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Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-30

1t may not bs antss. however, for those who have
been attracted to this meeting to consider carefully Just
few points while their interest warm. Among
these the following:
Tho Eon-Parttsan league. present constituted
Is body in which members slightest voice
in the selection OF its ocers the shaping policies
or the control Of its finances
The members do what disposition has been
made OF the which they paid and they
not md out. There has a report audit
OF the accounts by reaponsibe
ever been than partial statement financial
affairs made.
The bosses Of the organization have formulated
such policies they chose. ana have expanded them
they pleased.
Tho plan Of general constitutional revision was not
known to the members any time within q few
days of the beginning Of the legislative session.
In the Republican state platform. by repre-
sentatfves Of the league management no
Of general constitutional revision. notwithstanding the
fact that William Lemke Of the league circle
made chairman Of the committee That platform com,
mitted the party terminal elevator proposition
and the investigation other state utilities and the
submission of constitutional amendments relating
them as demand might arise from time time.
In House Bill No. ~ the bosses presented a plan for
constitutional revision which a surprise to the
rank and file Of the members
House Bill No. ~ unconstitutional on its face
declared be four present or past justices
of the North supreme court; and no lawyer of
any standing in the state has held DO const
tutonal.
been unvise and improper because attempted
upon tho people vote constitutional which
they had no hand in shaping, absence any
expression Of desire for general revision.
House Bill No. -. had been legal ana had its
provisions been adopted would removed all re-
strctons from the legislature state
the subdivisions of the state in ncurrng
ness enterprises Of imaginable kind provis-
ions on this point plain and specific.
The bill provides that neither state nor any
Its subdivisions be prevented engaging any
business 1t provides that financing such
nesses bonds may be Issued to any
The governor OF the state. acting understood.
under the direction Of Mr. Townley tho bill pro-
posed by the senate and tardy by house.
providing for the carrying Of the great COM
mercal enterprise which tho members
were committed. the specific policy
proved by league members and the thing which
the Equity society had been working for years.
namely the bill providing for terminal elevator
1t is suggested that after tho excitement of this
meeting IL members who attend, minds
remain take this brief facts them over
and seek explanation Of them.
Let be remembered talk of Feed D wheat doe.
not explain what has become money that Towney
has collected
fact that members Of the no voice in tho
affairs Of their own organization.
Abuse of the 38 senators who by the consttu-
on Of the state make the states
debt limit wise thing.
Nor all the pyrotechnics that Towney loose
change the fact that the farmers
denied the thing for which they were looking
state terminal elevator.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-30
Socialism and the Coin the Sole Aims
Of Townley Leaders of the Spectacular
North Dakota Uprising, Is Opinion OF
Unbiased investigators From Outside


in North Dakota
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Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-30
FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH 80, 1917.
ON WHICH 'FRONT.'?

For long time the military opinion of the world
leaned quite strongly the opinion European
war must be decided the 'front.' That opinion
.sttl prevails, notwithstanding the
'trAry and Notwithstanding declaration of Won Hin
'dburg is where tho issue is to be
decided.
There have important events in other theaters
In Mesopotamia some events have which
Fhave bearing British have regained
their holdings The great capital Of ancient Moham-
smadensm has fallen into their hands, prestige
of the Turk has suffered. British and Russians to-
ssther appear likely to annihate the Turkish
lin that section and practically destroy Turkish
empire. All Of that will its effect
= In the Balkans entrance of Bulgaria into the
the ally powers the disasters that
overlook Rumania, and the inability Of the Russians
Hhus far to make headway against the Austrians
beyond the line where they have stationary
pnonths must have influenced Balkan sentiment hnd
That will have It's influence.
!, But 4Indenburs appears to pin his hopes on a s1-
gantic endeavor against the of proper.
I'm that his failure will be Influenced in a
marked degree by the Russian revolution
Thus far there is no appearance Of letting Of
Russian vigilance. Tho revolution appears to be an
complished fact and have achieved without dis
organizing the military country II that is
the fact the Germans likely find themselves
i1ronted by greater problem than had the regime
remained in That regime was rotten to the CORE
and undoubtedly much of the proper prepara-
tion and equipment which have hampered the Russians
to be tracked that better
the army seems likely be immensely strengthened.
1t is evident that If army disorganization were
FOLLOW tho Russian change Of government series
of dtsasters were to force Russia peace
tho whole situation would changed The vast armies
and tho vast stores Of material which ARE now strung
along the Thousand miles from Baltic to the end of
tte crooked line along the Carpathians would be
leased for duty elsewhere The forces in Mace
sdsnia would be placed the defensive. tremendous
drive against Italy would be undertaken And the
'front.' where. after ALL must deciding test
strength would witness the reinforcement of the Ger
man armies by forces almost equal which they
have now in that Then indeed. be
p a rnue AvArv ma for
with their line through nothing could save
fhen.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-30

pressed themselves on any point here
raised by the governor. The Equity
society. parent of the Nonpartisan
league. had seen its cherished meas
ure killed again. and this time by
those posing as, its friends. The
Equity leaders are in revolt. and 1t
seems that Mr.. Townley had over
played his hand. He is trying to
trying to throw the blame on the
opinion seems to be that he himself
will have to do q lot Of explaining
to the farmers.
1--WE have worked seven years to
get such a measure through and now
1t is blocked by this Veto" said one
of the leaders of the Equity to a re-
porter for The Star the day the gov
ernor's act became public.
This feeling Of resentment is shared
by other influential men in the Equi-
ty councils. and the veto may be the
tisan league. that sensational and out.
burst Of the Flickertail state.
Outside Of the Torrens system act,
the lowering Of interest rates (the
writer is in error, as rates were not
lowered. reduction Of one per cent
In the rate being killed by the Nom
partisan league). wonen's suffrage.
ex0mptlon OF farm improvements
from taxation and the abolishment
Of the oil inspection graft, the recent
legislative session accomplished little
Of benefit to the farmer, although IL
was dominated by the league secret
CAUCUS.
The league leaders blame the hold
over senator's for the lack Of results.
az they managed to secure q majority
in opposition to the league. TN
doubtedly these senators deserved
blame for some things, as they voted
against some meritorious measures.
But fourteen of tho twenty-eight sen.
ators, composing the opposition to
the league, were actual farmers
themselves. so the blame lacks punch.
Tho opposition senate leader is Frank
H. Hyland, q party progressive.
HOuse BIZ a.
The. real cause Of the failure 10
found in the determination .of the
Nonpartisan league. leaders to stAm-
psde the state Into socialism. the
climax Of the effort was the intro
duction Of House Bill a.. which was
nothing more or less than q brand
new socialist constitution for the
state. which the leaders daringly
tried to omnibus through the lssts-
lature and past the people - q single
amendment. The hold over sena.
tors Blocked the progress OF this
unique amendmSnt' Which CONSISTS
o. s. tassS q rDs, 30 l1tsSsS -
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-30
BRYAN STILL AT IT

time He has again become vocal. He urges the mem
bers OF congress who are to assemble
plunge the country without first submitting the
question to referendum.
Sixty the government of the United States
aA subjected to interference of all kinds
engaged in its manifest duty defending the nation
rpm the forces which sought destroy There
then. the peace-at-anypr element War the
members Of this group held, all things the
to- be dreaded and rather than country
engage in the activities Of that
Should be hauled down from the places
persons did not desire it to be- Rather fight
nation surrender principles for which it had
stood since its creation The seeding
permitted to go in Everything was to be done
that involved national humiliation than that
blow should be struck
The activity who insisted on giving voice
tot these opinions hampered Lincoln administration
during the entire progress of the war pre-
venting or shortening the they actually pro-
lodged It
Mr.. Bryan talks Of applying the provisions Of
more or less famous treaties dispute with
many He treats of the German issue it were
matter in controversy surrounded doubt matter
still to be decided Unless have been bluffing all
these months and unless Mr.. Bryan himself signed
document which he knew to be bluff, there moth
inf to negotiate nothing to consider nothing
except as that decision may be reached by force
unless we have been saying what did mean
the acts which have been committed by GERMANY in
pursuance of the settled policy which she has pro-
proclaimed from the housetops. Germany wagl
ing with Mr. Bryan would have us talk It
over and take vote it.
What will happen while this is going on? Will
Germany spare any of our ships
time? She has declared that she would not Shall we
an the meantime gather our ships into own
and hold them idle? We have declared soemnly and
with emphasis that 1t follows then that
while this discussion ships to be sunk
1ast - German submarines find then and .as many
Of our people to be bottom of the sea as
German shells and torpedoes fury Of the elements
can reach
Dascussion at this time is idle And the proposal
Tor rsfersndum is merely proposal we submit
e. furtner injury and oense while suspend
atons Of government. The mon who have been
Feiectsd 70 the two houses Of given
shorty TO declare for the reason
such Acdon can be decided upon with the certainty and
proptness that necessary when it is to be done at
~ cannot be taken in any other men have
nnfnofdy. and the nation them to use It, And
wN be little patience with obstructionis.s
nn cansrsss academic pacansts outside that body
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-30

When the farmers of North
Dakota, through the Nonpartdsan
league, seized the state govern
ment. they thought they were
. about to reahze the program,
which, through the Equity socie-
ty, they had demanded for seven
or eight years previously. e
But the league leaders, by
their action, gave reason to be.
lieve that they were afraid that
the moderate Equity program
would, by its success. end all
hope Of state socialism. Social
ism was the thing they were real
ly working for.
socialism by the famous House
Bill "A. When 1T was lost, they
carried down to defeat the farm.
erS state owned elevator bill.
The assumption Is that the league
leaders still hope to ride state So
cialism into control on the back
of the farmers demands.
The North Dakota farmers seized
the state government by means o.
the year old "Nonpartisan league
and this suggests the more or les.
familiar query Of the vaudeville
6LaSo. NOW you 8ot AZ WANtSAo
gonna do with TT"
The fight for a state owned termin.
al elevator was the backbone Of thu
whole farmers movement. Around
IL centered the whole Equity society
and Nonpartisan. league program
Therefore, It might be mildly inter.
estins to know that few days aGc
March 8, 1e17-Lynn J. Frazier
newly elected farmer-governor. hurl.
ed into ONCE by farmers political
explosion, vetoed bill which provid.
ed for a state owned terminal eleva.
tor, which bill wholly complied with
tho demands Of the people ~ e1-
pressed In their votes Of 1910 and
Tho Turn Of Socialism.
what il the reason for this COM
plete reversal Of form? The answer
ID found In the. ]. leadership. drunk
with power and determined to put
the state under socialism at the risk
Of wreckihg the whole cooperative
movement In the state.
''rhey Kill what used 10 be their
own measures" said Frank H. I1y-
land. leader OF the senate opposition,
the last f,ieft Of the session, ut
seems like q casessof rule or ruin"
Governor Frazier's veto, dictated
by A.. G.. Townisn. president Of the
Nonpafti4An leaetle: >was scconnpan-
ia by asuastsasV; pc exeuss1. chief Of
which ~ That fAA bonding principle
should - Sfnpioy1d instead 81 direct
taxAtton 1he 1e8piA had nevsf ~.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-30

out should be warning to Kansas
and Oklahoma and other states, in
which he says:
Foiled in their purpose to stampede
the state Of North Dakota through a
tlemen who engineered the so-called
farmers revolt" in that state last
fall are now seeking new fields In
which to operate. And they have hit
upon Kansas and Oklahoma as like
ly states in which to pursue their
schemes.
Because the Socialistic promoters
OF the North Dakota farmers revolt
failed Of their purpose in that state
constitutes no firm foundation upon
which to base belief that they will
similarly fail in Kansas ana Okla
homa. They may not fail; they may
win. And II they do-then indeed wilt
we return to the days Of the Populists
with g. vengence.
The leaders were not in the fight
because they loved the farmer; they
were in 1t because they believed that
through the <fermers' assistance they
could attain their ends.
Who Got the Money?
They even used the farmers to nm
ance the fight and they got away with
1t, too: seventy-five thousand farm
ers are enrolled in the Nonpartisan
league and they each paid SIC for the
privilege. Who got all the money IL
a question. Now those who furnished
the money are in revolt against the
leaders. Perhaps the latter See no
moro money In sight--in North Da.
kota: Does that explain the descent
1t was through the Nonpartisan
league that the farmers seiled the
government Of North Dakota, and
they seized 1t in one spectacular drive,
They built up q semi-secret society
and absolutely ruled tho state. They
killed of both: the old, parties 30 far
as North Dakota Is concerned. Now
1t appears that . similar plan 10 to Be
worked In Kansas and Oklahoma.
Let's see how It was worked In North
Dakota.
have sought, through the North Da-
kota Society Of Equity. keep the dis
tinction clear-the Nonpartisan League
is political. the Equity society 10 not.
to secure state owned terminal ele-
vator. II also advocated state owned
mills. packing and cold storage plants
and other similar measures. IN 1910
the elevator proposition was brought
to q state vote ana carried TO /,
Again In 1914, according to law, it wa
voted upon, and again Il carried over
Whelmingly. But the mSasure vas
killed III the 1918 assembly,
Members Of the society were told
by one Of the. legislators at that sss-
sion % no home ana slop your hoes
and cult t1lling 20 how % make laws"
The fesnaIs vent home, but thsy
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-30

ton of which provides that the state
may engage. In any occupation or
business.
It would also remove the debt limit
Of the, state, It would remove the ban
against monopolies ana railroad mer-
gers; 1t would prohibit woman suf-
frase; it would revoke the existing
provisions for tribunals Of ooncilia-
ton; for railroad legislation ana for
the safeguarding Of the state school
fund Its measures for the benefit
Of the farmers were based on state
owned enterprises supported by un-
limited bonding.
Taking this ground In other legis-
iation, the league secret caucus de-
feated bills for state owned packing
plants and flour mills because they
provided for tax instead Of bond
ing-an issue that had never been
raised by the people. II also killed
the Scent passenger fare bill and q
rural credit bill.
The Secret Caucus.
"The world has never seen as per-
feet an organization as the league, nor
such an ability to secure recognition
of authority" said A. g. Divet, leader
Of the house opposition, as he watched
the milling in the Hobbies the last
night of the session. "In spite Of the
fact that l. oppose its program,
can't help admiring the efficiency Of
that secret caucus. It makes Uncle
Joe Cannon look like an amateur" I"
Mr.. Divet IL another Progressive, by
the way.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-30
A WARNING TO KANSAS.

Still another writer in the Price
Current Of Wichita. Kansas, gives
an entertaining review Of the North
Dakota situation which he points
out should be warning to Kansas
and Oklahoma and other states, in
which he says:
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-30

And now 70 said that the for toothpcl
not growing In proportion population
but We suppose the price will upward because tn
economic possibilities Of production are less where til
output II smaller.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-09
MAYBE THIS WILL WORK
English Paper Suggests Novel Trap
for Kidding Community Of All
Sorts Of Rodents.

Let me give you an unfailing meth.
Cd for gathering in al tho rats tot
miles around.
Get . large tub, fill It about three
parts full with water. Stand a brick
on it, end, in the middle Of the tub.
Get some brown paper a. q bridge
stretching from the rim Of the tub to
the brick, all round tho tub, so as not
to let the water be seen. Then put a
slab or board up against the tub tor
the rats to run up.
Put . piece Of meat as Q bait on
the top Of the brick, and saturate It
With oil Of rhodium. The rats will
come from all quarters at the very
smell Of 1t. The first rat that runs up
the bridge tries to get at the bait, and
falls through the brown paper into tho
water. He then climbs on to the top
Of the brick and starts to sQueal.
All the other rats for mites around
come rushing to the aid Of their dis
tressed oomrade and each one topples
into the water and is drowned. Only
one can occupy the top Of the brick at
. time. By this means whole neigh
borhoods could b cleared vsry rapidly.
Pull Mali Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-09
ON THE JEALOUSY OF WOMAN
That 10 Her Weapon, Charm and Wos>
~, and Isnt the Same Kind -
the Masculine.

IN ordinary times. whom no world
movements stimulate, the chief exss.
pez1ton OF woman resides In Jealousy.
It differs from male jealousy, for the
male II generally possessive, the 70
male competitive. l suspect that Euri.
pides was generalizing rashly when he
said that woman 10 woman's natural
ally. She II too sex-conscious for
that, and many Of NJ have observed
the annoyance Of . mother when her
son weds. Competition II always vio-
lent, 20 much 20 that woman is gen.
orally hooking or angry II q man
praises ever 20 slightly another WON.
IN. II she IL young and able to mako
claim on all men, she tends to be
still more virulent because her claim
IL on all men. This IL partly due to
tho marriage market and its restric-
tons. but It Is also partly natural. No
doubt because It is natural, woman
attempts to conceal that jealousy, ma
ture being generally considered ig.
noble tn the civilized world. In this
respect We must accept that an as
sumption Of coldness is considered Z
means Of enticing man. It may well
be that, where woman does not exhib.
It Jealousy, she is with mastery skill
suggesting to the man . problem:
why is she not Jealous? On which fol-
lows the desire to make her jealouA
and entanglement--W. L. George.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-09
Falling Up Out Of q Balloon.

II man falls out Of rising aero
plane or balloon he will not go toward
the earth, but will continue rising into
the air for an appreciate time II
the air machine were stopped in Its
ascent at the time it could catch the
man as he came down. II the airshir
were ascending at the rate of thirty
two feet second the man would rise
sixteen feet before beginning to fal
toward the earth. Thus, by reducing
the speed of its ascent, the vessel
might keep by the side Of the man and
rescue him. The reason why the man
rises is the same as the reason for a
bullets rising when shot from a gun
into the air-both the man and the
bullet are given velocity upward, and
it takes some time for gravity to mega
tive that velocity.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-09
Creed of the Busy Man.

believe in the stuff l anl handing
out, in the firm l am working for aud
In my ability to get results. l believe
that honest stuff can be passed cut to
honest men by honest methods. be-
lieve in working. not weeping: in
boosting, not knocking, and in the
pleasure Of my job. l believe a man
gets what he goes after. that one deed
done today Is worth two deeds tomor-
row, and that no man is down ard out
until be has lost faith in himself. l be-
lieve in today and the work am do
ing, In tomorrow and the work hope
to do and In the sure reward which the
future holds.
/ believe in courtesy, In kindness, in
generosity, in good cheer, In friendship
and In honest competition. l believe
there is something doing. somewhere,
for every man ready to do it: believe
I'm ready-right. now!-Elbert Hub
bard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-09
COAST 1851 MILES LONG
Sailors Engaged In Philippine Coast.
wise Trade Cannot "Get Home
70 Dinner"

Deep-sea sailors used to laugh at
their brother mariners of the coast
wise trade, and refer to them as men
who like to 60 to sea when they
could get home to dinner" This gibe
would have little point in the Philip
pines, the coast line Of which has
been found to measure more than H.
GOO miles-to be exact, 11,511 statute
miles. In the Philippines there is one
nile Of coast to every ten miles Of
area, the total area Of the islands be-
Ing 115,026 square statute miles.
These figures are interesting when
It is considered that the ratio In the
United States is 232 square miles Of
area to one mile Of coast line. The
figures for the United States have ref
erencs to the coast line Of the main
part Of the country, including islands
lying near the coast, but not including
non-contiguous territory such as
Alaska and Porto Rico. The coast
line Of the United States so measured,
with what the experts call ''three.
mile steps," Is 13,02e miles, less than
1000 miles In excess Of the coast line
OF our eastern possessions.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-09
Turkish Women.

Turkish women are to be counted
among the most Industrious on earth
They do vast amount of work. They
make carpets, screens for doors, work
bags, horse clothing and blankets. A
Turkish girl makes all the kibitka or
tent carpets, and other household req
uisites before she is married. If she
gets married without completing the
task it is expected that she will, by
her own labor, refund the money which
her parents have given her as dowry.
This usually consists of a hundred
sheep and certain amount of money,
which the bridegroom pays to the par
ents Of the bride. He also treats hi,
friends to a succession of horse races
and other sports.s An important part
Is to decorate a camel with the hand.
soonest trappings, which are sent to
the brides tent. On this she goes forth
to receive congratulations of relatives
and friends. It is on this she is car
ried away by the female relatives OF
the bridegroom. She and her attend
ants feign to resist the act by throwing
raw oats at the other women.