Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-09

BISMARCK DAILY TRlBUN.
Savings in Cleveland, Ohio-one Of
the great savings banks Of the couI.
try. He is now the United States am.
bassador to France. He has made a
deep study Of this agricultural credit.
system as 1t is in operation in Europe.
Many OF the states, in fact. most Of
them, are taking hold Of. this ques.
ton 10 see If sbmething cannot be
done by which the farmers may get
money at a modest rate Of interest
upon their farm lands. and it Is the
intention in April OF this year to send
a large number of delegates--two from
each state--to Europe to- study the
question at frs. hand. This state
should be represented 10y two men.
Other states are picking out good men,
and the only expense that n state Is
put to is for the expenses Of the men,
and the delegates. themselves, are to
60 without compensation beyond their
actual expenses. When we consider
the vast amount Of interest that leav-
es North Dakota every year, It would
seem as thoush if we were able to
do something to help relieve the farm.
ers' burden and to make 1t lighter in
this respect, that the small amount Of
money necessary to send two repre-
sentatives from North Dakota would
be money well spent, and ! ask you to
give this proposition your c%onsidera.
ton.
Fire Marshall.
A number Of states have laws pro-
viding for a state fire marshal. We
should have a law of this character
In North Dakota. The states that
have tried it maintain that it has been
successful and that the number of
fires have been greatly losscned, and
that by reason of this fact there has
been a large earning in fire insurance
premiums, and | would commend this
proposition to your consideration.
Voting Away From Home.
Election day comes on Tuesday. The
commercial travellers "a hardly start
out on their trips OIL Monday of the
week without losing their right to
vote upon election day, or "a they lay
V e in order to vote, then they have
lost practically two days Of the week.
Railroad men and railway mail clerks
must go out and make their runs, and
In consequence, many men who are
fairly entitled to the right to exercise
the right Of franchise are deprived of
that privilege. In one state, at least,
they have a law which. provides, gen.
orally speaking, that a man who is
registered in his home town or city in
the state has a right to 90 to any cleo
ton precinct within his state, and up
on presenting a copy Of his registra-
ton certificate. can call for a ballot.
This he can mark as he see fit to do,
it Is folded up by the election judges
Of the precinct where be gets the bal
lot, together with the copy of the reg
i~stration certificate, and then mailed
by the judges of the election precinct
to the election precinct where the
voter would have voted had he been
at home. BY properly safeguarding
a law of this kind (and it can be done)
there can be no reason why men who
are unavoidably away from home on
election day, and who could vote, shall
not have the right and con vote.
Further. the State Constitution re.
quires a residence of a year IN the
state, six months in the county and
ninety days in the precinct before a
ma. is eligible to vote. | believe that
this should be changed and that it
should be a year In, the state, three
months in the county. and thirty days
in a precinct.
Elections.
We should give consideration to the
question Of a short ballot. The ballot
at the present time Is too long and Is
so complicated as to cause a great
deal of difficulty for the voter. Some
nominations might be made that
would be helpful. The %non.partisan
judiciary law has not altogether met
the expectations that It's friends have
wished and hoped for. Care should be
exercised in the naming of men for
judicial positions, and those who are
to pass upon the rights OF ourselves,
of our property and OF our lives should
be individuals of the highest character
ana standing in every way, and some
method might be evolved by which a
man, TO, become a candidate for the
position of judge either upon the dis.
trict or supreme bench, shall have cer-
tain endorsements to recommend him
to the people Of the state for their
support.
Terms Of Office.
believe that state officers, with
the exception of the judges Of the dis
trict and supreme courts, should be
elected for terms of four years each,
and should not be eligible for consecu.
tive reelection.
Business Agent i.1
Almost every town in North Dakota
has a commercial club, and these
clubs have done a world of good, but
few. of them, however, are financially
able to employ a salaried secretary.
We are, or ought to he, continually
striving to get. manufacturing plants
and different business enterprises 10.
Gated within our borders. There
should be the opportunity to build up
a large canning industry, such as the
canning of sweet corn, peas, string
Deans and canned products of a SINH
lar kind. We should develop the clay