Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-14

will realize that they do not wan
an elevator at all.-Lidgerwood Mon
itor.
. Kind Of a Man
The incident, disgraceful as 1t was
has IT'S value. 1t shows in a conspic
nous and unmistakable manner the
sort Of man Lotus is, and the ten
denotes of his work. Men who have
regard for the reputation of this state
and its public men, and men who are
Jealous of any attempted usurpation
; of their power and authority as clt1
zens by 'bullies who undertake to
p'av the role OF bosses, will fight shy
of Lotus and men OF his kind.
This enisode has its bearing on the
legislation which is sought and con
templated in favor of terminal ele'
va.ors. All the mouthings and abuse
which characterized the Lotus speech
do not alter, one way or the other,
the facts in relation to this proposed
enterprise. And resentment over
,she belchings of a flannel-mouthed
agitator ought not to stand in the
way of any legislation which is real.
ly in the interest of the people of
North Dakota. If the state needs
terminal elevators it still ought to
have them. But the merit of a cause
is very properly judged in no small
measure by the methods which they
employ. The legislature has before
it on the one hand the report of
the board of control-calm, courteous,
thorough, full of facts and figures
which may be verified Or shown to
be incorrect, and its conclusions
against the elevator plan; and on the
other hand it has the spectacle
which it witnessed on Tuesday, where
%villification took the place Of argu.
ment and bullying the place Of an
appeal TO reason. And it is fair to
conclude that the cause which is es-
poused in such a manner, and by
such a man, must indeed be a weak
o%ne.-Grand Forks Herald.
Was Indignant
The Equity people were here when
We returned from our recess and
made a good impression before the
legislature. on Wednesday,. But they
invited US to attend their meeting
that evening, which many of us did.
There Lotus read what he called
a Roll Call" of the House. He had
many members lined up on n side
or the other of the terminal elevator
question, some of whom had not stat
ed their position, who had taken a
position directly opposite to his
schedule. In reading the roll, when
he came to a name scheduled
wrong and saw the member in the
room he would point his finger and
ask the farmers who were with him
(many of whom were from Minneso-
tai "Wha do you think of him fell
lows? Will we rel send him back
'. the legislature?" And chiefly the
fellows from Minnesota would shout
"No!"' On several occasions he
pointed to. a member, saying, Look
at that creature, is not he a dis.
grace to his constituents" He made
no personal reference to the writer
whom he had on his list as ION the
fence" because he had said while
in favor of trying the terminal ele-
vator proposition at the proper time,
he had not decided whether it
should be tried at this time with the
small amount of funds On hand. / was
however, so indignant at the treat
ment accorded some of the most fair;
minded members of the House that !
said at the hotel, Lotus should be
arrested under the law which makes
it a misdemeanor to attempt. ito init.
or otherwise influence mem.
bers on matters coming before the
legislature Lotus heard of this and
stated that he would send word to
our district as to how l misrepre.
scented the people. $3.50
A. M. Baldwin in the Griggs Coun.
ty SentinelCourier. y,G
! Disgusting Affair
According to- the newspaper re.
ports, the recent meeting in Bis.
marck Of the Equity leaders was one
of the most disgusting affairs ever
pulled off in the state. >. The mem.
bers must be pretty we'll schooled
by this time in'!the matter OF taking
abose, or it would seem that they
would have been justified in appoint
ing a committee to throw Lotus
out of a window to save time in
kicking him down the stairs. Just
why any St. Paul man should be Civ
en- the honor OF addressing the mem
bers of, the legislature on. a. great
question and then permitted, to turn
his remarks into personal abuse and
accusations Of crookedness against
every member who does not see
things exactly as he would like to
have them see it, is something that
we cannot understand! The advisa-
bility OF the state building a itermfn-
al elevator is a very serious and de-
bataole question. A.: the last elec:
ticn, when the proposition was up
for a vote, we voted against it, and
though it, carried by a considerable
majority, we fail to see how the
state a finance the matter at this
time. If a man of the type of Lotus
is to be continued as the recognized
head of the Equity movement, it lis
most unfortunate for the other mem
bers, who are good responsible and
intelligent men Of the state. Under
the present circumstances we hope
to- see this legislature indefinitely
postpone this terminal elevator prop.
osition. During the course of one
Of the meetings held Lotus called
the roll Of the ritAm1hnrs1 and Cav.