The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, February 11, 1918, Page 12

! i { ; i £ By North Dakota Staff Correspondent “yITH the adjournment of the special session of the Fifteenth legislative assembly of North Dakota at 11:30 p. m. Tuesday, i January 29, another chapter of achieve- {8 ment, was written in the history of the state’s ef- & fort to become a true democracy, with a govern- i3 ment that shall be of service to the whole people, L ] rather than an agency through which private in- { terests may exploit them. b It was the second time in the life of the state i that the legislature had been called by the governor 1% in special session. : B The gang press began to criticise Governor | & Frazier as he had issued his call for the special session to meet January 23. No matter to them that many counties, particu- larly in the western part of the state, had suffered two successive crop failures, and that last season’s drouth had léft them in such shape that they had neither grain for seed nor feed for their stock. No matter to these responsive organs of Big Busi- ness that the wheat that these farmers might raise if they were given a chance was sorely needed to 1 feed the nations that are fighting for the very exist- i ¢ ence of democratic institutions. . = e They eagerly seized upon the calling of the spe- 1t cial session as a text from which to preach hypo- critical sermons against Governor Frazier and the Nonpartisan league. They had no solution of their own to suggest. They would not tell how the farmers might find their way out of their difficul- ty, but that did not slow them up in their attacks _on the farmer governor—a governor who was honestly trying to do something for the people whose welfare he was elected and sworn to serve. 'ALL ATTEMPTS TO DISCREDIT FARMER ADMINISTRATION FAIL If the gang press of North Dakota, and the sinister interests back of it, had had their way, the special session would have been a glorious' fizzle. Instead, it was very much of a success. { % In six legislative days the complete program out- { 1" lined by the governor, with one exzception—the es- | & tablishment of an active . U state militia— had been . written into the laws of the state. That is what the legis- lature, political oppo- nents of the League and all, thought of the wis- dom of calling the special session. The following laws, carrying out the recom- mendations of Governor Frazier, 'originated in the house, were passed and received the signature of the governor the day after the session closed: 1. Amending and re- enacting county seed and feed bonding act; remov- ing limit of 150 bushels of seed to any one farm- { er, and also limit to § amount of feed allowed; il appropriating $3,000 for ! { { S administration of law through commissioner of agriculture and $1000 for expenses of testing seed by pure seed inspector. 2. Appropriating $5,000 as a fund for use in put- ting into effect the bank deposit guaranty law, passed-by regular session a year ago without the necessary appropriation; law will be made immedi-" ~ately effective, and $5000 ‘will be returned to state i % from fees received from ““banks. - - 3. Giving corporations - ~who have allowed their -charters -to _lapse the i § 1] 3 H i} H (3| ‘in the Leader, By arrangement with the government the Leader will be above.” This shows a practical demonstration of camouflage, President Wilson. The president is being informed that a m is of course incredulous. ‘A few moments later the rock will roll awa, much to the astonishment of Mr. Wilson. this war picture can secure the same by clipping this picture and mail to the Division of Pictures, Committee on Public Information, can be followed if copies are desired of other official war pic: e e —— Production to. Win the War ' North Dakota Is Ready to Do Its Bit .. Farmer Legislators at Special Session Pave the Way for Big Crop i ‘WHAT GOVERNOR FRAZIER THINKS OF THE SPECIAL SESSION “I am well pleased with the results of the special session. I am convinced that its cost will be mighty small when ecompared with the good that it will do the state, and the aid whieh it makes possible for North Dakota farmers. In no other way could they have been given a chance to put forth their best efforts as food producers, and the truth of Mr. Hoover’s saying, that ‘food will win the war’ is becoming more and more apparent. ‘By availing themselves of the privileges extended by the county seed and feed bonding act, as amended by this special session of their legislature, the farmers of North Dakota will be able to put in a large acreage—with favorable weather conditions, per- haps the largest acreage that has ever been sown in the state—and we are all hoping that a bumper crop will be the result. ““This law as it now stands will furnish the farmer with seed, the kind of munitions he needs, and I am sure that if nature favors him in the campaign which opens with spring seeding he will come to the front in the fall with a crop that will go a long way toward bringing vietory to America and her associates in the war for world-democracy. ‘‘Other measures passed by the special session will prove beneficial, I am sure. Some of them were badly needed, but the big thing is the amendment of the seed and feed bonding act.”—GOVERNOR LYNN J. FRAZIER. right to reinstate and revalidate those charters by payment of $20 penalty. SOLDIERS ARE PROTECTED WHILE FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY 4. Civil rights bill declaring a moratorium for North Dakota soldiers and sailors for period of the war and eight months thereafter; will protect prop- erty from foreclosure under mortgage, from judg- ment for debt and from payment of taxes during period named. 5. Creating a state council of def:nse to be ap- pointed by the governor, one member from each of the 12 judicial districts, with the governor and the attorney general as ex-officio members; appro- priating $15,000 for the work of the council, which may prescribe rules and regulations for formation of home guard units. ‘ 6. Appropriating $14,000 for expenses of special session. This bill went to the governor with $14,- A LESSON IN CAMOUFLAGE 7 PAGE TWELVE ' enabled to print official war pictures like the given by army authorities for the benefit of - an is concealed within 10 feet of him and he y and the concealed man will salute, Readers of the Leader who desire to have original copies of ing it in an envelope with 10 cents Washington, D. C., and the same course tures which will appear from time to time 9 500, as its figure, but he vetoed a clause providing for $500 for miscellaneous expenses, with the ex- planation that $600 still remains in the treasury from the appropriation for that purpose for the regular session a year ago. * 7. Enabling county mutual insurance/ companies incorporated prior to July 1, 1917, to make their "corporate existence perpetual. 8. Giving state hospital for the insane at James- town a credit for eight months -of $50,000 because of an emergency created by the failure of the 1917 crop on the hospital farm. The loan-is to be re- tired by monthly payments from the money paid for fees for care of insane patients. 9. Extending the provisions of the present absent voter law so that North Dakota soldiers abroad may vote by mail in general elections. : The following laws, originating in the senate, were also passed: ; 1. Re-enacting and amending grain grading act of 1917, and creating the office of chief deputy grain inspector, who is to be chosen by the grain inspector; department is its own clerical help, with expenses not to ex- ceed '$15,000 a year; also empowered to revoke Ii- censes, subject to appeal to the state railroad com- mission. The law as amended leaves control of warehouses .in the hands of the railroad commission, which - is also authorized to employ its own clerical help. 2. Defining the crime of sabotage, first and sec- ond degree; penalty for first = degree, imprison- ment for from one year to life; for second degree, one to 20 years. : 3. Increasing the per capita charge for care of insane at state hospital from $18- to not more than $24. This act is sup- plementary to the one extending $50,000 credit to the hospital and was recommended by Gover- _ nor Frazier. < important laws, ‘which will appear upon the statute books of North Dakota, the legislature took important action upon other matters. “ Following 'the recom- mendation ' of Governor empowered to employ : Besides passing these . . Frazier, both houses of f