The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 6, 1916, Page 11

Wi ’ i o ‘4Farmers constitution that is just as difficult. > v,C:;vaIier. 1 General Merchandise '} HUGH GIBSON & Co. ‘| Walhalia The Nonpartisan Leader PUBLISHED WEEKLY—EVERY THURSDAY | Oflidal Paper of the Farmers’ Nonpartisan Political League of North Dakota Entered as second-class matter Se})mber 8, 1915, at the postoffice at Fargo, North Dakota, under the Act o i D. C. Coates, Managing Editor. March 8, 1879. Herbert Gaston, Editor. Advertising rates on application. Subscription, one year, in advance, $1.50; six months, $1.00. == : unications intended for the paper should be addressed to the Non- | partisan Leader, Box 941, Fargo, North Dakota, and not to any individual. The Leader solicits advertisements of meriterious articles needed uack, fraudulent and irresponsible firms are not knowingly we will take it as a favor ffo any ers will advise us prom fly vertised, should they have occasion to doubt or queshon the reliability of any * which patronizes our Discrimin: ising columns. ating advertisers recognize the Nom partisan Leader as the best : l-lfihum in the state of North Dakota through which to reach the wxdeawake up-to-date farmers. The l..eader will be giad to seeking information within its ability to give. It is especially glad ‘ the questions on the legislative record of candidates. STATE HAIL INSURANCE I have a question I wish to have answered through the columns of the 1 Leader, to settle a discussion. A says the - compulsory -hail - passed .both' houses at Bismarck and «was signed by the governor but. could insurance bill not be made a law unless a change was made in° the state' constitution. B thinks it did not pass both houses. Can fihe state constitution be changed with- out having the. people vote on’it, or can’ the legislature change it? - Does’ it ’requlre any specified length: of tlme, or ‘what is the shortest .time.required: to cl\a.nge the constltutlon.—A READER, 'Kathryn, N. D. ~ Amendment is Needed * Compulsgory state hail insurance such ,Qs demanded by the farmers and included in the Nonpartisan League pro- gram can not be enacted without a con- stitutional amendment, and no constitu- fional amendmeént can be made without a-vote of the people. The last legislature passed ‘a bill pro- viding for the constitutional amendment mecessary to permit compulsory hail .Jinsurance. Under the constitution, how- ever, this amendment also will have to be approved by the legislature which meets next January, before it can go to a vote of the people. After- approval by two successive legislatures the proposed amendment is .voted on by the people, so that if the next ‘legislature approves the amend- people will vote-on it in 1918. Thus, under this procedure, should the people ' _approve the aniendment at the general election in 1918, the: legislature of 1919 ..can enact a law providing ‘for ‘compul- sory state hail insurance. It can be seen then that, under this procedure, it will take from 1915710-1919 to get com- o pulsory hai’l Jinsurance into effect. There is’anether way to amend the An amendment ' can - be initiated by a petition of the people under the initia- “tive and referendum adopted by the .people in 1914. To initiate an amend- ment of the constltutlon under - this FOR SALE Registered Guernsey Bull, 4 years old, good breeder, $100 cash, GEO. LIND North Dakota ‘When in Walhalla remember us 1f in : the - market for We always give a square deal - North Dakota . - MAINES’ CAFE : | For Ladles and Gentlemen—Selecte¢ f | ASKED and ANSWERED answer the questlons of any of its readers to answer procedure a petition must be filed con- taining the names of 25 per cent of the s voters in a majority of the counties of the state. This petition must; be filed six months before a general election.” If it has enough names thé people vote on the proposition at the general election. This ‘does not end it, however. The next legislature has to approve er dis- approve of the amendment,:even if the people have . approved -of it by - their votes. ' this legislature approves the amendment it becomes a part of the constitution at .once, but if it disap- proves of it, the matter is put up to the people again, at another general elec- tion, $wo years from the time of the first . general election at which the people voted upon it. If the people approve the amendment the seeond time it becomes a part of the constitu- tion in spite of the adverse action of the leglslatme. A Cumbersome Law Very fow other states, and no states ‘with pregressive legislation and pro- gressive comstitutions, make amend- ment of the constitution so difficult as North Dakota does. The North Dakota constitution was made as difficult of amendment as possible so that it would be hard for the people to change it,- giving the political bosses and the legislature every opportunity to delay or prevent the people changing the con- ; _stitution by their own vote. :: ment, like the last legislature‘ did, the For instance, every progressive-state deems it sufficient, when a constitutional amendment is .proposed by the legisla- ture, to have only one session of the legislature :approve it. After this ap~ proval ' it goes immediately = to -the people for a vote. If the people vote favorably upon it, it becomes’ part of the .. constitution. The . ‘constitution, therefore, in all progressive states. can be ‘amended by the people,” on the initiative of _the legislature, jin two years.. In North Dakota two successive legislatures must be persuaded to per- mit the people to vote on the matter - before an amendment. can be adopted.: This, of eourse, takes four years instead of two. ‘Why should fot the people be allowed to vote on the eonstitution by as easy a procedure and as often as there is a-demand? Again, when ‘an amendment to the constitution is' initiated by the people by petmon, in other states, the vote of the people is final, on the theory that all just government ‘is derived from the people and that their voice is law. But in North Dakota, after the people, by an unusually = rigid ‘initiative law, have succeeded in getting the right to vote on ‘a constitutional amendment and have ' approved the amendment with their * ‘votes, the legislature can nullify the popular verdict expressed at the polls., This sort of a right vyested ‘in the :., legislature flies directly in the face of . the proposition that government is ‘“of ‘ people.”. The legislature can veto the : expressed ‘will' of: a '‘majority of “the True, if the legislature ‘does : disapprove 'the. popular wverdict, the . - people get another chance to vote on the . ‘amendment, two years later, and ‘can it eto of wvoters. the people, by the people and for the BIG RESULTS From Little Advertisement Is there something you want to sell to North Dakota farmers? A Leader Classified Ad WI“ Sell It For You - ,Do you want to buy something from the North. Dakota farmers? A Leader Classified Ad Will Get It For You ————_— The following letter is only one of many receiv- ed giving positive proof of The Leader’s result /gethng power: z Chaffee, N. D., June 20th, 1916. The Nonpartisan Leader, Fargo, N. D. Gentlemen: Please stop my classified ad and send bill for same to date. Leader ads bring Tesults. Ihavegottenmoremqmnesthanlconldpom’bly answer and sold my machine at a good price. * Very truly, A. L. PEART, Gmerall{erchandme. ‘See classified page for rates. and is merely a stumbling. block .put in the way of the people getting what they want—put there by the political bosses and the legislature to delay or defeat the people. CANADIAN HAIL INSURANCE: We have a banker here in town who says there is no such thing as 4-cents per acre hail insurance in Saskatchewan, Canada. He contends that the old line companies do a bigger business there than they do here. Will you give us the facts about Canadian government hail insurance?—A FARMER, Wimble- don, N. D. If your banker friend took this position he is trying to mislead you as to the facts. In Saskatchewan the government levies a tax of 4 cents an acre on all land in the prcvmce This moriey goes into a hail insurance fund to pay all losses suffered by crops in the province on account of hail. As authority for these facts you can cite your banker acquaintance to public document No. 30 of the state of North Dakota, being the biennial report to the fourteenth legislative assembly of the North Dakota hail commissioner. This document is dated December 31, 1914, and in it the North Dakota hail cemnfis- sioner describes the Canadian plan and recommends it to the legislature of North: Dakota, _stating that the present plan of optxonal state hail insur- ance in North-Dakota is a failure. The latest figures the Leader has on -file in regard to the successful state hail. insurance act in . Saskatchewan intable rims, rain 7 six cell, twelve. - volt »—York . Jeen - on tl'xe' market for the junchly built to stand the toughest road day after day, ean_flowing lines, and solid reliability. Tt is ‘the class. A car to be proud of. A large, roomy, economical operatmn, heavy enough to hold horsepower four cyllnde! motor, Sf.mmb bearings, electric horn, electrie lights: with' ‘mfl By, Wit 2100 Tyt mne i rition fwtem, . Weigl “Cantilever sprlngn in:the rear, which insu b v res easy ridin, m, selective sliding type, ball-bearing; three afe t\ired by the Pullman Motor Car C - business since 1903. e past two years. It is thoroughly tr, ,‘lm‘?rovements have been added to the new, 1916 maodel. S Consir shawsf.hatthehxoflemtsper acre brought in $788488.03 in a year. Losses from - hail pud farmers out of .this fund amounted in a year to $625,- 488.03. The annual = administrative expenselsabontszti,ooo so that the 4- centtaxpaysslldaxmsandexpensea and leaves a balance. A FARMER’S TEST]MONY As a further answer to the bankep above mentioned the Leader will here quote from a letter by Blake Williams of Revenue, Saskatchewan, a farmer, as YOU CAN SAVE‘ $25.00 to $65.00 ON YOUR BUSINESS COURSE For free catalogue and particulars write to NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE Fer F Minn. Dept. of (:on.g“s ule, PIGS FOR SALE Big type Poland Chinas. Eighty March and - April pigs, sired by Smothe A. Wonder No. 237095, Eddie Boy 218943 and Great ‘Wonder, from 500 to- 700 pound sows. Also a few fall boars. Satisfaction guaranteed or money ref\mded C. E. SHELDON, R. 2, Sheyenne, N. D. WANTED POSITION AS TRACTOR ! ENGINEER Graduate of Agricultural College Short Course: Steam and Gas, 1915; Gas and Forge, 1916; expenenced hand on farm; sober. Address Chas. “T. Doughty, Fargo, N. D. pounds, 'genuine - leather ‘upholstery g. Large, roomy, rear seat. forward. n The present model has iegn" THE AMERICAN MARKET. of ‘North Dak oh. 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