The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 20, 1934, Page 2

2 FARMERS UNION OF IOWA CONSIDERING NEW FARM STRIKE Resolution Will Be Voted Upon in Thursday’s Session of Convention Des Moines, Sept. 20.—(P)—A pro- posal to call a farm strike in the mid- dlewest unless ie government gives farmers immediate “consideration” Thursday was before the eighteenth annual convention of the Iowa Farm- ers Union in session here. Recalling the farm disorders of a year ago when the National Farmers Holiday association called a national farm strike which harrassed the mid- dlewestern agricultural belt for nearly @ month, the proposal in the form of a resolution to strike was to be voted upon in Thursday's sessions of the convention. The resolution was offered amid shouts of approval and applause from an audience of 1,000 by John Chal- mers, vice president of the Union. Chalmers declared that “now is the opportune time” to strike. Directors of the National Farmers Holiday association voted the national farm strike last October at a meeting in St. Paul. The walkout of farmers spread rapidly through Iowa and inte |High Court Files Trenal the Boulder Dam neniert(ainea stant | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1934 Wisconsin and other states, bringing |not a qualified elector though he with it disorders and destruction of | possesses every other qualification property. essential to that status.” Two railroad bridges were burned! Defense contentions that Langer’s atus as a citizen and state official not affected until and if he begins is penitentiary term and that the crime of which he was convicted, @ turned and shots were fired at rail- | felony in the federal court, is only a road trains bearing farm products. {misdemeanor under the state laws, ‘The shutout progressed on a “non- | drew lengthy comment from the court selling, non-buying” basis among | in its opinion. farmers affiliated and in sympathy Retention ‘Unthinkable’ with the organization. Disorders were especially prominent in northwestern Towa. . Pickets stopped a train at Lawt Ta. and released eight cars of li stock into the streets. One picket was | accidentally killed, and deputies were ;0f offenses—for example, treason, or called out in several counties to patrol , murder, or robbery—and who has been highway: ‘convicted therefor in the federal court, Thursday's sessions will be ad-/Should not be disqualified to exercise dressed by Senator Ellison D. Smith of | the elective franchise in North Da- South Carolina, Ferdinand Pecora of kota where the offense was commit- Ne ‘ork, a member of the federal!ted. Neither can the fact that the in Towa, allegedly by the picketing | strikers who guarded important high. ways. Truck loads of farm produc on their way to market were over. ¢ underlying Section 127 and the {in r-relationship between the state and the United States, that an elector ‘ho has committed the most serious and William Lemke, congressman instant case was convicted, may from Fargo, N. D., and co-author of /Some be considered as not a serious the Frazier-Lemke amendment to the |One, make any difference in the ap- national bankruptcy act. | plication of the rule.... — “... He who sets himself above CONTINUE the law and does an act, regarded by the United States as of so oan (trom nature as to be prohibited and penal- kag thon ized as a felony, may be held in this state to be unfit to participate in gov- ernmental affairs.” The presumption of guilt attaches Majority Opinions immediately when a person is convict-. ed of a felony, “and this presumption On Langer Ouster is not destroyed or abrogated by an discussion of the question of Langer’s appeal,” the court said. disability because of his conviction. Rights of Public First The court hald that “one who has “It is against public policy and been convicted of a felony and whose against the best interests of sound ivil rights have not been restored is government that on> convicted of a “It seems to us unthinkable,” the; opinion states, “in view of the pur-/ securities and exchange commission, | Offense of which the respondent in ll felony shall continue to exercise his Tight to the elective franchise and to enjoy the privileges and prerogatives of.an elector. The rights of the pub- lic must be paramount to the rights of the individual « It is true that this may work a individual because it is possible hi conviction may be reversed upon ap. peal and ultimately he may be found innocent . . . but on the other hand, his conviction may be affirmed— presumptively it will be—and we would have the anomalous situation of an individual holding the great office of governor of a state found by the jury to be guilty of a felony and sentenced to a federal penitentiary.” manner in which officials may be im- Peached by the legislature, pointing trial by the senate. “If it seems harsh to deprive a citi- zen of the right of franchise and the consequent ‘right to hold office after his trial, conviction and sentence in the federal court, what can be said of the provisions of Section 198 of the constitution which deprives a constitutional officer of his right to thereof upon mere impeachment be- fore trial and before there has been any conviction.” Defense Cases ‘Not in Point’ The court called attention to cases cited by the defense in support of its contention that an appeal from a disqualification as well as the penalty for punishment. The cases, the court said “are not in point because in all of these cases the record conclusive- ly shows that the court found there felony for the reason that while. ver- i] dicts of guilty had been returned, no || Judgments had ever been entered) of | Upon such verdicts or that judgments Present Low Prices Provide an Unequalled Opportunity for Judge it by every standard—style—up- holstering—workmanshi: price, and you'll find that here indeed is @ record-setting value. Rust or Green Tapestry Angora Mohair ..... On the Air Daily 1:45 over KGCU Effective Savings! ane is had been suspended and therefore there had never been a completed I] conviction within the meaning of that Pointing to a Florida supreme court. decision, the opinion said it was “the, respondent's contention.” In that case | tt: Flotida court held “a conviction is not operative while a supersedeas is effective.” The opinion continued, however, that “no reasons are stated ]| 2nd no authorities are cited in support of the holding.” ]| View of the authorities, that when a this state, his disqualification as an I] |elector attaches immediately, and that o this disqualification is not suspended| Grand Forks. by his appeal and the furnishing of a bond.” majority decision in the Vogel case sioner that “having been convicted of &@ felony there was immediately a vac- highway commissioner.” Vogel claim- ed he could be removed only for s cause after a hearing. “The governor knows,” the opinion says, “that if incumbent has been convicted of a felony, automatically @ vacancy occurs and he has the power jj | and authority to fill the vacancy. 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Be Loyal to Your State Mill and Get the Biggest Values in Flour by Buying DAKOTA MAID State Mill & Elevator © GRAND FORKS, . meed not take steps to remove from vacancy is an incident to the con- viction.” ‘dship upon the} The court called attention to the/ hold office and to exercise the duties! “We therefore conclude from a re-| Cal defendant is convicted of a felony in| De' supersedeas Following the Langer Spinion, the | Lisbon, said regarding the highway commis-| x, ancy in the office of the state; Sanish, office. The conviction did this. The| | Weather FORECAST tonight and Friday; ' ton out that when the house votes im-| and Peachment, an officer is suspended| Portions, from office automatically, pending tern For ‘Minnesota: Thursday night and with frost or temy ing; ty! 380 except along treme southeast. Montana: jnight and Friday; | central | tion ht, warmer, Friday. w low temperatt | peratures are jer Canada, tana, | North Dakota; Helena, jing the lowest ere covers the sout | Mountains and Plateau, {ate temperatures extei |ward from this Lake Region. had never been a ‘conviction’ of a Mount | only case we have discovered which | Total this month to holds directly in accordancé with the! Total, Ji Accumulated SESVSSSS2SSSETAEs S scene megtd Steusssseesssssses: pee nage Repo rt | BREE SEE ee | (Miles City, Mont, 90.42) attended by below freezing in west- it. rel and (22 de- conviction of a felony suspends the/ Sees) for so early in the season. Low Ast to date deficiency to date For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair colder | Cl with tem- nel ae ee rreez: Lake Superior and ex- |r, : fair to- we frost_southeast por- with moder- area to the Lower - Low- NORTH DAKOTA POINTS High 23 Bagh ae?" 8 Et a Beeeeeeseseeeecssnss? from page one: Warms Accused of _ Holding Back SOS Until Fire Raged there, Alagna told the ‘board, that mattresses and some combustible Polish was carried. The polish, he said, was a paste which, when being used, was mixed with kerosene to make it more effective. . Kerosene Kept in Locker Alagna said that he had been told the kerosene was kept in locker be- hind the radio room and that all the sailors, the deck department and the officers knew that it was kept there. When he had gotten the order to send the SOS and started back to the radio room, Alagna testified, the smoke was so dense that he blun- dered past the radio room and it was not until flames leapt up in front of him that he realized it and had to turn back. The SOS was first sent at 3:25 a. m., Alagna testified. The position was given as 20 miles off Scotland Light. Alagna said that he remembered each trip he made to the bridge be- cause each was significant in that he Mo., clear .... 82 cleat 9 \, Cl i. foggy .. 68 Toledo, Ohio, clear .... ‘Winnemucca, Nev., clear 68 Man, cldy . SBksersessessusasesesssckeesseessssss PISSSSSSS Syesusessausss’ New York LON High- Low. vane ite 1 He said that he made all the but one on his own initiative after each had to encourage It was at 3:15 that the “stan signal was sent out without, ord from the bridge after Alagna reported back to the radio FOom fo the third time without order” Orders Perhaps Unhearg Alagna admitted that it was sible that nee Warms might have given orders without ing them, Ris hear, Alagna also testified that th ship's radio direction finder was 1." to get broadcasts and that when he Objected the first officer threaten, to have him fired, 7 Alagna said t! on ry lar day Irwin Preeman, toe cer of the Morro Castle, direction finder extensively, called the bridge, he said, and op, Jected because he was on watch and responsible for the equipment, _ Alagna testified that when }, Joined the ship in June it was cus} tomary to feed the officers Stal bread and use dirty, greasy stlver. ware on which the residue of fooq from previous meals appeared. 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