Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-19
to put into force in the state the safe
and sane regulations of life insurance
recommended by the Armstrong COM
mittee.
Two PICTURES OF THE I EelsLA-

bEF o. E. Z Z & 4
newspapers are. too flippanI in their
criticism of mems motives and toe
apt to reverse the rule that man is
presumed to be honest until proven
guilty. 81
In line clear across the first :
page of the paper the Devils Lake :
Journal says: The politicians ::
spend more time in trying TO make !:
regulations for themselves than in :
trying to pass laws which benefit :
the people. How easy it is for :
long range and long-yisioned news :
papers to complain. No sooner is /:
man elected to the legislature /:
than some newspaper critic gets :
busy and refers to him in a flip /:
pant and unfair manner-fre- !:
quently impunging his motives !:
and questioning his honesty. Now, /:
fairer standard would be to con- /:
!: slider that the average legislator :
!: is just as good as the people who :
send him to Bismarck and brought :
:: in contact as he is with people !:
from all over the state having con :
!: fiicting and diversified interests, !:
he is quite as well qualified to act .
for his constituents as they are to :
advise. Too many people too :
many newspaper menreyerse the
rule that men are supposed to be :
J: honest until proven otherwise.
To this the Devils Lake Daily Jour
nal takes exception and unfairly treats
The members of the legislature as fol
lows:
Generally speaking, what the
: Tribune says is true, too true.
: The Journal referred to the stpol-
: iticians" in the legislature. not
the honest and well meaning mem
:: Der who can usually be depended
!: upon to do the right thing if the
politicians viii leave him free to
act upon his own judgment The
North Dakota legislature is domi-
: neered by a lot Of mighty small
and mighty cheap politicians. To- ].
: day the legislature has been in /:
!: session nearly two-thirds of the
!: time allowed By law, and not one
!: single measure has been passed. Z
/: Report has it that there are near
!: " 500 bills introduced, but instead
!: of giving them the consideration
|: they ought to have, the politicians
!: have been playing for time. "A
!: ten-day adjournment was taken at
: time when the legislature should
: have been attending to business.
/: And since then nothing but politi-
/: cal and grand-stand plays have
been made. The result viii be that
/: at the close of the session lot
: Of vicious legislation will be pass
ed and a lot of needed legislation
will be lost sight Of But the PEG
!: pie themselves are to blame. If
they insist upon electing dema-
gogues on the enc hand, and men
who are unable to cope with them
on the other, they viii have to
stand the consequences. The great
trouble is that the people are in
different as to the ability and char
acter OF the men they elect to the
legislature. Usually if the man is
: popular, good vote getter and
has few enemies that is enough.
The aggressive citizen, who gets
out and fights for society's good
who has made a success in life.
can be depended upon to have
enough enemies to keep him from
breaking into Office. Such men
!: are usually too busy with their
: own affairs to bother with politics,
/: and in North Dakota it is the man
who goes after the Office that wins,
/: as a rule.