The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1919, Page 6

- PAGES Ta v*house chamber which was ablaze wih flags, and while calcium lights glared and a moving picttre machine cluttered ~ and clicked, Governor Frazier and ‘his official family, in the . presence of all. members of.the house and senate, staged the closing scene in the drama which has been built up around the Nonpartisan league's battle for political and economic cop- trol of the state of North Dakot The two hdlses met in joint session at-3. The chair then named one committee of senators and representatives to escort the state officials to the house chamber and another to conduct the governor. The officials marched in first, the governor entering alone, marching down the.central aisle to the strains of "Hail to the Chie When the moving p calcium rays properly trained the offic ernor marched up to the speaker's desk, began. Lieut.-Goy. Howard &. Wood presentéd the leagu program bills, ‘one after another, for the governor's signature, inviting in each instance any comment, which the members might have to make. Rep. J. T. O'Connor, the only solon who availed himself of this p lege, suggested that nothing he nor any- one else conld say would eause the governor to change his mind and veto any of these measures, with saying,” wound up the gentleman from Grand For! “that I never hoped to he so close to afy of these big meas- ures as I was when IT marched up the aisle beside Governor Frazier, who held them in his hand.” * The process of signing the bills consumed considerable time, As the lieutenant governor announced the signing of each bill cheering and applause from the floor and the gal- ional he orchestra aptly chimed in, as, when to sign s e bill 19, it softly played eture machine was all set and the Nicials and then the gov- and the ceremony pstablishing a Home, Sweet the governor w: home-building Home.” When the last bill had been signed, amid cheers and waving of flags, Lieut.-Gov. Wood: called upon y: Ss members of the two houses for rema nd the remainder of the’afternoon was consumed in listening to brief addresses of congratula- tion. A 1 American flag was planted on each desk; the baleony was draped with red, white a nd the big house chamber. was very prettily and 4 ely dressed for the occasion. The official record of one of the most notable joint se: in the history of North Dakota's general assembly i the following s in which league members and others expressed their gra tion over the consummation of the Nonpartisan legislative program: LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WOOD: 1 am ing to eall on Senator Cahill at this time who was the Chairman of the State Affairs Committee in the Senate, which Committee had charge of most of these important measures, to make a few remarks. MR. CAHILL: Mr. President. This is quite unexpected to me and I am so fed that I hardly know how to start in or what to say. But, nevertheless, my Committee had charge of some of these impo t bills and we threshed them ont to the best of our ability, and I feel the work was not par- ticularly ours but it belonged to the people who had sent us here. This program was not eaTried through in a few moments without thought and explanation, but after the people have voted on these amendments or the law which made it pos- sible for the people of th tate to carry out the things that they saw fit. I believe, intelligently. And, furthermore, I be- + lieve it is for the interest for all the people of the State and for that reason I feel very much honored to be pres and see our Governor sign these laws, which, we believe. a for the best interests of everybody concerned. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WOOD: I am going to cail on Representative Maddock of Mountrail who had the Chairman- ship of the State Affairs.Committee in the House. MR. MADDOCK of Mountrail: Honorable Governor, gentle- mei of the Sixteenth Assembly, Ladies and Gentlemen. -We have worked diligently upon this program. that the peo- ple baye asked fox throughout the State, and I believe we have done the ‘vety best we posstbly could to acceed to their wees We have undoubtedly, made mistakes; and will undoubtedly make more. mistakes..-There are differences of opinion but the’ final result, I. believe, Will be for the lasting benefit Of the whole State, and the duty before us now is greater than that ino fie past, I believe. I believe it is the duty of evéry eitizen of the State of North Dakota to intelligently ca-operate with the Governor, in trying to make these enterp: & great success and of lasting, benefit to the whole people ef the State and as an example tothe people of the United States and of the. world. »SLIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. WOOD: - I am going to call on Senator Drown who had charge of the Warehouse and Grain @ommission in the Senate. MR. DROWN: Honorable Governor, state officials, gentle; men of the Senate and of the House, ladies and gentlemen: I have been interested during the last two seasons in the carrying out of the progr: ricultural production in the great state of North Ds and my work especially has been along this particular line of grain warehouse and grain grading. Perhaps I have suffered more on account of that than a great many othe! T have been a farmer and have raised some grain in the e of North Da since 1888. In 1884 we had“ hail storm the valley that swept my whole erop up in just fifteen minut This was on the 25th day of July, 1884. Now you can imagine how I feel today when f see state hail insurance in the State of North Dakota which will furnish blanket protection for every farmer in the state. Then when I think I have had a chance to do something {o. promote these measures that are intended to benefit the farmers of this state who would suffer in the future ag I have, it having been the means perhaps of bankrupting me at that time, that is. in its ultimate results. Today we have a state hail insurance law for the people of the state of North Dakota which will furnish protection, and they do.not have to run when they see a cloud coming and the wind blowing and things looking a little dubious and dangerous, to a hail insur- ance agent in order to take out a policy for their protection as they are protected under this new law, and I believe we are entitled to congratulations for the great work we-have done in behalt of the people of the state. With reference to grain grading, we have been hauling our grain to the elevator and selling it to them without any voice whatsoever. I have gone to the elevator and they have told me what my wheat was worth; told be what the grade was; told me how much the dockage waz; and I had no remedy, and sometimes they. have toki-me what it weighed, and they did not tell me just right either. I had no remedy, there was no redress whatsoever, ’ in any shape, manner or form. The only thing I could.do was t leave my wheat there and accept what they would give me or go to another elevator and conditions would be the same, 5 Today there is a grain grading law on ‘the statute books of* ‘ North Dakota which protects the farmer, protects every man who is raising grain, and when he drives into an elevator he can get justice if hé knows his rights, and if he does not 4 know his rights it is his own fault. The grain grading bill 7 that we have at the present time is more far reaching than the one we had two years ago. That bill was crude and-it has been improved a great deal during the last session. We } have had more trouble, I think, during the last marketing season on account of dockage than any other one feature, and ‘this bill provides that dockage shall be of two kinds, elassi- fied in two classes, that of value and that of no value, and dockage that is of vglue is to be paid for at its marke® value bythe local elevator. . There are many other features of this bill that I could go \ into. and discuss, but I will not take the time at this time. I'think that this legislature and‘all those who are working here feel very grateful today that we have accomplished as much as we have. And | cnly want to see the seal of approval placed upon these by the people of the State of North Dakota. ‘ Lieutenant Governor Wood: ‘ I .wi!| call on Representative Paterson for a few remarks, > e » PATTERSON Honorable-Governor, gentlemen of this joint assembly, ladies and gentlemen: I do not believe that the members of this assembly and the people of the State of North Dakota can‘comprehend as to what the result of gese great meagures that have been enacted in this legjslative . , will bring to the people of North Dakata. -The- ent “has been made from time to time at different places that the eyes. of the United State were upon North Dakots.. I feel today that the time is coming when the eyes ‘+ of the-people, not only of the United States but of the wHole/ _be.on North they, haven be- Fae aly belete that tn those measures begin to be peak jim ati servieg peeche: ee LAS an ee oR begin to bear rel ‘who- be ing forscondi to be, Sada sere tat thte ibe aoe cat North Dakota that will-never come & will nét. stop aero but iow an spread: ati" cscall tn tnstnce: that happened wet sage when we were in this great w conflict _ [NONPARTISAN LEAGUE MEMBERS OF ~~ ~~ SIXTEENTH ASSEMBLY“IN JUBILEE OVER SIGNING OF BIG MEAS (people in North Dakota. \ ‘BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE URES rs i AY & yi a Ypr world democracy, ‘when the Propaganda was spread: by. the Germans over ‘in Russia, to, beware of the Ui eat States because. it: was a .country..of ‘big’ business: controlled by co-. operative interests, and this cast’a cloud of reflection upon this great country of oms, put in order to counteract that cloud, that cloud: of. yeflection; it was up to ournational gov- \ erhment, Mr, President, to do.something-to counteract that. What did they do? What did aur-national governnient do to counteract that charge made by Germany to Refi -to he- »ware of the United States because it was controlled by hig business. Did they refer to something the Rothchilds ‘have done with all their wealth, with all their power andal}:their time? No! Did they refer Russia to something:that the Rockefellers and the Gugenheims’: and all those~ com- bines have done during their time with all their weplth’and all their power? No! Did they refer to some"of owt great exedntives, President Roosevelt, President Taft, President’ Me- Kinley, as to somethnig-they had done for this great: United { States to counteract that charge? No! I will tell you.what they did. They put’ the committee>on_ public *inférmation from Washington, D. C., to work. and they hadsto get the picture of our governor, Lyun.J. Frazier, whom. the nonpart- \ isan league elected governor of the State of North'Dakota. it ‘That is what they Sent over to. Russia to demonstrate to Russia that there was a place in’ the ‘United: States ‘where we had democracy®in fact as well as in name, <3 3 . LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WOOD; I will calf{*on Sen- | atoy Levang for a few remarks, * paihy - MR. LEVANG: Mr. President, Honorable Governor, mem- bers of the sixteenth legislative assembly, ladies and gentle- men: I just wish to make a few remarks in regard to these important measures which we have had under consideration. I havé had the honor of steering some of these big :méasures thru the senate committees. I do not believe there is a man who has any reason to have any suspicions as to the merits of the democratic intentions in these measures. They- have been drawn up in the first place by skilled men. They have been passed upon by the best judgment of our. men including our collective judgment to make them democratic’‘and make them operative to the best interests of a ma ‘of the I may:say for al}: the People of North Dakota. «I believe and am firmly convin hat the majority of the people of this ‘great State of North Dakota will approve the actions which we have taken in this sixteenth | legislative assembly in passing these. important measures el Which are incorporated in the program of the nonpartisan i league. © LIHUTTNANT GOVERNOR WOOD: | would like to have: *~"~ a few remarks from Representative Walker. MR. WALKER: Honorable Governor, Mr. President, mem- bers of the assembly and citizens of North Dakota. I do not know whether you realize -just how I feel now or not. it carries mé back to the beginning of the session. The first time I attended a session of that notorious secret caucus I got down in a corner behind a big fellow and thongat I was somewhat obscure, and would just watch events and see what transpired there. The first thing 1 knew sonicone called out my name and I was hauled up to the frent and ordered to make a speech. Not having: very much to say I did-not say very much, but I did say this, that I came over here for the single purpose to use what little intelligence and ability "I had to help enagt the league program into‘law, be- cause I, believed the league program was the on]y movement | on-earth at this present time that holds ont a ray of Aopo to the struggling masses.of the world. I believe it not only means the economic independence of the farmers of North Dakota, but it means the industrial and economic indepen- dence of all the producing and Jaboring classes. At the time that.I, spoke of when [ appehred in the caucus ¥ Feferted me the Bolsheviki movement that,started some time ago over. {n Russia, and]. was fully persifaded that if we did not have the intelligences the integrity, the conrage- to. go~thri with out program; that ifwe felldown on the job of readjustment, acreadjustment would take>place, only, instead of coming in an orderly systematic manner such as We have provided tor, it would come thru bloody revolution. [ letieve the soclai and political yimrest justifies one in that, conclusion, asd) t believe that we have thru enacting our program here hpad- ed off a moyement of 2 more violent nature. K = YPIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WOOD: .t wil now cai on Representative Caddell im t ‘ MR. CADDES.L: Mr. Presid sal, Géverior, state. offictals, members of the Joint session and citizen Were I a painter I believe I could derive inspiration from what has been doae here today to paint a great picture, Were I’an orator | know of no greater subject w it left. to..me.to choose. Béing neither, however, I am going to quote a verse of ‘scripture. ‘This may not be exactly consistent, not being a minister’ of the gospel, but 1 think this versé of-seripture, and. I want to say that I have not got it exactly correct, expresses the way & great number of the people of North Dakota feel. do not know the number of the verse. 1 do not know the number of the chapter, but it goes something like this: “This is the day that we long have sought, and mourned.because. we found it not.” . LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR for MeNair for.a few remarks. MR MecNAIR: Mr. President, Honorable state officers, members of the joint session, ladies and gentlemen. | greet you all; Let me voice today the voice of the people of North Dakota. Too many men when they have been elected to office have placed themselves in the place of that autocrat who says he is going to give the people sometiing. Too many men in our Congress or legislature, or too many goy- ernors have been of tat type of men. Today we meet here ag representatives of the people of North Dakota, They have sent us here by a majority in our several‘ districts, we have been sent’ here by a great’ majority to do a certain thing, to carry “out a certain purpose, and we have tried our best to-do it. We nave tried to reason that our duty: is - not.to give something, but that we are. sent here to do what- ever, the will of the people want us to do, and we have tried faithfully to do that thing. I do not care so much what the people of my‘ district ffay have said: ‘They have. vated for me to come here and vote for these-measures. 1 do ‘not - care iwnat somg other districts told. their. members. Ido not care for the voice of the state of North Dakota which says to me, my command to you is to go down there to Bis- marck’and do what I tell you to do; put thru the mill and the elevator bill; put thru the rural credit bank: put thru the hail insurance measufe, and gentlemen. I am proud ft I have been able todo something in that line. T have bean = WOOD: L..will call on Sena- G Vi per | ester Sales Co. FILTERED Free Air and Water SERVICE STATION Boarders wanted; room and board’ $8 House and in the Senate there are men who have opposed these measures. We have heard tunis afternoon from those ‘who favored these measures. Personally two of them I fa- vored, and other members of the minority. Others were opposed by the minority and the reasons given to you gentle. fnen. 1 feel that there hasbeen an honest effort and an honest purpose in both the view points of the majority and minority in this Honse and in.the Senate. There “is one charge that caynot he made against {hose in thé Hous and those in. the Sengte of elther the majority or the minority; both: factions a epresentative of North Dakota. Both tae; tions aro interested in the pbuilding’ of the great stdte, of North Dakota. 1 ‘al s hesitate to make « personal ref- erence, Sometimes I think they are out of place when we ate discudsing great issues, yet 1 feel that I, Uke you, and’ when | say you, I mean practically all of the men'in the-Sea- ate and in the House, have been raised In North Dakota. t came here in territorial days, one of a large family, and 1 too, like you, have watched this state grow and prosper until 1} believe the statement fs true that we have the lafgest /% per capita wealth of any state in this great union of ou That-is a at tribute to those of you who lent your effo and judgment and enthusiasm and courage when. you follow- the pathway of the setting- sun and ‘came out here and tirned—these praries into fertile gardens; when you. took out. of the soil the wealth that was in it and built your great educational institutions which are a triumph and a tribute to the people of this state, and:a source of pride to. the nation those of you wio came out herecand pullt. these schools; these ‘structures, these splendid buildings you find. on all sides, and this great capitol building. It was a tribute to those, who had the courage to*come into the west and. there- fore, ‘I like you, have the best interests ’of the state of North Dakota at heart. I Yeo! that I know its spirit. 1 feel that I-know its spirit of fair play, and if we did not have that spirit of fair play it would’ be inconsistent with, the great freedom that sweeps across our prairies, I know North Dakota because I walked across the dusty roads barefooted to a little school some two and q half or three miles from our farm. That is the history of most of those in this state- of my' age. Schools that you older men built for us, and I ‘honor you for it. Therefore I say there has been an hongst. difference of opinion because we have all trie1 to do tne’ things that was best for the great state ‘of North Dakota. | © said in the beginning of ‘the session today that it was no time to debate these issues. ..This is no time and no place to debate them. We are gathered here today to witness the governor exercise otie Of the ighest functions of his office. He with a stroke of his pen could either véto those meas- ures that were placed before him, or sign them, thereby giv- ing his‘ approval and placing them upon our statute, books. ‘We are gathered here therefor to complete what you men believe is for the best interests of the state of North Dakota. It is no time therefor to deal in debatable questions. ‘That can be left for the great arena of democracy, because ,it_ 13, out there on those fields, on those prairies; on those hills where life and inspiration and courage come to men, ‘and I know as long as men tear, Goll, as long as: they act under only the dictates of their own conscience and their own judgment. I know that they cannot be far from being right. I want to say this, my friends, it-is too early to discuss these measures because it will! be years to.come before the final judgment can be pronqunced upon’ the things which you have done today. It ‘vill be years, and perhape some will not be here to witness either their success of their faNure. Your act today will either be the Yorktown where, there was final- ly won by the Colonies its independence, ‘ind one: of the great events in history, or the Waterloo as it had relation to Napoleon; that time will determine, but-into this you. have placed your best judgment.’ Those of us from time to time have been free and fair I take it, in our discussion. and I want to say thig for myself, because I do not feel that .without consulting those with wham I have been as- sociated in this House, that I could speak for them, if in the years that come, in the trials and in the contests, in the triumphs and in the defeats that yeu and I meet as tie years go by, as the changes that will be made in some of . these laws that you have placed’ on thé statute books, if in the years to come it is established that these measuers were for, the best interests of all of tne, people irrespective of: their class in North Dakota, I shall be the first to. congratu-..* late‘the men who placed them on our, books. 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Then, he went to Russia ‘aid went out /among, the peasants and ed them to tell. him fairy’ stories—or any wild, simple stories’ they had heard -from their grandmothers and- grandfathers. He worked on 2 book of fairy and folk tales—all._ a thousand years old—but neyer before printed. it hen’ the war camé, One: of this friends was the- regular ‘correspondent of the London Daily ‘News. His fripnd took sick. _Ransome‘wrote the eahles for several weeks.« His friend had ‘te quit the job,» It was urged on Ransome. . He took it. : For himself,.,.Ransome says . he ‘| formed his judgments on, the Russian’ revolutiog after talking to. the peasants and workmen in the. Russian language. He says, “I am ‘not. a Bolshevik. If. people say Iam ‘it is because: they taken scientifig’ interpretation: of the Russian’ masses’ as’ a personal’ ‘views point.” pe Carney Coal Phone 94 0..E., Anderson Lbr. 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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WOOD: I wilfnow call on Representative Wog. . io % WOG: Mr. President, Honorable state officers and. wiem- vera of the joint assembly. bs ital nm July --4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed by that act ard army ufder Washiygton sided by an army from France. We became free from the domi- | nation of British rule. Whenthe bills that Gov. Frazier have signed today, the enterprises that these bills will create aréin operation this state will be free from thé monopolistic this state has beem subject to ever since this State has been a State. Today, Feb. 25, 1919, will be remembered’as the day we declared our Industrial Independence. .I take great pride - in being a member of this Legislative Session.and voting aye on these measures, which will prake. North Dakota the most Democratic state in the Union,’ !; < ‘ : - America was sung by the Rudienica, a LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WOOD: .1 will call. on Rap resentative O’Connor of Grand Forks for a few remarks bee fore we dissolve this assembly. ( s % : MR. O'CONNOR of Grand Forks:’ Your Excellqncy, mem- hers of the agsembly, ladies and gentlemen: This is ingepd unexpected, and I always hesitate to’ speak without notice, . and sometimes hesitate, te speak with’ notice,. There afe some things upon which Wwe are agreed this afternoon. On is ‘that this is one of thé most momentous days in the his: | tory of:North Dakota. We have all appreciated’ that sey 4 we camie to Bismarck in the opening days. . There ts in tbls state a difference of opinion as to matters of ‘grest impor- tance. The measures which the majority of thé Y Senateand the Holise fostered thru various ee x of ee ir legislative* procedure have now been up and they ‘have bé- come-laws.. 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