “The independence. of the represen- tatives of the people has been. totally destroyed. We are witnessing a great transformation. Our former republi- can form.of government wherein the people ruled by representation, is now. n purely despotic form. The ‘caucus’ does the thinking for all of the people and no ‘advice or counsel is needed. Only those who have the proper. cre- dentials, of loyalgy to the dictator, are admitted to, the Secret chambers of the ‘caucus.’ “The solving of the great problems by a state builds character. At no time in its history hag North Dakota been confronted ‘with issues sd: over- powering ‘and destructive as are em- listence of the school funds, especi:t], ‘hese..and-other-effenses the legis]; WHY IT SUCCEEDS ~ Because It’s For One Thing Only, and ‘Bismarck People Appreciate Thi ‘Notting’ can be good” for every- Wa STRENGTHENS KIDNEYS— PURIFIES: BLOOD Auditoriuff{ || TONIGHT —AND— Tomorrow Night CHARLIE CHAPLIN ‘ C-INe Shoulder Arms Second of His Million Dollar Pictures — The Funniest Chaplin Pic- ture Ever Made —ALSO— Geraldine - Farrar In Her Latest Picture Play Shadows Now Being Shown in New York 30c. 30c 30¢ ANY SEAT IN THEATRE (No War Tax) O’CONNOR’S ORCHESTRA ~ Two Shows Each Night 7:15 and 9:0 thing. ‘You ‘can't e: ea! eys to Doing one thing well brings suc- filter the acids pai ok Hier ae cess. Doan's Kidney Pills are for one thing only. ‘For weak or disordered kidneys, Here is Bismarck evidence to prove their worth, J. W. 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MEDAL on every box, Three sizes, sealed packages, Money yefunded if they do not quickly help you. / | know my: kidneys: were out of order. -|Doan’s Kidney? Pills strengthened my kidneys, removed the backache and made me ‘feel, ‘fine. I recommend Doan’s to anyone suffering from kid- ney trouble.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—-the same that Mrs, Serres had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfers, Buffalo, wN. Y. SRN a ea CITATION. HEARING PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF ADMIN- ISTRATOR, TAH i ? about real work for the future. Real conservative leaders, groundec Ljn- coln was, in the fundamentals of our form of government, wil find plenty Theda Ba who stars tonight in the to do. Willlam McKinley knew that} Wm. Fox production. “When a Wom- ‘the people, when a great con-{an Sins,” whieh s at the Bismarck fronted them, would act wi itelli- | theatye tonight on gence and honesty, when h id, ‘Our | waren appeal is not to false phil State of Ni rth Dakota, County of Bur- leigh—ss : 4s In. County Court, “before Hon. TC. Davies, Judge. In the mafter of the estate of Sarah | ‘T. Arneson, deceased. Alfred Arneson, petitioner vs. Ida Gali thaorlon’c but Ate: mind PhY Or) Ty the nature of things they are more} Brenden, Enoch American people, the plain, practical |MUmerous than yny other class; and T ne ‘Arnold — Nelson, aan people whom Lincoln loved and trusted | ‘pelieve there really are mére attempts son, Gladis Ber; and all other and whom the republican party has al-/at. flattering them, than any other, the persons claiming any interest in said Nes striven to: serve,’ reason for which 1 cannot perceive, un-| estate, respondents, SACRED FUNDS be that they east more votes! The State of North Dakota to the “A stuay of the state constitutions | any othe How pleasant to the] Above Named ‘Respondents, and All adopted during Lincoln's time will also; ear would: words like this sound, if] Persons Interested in the Fstate ot how that there was. manifest 2 de-juttered at a meeting of the ‘caucus,’| Sarah ‘I. Arneson, Deceased : ‘e to further education. incoln meant just what he sai He} You and each of you are hereby noti- development of the pwblic land had an abiding faith in humanity and} fied that Alfred Arneson, the petitioner of our government land grants to the; knew that the farmers of Wi: in} herein, has filed in this court his peti- states. became ‘sacred’ ground. Legis-|had not yet resolved upon a ‘progygm’ | tion, praying. that letters of adminis- latures were prohibited hy the b sie) to run their state. Lincolalso Knew} tration upon the estate of Sarah 'T. law of the state from squandering ‘the; that there wa n average of honesty] Arneson, late of the village of Arena, funds obtained from these lands. ‘The! in all men, . He ;believed in the hon-| in the county of Burleigh and state of free public schools and the funds ere-| y and patriotism of the city man] North Dakota, deceased, be granted. to ated for their maintenance, were pro-|and the farmer; the lawyer and bank-| Alfred Arneson, and, that the said peti- tected by.stringest.proyisons. The peo-| er; the laborer and the merchant. He] tion will be heard and duly considered ple wrote ‘into their. constitutions: pro-| had studied the fundamer theories} by this court on Tuesday, the first day visions guaranteeing the permanent ex-|of our government. He was familiar]of April, A. D. 1919, at 10 o’clock in 4vith the thoughts and utterances of the] the forenoon of that-day, at the court those granted by the national govern; ) fathers. He was never known to have] rooms of this court, in the county court ment. ‘the interest on which shall he|uttercd a word or sentence which) house, in the city of Bismarck, county inviolably appropriated to the support might be construed to place any named] of Burleigh, and state. of North Da- and encouragement of the public} c or.occupation above another. kota, and you, ‘and each of you, are schools throughout the state.’ ‘Let us find some consolation in} hereby. cited to be and appear before “Today, when millions of people re-| these words of Lincol . taken from his} this court at said time and place, and ere the name’ of Lincoln, how prec-|spegch of June 6, . to the cor answer said petition, and show cause, jous to North Dakota would be but an|tion which nominated ‘him fot United] if any there be, why the prayer of said hour of Lincoln's sincerity of thought| States senator. He said in part: ‘If petition should not be granted. and frankness of utterance in our legis-) we could know where we are, are By the Court: lative body. Tis whither we are tending, we could bet- I. C. DAVIES, the farmers of W' sin is -|ter judge what to do, and how. to. do Judge. of the. County Cour It might also he | it. We sire now far into the fifth year Dated the first ‘day of Februa with much profit |sinee a policy, initiated, with the] D, 1919, to themselves, asi Waniing against the | avowed object: and confident promise of }>-.Let the service of-the above citation | polifteal thterlopers of thé present. His | putting an end to slavery agitation, Un-/he made by personal: service on all re- opening, sentences were, troly Lincoln- | der the oneration of: t spondents residing in, the st: and. ian, ‘T presumé,’ he said to them, ‘Th tution has not only not over the .age of ten yea am not expected to émyploy thes time] hast constaiitly angmented. |] George V. Cunningham {assigned to me in flattery of the farmer | opinian, it will not, cease: Until-a erisis|}dian of the minor respondents, ¢ class. My opinion ‘of them is that, in | shall have deen reached and passed.| publication in- the Bismarck proportion to numbers, they are neither |‘A house divided. against itself cannot | Tribune once each week for three. better: nor -worge- than other people. | stand’.” all not less than twenty days. before such hear I. Ta H jan nN H m % 2 TTT Svecial Matinee LINCOEN’S BIRTHDAY Wednesday, 2:30 : ADMISSION—25c . “DAVIE! s, Arclneser eiconnly Ciut SC is USHER | the Fétindation’ of ‘This Institution Was Built Upon eae ‘ENERGY, ABILITY and: INTEGRITY - The Success of ‘This Business.is. Due to: the Solidity of the Foundation. Pata 3 rae Sy -HOSKIN’S eit YARN +) Worth $2.85 to $3.05 per Ib. iN Society Brand Clothes BRAIN AND EYE It’s very difficult to. distinguish be- : “between Clothes that will wear, \. > and'those that will wither. § This is a special fine : In the distinguishing process offen _ quality for making socks there is insufficient co-ordination between brain and'eye. oe sweaters which the bodled in the ‘program.’ The ‘leaders. glibly. announce that the Judas Isca- riots wil have to leave'the state. No truer. words were ever. spoken. Stand- ing before a mirror ‘the spokesman may have seen revealed before him the real Judas. The time will come when the farmers of North Dakota, like the farmers of Lincoln’s ‘time, will com- _plain off tax burdens. -They will be like the fellow who set: fire to his, neighbok’s barn, and then compained that he got a ‘soaking’ from the hose used in putting out the fire. GIVE A CHARACTER “This bitter experiénce will eventu- ally givé North Dakota a character. No doubt, in-time, we will-be cor fronted with the ‘repudiation issue’; debts will rise to monumental heights -and ‘1 ition’ will find many avo cates*~ The ‘period next> erent follow the ‘program’—the’ reconstric. tion, period, as in Liricoln’s time, will cast ont the: Fudases, and real Yeaders | will find the opportunity awaiting them. Men of ability need not worry|é “Even if the Clothes look good, it’s Burleighs County Red better to know whence their good ; hapter ‘must dis- looks. : If you know “Bergesen’ s” you know i of at a whenee their good looks. el -If you don’t _know us you know the lines we feature are thé finest in the land. Soriety Brand Clothes Hirsh-Wiskwire—Hart, Schaffner «& Marx | | 9. E : Berg eson & Son feck) Except Saturday We dave several thousand pounds of © these. all wool yarus Which we will sete