Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-04
PROPOSED STATE-OWNED
ELEVATOR AT ST. PAUL
GIVEN THE FINISHING
TOUCHES YESTERDAY,
"7OU Much Of 1 GOOD THING"
That Was Concensus of Opinion
by Legislators Who Refused
to Be Whipped Into Line.

The Commercial Club rooms aSsum-
ed their natural peaceful aspects
shortly before midnight yesterday,
when the two days; convention Of the
North Dakota branch of the Amerl-
can Society of Equity concluded what
proved to be one of the stormiest ses-
sions in the history OF the city.
General George LOTUS and his sup
porters for state-oWned TERMINAL
elevator to be located at ST.. Paul let,
the convention hall satisfied that they
had whipped the legislators into
shape for an appropriation-at least
they had verbally whipped those who
We're listed on the famous roll call
as wrong or opposed to the propc-
sition. There is a general undercllr-
rent of feeling however, that LOTUS
and the Equity men whipped them
selves and that the tactics they used
will have boomerang effect. Threats
of political suicide" for those who
dare oppose the appropriation even at
this time, when the state is financial
ly embarrassed, did not win friends
for the measure In fact. many leg
is lators at the meetings who were
listed as favorable promptly arose
and denied that they had as yet made
up their minds in the mater, That
they We're present at the convention
for information and did not bellev-
they were Citing it from tn line OF
procedure carried out by the speak
ers imported to address the gather
ngs here. >ts''a
Meetings Tame Down. ..
That Lotus and his sympathizers
We're somewhat tanned down yester-
day was evident at the meetings.
which seemed to have uac~sgon>
somewhat of q transformation from
the wild outbursts of enthusiasm to
the more legitimate applause How
ever, the venom with which the tEqui-
ty men handled the measure was sti;.
noter and the talk of ''ketting' those
fellows who opposed the measure.
continued fresh meat for the speak r
ers to feed on. LOTUS is fearful that
the measure will be sidetracked by
those opposing it. that is. it will be
brought IN quickly and set aside be-
fore the Equity men can line up
speakers to 90 into those districts
represented by men unfavorable to
the proposition and tell the voters
there that. as constituents. they must
demand favorable action by their leg
islators or assure them that their fu-
ture political aspirations have been
chokod off,
Concensus Of Opinion.
Yesterday morning and afternoon
the terminal elevator was Informally
handled b" farmers who gathered at
the Commercial Club rooms and in
the evening the matter Of cOnstltu-
tional amendments pertaining to the
proposition of having, the elevators
located at st. Paul instead of in the
state We're discussed by various
speakers. II was shown that action
at the previous legislative sessions
had shaped tho matter 50 that it was
necessary to locate the elevator at
st Paul. in order to escape entan-
clements with the constitution. Tho
belief is that the elevator is good
thing That farmers have suffered
financial loss in marketing their
wheat heretofore. and that state
owned terminal elevator would work
out to splendid advantage. But
where the Fnlitv men fell down was
in their attitude towards the leSis-
lators. whose almosty they have
probably invited hv induIging in per-
sonalities and threats. MANY of the
Legislators onenly tsated that they
We're undecided in the matter because
of their lack of information Oh the
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