Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-06-22
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. SECOND ANNUAL NORTH 0A. :
4 kOTA INDUSTRIAL EXPOSE. :
4 TON, BISMARCK. OCTOBER :
. TO 10, 1912. .
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HANNA'S REAL RECORD

The efforts being made by Robert
NJ. Buck-from Wisconsin-to prove
that Mr.. Hanna has been disloyal to
the interests of the state prove the
desperate straits to which he insurg-
ents are driven in their anxiety to
defeat Mr. Hanna. 1t appears that 1t
was necessary to send outside of the
state for an expert" do this muck
raking, and the seIf-sufficiency VITA
which he passes upon the nature of
legislation that was introduced during
the time Mr.. Hanna was in the senate
must be amusing to the people of the
state. Mr.. Buck-or Muck-tirst clas-
SITES tle bills introduced b. Mr. Han
na Cheerfully he lists them as use
less" bills, vicious bills, Harmless"
bills, bad" bills and other kinds OF
bills-by what authority We do not
know. Just who appointed Mr.. Buck
as the arbiter of bills in tle legisla-
ture and gave him that great wisdom
which shall say what bills were good
and what were bad, We do not know.
Evidently he had to assume tle au-
thority to do this, and as it was me-
cessary to prejudice the people against
Hanna, he is not at all restrained by
any considerations except those OF ex.
pediency.
OF course, nobody who thinks for
himself admits this mans self-ap-
pointed right to classify bills intro
duced and voted for. And his CLASH
fication is merely the egotistical vap-
oring of an imported hireling, who
was engaged for the purpose Of at
lacking Hannas record. His favorite
plan is to assume that every bill in
troduced for the purpose of batting
corporations, business interests, and
other organizations in the state, is q
good bill and in the interests Of the
people. This does not at all follow.
Every session of the legislature in
every state, there are scores of bills
introduced that ought to be killed,
and are killed, for the reason that
they are entirely without merit, and
not even inspired by good motives.
The man who has the courage to vote
against such measures is serving the
people Of the state we'll and ought to
be commended for it. For the state Of
North Dakota has been and particular
ly in the, nineties was in the develop
ment stage, anxious to enlist the aid
of railroads and other agents of devel-
opment, and was not in position to
drive capital out of tho state by III
wise and vicious legislation.
Another scheme of this self-appoint-
ed expert" is to make this statement,
about in these words:
Senate bill No.-was a meas
ure in the interests of the farm
ers.
It provided that the tails of all
pigs should be creased so that it
would be impossible for rustlers
to grab them by the tails and steal
them away from their owners.
The bill was referred to the
committee on live stock of which
Mr.. Hanna was a member and
was never heard from again.
Therefore Mr.. Hanna should not
be elected governor of this state.
OF course, these are not the exact
words Of this critic, but the method
of argument is about as fair as this
review" Of the record of Mr.. Hanna.
And to charge Mr.. Hanna with the
responsibility of the work of an en-.
tire committee is something entirely
new in reviewing the legislative rec
ord of a candidate for Office. 1t would
be az fair to charge Mr.. Marshall with
responsibility for the loss of any bills