The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, February 24, 1916, Page 15

FIFTEEN it - ; THE NONPARTISAN LEADER Wants the Truth Always-- - Leader Published Record Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I am a member of the Farmers’ . Nonpartisan League and firmly be- lieve in the principle of the farmers joining together for mutual protec- tion. I notice in your paper that you are asking the farmers to send in any news and suggestions that they may have and on that suggestion I am writing you. I.am a subscriber to your paper . and in reading it I get a lot of in- formation. I also take it for granted that in making any claims and as- sertions - that you can always back them up with facts and the whole truth, as the only way to win is to tell the whole truth. In reading your paper of Feb. 17, the article entitled “Honorable Gen- tlemen to Keep in Mind,” I find from the records of the senate that you have made a mistake, not intention- ally, but from the facts that you did not look into the matter from the point of records. As farmers are * trying to better conditions, we must be careful to say anything but what is of record and the truth; otherwise the opposition will be furnished with material that we are only in the League for the purpose of getting ourselves into office, truth or false- hood. In putting men on record, let us be fair with those who have stood with us, for this is the purpose of the League, as I understand it, and when we read their votes .in our paper, let us give from the records and their actions. I will now refer to your article which cites the appropriation commit- tee of the senate of 1913, all of whom you claim tried to smother house bill No. 422. Had I not kept track of how my own senator voted at that time and read your article, I would have been led to believe he voted against this bill, which he did not do, and to correct my memory, I have looked up the senate journals again and find you have misquoted some of these senators on this committee, as is shown by the records. Record of the Bill I find that the first reference of this bill was when referred to com- mittee on_ appropriations on page 843; next is on page 1391, when com- - mittee reported unfavorable, as you know in reporting on the committes report, and in committee there is no record kept of how the senators voted and there might 'have been senators voting for the bill.. When you ar- raign them as all against the bill and to further substantiate my claim, I refer you to page 1392, where Sen- ator Jacobsen asked to have the bill sent to the committee of the whole senate. The next record of this bill is on page 1412, where the bill fin- ally came up for a vote and carried with amendments of the half mill in- stead of one mill, as was in the or- iginal bill. You will notice that sev- eral senators whom you claim were against it voted for it, and the rec- ord is the only place where you can see where a legislator stands. You might contend that they were against the bill in committee and still vote for it. That is true, but how can you honestly tell from the rec- ords, the only thing we can go by, whether a senator ' voted for or against the bill when no’ record is kept? In this way you might just as well misquote as to be right. The next reference to this bill in ‘News Snapshots Of the Week * (leal of his poywers, it was said that Lord Kitchener might take up : < ain by possibly T.ord Derby. General Gnfl'ajpza‘ cha " was married to Lou Tellegen, the actor, for Pt goaiet Following a secret report from-Colon the senate journal is on page 15681, where the bill was reconsidered and the one-eighth of a.mill put in to nul- lify the effect of erecting an elevator as- everyofie knows this would not amount to enough money to build an elevator, as was shown by the amount of money derived from this purpose, only some $26,000 on that vote. - notice that -several of the friends voted against this because they did not believe it was enough and I be- lieve they were right, at least that was all the aexcuse the last legis- lature had for not favoring any ele- vator bill. « Now, Mr. Editor, I am with you in anything that is right and I believe you are doing a good work for the ‘farmers of this state, but to win let us_not follow in the footsteps of the old parties and dam if you do and dam if you don’t. What us farmers want are facts, and if any legislator has been with our cause in the ast, let us give him credit for it. ow I wish you would look up the senate records, and if I am correct, rectify it in your paper. I am yours for a sure victory, . D. B. Olson, Sharon, N. D. Gave Record as It Is (Editor’'s Note—The' Leader pub- lished the names of the members of the committee on appropriations in the senate of the 1918 legislature. This committee tried to kill the bill to levy a tax for a terminal elevator. The committee was against the bill and so reported and the Leader sim- ply named the committee members. As Mr. Olson says, the record does not show that all members of this committee opposed the bill, but in the absence of a minority report naming those in favor of the bill the entire committee must remain under suspicion. Members of this commit- tee who did not favor killing the ele- vator bill could easily have made a minority report and made their posi- tion clear on the record. Their fail- ure to do so was a neglect of duty to the people of this state and they can have no complaint if, when an accounting is taken, they find them- selves grouped with the enemies of the bill. It is the purpose at all times to give the correct record, and to be at all times fair to every individual.) Paid Advertisement (Taken from last * week’s -is- sue of the Lead- er.) The “Leader” says: “Of cour- se, the - Leader_ is in favor of the principle of the initiative and referendum— that is, allowing the people to vote on any question of public importance.” We endorse that principle. “Let the People Vote on it—That’s Fair.” Just one issue NOW. 3 SIGN The Petition- TODAY. DECIDE The Question on it Merits During . campaign PROTEST Against “GAG RULE.” Your Town Clerk Has the Pe- tition—Sign It. | J. R. Kirk Commission Co. Inc. South St. Paul, Minn, American Society of Equity Sales Agency and Authorized Representative of the Consign Your Live Stock to Us and Get a Square Deal, EA J. R. Kirk Commission Co. So. St. Paul, Minn. Gentlemen: way you have handled the fiods Dunn Center next week. ith mean more co-operation among the farmers at this end. Yours for more co-operative business, ‘A. J. BRETZLAFF, Shipping Manager $5,765,782 This is the Total Sum of Our Live Stock Sales for 1915 We Paid to Co-operative Shipping Associations and to Individual Farmers during 1915 for STOCK SOLD FOR THEM $5,429,912% Stop and Consider the Above Figures Does this not prove to you that we are financially re- sponsible, and that we were capable o fy ers the best returns and the best service this market? Do You Need a Better Recomendation than this? We have SEVEN Salesmen, SIXTEEN Men ' in all to handle your shipments J. R. Kirk Commission Co. Inc. Authorized Sales Agency:of the American Society of Equity SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINN. Another Association Sees Benefit in.Shipping Live Stock to Their Own Selling Agency - Drafts received for car of hogs shippued A through Dunn County Equity Shipping. Association. hogs in the shipment are awfully well pleased with the good returns and. the Will have several more cars to start from such good returns as you secared us, will f giving farm- Manning, N. D., Feb. 3, 1916 00 possible on you Jan. 21st. rs that had star with Sarah Bernhardt. - Speake TELLEGEN el House, our special representative abroad, the Lusitania c Fire almost complefely destroyed the Canadian parliament building, following which many Teutons were rounded up, but all denied any knoyledge of setting the fire. Governor Goethals reported to congress that there ‘was no‘telling just when he would G\ gae again have the Panama canal open; that the huge steam shovels were working night-and:day en-the sldes. - Shorn of a great ' - $ the leadership of the troops in Egypt, being succeeded: as minister of war of (reat Brit- nged the capital of Mexico from Mexico City to Queretaro:: Geraldine Forrar, American r with r Champ Clark led fight for preparedness in congress; ase came nearer a settiement. n prima- donna, -