Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-01-03
GOVERNOR AXVIG'S MESSAGE
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GOVERNOR AXVIG'S MESSAGE
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the protection of political bees and
the storage of honey. AS conditions
are now, the man with a bee is at a
He must carry it about
with him at all times. Its buzzing is
continually in his ears. 1t ruins his
digestion and interferes with his sleep.
1t changes his disposition and the
times that he ought to be at work he
is listening to the buzz of the bee and
getting the worse for wear. Now let
us establish a state beehive, where all
manner of political bees shall be
stored, to buzz no more until the peo-
Pile demand it. The man who is af-
fected with a bad bee should apply to
the custodian of the state beehive to
file his bee in the archives. It should
be branded with his name and the
date, and left there until he calls for
it. When he seeks to get it out, he
should be compelled to furnish a
signed by fifty-one
per cent of the, legal voters of the
state. Otherwise his bee should re-
main forever in the archives until it
dies of old age. I recommend the
creation of this important bureau, of
the state government. -.
The Primary Election Law. y.
We want good, strong, primary cleo
ton law, such a statute as will enable
every man to get nominated for an
office with the least possible trouble.
Let the secretary of the state keep an
official roster, in which every man
who wants an Office shall register his
name, the Office he wants and how
much salary he thinks there should
be. When this book has been filled,
the secretary of state should provide
another book, each book to contain
places for three thousand candidates.
Five years before the election, the
secretary of state should begin to
transcribe this book and the sigma
lures and have them all published in
every daily and weekly paper in the
state. Official ambulances should be
provided to haul the editions Of the
papers containing this list, to the
door of every voter in the state and
he should be compelled to read the
names aloud in the presence of in
spectors of election, under penalty Of
Acknowledgement and penal servi-
tude. When the voter has read the
names, he should mark with a pencil
those names he thinks he would vote
for if he had the time. These papers
shall then be gathered and conveyed
to the state capitol where the prefer
ence Of the voters shall be discovered
by a force of one hundred thousand
expert accountants, politicians, and
persons who have no other visible
means of support. When the result
is discovered, it shall be proclaimed to
the people of the state, and an cleo.
ton called on a day not less than fifty
years from that date. This will en-.
able everybody to mark the ballot.
No voter shall stay in a voting booth
more than one year, nor shall he use
more than five hundred lead pencils
in marking his ballot.
Or, if you do not choose to pass such
a comprehensive measure and one SO
completely in accord with the senti-
ment of the people, recommend an
appropriation of half a million dollars
to the newspapers of the state in lieu
of the benefits of the other law.
pm Wheat Taxation. Il
I am in favor of a higher tariff on
wheat without any drawbacks. The
drawback to the drawback Is the
drawback. You all realize this. We
want more tariff ON wheat, with rake
off instead of a drawback I am il
favor of the rakeoff. If we protect
the smoking chimneys Of the east,
let us protect the horny handed farm
er. More power to his pillow and more
cash to his pocket book. More of him
in the legislature, When we have re-
formatories, why need we send poll
ticians to the legislature? Let US
make places for them in the twine
factories and the shoe shops. r. 81
Tx. v The Pass Evil. .s. 5l
I am against the pass evil. The
pass evil, as understand it, is the evil
that is done by the railroads in fail
ing to send passes to all Of us. When
the conductor comes to us, let us, as
in a poker game, say "I pass" He
will understand. But if we do pass
let us be sure that he does not take
it up. I am using a little poker and
seven up language here because it is
familiar to all Of you and best conveys
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