The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 3, 1921, Page 2

THEBISMARCKTRIBUNE (SD A Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN : : - - Editor Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY recast A larquette . ihe PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK : - - 5 Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not ot! cree credited in this paper and also the local mews published herein. : z All Tiahts of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. fcr tetera ed MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, | Daily\by carrier, per year.....-++sss0++ + $7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck). e+ 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck).. 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota......seeceee 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) . > RESULTS OF RECALL ELECTION In the election of R. A. Nestos, Sveinbjorn! Johnson and Joseph A. Kitchen to succeed Govr| ernor Lynn J. Frazier, Attorney General William Lemke and Commissioner of Agriculture John Hagan and in the complete defeat of the I. V. A. laws are reflected the most unique survival of! candidates over a burdensome platform ever re-| corded in the political annals of North Dakota. | The tables were completely turned at the recall election. Last November, the I, V. A. laws were: successful, but a majority of their candidates were defeated. Such is the irony of popular referendums; such are the mysterious ways the; voters work their wonders to perform. No one is ‘shedding tears over the repudiated program laws. The victory is being heralded as a tribute to the personal integrity of the three men selected to put into effect the campaign prom- ises made to the electorate of North Dakota in the recall. t Every loyal North Dakota citizen should co- operate with the successful candidates in their efforts to promote the general welfare of the best state in the union, much maligned at times by a kind of publicity that should cease from this hour. Mr. Nestos’ greatest task is to heal the wounds cecasioned by the recall election and to be the governor of all the people, not the servant of a political oligarchy or the pliant tool of designing politicians who will be seeking to use him as they have always importuned new incumbents in office. He owes no debt to the political theorists. who wrote the platform of modified socialism because he was stronger than the platform. He was elected; the program was defeated. The repudi- ation is stronger than the vote indicates. It is ~easier to vote “yes” than “no.” This was; dem- onstrated a year ago. Mr. Nestos and his col- leagues were elected’ because the people wanted a change of management. They desire. the new officials to audit the books of the corporation and report their findings. Until that report is given to the people in all.fairness to the retiring offi- cials, it is just as well to reserve judgment as to personal culpability and to detect, the crime be- fore imposing the punishment. * * * DETROIT Kresge Bldg. ; I. V. A. LAWS DEFEATED * With the platform. defeated, Mr. Nestos is con- fronted with a different issué than he would have been had the laws been passed. Let us take up the mandates of the people of this sovereign state in the order they were imposed at the recall elec- tion. { First and foremost the titers decided against any more bond issues to pile up taxes in foolish] ventures of state ownership. The program pro- posed the issuance of $7,750,000 in bonds for the following purposes. Five million to liquidate the Bank of North Dakota. : ; Two and one-half million to complete the~mill and elevator at Grand Forks. A quarter of a million to wind up the affairs of the Home Builders association. : In repudiating this:-cénstitutional amendment, the voters apparently have decided, , as the Tribune has always _ contended, that it is poor ‘ public policy to put more of the taxpayers money into proven failures. Mr. Nestos would be warranted in the mandate laid down at the recall election in aban- doning the mill gnd elevator at Grand Forks and the Drake institution. Under the mandate as’ laid down, by the people at the polls last Friday, these ventures should be salvaged without delay and what is left should be restored to the state treasury. / . Governor Preus’ addresses from one end of the state to the other were as responsible as anything} for the repudiation of any. more bond “issues to engage in experiments of state socialism. The voters took his: argumuent home and evidently have put their foot down upon going forward with state socialism. ~ . The Tribune many' months ago urged the scrap- ping of the entire program of state industries. Now the voters have decided the issue emphatic- ally by voting against a bond issue to continue the losing venture at Drake and what must be a los- ing’ venture at Grand Forks if the doors of that institution are ever opened. Mr. Nestos can re-‘ duce taxes in no other way than by abandoning state ownership. O$ eeurse there will be those, who will not agree with this interpretation of the vote on the initiat- e@ lawe. The I. V. A. and nonpartisan league geembers who favor going forward with the pro- Bram and more especially the league advocates, '188--~ ee will contend that the voters‘refused to amend or repeal any phase of the original program and that the mill and elevator projects should go for- ward as originally contemplated. The Tribune can hardly endorse this view, be- cause Mr. Nestos emphatically said that he was against. socialism and committed to the mill and elevator only so far as the I. V. A. law bound him. Now that that law has been repudiated, it is a \logical if not a political deduction that the people are against shooting any more tax money to the birds. aan In any event, the speculation is interesting and presents a problem that The Tribune believes can be solved to the satisfaction of the voters and es- pecially to that portion.of them who pay taxes if the whole industrial program is promptly liquidated and the money -saved, if any, turned back into the general fund-to reduce taxes. °On ithe other hand if losses develop, after an exam- ination of the books, the taxpayers might as well prepare for increased levies to pay for the social- istic orgy of ‘state ownership. i * ek TIRED OF RAINBOW CHASING Why did the people of the state decline to ven- ture more into state socialism modified as it is by the” I. V. A. laws. The majority of the people of this state have finally come to the conclusion that state ownership will bring no relief. They are turning away from theories of state ownership. The Tri- bune has always been a relentless foe of state so- cialism whether it bore a league, a Townley or.an I. V. A. label. North Dakota’s agrarian interests, representing 85 per cent of the population, of the state, are accepting gradually the theory of co- operation as was so skillfully explained by Gover- nor Preus. Mr. Nestos lias a wonderful opportun- ity to promote cooperation as an antidote for pub- lie ownership,, :That,,this.Jaw.was defeated is gratifying tol Bi WF it hf been practical- ly alone in opposing’the IV. “laws. North Dakota under the leadership of R. A. Nestos can liquidate state socialism now unembarrassed by the passage of any conflicting laws. The Tribune hopes Mr. Nestos will do this very job and do it well. In it, he should have the earnest cgopera- tion of every taxpayer who is seeking relief from present conditions. t * * ELECTION LAWS LOST Next in order of repudiation are the election laws., Public disapproval of them is more em-; phatic than repudiation of any of. the other laws. It is needless to point out their inconsistency now. ~ Sufficient that they have been defeated and the long suffering taxpayer saved the expense of an extra election and those who still believe in party rule can continue to function as Republi- * « curb this right would be to strike a blow at'a sys- tem that has worked out much better than the many substitutes devised by .the theorists for group action in lieu sion. - s 8 The depositary law was defeated not so much because the people opposed its general intent, but the voters in North Dakota have shown a rare discrimination in this recall election. They are hesitant to legislate in a hurry atthe polls in a matter of such great‘importance. They bore in mind the law providing for the examination of the Bank of North Dakota and other loosely drawn laws submitted at thé Novemter election. This repudiation should end the perennial submission of laws whose authorship is in doubt and the terms of which may be vague and, workmanshil faulty. Better keep that function weet belongs — in the state legislature. pee * 8 s \ North Dakota farmers sensed political trickery in the law changing the composition of the in- * dustrial commission and gave it short shrift. They sensed the fact , as did every thinking voter that this. law was deliberately framed to defeat thé will-dfthe people had Frazier, Hagan and Lemke been elect- ed instead of Nestos, Johnson and Kitchen. If! Mr. Nestos and his colleagues had not been elect- ed and this law had passed, the industrial com- mission would have been composed of John Steen. John Hagan and Thomas Hall. The victory of Frazier, Hagan and Lemke would have been an endorsement of their administration. ‘As it hap- pened. that endorsement. was not given, but the clever intent of the law was to secure control of| the industrial management, because past experi- confusion or ignorance of the issues. In this in- stance the voters devided to play fair and not hamper the’ successful candidates by a-law that was absolutely unnecessary and framed for pure- ly. partisan reasons. “Except for the clause di- rected against the men the law was designed to get, the measure might have possessed merit, but \the futility of tacking on a special application was never better demonstrated than in thé defeat of this law by a discerning “electorate. The voters of the state are to be commended for the fairness ithey showed in defeating this and the other prop- |aganda acts. * : zs * & SURPRISE OF ELECTION Probably the surprise of the election was the defeat of the rural credits law and the refusal of! \the farmers to turn the key in the Bank of North| ‘Dakota. They wotcd against liquidating the bank. | Of course now that the voters have spoken on this ‘tare is nothing to do but acquiesce. The cans, Democrats, Socialists, Bull Moosers, or undet |. any party label that meets with their views. “Po: of party control and: expres- expected to see his belated wife, nev-! ence revealed that people usually passed laws} when they declined to endorse candidates through! 7 Rae ij 5, electionof Mr. Nestoxgives him. access tothé books of that institution and he should be able in due \time-to tell the people of the state what should be {done. No one wants to continue a losing venture jwhether it is the public or the private money at stake. Waivice Sieh, The Tribune has always contended that the ‘state shquid get out of every kind of business. It should not be in the banking business any more than the mill’and elevator business except as a bank functions to strengthen the financial struc- ture of the state as’the Federal Reserve system administers to the banks of the. nation who be- icome members. ai Mr, Néstos is confronted by an .embarrassing situation, as the main drive was made by the In- dependents against the Bank of North Dakota. It was generally supposed that if the League of fi- cials were defeated that the Bank of North Da- kota ‘would contribute more largely to their de- feat than any other factor. But the people of the state have voted against the immediate closing of’ the bank, leaving the . prob- lem for Mr. Nestos to’ work out. The pres- ent law enables Mr. Nestos to limit the bank’s operations as he pleases ‘and The Tribune believes that if accorded tha patience and cooperation of the people, he will be able to work out a plan emi- nently. satisfactory—that is if the politicians will let him and he has the courage to overrule them where the best interests. of the people’ are para- mount 5 yh , ek The election of Mr. Nestos, Mr. Johnson:and Mr. Kitchen then gives them a direct mandate from the people to reduce taxes as speedily as pos- sible. If admonishes them to tell the people who have money to invest that North Dakota wants no more | experimentation with state owned business _ ventures. Each bond issue is a fifst mortgage ~-against every parcel of property in the state. The voters \have said tor. Nestos, we will not tie your hands by} :; yy THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 fort P eens put, the house in ordex™ as you outlined in your vampaign speeches, Particularly do the results urge you, Mr. Nestos, to establish a credit in the markets of the east that will bring money to North Dakota in ‘sufficient volume to relieve present conditions and ease the burdens of the North Da- kota farmers and businessmen, _ The only way that credit will-be established is socialism. in North Dakota to those several functions that obtained before North Dakota started upon its socialistic venture. trists he will do all of this in a spirit of fairnes popular ‘mandate is not overwhelming, and we) have Mr. Nestos’ word for it that there are to be} no foolish reprisals, but just an honest effort to} ‘In these laudatory efforts, leaguers and anti- terness will be a natural aftermath of the recall election. There will be a large and active minor- ity at work to embarrass the administration. Mr. Nestos can win friends in that, minority by the manner in which he takes up the reins of govern- ment. ef No govetnor of the state ever tackled a harder} task. It is. the duty of every citizen to cooperate to end the bitterness and the strife that have in- jured the state. When North'Dakota composes its own differences, it can secure the considera- tion that is due her from the outside ,world. ‘No man canSay:the financial backing’ the state will securé through Nestcs’ administration. Just how he handle¥ the job and the rest of the state re- sponds will determine that. It is thé “Tribune’s only hope that these new of- ficials will acquit themseives like men.and not vio- late the promises or pledges made uporf the stump. Their acts will be watched more closely than those] of, any, official ever sitting in the state house. dustisartp al] anak imalic to none should guide any program measures, but let you wade in and “You are the heart and spirit of our. Youth— You fought for decency and faith and truth, Upan the reddened soil your comrades died, Fallen in battle that a Cause might live; . ~That.in this natjon which you served so well Dreamers and;doers shall again take heart! . A;faith responsive to the country’s need; ‘ Give of your Vision, so that we:may gaze § i Beyond:the mists of selfishness and greed te Into, the glory jpf the coming days! . Our future’s-inithe hollow of your hands, Duty well done brings great duties still, “Peace hath. her victories” supremely great, Tomorrow's Destiny is—what YOU will, Fogjyou are Youth, blithe Conqueror of Fate! ly to Foley’s Hone ; Milton Waite, Box | writes: ee ee _ ADVENTURE OF . THE TWINS By Oltve-Barton Roberta The Twins looked in every direction | AA for the missing wives o fthe Wiggle-' fin gentlemen who had sent word of! their troubles to Cap'n Pennywinkle; | then they.¢ame to the house of Mr. Reck-Fish, .. as Mr, Roék-Fish jerked open his front| door-when the “kiddies. knocked, and| began: “Well! This is a nice time! for you to be getting ho——” he stop-, ped, perfectly amazed, because he ha‘| ildren. like it. er dreaming that it was anything so} queer as the Twins. He'd never seen; the like of them before... Buthe was, civil... He/.stopped waving his little} fins so wildly, and beating his tail| und, and calmed \himself down. | ‘How-do-you-do,” he said. “I thought’ you were Annie.” ‘ | “Anpie!” cried Nancy. 7 Who's she?” © Hl “onl my wife,” answered little Mr./ Rock-Fish in surprise. ‘Didn't you' know? : But come on in. If we're go-| ing to keep on talking, I may as well) be working!” And he opened his doo: still wider. ‘ | “How do you work?” asked Nick. | “I didn’t. know fishes worked.” \ “If you'll come in, I'll show’ you,” : said the little. Wigglefin gentleman with dignity. So the Twins followed ; him. : | Pretty soon they came to a ring! of iittle pebbles, and inside it. were! about a million tiny dots of things too small, for a name. Mr. Rock-Fish | swam right over to these queer | things and began to fan them with | his fins, faster and faster, until he; You sav AISLE? “What are Nancy. “Fanning, air into the eges children will come out all right,” said Mr. Rock-Fish,' pauting, “I've been here all day. Don’t you think: it’s time Annie »was home?” They thougXt so and sald so. “We'll go and hunt her right away,’ | they said. (To Be Continued.) (Copyright,. 1921, NEA. Service.) SHE KNOWS AFTER 20 YEARS. A cold, even when it has developed: a hacking ‘cough, diffitult breathing,| \ sleepless nights, raw throat and sabre lungs,—even then a ccld yields quick- | you doing?” A so the! | } i | ‘Berton Braleys Daily Poem y a oO ZotkeMmericanlegion Our splendid Youth that helped to save the world, ‘Into, that conflict all your strength was hurled; Freely you gave your all with laughing pride— My And now your.country asks you still to give! Give of your hopes. and dreams the better part, Give, of: your. faith, that in each soul may dwell Give Give! “Your service but began with war, 7 What. you have done no gold can pay you for— You're called.to, service under new Sommiands; “TI have used Foley’s Honey and Tar for the past 20 years and find i there is no other cough or-croup, rem- ‘edy like it. You ma; it gets right ‘at ‘the Red and blue are said .to be the best colors for scaring birds. EVERETT TRUE NouR FEET OUT IN | HE FECL DID BC looked like a-tiny threshing machine; lC ( @HT ON Your it i like that. | or airplane or something like aaa NKLE ANO their every. official act.” i WO TOWNLEY TAKES TYPEWRI- TER TO HIS JAIL CELL Ss ee, Continued from page 1) Nicholas, “and I teel the same way you do.. I prosecuted — vigorously, but I wasonly trying to do my duty.” “I know it,” said Townley. “You won out. fairly and here I ain.” Townley brought a_ typewriter _| with him “and asked if he could write his wife who jis said to be in ill health at Salt Lake, daily. Sheriff ‘Lee informed him he would be | free to correspond as ‘he pleases. Townley drove here from Fargo by a secret route, to avoid the public gaze aboard a train, or by motoring thru towns which might learn of his coming. He left Fargo at 4 p. m.’Tue$- day, after giving out a report that he Bipaers -/| would go-to the TwinCities by train. ‘After the train left without himbit was stated that he woud drive via Alex-~ andria and Willmar. Felver and he + lett for Milbank. League officers were advised ‘of’ Nowney real route and_the prob- able time of “his arrival here. 'Short- ly .before he got in, a “party Avhich —- included George Griffith, state man- ager of the League; Geo. D. Brew- er, organizer; F. B. Wood, Minne- apolis, a ,member -#f the” League | executive. committee; Vince Day, | Minneapolis attorney; H. 0. Michel, | Townley’s secretary,,and others an- | peared. From came Mitchel] ‘and other places ten League- enthusiasts _in- cluding two women in automobiles. This party was in ‘charge of Ayres South Dakota manager. Miss A. L. Daily ‘the League’s candididate | for superintendent. of- puble instruc- tion in South Dakota was along. There were also a few Leaguers from Jack- | on and nearby counties wh» stood in ttle ee about the jaib awaiting y and Tar. Mrs. 32, Azalia, Mich. hetr-feapier. | Photographer Foiled | ‘om the car | ked the two | Griffith, Brew- ed - "BY CONDO| Townloy alighted down town and biocks to the jail to tell the world That this state is through with| Mr. Nestos can restore, government | He can and The Tribune} to the-minority. as well’as to the majority. The’ make North Dakota a better place to live in. \§ ileaguers should be able to join hands. Some bit- KR \Points the Way to Comfort and Health. Other Women Iie Please Read ‘ Moundgville,'W. Va.—‘tLhad taken doctor’s medicine for near!y two years Bibecause my periods ; irregular, came levery two weeks, T would suffer bearing-down lish my testimonial, hoping that the Vege- table Compound does some other girl. the good it has done me.”’—Mrs.GEORGE TEGARDEN, 915,/Third Street, Mounds- ville, W. Va. i How many young girls suffer_as Mrs. Tegarden did and do not know where to turn for advice or help. They cften are obliged.to earn: their liyjng by toiling day in and day out no matter how hard the pain they have to bear. Every girl who suffers in this way-should try Tydia Ms Fiek peta 5 Veneta le Corhpound and. if she does not get prompt relief write to the Lydia E. Piokham Medicing Co., Lynn, Massach @bout her health. Such letters are @ etrict-confi- dence. ! er and Wood while’acrowd of Ycuri- ous citizens followed.’ Across the street from the,jail the party was met by Sheriff Lee. A~ photographer. who attempted a snap shot was warned away. “I want-none of that” Townley said. After speaking with Wood, Town- ley went direct to jail. "As the jail door elosed, Roy Dan- leavy; Jackson ‘county firemen turned loose a siren on a city fire engine, which was sfanding in the street nearby. This. angered the Leagiters, several of whom began arguments with towns. people. ‘ The ‘silver lining-to domestic clouds is payday. Digcharging duty. doesn't make much racket. Our objection to seeing a woman kiss dog is the dog hasn't done anything wrong. ‘Debs “fs\ getting impatient for his coming-out party. Wonder. if Providence ‘tempers the winds to the shown limb? The key to the ‘Far East problem fits an open door to China. to reduce the pie shortage. The French are disarming; births show a shortage of infant-ry. _Holland is almost bankript and holes in cheese may be larger. ~ “Elephants live 150 years.” And go to work: when two years old. Landlords organizing against ban- dits are restraining competition: Edison says our schogls dre all wrong, and the small boy agrees. The elevator man who married an heiress still has his ups and downs. * Fewer movies -are being made, but not ffom-lack of raw material. Another thing to be thankful for is sparrows are not as big as ostriches. Perhaps country girls marry-earlier because mistletoe, , won't grow on telephone poles. * Let’s hope that when in Washing- ton these famous foreigners) will do as Washington did. : You HAD WHEN people want to reduce with such a cold winter predicted. The word “lady” comes from Anglo-Saxon “bregd-Rneader,” but try to make one believe it. . SLOAN'S RELIEVES NEURALGIC ACHES R forty years Slean’s Liniment’ has been the quickest relief for E Deuralgia sciatica and rheuma- tism, tired muscles, lamé backs, sprains and strains, bore band Pane: Keep Sloan's ly and a) freel without rubbing, at the gpely freely, Tt eases and brings fort.surely and readily. You'll find t clean and” on-skin-staining. © -f -¢ Kamat ian Sloan's Liniment fs pain’s enemy.’ Ask your neighbor. peal | | At all druggists —35c, 706, $140; | Skinny. peope can’t see how fat” Perhaps Chaplin is leaving comedy ONE NEIGHBOR “* TELLS ANOTHER RS,