The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 3, 1919, Page 8

BURTNESS DECLARES ACCUSATIONS MADE AGAINST LEAGUE PROGRAM ARE NOT SLANDEROUS, FALSE NOR UNFAIR (Continued from Page Seven.) North Dakota has passed a Bill, for instance, by which a person who has not a home can, if he gets the State to do it, condemn the land of another individual and get it for his own home, by paying down twenty per cent of its value and the balance in accordance with the provisions of the law—- when you send out literature of that kind to whom do you uppeal? Do you not particularly appeal to those who are Inclined to Socialism? And when you appeal to those who are inelined to the theories of Socialism do you not find that among those Socialists there a mighty big group which is nown as the Industrial Workers of the World, the I. W. W.’s, if you please, And do you not believe that if literature of that kind goes abroad, and speakers are sent out for the purpose of telling the people what splendid program has been put over here, that you may get some of the I. W. W.’s in the State, Perhaps the man who wrote the article had in mind the fact that the er of your party, Mr. Townley, and his ociates, not more than a year or | then a year ago, if 1 recall it correctly, made an agreement with the Industrial Workers of the World, which has been so well advertised in the press of the State and in private con- yersations in every grocery store in the entire State that no further reference is needed to it at this time. Now, that I believe, disposes of paragraph 1 is simply this, “In or that there may be in our mid self-sustaining or ion by means of which to get re! information on public matters as well as to take the most revolutii ry measures to a referendum ¢ quickly as possible to pave a means by which to prevent these self-secki phers” et cetera, Then we recommend membership in the Independent Vote sociation, We recommend to the people that thy join an association which has a most dastardly and damnable object in view. What is that object’ To give to the people, to the voters of the state the right to say whether they affirm or reject the measures that have been passed by this le and Eo submit. in all fairness, is there uy < that? If you have read the advertisement appearing in the offic organ of the majority you know this is true. For the warn- ing goes out, “Do uot sign anything: donot sign petitions that will give to the people the t to vote on these measures until you hear from our sp sand most of sueh speakers are non-residents of the State of North dakota. Now, gentle- men, I] am not afraid to let the people of this state vote on @ any measure that I have voted for or inst in this house, and I do not think you ought to be. When, in the early part of this session the suggestions were made, when we were vot ing upou the amendments, that. th nendments opened the door too far, let down the bars enti . the gentlemen of the j Yin this House rose one by one and said there is no of that, and, why did they say there was no danger? as the reason that there was two checks, first the legislature and, second. the people. We want the people to ye an opportunity to vete upon these measare ure that is passed can go te the people for approval, And Todo pot know but what this m pretty good time to refresh your ifflemory upon the proposi- tion that the literature of the Nonpartisan League and of the Republican State Central Committee before he last campa positively stated to the people of this State that they would have an opportunity te vote gipon these measures and soi of the statements were so strong as to state that the me ures could wot be eted without being veted upon by people. If oubts this statement drop mea line and T will get you copy of the pamphlet or the literature sent out, including those statements in substance, Now, gentlemen, [have taken a deal more time than T had expected to take when Larose, but you made me do it. Tdo not care whether vou reconsider any motion that you have made or not, condemni me and others. It hurts, is true, but To can people and LE know that TP will be received in a fric 1 know T will be received cour- “teously, ‘and Iocan say to my constituents, and 1 know that most of them will be lieve ‘it, thar [owas down here voting y measure according to the dictates of my own con T did not vote on any measure without trying to something as to what it was about and without exe ing my own judgment in accordance with the best of m, ron ity. And Tsay that my conseience is clear and T believe that such ix the positions of the entire minority ‘and of any other member who “lo othis statement We have sented here not only ourselves, but we hav also repre at least thirty-five or forty thousand voters in this state; who, by their votes at the last election, said that they did not have confidence ,in the present administration. We are today, f firmly believe, representing the wishes of moré than’ the jority of the people of the state. ‘That is an estimat course, Icimay be right or T may be wrong. 1, for ones have always given to every member of the majority of this House eredit for this, that as he has t his vote for or against a certain measure he has east it that way because he believed he was right and because he believed that what he was doing would be for the best interests, of the people of the state. That seems to be more credit than the majority seems now, in these closing hours, willing to give to the minority, to these men. Look at some of them, Men who, some of them, like my colleague, Mr. Hanson, filed on a homestead in the later 70's. Many of the members of the minority own land, some small farms and some large farms in this state. Other mem- bers in the minority are a little younger, who, like some of the others, are sons of those pioneers, the sons of people who are still making their living out of the soil of homesteads that they filed on in the or the earl Others come from the professions and the busin ks of life. We have tried to do our duty and remember this, gentlemen, that there is not a single one of the minority who was not sent, here by the majority of the people of his district and if he had the reputation at home that he is an agent of Biz, if he had had the reputation of being a skunk coward or a scoundrel I submit that he would not have been here. We have tri to do our duty as we see it, just the same as you have tried to do yours. The future will tell as to whether our judgment or your judgment is the hetter. Before closing, bec I do not want to get on the floor of this House again, 1 it to pay a tribute in a very few » words to the Speaker of this House, I say this that I do not helfe that there was ever a presiding officer who has han- dled a situation on the floor of the House better than has our present Speaker. He has been fair to the minority and he has been fair to the major Ife has recognized every time the person who first arose to his f nd T want to pay him a compliment and a tribute in thi And in as much as at the beginning of these remarks some statements were made back and forth here with reference to the memhership of the State Affairs Committee that there was not a minority member on it or on the Judicial Committee, T hope that no one will charge that up to the Speaker of this House, for S My Windows for a Sa $32.50. Suits $ committees were it may be possible to gi t demnation has been pi ed. here, myself, with absolutely map in the majority. Under 168, S section 7 of House Bill No. ion Laws of NorthDakota for 1917, it is made the duty of the state highway commission to prescribe standards for and supervise the work ot maintaining the state highways) whith are improved under federal or state aid. The cost of this work is to be equaliy divided between the} county and the state. The money for; this purpose is derived entirely from motor vehicle license fees, | In addition to the state law, there is a provision in the Federal Aid Road Act making it compulsory that all :qgads, constructed with federal aid money be adequately maintained be- i | -oad construction in the state. Maintenance Underway At tle close of the season last fall, there were 298 miles of state high- ways under construction and contract, £0 miles of which are approximately jcemp . Maintenance of 102 miles {was started late in the season last a jcirely completed. The contractor is ; tract. ployed on the 102 miles under main- tenance, or approximately one man to averyfive miles. 7 ‘a | A’system of highway maintenance, commonly termed the patrol system, being tried out on our state high- ays and the results so far secured jwill warrant its continuance. The merit of such a m of mainte sed on placing the responsibility | | for the upkeep of a certain section of | jcoad in the hands of one man, called the patrolman. ( This patrol’system of maintenance ; jas used in North Dakota will be under sion of the chief engineer n who is state miain- ill be ithe supervi lof the highway commi Ireetly represented by the tenance engineet | future repairs. I want tojsay, th! no feeling ‘of M-Wwill, tow: the Spexker of this House did not appoint the committees... The . ppointed by a committee of the-House. T had hoped to leave this assembly witha little moneebroth- erly feeling, perhaps, with a little heartier hindshake than e@ now, since this, resolution--of. con- that I leave {W LEGISLATION PROVIDES © | i\FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE ity for its upkeep. sense. Supervision The patrélman. ‘is)ito: work. Af: \ divided , into jconsisting of several ‘struction and maintenance v division maintenance engineer w in charge of the maintenance work o each division, L ngth of Seetions The length of the section which will be given to the patrolman will range from 4 to 20 miles, depending ‘on the condition of the road, amount | of traffic and topographic and weather | conditions. Care will be taken in “The Home of Service” : | Also the Home of ! Chevrolet, Hudson and Hupmobile Cars | and Parts When in need of expert mechanical work, bring your \ car to us. 1 seats Look over our battery } department, it is the most , completely equipped in the state. AUTOMOBILE PAINTING You will be interested in com- | paring our work with that of other shops. MISSOURI VALLEY MOTOR CO. | CARL PEDERSON, Mgr. Bismarck North Dakota TAILOR-AND CLEANER HNVNHUUOUALULA OO AUAUATEU TOA UA Sill al Mr aie dividing the roads into sections so as | to have the surfaced roads separate’ from the ordinary earth roads, ° The! patrolman will have charge of hig sec- | tion and will:be given the responsibil- | * Qualifications of Patrolman. A man who is capable of being a} patzolman must be a person who can {exercise good judgment and common All work of: the patrolman is under the direct supervision of the state highway commission, and’ it is ex-! pected that the patrolman will work in | fore additional aid can be secured for j harmony with this organization. | An inspector will. be aver the high- way at intervals and will offer sug- gestions to the patrolman, when it is considered advisable, régarding the best way in which to handle the work, shave general charge, of the arrangement of the} He should ‘plan: to drag his year on the projects which were en-| road at the right'time, cut the weeds |'c jand brush, repair culyérts and bridges | ing, the V equired to keep the road maintained | and do any other..work .necessary to intil he has completed his entire con- ; keep his section properly, maintained. | He should plan to hau! material) plus it is hoped to adopt a orphan for the period of one 2 figured that this would be the | best possible use that could be made on hand, i “'There are at present, 21 men em-|{along the road which will be used for This applies more es pecially to gravel roads and a special order will be given forithis work. Coal We have a car of Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal—EGG SIZE—just the article for keep- ing the house warm these cold March days. For prompt deliveries on- Wyoming Lump and Mohtana Bear Creek Coal Phone Us | | only. D. 3 taken in 2 Washburn, result of fund: ssful bi the Junior Red Cross. lt J ofthe Red ¢ mone Sa i : Ladie’ 1 K * ! adles Just received those * New Silk Spats— , The kind you've “been waiting for. Your Orders. ere NORTZ LUMBER COMPANY Phone as $32.50 Week at Klein’s $32.50 Week at’ Klein’ PO a st Se pene eee ee HQGRSGESUATUAUWOEUALOAUUEAROOTTMHULNEUOAEOMAOUAIOAALUOAEAUAUAGLOALUU Mary Pickford in “Caprice” at the Bismarck Theatre tonight De RA A An nnn nmin’ | PURCHASE MEMBERSHIP. s the go most sue- held in the school build- shburn high school has pur+ chused memberships for all pup! Out of the s Ee ATT TU ESTRAY NOTICE. Taken up, one bay gelding, weight 1000 Ibs., three white feet, white star and smp. Phone 151. G.P. 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