The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-10-15

UO1lVUV lVl
NOVEMBER
THE VOTER WILL HAVE TO DO
SOME QUICK THINKING - HE
MUST MARK BALLOTS IN
THREE MINUTES. n
With the publication by the various
newspapers Of the state Of number
of proposed amendments to the state
constitution, questions have arisen
with reference to them that show Q
widespread misunderstanding of the
entire subject, and it is the desire Of
the officials in charge Of this matter
to have the voters fully informed up
on the amendments, so that they may
be able to vote intelligently upon the
numerous questions involved.
In order to amend the constitution
Of the state it is necessary that res
olution be introduced to that end; that
this resolution be passed by one ses-
sion Of the legislature; that it be pub
lished in one newspaper in each county
in the state; that it pass the legisla-
ture at its next session; that it be pub
lished again in the newspapers, and
finally that it be voted upon by the
people at the next general election.
We have now upon our hands two
sets Of these proposed amendments:
One set of five amendments which
have passed the last legislature, are
now being published, and will be sub
mitted to the next legislature. The
other set of six amendments, which
have passed the 1911 and 1913 legis-
latures, will be published in October
and will be voted on by the people in
November.
The First Set.
Briefly summarized, the set of five
amendments propose to accomplish
the following:
/. To locate state normal school
at Dickinson.
2. To make woman suffrage consti-
tutional.
3. To provide another hospital for
the insane, location to be made by the
state legislature.
4. To change the name of the Re-
form School at Mandan to Farm and
Mechanics Art School.
5. To permit the sale of the coal
lands now owned by the state, WHICH
the constitution at present forbids~ q,
These five will have to pass the 1915
Legislature and be published again
1nd approved by the people in 1916
before they can become . part OF the
constitution.
The Other Set.
The set of six amendments which
will be voted upon this coming cleo
tion, propose to accomplish the fol-
lowing:
I. To provide the initiative and
referendum as to legislation.
2. Provide initiative and referen-
dunn as to the constitution.
8. Change the name of the State
Blind Asylum to School for the Blind.
4. Permit the state to appropriate
money for the building of highways
which it may not now do under the
constitution.
5. Authorize the legislature to
build and maintain terminal grain ele-
vators within the state.
6. To permit the classification of
property for the purpose Of taxa
tion, a measure strongly supported
by those who have made study of
taxation and its evils.
These six will be published in Octo-
ber and voted upon Nov. 3, 1914. They
will be voted upon the one ballot and
it will be a "yes" and "no" PROPOSE
ton with each. In addition to this a
vote will be taken on woman suffrage,
but this will be on separate ballot
and will not involve the constitution
or the changing Of it,
AZ Five Ballots to Vote.
Therefore, at the coming election in
November, the intelligent voter will
only have five ballots placed in his
hands, which he must vote in three
minutes, viz: General election bal
lot-four columns Of names; non-par-
tisan judiciary; non-partisan school
officers; constitutional amendments
(6); woman suffrage. He may probab-
" have some local issues such as bond
issues and the like come up, which
Will huO W tllS k0AcIy VI S14C OSS0oAVAAs
In other words the voter will have the
aspect Of the purchaser Of the Sun
day newspaper, with the consolation
of the "comic section" as he walks to
the voting booth November 8. He
should have his thinking all done long
before the day arrives and the moment
for voting is at hand. "A
. ---- ----- -------,- n -s4s III y2
Electric Lights Of IS Years Ago.
Thru the courtesy Of the Consumers
Power Co., the Independent was shown
q replica Of the first electric light that
Thomas Edison invented IS years ago
this month. The bulb is much smaller
than the ordinary kind and was light
ed by means Of q carbon filament.
A remarkable thing about the old
lamp is that up until five years ago,
very little Improvement had been
made, but today the Tungsten lamps
are in use quite generally.
Big Stock Sale at Rice Lake.