The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-01-04

ton OF the clerk hire needed in the VAR
ious offices be made, and the salaries
of each deputy and clerk be fixed by
law. The present plan of allowing a
fixed amount for each Office results in a
wide variation in the salaries and has
caused considerable dissatisfaction.
Is ExTRADITIoN.
L The law relating to the extradition of
fugitiyes from justice should be amend
ed. Al uniform law has been adopted
by QUITE a number of states, prescribing
the form OF application and the proof
necessary, both ii, interstate and inter-
national extraditions Such law
should be placed upon our statutes, with
a. severe penalty for failure of the
applicant to prosecute upon the return
of the fugitive ~s - -r .4.@
... PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
= The right of suffrage is the most sac
red right of the people. 1t is right
whose integrity cannot be too safely
guarded, and the legislature has no
higher duty to perform than to pass such
laws as will fully preserve it. In our
government the political parties have
become an inseparable agency in the
exercise of that right of suffrage. The
law has, to a greater or less extent,
recognized this fact. It's importance is
brought home to us when we realize
that but two political parties participate
to any great extent in our elections, and
in many states as in ours, the nonina-
ton by the predominant party is almost
equivalent to an election. 1t is obvious
then that the procedure of the political
party to place its candidate upon the
ballot is of equal or of more importance
than the procedure of election, and
should be SO circi,mscribed by law tina,
it becomes as sacred and inviolable. How
shall this be accomplished p The end
sought is a procedure of nomination that
will as accurately as possible determine
the will of the majority of the political
party. That the present delegate sys-
TEN too often fails of this end gives need
that your consideration be brought tc
it: Both political parties of this state
in their platforms have declared for a
primary election law, permitting tho
electors to vote directly for the candi,
dates to be placed upon the ballot. Such
laws have been adopted in other states
They have been advocated and worked
out by earnest men. Where in force
they have proven satisfactory and tht
tendency is entirely toward their exten,
SION / believe that no act that thi.
assembly could pass would redouric
more to its credit and would be NOR.
heartily approved by the people Of tft
state than an act for comprehensive
and complete primary election law.
do not advocate any halfway measures
I believe that it should include every
officer to be elected within the. state
The law recently adopted by a direc
vote of the people in the state of Wis
consin seems to me to be an act tina
would meet our needs most admirably
CATTLE ScAB.
During the past year an epidemic o
scab or mango in cattle has prevailed
over a large part Of the western hal
of the state. This became SO genera
| that the federal authorities issued quar-
antine regulation affecting this state
which fiecessitated prompt actiol to pre-
vent great loss to the stock interests o
/ The state Acting under section 1914 o
| the Revised Codes, and the recornmen
dation of the state veterinarian, / ap
| pointed quite a number of deputy dis
ttrict veterinarians to make q Thorough
Investigation of the infected district. A
lasresult Of their reports the state veteri
marian quarantined a large district il
| the western half Of the state. The or
garlized counties in this infected distric
immediately took steps to establish pub