The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1919, Page 1

Nonpartisan Member of House ‘to France were completed at the white THE WEATHER . Uneettled. TH BIS THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 50. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA F: HOUSE PASSES BiG GRIST OF LEAGUE BILLS Long Day’s Grind Results in ‘ Many Important New Laws —Calendar Yet Loaded $200,000 FOR PROPAGANDA Admits Immigration Com- mission Is Camouflage ‘The liouse in a long aud arduous ses- sion, which ran until S o'clock Thurs- day evening, passed house bill 123, the immigration commissioner bill, with the original $200,000 appropriation re- stored after having been cut to $100,000 in committee’ of the whole; senate bill 67, the one-man tax commission bill; senate bill 39, creating a new state board of equalization, with the tax commissioner instead of the state audi- tor as secretary and executive officer ; senate bill 32, .providing for a state fire insurance fund to cover all\public buildings of the state, counties, town- ships and municipalities; senate bill +48, extending the scope df the state bonding department to include all state und municipal as well as county, school district and township officals; senate bill 75, providing for the regulation and licensing of pool rooms, moving pieture theaters and similar enter: prises by the attorney general; and house bill 192, providing increased mothers’ pensions, including a stfpend for the mother in addition. to that pre- viously provided for the cure of each independent child. The house put in a long and ind -trious day, beginning at 1 in the aft noon and running for a,straight seven hours, but when it finished at 8 o'clock it had made very little impression upon its long calendar, and it recessed un- til morning, hoping to get in 2 couple of hours before the beginning of a new legislative day, 4, W. W. Fund. R€presentative Kelley of Ransotn county in voting no on house bill 123, providing for an immigration commis- sioner, said he did so because, he con- sidered it a fund for the propaganda of I. W. W.’ism. Representative Arn- «id who passed when his name wis called, voted at the end of the list, and he admitted that the $200,000 was to be used ‘for propaganda purposes to a large extent, declaring the intent of the Jeague in creating » commissioner. of, fusturance was to “carry the truth to the people” and to correct the “lies” which have been spread’ against the league, or North Dakota, outside the state. ras ona House bill 123. appropriates. $200,000 to be'expended very ‘wuch as the com- missioner of inimigration’ may ‘direct. He Js subject. to liftle or no restric- tion. A salary of $5,000 is provided for the official, und he is allowed to tix the stipend of his ugents, whoxe number ‘is unlimited. i FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES Representative Kelly suid: +’ “I have taken no part in the debate on this bill, for I see that‘ it ‘would be a waste of time, for I see plainly that it.was one of the many pet: meas- ures of the leaders of tlie majority, (Continued on Page ‘hrew.; ONE MAN TAX - COMMISSION PASSES HOUSE The house yesterday passed Senate Bill 67, the administration's one-man tax commission bill, after. a vigorous assault from the minority which. ob- jected to a change from the present plan of the three-man board. This bill is now ready for the governor's signature. It concentrates’ in the hands of one individual.: appointed and removed’ as the governor wills, full power over North Dakota’s, com- plicated system of. taxation under. which a revenue of $35,000,000 per an- num is possible, according to the tax commission’s own estimates. Wilson Denies Trish Statement Through Tumulty Washington, D. C., Feb. 28.—Secre- tary Tumulty today issued a state- ment denying formally on behalf of President Wilson that the president told a member of the congressional committee Wednesday night that the Trish question was a matter between ‘ngland and Ireland, and that Ire- land would haye no voice in the peace conferente. “A statement to the contrary made by a member of the congressional dele- gation was characterized a ‘deliberate fulsehood’.”” i Wilson to Sail For France March 5 Washington. D. C,, Feb. 28.—Prepa- rations for President Wilson's return house today. He will. sall_ Wednesday evenihg on the George, Washington. He will leave Washington on a special FIRST. IN AMERICA TO GREET WILSON Peters is mavor of Boston. When Wilson's ship was 200 miles from the American shore Peters voiced a greeting Into the transmitter of a wireless telephone set. Sitting in his cabin, aboard the George Washington, the president re- ceived the message and responded. BISMARCK BOY | HOME FOR VISIT LIKES CAPITAL Declares City One of Brightest and Cleanest and Most Mod- ern He Has Ever Seen WAS IN_ GREAT DISASTER With Brother, Also Native, He Superintended Hal: Reconstruction W. J. McLean, a native Bismarck boy who has been here for the las two weeks visiting his mother, Mary L. McLean of First and Rosse: will leave tomorrow for a visit with friends in Spokane before returning to Montreal, where he is engaged with the Cook Construction Co. Mr, McLean. born and reared in Bismarck,. went to the Philippines in 1898: as lieutenant’ of “old. Co. A, of the Fighting First. Since that time he has been ‘back’ but once, in +1906, and he finds. an almost, unbellevable Mr. improvement in: his ‘home ‘town: MeLean, is in the; bt cities and other bj means something “when ‘se says: “Without flattery I can say that Bis- marck is one of the cleanest, bright- est and most metropolitan, cities I have ever seen.” : at _ Mr. McLean was at ‘Halifax ‘as su- perintendent for the Cook: Construc- tion Co. of which his brother Harry, another Bismarck boy, is ‘manager, during the great disaster. The, Cook Co. was ‘then completing railway terminals, It immediately ceased. all construction work and turned all of its resources over to the committee organized to redabilitate the stricken city. For days the Bismarck men worked night and day, directirfg the efforts of a huge reconstruction army of 5,000 during the working hours, and meeting at night with the com- mittees which had the rebullding of the city in. charge: “It was a terrible tragedy,” sald ‘Mr. McLean today,. speaking of the ‘aundreds upon hundreds ‘of devastated homes and wrecked ‘human: beings. “The ‘saddest’ sight I have’ ever seen a@vas a young mother with four little ‘children, everyoné of thém .stricken winner dead,’ and this was only one of many such incidents," ‘ ‘ Mr. McLean has had a delightful visit, surprising, old frieuds,; many ot whom have not at first recognized their ,poyhood pal, “Willy” MoLean in the big strapping man of the world who has come back for a, few days with home-folks. TO RETAIN -RAILCONTROL ‘blind, and ‘with the father-and- bread-}. TOWNLEY HONOR GUEST AT FEED OF NONPARTITES Big. Chief-Toasted by Henchmen in Celebrating League Victories Here COLD IS NO INDUCEMENT to Influence Him to Sell Out, Says A. C. Arthur C. Townley, president of the National Nonpartisan Jeague, was guest of honor at a banquet held Thursday elebration of the league's le vietory. The prin- clpal address of the evening was wade by Mr, Townley, who declared the mi- nority interests In the present assem- bly represented nothing but “alien in- terests which have sought to despoil North Dakota us they have despoiled it since statehood.’ He compared them to “the forces of autocracy, the robber bands who sought to plunder and to rob, and who were turned back at the Marne.” Speaking further, he suid: “For me in this world there is just one thing and that is the success of this movement, “All I want is your confidence and what good would all the gold in America do me if I forfeited the esteem of the people of this state? “Why, good God, ladies: and gentle- men. I hope the time will come when people will cease to say that money could or would compensate us for be- traying this organization. “T want to renew a pledge that I made oncé before. I think most of you have confidence in ine, but Jest you fear that I abuse my power or use it for selfish purposes I want to promise you that all my intelligence-and all my ability’ will be to direct this move- ment for lofty purposes that will bene- fit the people of North Dakota and their children’s children for genera- tions to come. WE ARE. THE MASTERS “We are the masters,” said Mr. Townley, “we are the fathers aud mothers of the state of North Dakota, and let us be big, let us be free from prejudice and hatred and let us not abuse those poor unfortunates who cannot see the march of progress or do the things to them that they would do to us ff they had us-in their power, Instead, we will build for their chil- dren a place one hundred times _bet- ter than the place which they, have built for our children, “We in North Dakota. have gone further than iny peopte in this coun- try at any: time and jf we Keep our heads Weare “assured of! success Le? yond our ability, to-pleture. We have yon the first big battle. Now let’ us see'to it that evary step is made slow- ly and ‘earefull¥ aiid that right ik always. ‘on ‘our side. Let “tis stand shoulder ‘to“shoulder and move for- ward in full confidénce in each other and rise above those. who ~ would thwart us." Today in North Dakota we have ‘won, the battle started 26: years erty and _of deinocricy’ have rolled back the forces. of ‘autocracy so that today the only law ‘in the state of North Dakota 1s the law made by the major- ity of the people for the welfare of the people as a whole.” SOME WHO DIDN’T TALK There were eulogistic addresses by Governor Frazier, J. A. Currie, H. A. Bronson,. Senator Richard McCarten, Rep. S. W. Johnston of Steele county, William Lemke, Senator Benson of Rolette, Representative Hardt of Lo- gan, Senator Pendray of Stutsman, Representative Walker of Oliver, Rail- way Commiasioner, Frank. Milhollan and FE. A. Bowen from the’St. Raul of- fices of the .National’: Nonpartisan league. eae It was rather noticeable that there were not included-among..the orators who paid tribute to their chief, Attor- ney General William, Langer, Tax Commissioner:'F..E. Packard, State Treasurer Obert A. Olson, State Audi- tor Carl R.‘Kositzky and Insurance Commigsioner A. S, Olsness. Secretary of State Thomas. Hall -could not be present _ owing to his. having been called to Maddock to deliver the: prin- cipal address at the closing exercises of the. Benson county agricultural high school this ‘evening. 7 TWO HANGED ~ FOR PRESENT Washington, D. C., Feb. 28.—Direc- tor General Hines announced today with the approval of President Wilson that the railways would not be relin- quishéd from govertiment control until there has been an opportunity to see whether a constructive permanent pro- gram of- legislation. was likely to .be adopted within a reasonable time, BXCHANGE WITH RUSSIA GUT OFF + Washington, D. C., Feb. 28—Foreign exchange transactions between the United’ States and: Russia have been train Tuesday and stop at Philadel- phia for av hour to visit with his daughter, Mrs. Sayre, and to see his new grandson. He will go directly. from the capitol to the train. In Philadelphia he will see ouly members of. his family, Ras era en cated i 4 R b. The situation at Manich is aes Sparticans are now master of all buildings. Thev hav: seized the government presso; w oduc * which the products are being ¥ -,_| chant money s printed, , Food rationed.” prohibited, by the federal reserve board, and similar action has. been takeh by Great Britain and France. It,is understood one object of this step is to stop the financing of Bolsheviki propaganda. Regular Movie . Robbery Pulled By Three Negroes Chi Feb. 28.—The bank, Mer- Lintveris Apia tar its’ 3), the 3 the loot, $3,000; 7 escaped, three a FOR CRIMES Indianapolis, Ind.; Feb. 28—Jobn Snowden, who killed Lottie May Bran- don in August, 1917, was hanged here today, Se’was the wife of Valentine Brandon, employed at the naval sta- tion here. .. Considerable feeling had been stirred up umong the negroes ow- ing to failure to secure a commuta- tion or reprieve. Snowden made no statement. Mrs. Brandon was white and about 23 years of age, and an ex- pectant mother. The evidence showed that she had been choked and killed by a blow on the head and tbat she had been outraged. BARK TOO EARLY. Chicago,: Feb. 28.—Albert Johnson, hanged today for killing Officer Coch. rane, spent his last night without sleep, Shortly before dawn the dogs began to howl. “Tell those pups they have started too soon,” he said. The dogs ‘were brougat in and when warmed they went to sleep. Johnson invited every minister who called on him to join him’on the scaffold. They were twelve of them and the sheriff held the number down to two. He left two letters one to his mother and the other to hie sister. -STAALE i Not Enough Money in the World |’ ago and the hosts of ofreedom, of Tib-}€° SOCIALIST WHO - ASA Branting. 4s presideut of the Berne socialist conferencewhich has been iInceting parallel: with the sessions of the pence congressin Paris and the Berne international labor conference. Branting introduced 2 resolution which the congress adopted condemning Bol- shevism and declaring that the true development of socialism Hes along constructive aud truly democratic Mnes. { Branting is from Sweden, NORTH DAKOTA MEN TO RETURN ABOUT APRIL 4 Boys Who Landed at Hoboken Do Not Expect to Get Back to State for Month On or about April) 1 the North Da- kota men who arrived at Hoboken, N. J. aboard the U.S. 8, President Grant, will be sent to. Fort Snelling to be dis- charged, according to a dispatch re- ceived from the Associated Press. At present the men are headed for Camp Dix, N. J, but according to a letter received yesterday, from Miss Magda- lene Johnson of thts city, who is now attached to thé force employed In the bureau of war risks at Washington, the Dakotans paraded in the capital city yesterday. when they possed: In review before President Wilson, This report has not been confirmed by oifi- cial. dispatches, howeyor Only SO men of the original 8,600 in the 164th infantry were abourd the President Grant. ’ ; Only a part of the two original com- pantes were with the 164th at the time of departure as a number of changes had been made during. the time of service in France. At one time it was reported that: oi 30 men of the 250 menof Company M were still with the . und these were chiefly noi- edsofficers and regular. offi- ', have been made activities have ceased in since anilitar France, to reassemble the old com- pantes, ‘and according to various re- ports received from the boys them- selves, it was though that from 80 to 100 of the old company would leave France | toketh A relative propor- tion of the men from the machine gun company — originally about 75 in strength, will no doubt return with this detachment. Changes have also been made in the commanding officers, When the com- panies departed from Grand Forks on September 29, 1917, Ceptain L. L. Eck- man commanded the machine gun com- pany,:and Captain O. G. Holm was in comimund of Company M, The units of ithe 164th United States infantry regi- ment, which formerly comprised the North Dakota national guard and. the officers in*command, many of whose members will return this month are ay follows : Company A—Bismarck. Company B—Fargo. Company C—Grafton. a Company D—Minot: Company E—Williston. f Company. F—Mandan. Company G—Valley. City. Comapny H-—Jamestown. Company (Wahpeton. Company K—Dickinson. Company IL—Hillsboro. Company M—Grand_ Forks. Machine gun company, Grand Forks ; headquarters company, Hillsboro; sup- ply company. Grafton: hospital com- pany, Lisbon: band. Lisbon. Col. John H. Fraine, Grafton, ¢om- manding. = First battalion: Companies B, G.I and L, Major Frank S. Henry, Valley City. commanding. — \ Second battalion: Companies A, F, H and K, Major J. M. Hanley, Man- dan, commanding. Third battalion: Companies C, D, KE. M.and machine gun company, Ma- jor C. -B. Boyd, Hillsboro, command- ing. ' The men went to Camp Dix, N. J., during the day and are expected to ar- rive in North Dakota some time in March. £ HOG PRICE ~ 1S LIFTED Washington, Feh. 2&=The present base: price of $17.50 Bsc ‘hundred for hogs ervired at midnight ‘tonight will be continued ‘until a decision is made by. Hebei Wilson pare. to’ the present embargoes on pork.” - Frank S. Sayder, head of the meat seat NB 4 ent - icy ‘under whcih a minimum has teen maintained from month tomonth since be agreed CK TR IBUN. RIDAY, FEB. 28, 1919. } PRICE FIVE CENTS SCHOOL CONTROL BILL T00 MUCH FOR SOME N. P'S “ {Independence Shown by Number of League Senators Kills Macdonald Emergency CAUSE OF MUCH ORATORY Cahill Admits That House Bill 81 Was Aimed at Miss Niel- son—City Named Her In spite of the independence dis- played by Drown, Ettestad, Stenmo and Zieman, who joined with the mi- nority in opposing Senate Bill 134, the senate passed this measure, which abolishes the present boards of education, contr] and regents, and concentrates the powers they now ex- ercise in a commission which will link up the supervision of public schools with the reformation of crim- inals in the state penitentiary and the cure of the insane in the state hospital. The vote was 29 to 20, defeating the emergency clause which would ‘give tis act immediate effect and make: it difficult to referend it. The roll-call was as follows: Ayes: Benson, Berg, Bowman, Ca- jill, Church, Fleckton, Fraser, Hagan, |Hammerly, Hemmingsen, Hunt. In- ;Serson, King, Levang, Liederbach, Mc- Carten, McNair, Mortenson, Morkrid, Miklethun, Noltimier, Oksendahl, Ol- son, Pendray, Sikes, Ward, Weber, Welford, Wenstrom.—29, ‘Nays: Beck, Carey, Drown, Bttstad, Gibbens, Haggart, Hyland, Jacobson, Kendall, Mcbride, Mees, Mostad, Mur- phy, Nelson,Ploy har, Porter, Stenmo, Storstad, Whitman, Zieman. . Cahill Makes Admit in. That ‘House Bill 81, introduced by a leaguer with the approval of the league's secret caucus and passed by an almost solid league majority In the house was aimed at Miss Minnie J. Nielson, state superintendent» of public instruction, was. an important admission made on the floor of the senate by Senator Cahill, while -dis- cussing Senate Bill 134. Charges that House Hill 81.. revok- ing all sections of the present statutes relating to the certification of teach- ers, was a direct. attack upon Miss Nielson and her powers -were vigor: ously. denied -by leaguers and tie Jeague press. while House Bill 81 was under __ consideration. Now that House Bill 81 has been put to sleep in the senate and some of its. provis- ions inserted’ in Senate Bill 134, Sen- utor Cahill confesses that this bill was aimed at Miss Nielson. Would ‘Have Ruled Her Out. “House Bill 81,” said Senator Ca- hill, “contained a provision that any- one elected superintendent of public instruction must bea graduate of an accredited. college. | Miss Nielson, 1 understand, is not u graduate of an accredited college; 1 felt. that this provision was aimed at ‘Miss Nielson, designed to prevent her. from becom- ing a candidate to succeed herself, as state superintendent, of public instruc- tion, and in committee on state af- fairs I made a motion that further consideration of this bill be indefin- iely postponed, und tuat motion car- ried,” Still Unfriendly. That the league is still unfriendly to Miss Nielson, however, would seem to have been indicated by Senator Ca- hill'’s next statement, which was to the effect that Mis Nielson was not elected by the country people but by oly folk, advocates of higher educa- tion. “If we were to have a state super- intendent elected for the gountry schools by the country'people the situ- ation would be different. Miss Niel- son was not elected by the votes of the country people. She was elected by the cities,” Stenmo Leads Assault. Senator Stenmo of Grand Forks county led the attack on the league bill. “I vannot “see wherein this plan of consolidation. has any advantage over the present system. The line of demarcation between the three boards is clear. There is no conflict of auta- ority; no overlapping. Control of pen- al and charitable? institutions requires @ different type of men'than are need- ed for the board of regents, or for a board of education. The highest type of men have always been ready to serve on the board of regents and the board of education without compensa- tion. We could not buy the services of such men if we attempted to. Cer- tainly we could not expect to com- mand such service ‘for a paltry $3,000 per annum. “This bill would require the state superintendent, an officer elected. by the people, to serve in a subordinate capacity under ‘a board of appointive employes. It would be highly improp- er to place the state superintendent of public instruction in such a sub- ordinate position, where she would be deprived of all’ but the faintest sha- dow of authority and under the conl trol of a board whose appointment /|rests solely with the governor. “This bill is not in line with recom- mendations which the governor has jmade in his. last two inaugural ad- dresses. Two years ago he advocated broader powers for the state superin tendent of public instructfon and urg- ed that he be made a member of the oard of regents. The state superin- tendent. himself suggested that he should e a member : of this board. Since the November election a dia- metrically .opposite view has been taken ‘by the governor. In ‘Ris mes- sage this year. the governor rec- ommended a board of education and a commisisoner -of education, with a board of control to be entirely dis- tinct from this. body. : “The chief difficulty of the authors of this ill has seemed to be in rela- tion to the present state superintend- ent. ‘The repealing clause of this bid repeals all acts or parts of acts in conflict. I understand that House Bill 81 _has~ not — been. reported out. . (Continued om Page Six.)_ ‘ measure. ' league members strenuously prot bill as vicious and striking at the LODGE WARNS NATION AGAINST WILSON PLAN Covenant of League of Nations, He Declares, Will Breed Dissention PEACE FIRST NECESSITY Germany, Says Minority Leader, ! Is Now Lifting Her i Head Again Washington, Feb. us.-Senator Lodge of Massachusetts solemnly warned the American people today carefully .to weigh the constitution | of the league of nations and to insist Speaking in the senate the Republi- can floor-leader declared his convic tion that instead of safeguarding tae peace of the world, the league as now! planned would engender misunder- standings and strife. The Massachu- setts senator declared the constitu- tion as now drafted would involve America in all foreign disputes stitute. internationalism for national ism and .be of, benefit principally, to (Europe. Expresses Sympathy. Expressing, complete sympathy with the effort to bring . about lasting world ‘peace, Senator Lodge said he was not prepared to say there could not be‘a concert of the nations to guard against war, but he. insiste agreements. for such a concert should be drawn up calmly and deliberately when the,.world was at peace and not hastily while the world was at war, Senator Lodge will be chairman of| the foreign relations committee in} the next session when the constitu: tion for the league of nations will be given definite consideration. The paramount duty now, he said, way to conclude peace with Germany. 7 Time Wasted. “Much time has been wasted," he said. “The delays have bred restless- ness and confusion everywhere. Ger- | many is lifting her head again. The whimpering after defeat is hanging to threats. She is seeking to an- nex nine million Germans in Austria. she is reaching out in Kussia, Ger- many {s again threatening, and the only source of a great war is to be found for the future as in the past in Germany. She should be chained and fettered now. and this menace to world peace removed.” The senator said that while in the interests of peace it might be ne- cessary to abandon the Monroe doc- trine, the policies of Washington and other principles of Americanism the nation, should hesitate and ponder be-! fore it acts. ’“If the United States enters any leagiie of nations it does so for the world at large and not for Its own benefit. It must be with a view to maintaining peace in Hurope- where all the greatest wars Lave originated. Our share in the league must be; wholly for the benefit of others.” Sharp differences of opinion over the | Jeague of nations constitution were voiced in the senate today by Senators (Continned on Page ‘Cores.) TWO KILLED, 13 INJURED IN MINN, WRECK Norwood, Minn., Feb. 28.—-Two men were killed and 13 were injured this morning when, passenger train No. 12 on the Minneapolis & St. Louis rail- way, bound for Minneapolis, crashed | into a stock train. All the victims were riding in the caboose or the pas- senger coach on the stock ttain. A special train which left here for Gaylord with the injured men was blocked by snow several miles from Gaylord. When the stock train was stalled in a twelve-foot cut, the first section was brought to Norwood. brakeman was sent back to flag the passenger train, and is said to have set off torpedoes. CONFERENCE OFF. Paris, Feb. 28.—Thereis no longer d | bill, The| you willbe printing in your own. pe. O’Connor and Burtness Cite Constitution on Issue in Debate Over Brinton Bill to Concentrate Legals in One Publication and Freeze Out 200 - Country Independent Newspapers of the State Representatives Burtness and J. F. T. O’Connor, Treadwell Twichell and others, made a determined stand against the jeague’s newspaper grab bill today when: they challenged the right-of. any representative holding stock in league newspapers to vote for the ‘Section 43 of the constitution provides: “Any member who has a personal or private interest in any measure or bill proposed or pending before the legislative assembly, shall disclose that fact to the house of which he is a member and SHALL NOT VOTE THEREON without the consent of the house.” Conical? excitement was caused by the issue raised and ested. Speeches denouncing the freedom of the press were made. “There’s no use being _mealy- mouthed about this bill,” said Twichell of Cass county, discussing. Job W. Brinton’s newspaper monopoly, Senate Bill 157, in house committee of the whole this afternoon. “We all know what the purpose of this bill is, We all know that its pur- pose is not to save money for the tax- ayers but to enrich a few newspa- pers, and more than half the members of this house own stock in these news- papers. You hope, gentlemen, to have your newspaper made the’ official newspaper for your county through this bill. “It’s the most unfair measure that has ever been introduced in the legis; lative assembly of any state. Any gentleman in this house should be ashamed to vote for it or give it a moment’s favorable consideration.” For Free Play Rep. J. F. T. O’Connor of Grand | Forks, spoke for free play. “Many of the independent newspa- pers of this state cannot exist without the public notices and legals) which they have been getting. These news- papers will be driven out of existence. I don't blieve that’s the intention of the majority of this house. I believe ‘in freedom of speech, free expression of opinion. “If this bill had been passed two years ago when the old parties were in power it would have been impos- sible for this league to get a hearing in any county in the state. It is pos- sible that in a year or two under the provisions of this bill the people will have a chance at the next general b-/election to designate their official paper, but it is highly. doubtful wheth- era large number of these-independent papers! will not have been driven.out jof the state; it is doubtful whether they can continue to exist even’ for that short time. at “I believe in free expression, ’ in hearing all sides of every question. That would be impossible under. this It is ridiculous to suppose that a political board will designate any pa pers opposed to the party which this board represents. We would havea situation to which I wish to call your attention through an incident which occurréd this morning.” The speaker read from the league’s capital city organ an alleged declara- tion made by Townley at his banquet last night to the effect that “minority members of this’ assembly are sup- porting alien interests.” : Calls Townley Liar “In behalf of the minority in this house I wish to brand that statement here and now as a falsehood. That statement never has been made on the floor of this house because you gentle- men don’t believe it; because you know it-is not true. The majority has shown the minority in this house splendid consideration. But, if this bill were now in effect, the people out over. the state would hear only the one side of this question. The same story that appeared in your capital city organ this morning would be sent to every official paper in the state and they would be compelled to print it, giving their readers the impression that this was the truth. “The Kept Press “We hear a great deal about the kept press. I don’t know ‘whether there is a kept press or not. I am not a newspaper man. I spend a lot of money with newspapers, but I.own no stock in any newspaper. ‘ “There will be no question about a {kept press in the future if this bill is passed. We will have a kept press— kept by the Nonpartisan league. This bill is inconsistent with every princi- ple of democracy; it_is inconsistent with the spirit of the league; it is in- consistent with the spirit of our grea ’ free, splendid North Dakota; it is in- consistent. with the sentiments of a majority of the members this house.” “Can't See No Sense” x Representative Del Patterson of Donnybrook, couldn’t “see no sense in the argumeht of the gentleman from Grund Forks. ‘Does he mean.to say that attorneys file suits against ry down-trodden people to make million- aires out of these newspapers 2?” ask the league floor-leader. a WHO'S A MILLIONAIRE NOW? “If the. geytleman from Donnybrook is correct in his belief that this patron- age. split up as it now is among sév- eral liewspapers, ‘is making their pub- lishers millionaires, what will be the result when one newspaper is given a monopoly?” asked Burtness of Grand Forks; “We talk. about suving the taxpeyers” money. Why, the tine may come whea pers—your official, legal newspapers— all the bills that we ‘have had intro- duced here. Does Mr. Patterson eis that an amendment slipped in hete a! the Inst moment will double the amount of -money. that the: state is to any chance of going on with the Prin- the conditions. pay for public printing; thet these’ cipo conference. .It was reported that| ficial newspapers will receive the Rolsheviki failed to cpmply' with| as a official 1 printing Page MINORITY MEMBERS CHALLENGE. LEAGUERS HOLDING NEWSPAPER STOCK T0 YOTE ON MEASURE, \