The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 14, 1920, Page 4

FOUR BISMARCK DAILY TR AY, JAN. 14, 1920. \ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ‘| enviable since he broke with President Wilson ®ntered at’ the- Postoffice, Bismarck, N, D., as Second hig party will now reward him for what he did Class Matter jupon the issue of war. It seems inconceivable that ‘and what he said in those trying times. GEORGE D..MANN, | - (4S eee Editor | Bryan may come back in the democratic party, y Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, CHICAGO, od - - - - . Marquette Bldg. - : = + PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK, - : - a DETROIT, “Kresge Bldg./has started the 1920 presidential campaign off | Fifth Ave. Bldg. |but can he ever be restored to the esteem the | American people once held for him? He certainly with a bang and promises to add zest to the con- | test as time goes on. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exc herein. All rights of. publication of'special dispatches herein are also reserved. sively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited..in this paper and also the local news published There is a cogency, however, to Bryan’s argu- ment upon the ratification of the peace treaty which has impressed the nation. The feeling seems prevalent that the pact should be ratified with} reservations such as Senator McCumber and MEMBER. AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per yei 8 Daily by mail,-per year (In Bismarck) Daily by mail, per year (In state outsid Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) HARD PUT TO IT The editor..of the Courier-News so seldom re- sorts to logic for his arguments in favor of the reign of the‘red that he makes a miserable fizzle; of it when necessity demands something. more convincing than billingsgate and balderhash. He must have been in such a position when he sought to'find justification for House Bill 60 in a decision of the Montara supreme court holding that the legislature of that state was its own authority in deciding what acts should be declared emerg- ency measures and passed as emergency meas- ures, with a constitutional emergency clause at- tached thereto. 4 “And as a matter of fact, a Montana case, just decided, indicates that the special session does have'the right to make such a decision,” says the Courier-News, defending its assertion that “the legislature, in absence of a specific provision deal- ing with extra session legislation, took the chance that it had the right to set the date on which its legislation becomes effective. “A district judge in our western neighbor state,” continued the Townley organ, “has, just held that the Montana legislature has the right to declare what legislation is of an emergency character.” Of course the legislature has a right to declare what legislation is of an emergency character. No; sane person or court has ever seriously questioned that right. But this right, guaranteed by the constitution of a majority of our states, was exer- | typified by our own senior senator. 0 of the next presidential conflict. others have suggested, and not made a major issue The principles underlying the treaty and the league of nations cannot be arbitrated during the heat of a presi- dential contest. It might be possible to get an ex- pression at a national referendum called for the! special purpose, but even such a procedure in a! presidential year is hardly advisable. The Tribune, as much as it disagrees with Bryan politically, and condemns his action during the | stress of thosq pre-war days, heartily commends | these words of the Commoner: “Who is going to gamble with stakes so great, and what shall we say when they ask us if we have no concern for the menace to Europe while we wait for a political cam- paign? I for one believe that, having stood by the President, and having tried to get that treaty as he wanted, and having failed, we have got to meet the conditions as they are presented now, and get a ratification, and stop war, and enter into this great constructive program that is before us.” It may be impossible to eliminate the peace treaty from the party platforms of 1920, but the issue is fraught with danger to all parties. The time has come to get the best possible ratification and resume as soon as possible the solution of the great reconstruction policies before the American people. Peace should be consummated with the same disregard of party fortunes as war was de- clared. The world needs peace and it must be arrived at through compromise. President Wilson should recede from his belligerent attitude. Reservations may mar the league of nations and hamper its ‘action, but they canot destroy it. The winning of the war put a trend upon events which cannot be \turned back by the reservations now promised | through the group of leaders in the senate best cised in Montana in a constitutional way. ‘Associated Press reports from Helena indicate| it within their power to eliminate this vital issue, | President Wilson and the democratic party have that the act to which the Courier-News refers, |t a large extent. at least, from the next Presiden- | amending the primary election law, was acted on| tial campaign. | individually as an emergency measure, was prop- erly declared an emergency measure, and was so} passed by the required majority in each Montana; house. The same thing was done in this state! with the resolution ratifying woman suffrage ;!} ‘decline to meddle. f | Sims may have declined a medal, but he didn’ a ntteeterten tlt nner ti mtenpeincmrgeeaneelh | with the act amending the seed and feed lien act, | i - WITH THE EDITORS i with a view to giving the farmers more itme in' which to meet their obligations; with the act re-! TRAITORS ARE TRAITORS __. | ducing state taxes 25 per cent, and with every | imei enn tenement ett mt ent neat bce ann fe | As the sweeping up of the Red riff-raff con-| other measure which in any respect enjoyed the tinues, loud protests will be heard against the in-| right to be considered an emergency act. These/ justice of such a procedure, and much fuss will be | bills’ when introduced carried the constitutional made over the fact that “American citizens” are emergency clause, declaring these measures to be, included in these sweepings. It will be declared, | emergency acts, and a majority in each house, and repeatedly, as it has been already, that free voted for these emergency clauses, to give the: acts immediate effect in a constitutional way. | Montana did not attempt to give its amended | primary law immediate effect through a blanket; emergéncy act which would have had the same effect upon a bill providing for the appointment of . a twenty-third assistant under-secretary to the| head janitor at the state house. And it did not | seek to assert that any such blanket act which! was not in its title declared! an emergency meas-! ure, and which did not itself receive the required | two-thirds majority, could confer immediate ef-| fectiveness upon other acts of the Montana special | session. Nor did the Montana court in the slight- est degree uphold any such wholesale process of putting laws into immediate effect. The constitutionality of emergency clauses similar to the one now on North Dakota’s statute books, or the older “peace, health and‘safety” pro- vision which the league eliminated from the con- stitution, has been upheld by courts all over the land. Occasionally there has been a supreme court which has taken it upon itself to review the action of a legislature in declaring a certain act; to be of an emergency nature, but these instances have beer rare. Someone should tip off to Mr. Lemke and the Courier-News the fact that the constitutionality of the emergency clause as applied to legislation in this and other states. in the regular and proper manner is not the issue which House Bill 60 pre- sents. We believe the average high school boy understands this to be the case, and we trust that with this explanation Mr. Lemke and the Courier- News may. ; PEACE TREATY AND POLITICS Nearly eight years ago:Theodore Roosevelt split | alongside of the greatest poverty. “What is the with the republican organization because he dis-|use of saving, when Erzberger will simply take it agreed with Taft’s leadership. Now we behold a somewhat analogous situation in Mr. Bryan’s chal- ‘mans have been acting accordingly. lenge to President Wilson, the titular head of the; democratic machine. if ‘speech has been denied to free men. | When these pleas are made, the cool headed{ citizen need only remember all the reforms which | have been brought about in this country by the! orderly process of law, and then keep clearly in’ his mind the fact that every person included in| the raids against the Reds has laid himself open, | either through his actions or associations, to the! suspicion that he would do his reforming by. violence. There are better laws in every state in the Union today than there were fifty years ago, or ever be- fore. Men have more freedom and are better pro- tected in it. The citizen or the stranger within the gates who believes that all is not well with this country and has a sane constructive idea for bettering condi- tions through the great mediums open to our citi- zens can have a hearing and will not be molested. No specious outcry should be allowed to becloud these facts. The citizen, if he is a traitor, is doubly a traitor because he is a citizen. No such criminal should escape the dragnet or be treated with leniency he does not deserve——Aberdeen American. CAN’T BE DODGED : ; What an unescapable thing is an economic law! You can’t defeat it; you can’t override it; you can’t get around it. It is invincible, irresistible. , Germany was ad is in dire need of capital. The only way to create new capital is to work and save. Capital is simply accumulated savings. Herr Erz- berger planned to conscript capital to pay Ger- many’s debts. The result has been an era of the greatest extravagance Germany has ever known, away from us?” was the watchword, and the Ger- Unintelligent tax laws seldom work out as they were expected to by their originators. |North Da- There is this vital difference, however: Roose- velt was intensely popular with the rank and file \never seem to learn that the economic laws are as when he challenged the leadership of Taft, while certain in their workings as the laws of physics kota has been a good example of that. Yet we | for over eighteen years, you must ask’ t —— a HUGHES CONDEMNS UNSEATING REDS At a moment when there is so much confusion and so much com- motion, hen everyone is piping away on a high key and s aking twice. before thinking once, it is refreshing to have from so eminent and able and fair-minded an. authoility as Charles Evans Hughes a , clear-cut, honest exposition of the s.iuation which the action of the New York legislature has precipitated in barring from seats in| that body socialists regularly elected to the assembly. Inasmuch as the so- cialist majority now in power in North Dakota has, made a practice of doing the same thing, with little if any more justification, as evidenc- ed inthe seating of Riba from Sarzent county, Judge Hug! letter. which follows. is as applicable to North Dakota as to New York: “My. Dear Mr. Speaker: I deep- ly regret.the action of the Assem- bly in suspending five members of the Sceidlist party who have been duly elected. think that you will agre> that the high preroga- tive of the Assembly to pass upon the.qualifications of its own mem- bers should be exercised in ac- rdance with the spirit of our in- ons. Tt is not, as I view it, rd with the spirit of our in- »as but on the contrary it is ly opposed to the funda- mental’ principles of our Govern- ment for a majority to undertake to deny representation to a minor- ity, through its representatives elected by ballots lawfully cast, “If there was anything against these men as individuals, if they were deemed to be guilty of crim- inal offenses, they should have been charged accordingly. Rut I understand that the action is not directed against these five elected wembers as individuals, but that the proceeding is virtually an at- tempt to indict a political party and ‘to ‘eny it representation in the Legislature. That is not, in my Judgement, “American Govern ment. Are Entitled to Seats “Are Socialists, unconvicted of - crime to be denied the ballot? If Socialists are permitted to vote are they not permitted to vote for their own candidates? If their candidates .are clected and are men against whom, as individuals * charges of disqualifying offences cannot be laid, are they not enti- tled to their seats? “What may I ask, is it supposed these Socialists will do in the Legislature? As members they may introduce bills, they may op- pose bills, they may debate. In all matters they are subject to the rules of the “Assembly. Why should these privileges be denied to representatives of the Social- ist party? Is it not clear that the Government cannot be saved at the cost of its‘own principles? If the Socialists were denied re- course through their duly elected representatives to the or- derly processes of government, ASPIRIN IS SAFE WHEN GENUINE Take Tablets Without Fear, if They Are Marked With the “Bayer Cross” If you want the true, world-famous Aspirin, as prescribed by physicians for “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin.” The “Bayer Cross” is stamped. on each tablet and appears on each pack- age for your protection against imi- tations. In each package of ‘Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” are safe and prop- er directions for Colds, Headache,! Neuralgia, Toothache, Earache, Rheu- matism, Lumbago, Neuritis, and for Pain in general. Handy tin boxes contdining 12 tab- lets cost but a few cents. Druggists! also sell larger “Bayer” packages. As-| pirin is the trade mark of Bayer Man-' ufacture of Monoaceticacidester of ‘Saticylicacta = Siyee ‘ what resort is there left to them? Is it proposed to drive the Social- ists to revolution by denying them participation in the means we have provided for orderly ‘discus- | sion. of proposed changes in our | laws? i \ | \ | “{ understand that it is said that the Socialists’ constitute ‘a | combination to overtzrow the Gov- | ernment. | public officers or private citizens | have any evidence that any in vidual. or group of individuals, | are plotting revolution and seek- ing by violent measures to change ) our Government. let. the evidence ae lnid before .the proper auihor- and swift action will be tak- projection of the com- he employed 9 ferret owt and punish the guilty according to our ! Tut T count it a most se- etion, denying them the only resource of néaceful govern- ment—that is, action by the ballot box and through duly elected rep- resentatives in legislative bodies. “The issue to my mind is very clear, I speak as one utterly op- EVERETT TRUE == ———— te ottnttemttmntinnt tt tant perenne temntentimntsmmered STOP ’IM! STOP ’IM! ter atte est ett et ttt tects pennant tome tree posed’ to Socialism and in entire sympathy with every effort to put down violence and crime. But it is because I am solicitous to main- tain the peaceful processes essen- tial to democracy that I am anx- ious to see Socialists as well as Republicans and Democrats en- joy their political rights, Serious Mistake “Nothing, in my judgment, is a more serious mistake at this crit- ical time than to deprive Social- ists or radicals of their opportuni- ties for peaceful discussion, and thus ‘to convince them that. the ‘reds’ are right and that violence and revolution are the only avail- able means at their command, “I appreciate deeply your high sense of responsibility and your anxiéty faithfully to serve the peo- _ ple of the’ State. ‘I am‘ con- strained to write in this way’ be- cause of the seriousness: of the issue. I sincerely ‘hope that the Assembly will take swift action to avoid .a permanent grievance on the part of those who are threat- ened with virtual ‘disfranchise- ment. Sys “L have sufficient confidence in our institutions to believe that they will survive all the on- slaughts of discussion and politi- cal controversy. But democracy cannot. be preserved if represen- tation is denied: Apart from the mitter of principle, the procedure is futile’ To shut out the duly electhd representatives of the So- cialists is ‘merely to multiply So- cialists by the thousands. Instead of protecting us from the revolu- tion it will do more to encourage the spirit of revolution and to strengthen the advdcates of vio- lence than any conceivable propa- ganda could ‘accomplish.” “Lines,” the book of Yank verse by Earle H. Tostevin, on ‘sale at Harris & Co.; price $1.00. (KN KGADES wll SUFFERED SINCE HE WAS A CHILD Began Taking Tanlac—Well and Strong Now said: “? have suffered more or less with stomach trouble since childhood, and tor the past twelve yqars there hasn't becn a month that 1 haven't lost from two days to two weeks from work on ; account of it. |My trouble would come ton me by spells—one day feeling fine |ané able to cat’ anything 1 wanted thout ‘any apparent bad alfects and pe next day [ would be down in bed be’ up’and about again. could hardly stoop. over. and it was a puzzle’ to everybody. been greatly benefite tirely left me, and since: trouble with my. stomach. than is natural, clock to wake me up. it has done me.” man. Greenleaf Leaves University, Enters Commercial Field Grand - Forks, Jan. -14.— Willlam -H. Greenleaf, for.:a num ber of years a prominentresident of this: city, yesterday. resigned from the faculty of the University of North Dakota.. He also presented his resig- nation as: secretary of the University Alumni association: Mr. Greenleaf goes to Chicago on February 15 to accept a position as field secretary of the National A3so- ; ciation of Stationers and -Manufac- {turers of the United States of Ameri- tea. {quarters in ‘Chicago. ‘The assvciation ! was organize“d in 1904, and now in- eludes -1,300 members in _ various }parts of the’ country, | will be associated with Fletcher B. Gibbs, for several years vice presi- dent ; Manufacturers of ' Gibbs was organizer of the associa- ‘tion and now 'Mr. Greenleaf expects to sperd about {Sir- months of flie year in Chicago. | the rest of the time being spent in | Various’ parts of the. country. i This organization has its head- Mr, Greenleaf of Shea Smith & Company. stationery. Mr. is general ‘manager. == DYBTHATSKIRT, - COAT OR BLOUSE “Diamond Dyes” Make Shabby, Faded Apparel Like New Don't worry about perfect results. 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Was Unable. to Work When He “I had taken, but a few doses of Manlac when 1 knew I had at last found the medicine'I had been look- ing for,” said Joe. Kroiss, an employee of Swift & Co,’s St, Paul Plant, who resides at 466 Van Buren Street, St. Paul, Minn. recently. «Continuing he j and unable to retain a thing, not even a glass of water,’on my stomach and 1 would’stay in that condition for two or three. days or- maybé wecks be- fore I could get enough strength to I would. suf- fer with terrible headaches that would -|nearly ‘drive me wild, and I would break out all over with perspiration followed by severe chill and fever, I also had been suffering with pains across the small of my back for the past few months, that were so bad I IT was in a’ terrible weak and {run-down condition ; all the time, and although I tried to ¢ work when I could get’about at all, I was hardly able to work at. any time. 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