The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-12

"The last legislature passed a ter
minal elevator bill, the house approx
ing it by a vote Of liz to /, and the
senate, A to O.. Our governor, how
ever, saw fit to veto that proposition.
Il maintain that the state should
have been allowed to try it out. They
should have placed the terminal down
at Paramount, where the farmers own
a mill.
; Representatives of the Nonpartisan
league killed the terminal elevator
bill. Nobody else did.
Under house bill A, which the Nom
partisans introduced, it would be pos
open saloon and sell whiskey, II they
so desired / don't believe we want
a constitution open at both ends.
i believe ] coined the slogan, the
sky is the limit that is now the slogan
| of the Nonpartisan league. Our gov
ernor, speaking at the secret caucus
in Bismarck, said that Bismarck had
bonded itself for 100000, and he did
not see why the state couldn't bond it
self for $500, 100000 il it wanted to.
Il say, when the people OF North
Dakota elect their next governor, that
they elect somebody with backbone"
"Carry the Truth"
At this juncture the new organiza-
tons slogan, painted on a big sign,
and there was spontaneous express
sion Of satisfaction at its adoption. Mr..
Divet. the coiner. was called upon.
Some of you probably get the
opinion that / am man constantly
ready to pour vitriol," said Mr.. Divet,
but want to assure you that am
a peace-loving man. For 81 years ]
have lived in the state. and in all but
so days of that period, during the
recent legislative session, have had
good feeling toward all my fellow
men.
1T was 81 years ago that ]. clinging
to nv fathers hand as he trod the
prairies of Richland county. to stake
out his claim, came to this state. We
settled in the Great Bend district,
three families of us.
And I'll never forget how. in the
winters. it seemed that the Arctic
doors opened wide and sent down
across the prairies the awful cold.
And then, in 1887. came the diph-
iberia scourge in that little settle
ment. A bachelor uncle started to
Wahpeton, 1S miles distant. over I'M
broken prairies with snow three feet
deep, to bring a doctor. Oh. for the
things progress has brought-the lit
tie villages dotting the prairies, the
telephone, the automobile-we had
none.
IN three days that bachelor uncle
came back, bringing the doctor, and
that doctor. far-sighted as he was
brought with him a pick and shovel,
and stood them in the corner Of our
little homestead shack. My mother,
quick to see them and grasp the awful
Significance. covered them with a
shawl but she hadn't been quick
enough. for our little eyes had seen
and our little brains understood.
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died, and the pick and the shovel
were taken out to make him grave.
"And in two more days. little sis
ter died. and again the pick and shovel
were called into use. The rest of us
recovered.
we were just one little family, one
Of hundred thousand such families
now to be found in our state.
II am out of patience with the men
who have been sIandering the build
ers Of this state-a SANDER and a sac
rilege, I call it, to set these families, |
neighbors, one against the other as
wo have witnessed.
'"They are setting you and your
neighbors against each other; you
who have made this state what it is |
today"
Frank Robson. ,Cando. arising from
his seat in the audience, as the !
tremendous ovation that greeted Mr.. |
Divet's declaration subsidized. called on |
each and every man present to get the |
first copy possible of Mr.. Divet's adj |
dress. and carry copy of 1t in his
pocket. to be used on any person who |
attempts to despoil the good name of
Mr.. Diyet. or any of the men associat- |
ed with him in this fight. ASK them |
if they would rather have men like |
Divet. or men who have come from /
other states" said Mr.. Robson.
49, "a
called from the audience bv a general |
demand that he make a talk He said /