Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-05-25

timent of that splendid preamble
AS an evidence of good faith
and showing the irreproac BILE
\ motives of those who framed and
voted for this law we quote again
/ from it as follows n
" No promise Of appo intmenta of
or preference to or for any posi-
tions in the federal or state SER
vice shall be given any state
delegate to the state or district
convention to be holden under.
this act, and no indu cement.
direct or indirect shall be offered.
to any such delegate for his vote
or irlf1uenceas suchin connection
with the nomination of any per-
son, by such convention; and
any person violating this provii-
/ sion shall be deemed guilty Of a
rnisd emeanor and on conviction
thereof be fined in any such sum
not less than $50 or more than
$500, and Imprisonment in the
county Jail notices. than ten days
or more than one year.
Would anyone wish punish
ment more direct or more
/ severe? What political party
or faction was and is in a posi-
Etion to profit most by unpun
Iishable indulgence in the very
facts and practices which this
section of the law SO certainly
prohibits and so severely penal
ICES? The party or faction
which gave the law and which.
is so ruthlessly assailed by the
| insurgent press. This being the
undisputed fact, does it not show
under all the circumstance a de-
votion to principle and a deter
mination to give the people all
AUTHORITY and all power in the
matter of county, city and state.
government? Would a corrupt
and designing group of politl-
clans seeking the spoils of office,
make impossible the obtaining Of
office by the methods of the boss?
/ Here is a law which relegates
] to the limb Of inactivity the
ward heller, the briber, the
bride taker and the boss given
by the only political party or.
faction which could. if corrupt,
give a field in this state for the
damable scavengers in political
life. The readers Of the Inter
Ocean are sufficiently intelligent
/ to reach their own conclusions,
the only conclusions that can Be
reached when confronted by such
Z; facts. '59:
i Some have asked why the
state officers were not included
in the list Of those to be nonli-
mated at the primaries. That
is a fair question and should
have a fair answer, and we briefly
offer the following:
70 give the poor man an equal
chance with the rich man. Gus
tom requires each candidate to
publish an announc cement Of his
candidacy in the press. This
costs, as it should, money.
candidate for a state office would
under this custom be required to
publish in every paper Of his:
party in the state, the cost Of
which would be prohibitory to
any but rich man. Where only
lone county is involved the ex-
ipense can be borne, but where
the whole state has to be cover
ed, who but a wealthy man
dare think of aspiring to office?
Is this an unjust discrimination?
lis it really discrimination at all?.
As rich man can afford to pay a
thousand dollars as easily ais a
poor man can a hundredth Of that.
! amount. Indeed the so-called
machine Disseminated in
1 favor Of the poor man and made.
I it possible for the humblest citi-5
zen to aspire after the most hon
or conf erring Offices III the state.
II this IS machine rule the
! more Of it we have, the more.
4 justice will be dispensed. H the
machine can conceive and en-
\. act such who'll so1ile law law
4 that is made more for those who
by reason of the possession Of
power are more likely to violate
political ethics, if the machine.
4 & we say, can promulgate such
4 law, It can be trusted by the
Ipeople. 3#3 3
The Inter ocean regrets to find