Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-18
STUDY H. B. A,
GOOD ADVICE
s. s. Quanbeck Advises People to
Look Into it and Explains
It's Dangers.

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Editor Grand Forks Heralds
Dear Sir: If you have room IN your
paper I want to extend my hearty
thanks to the senators and represen-
tatiyes that fought and voted against
house bill "a.
The bill is dead, but that bill will
be the campaign issue text elections;
therefore I will advise the people to
study 1t. ....
House bill "A is an attempt to social
ize the state, and legalizing Vice. SEQ.
ton "a reads as follows:
'sThc right Of the state or any poll
teal subdivision thereof. to engage in
any occupation or Of business Tor pub
lie purposes shall not DO denied or
prohibited" j.
The above quoted section perrnitsa
the state. or any county, township o-
ci:y to have breweries. distillerles.
saloons, and vice, regardless Of de-
cency. You will observe in tbs abo1a
quoted section that nothing shall bs
DENIED or prohibited the state or any
political subdivision thereof. consa-
quent:y vice would hs lesalized. uur
letter as far az the state or any poll
teal subdivision thereof 10 concerned.
because the prohibition law reaches
only individuals, associations and pri-
vate corporations. To make the pro-
posed new constitution effective there
is one section which declares all laws
not in accord with the new constitu-
ton null and void.
The leaguers will tell us The people
don't want saloons or vice. If that is
true, it proves that those that votad
for house bill ~ did not represent the
people, consequently 1t also proves
that they have been the tool Of the
league leaders, because I can hardly
believe they are in favor Of those
things themselves.
The unlimited bonding Of the state
also proves that they have been under
dictat"cship. because bonding the state
means the same as q mortgage on our
farms, and M but a knave or q fool
will say 1t ia wise to have more mort
cages on the farms or the state than
necessary, and there is no necessity OF
bonding at the present time. There
is an old saying that there must be
a limit to everything. and that GER
tainly holds good in regard to indebt-
edness.
The league leaders wrote the pro-
posed new constitution and the league
legislators approved It, all they had
to do was to saw amen to tho league
leaders dictation. That proves they
were not Independent thinkers. They
knew they were not elected to a con-
s%titutional convention.
The leaguers' own supreme Judge
said the proper way to frame a new
constitution was to call q constitu-
tional convention 30 the people could
elect delegates for that purpose. But
Attorney General LANCER chose to
please the socialist bunch in the
method Of getting q socialistic con-
stitution in q hurry. He based his
opinion On section two, which reads az
follows:
All political power IL inherent in
the people. Government 10 instituted
Tor the protection. security and bene-
at OF the people. and they have q right
to alter or reform the same whenever
the public may require"
Any SAM man. will observe that the
above quoted section does not deal
with the method OF name Of franz
ing . new constitution. It deals only
with the right, ofsthe people: t says
people, consequently the people have
power and right to choose their men
to q constitutional convention, IL the
people want q new constitution. But
LANCER and the socialists disrsgarded
the power and right of the people. and
so did those that voted for that bill.
In regard to choosing stats officers,
our present constitution says: '"They
shall be chosen by the qualified electors
Of the state" The proposed new con-
stitution says: '"They shall be Hap%
pointed. or elected. by the qualified
electors Of the state."'
House bill ~ also gives the legis-
lative assembly authority to provide
by law for tho appointment Of all
county and township officers. Mr..
Voter, how would you like to be dis
~franchised to such an extent? Isn't
It knavery to propose such legislation
and yet pretend to DO tho voters
friends? It Ia a disgrace to the people
Of North Dakota that the governor
and secretary Of state have tht1r
names on that trashy document What
is the purpose of signing a bill before
It is passed by the legislative assem-
bly,?
I thank the Grand Forks Herald
for Its stand against socialism, and
bossism,
What will become Of the state of
North Dakota IL the socialists and
their hobby I. w. w. shall rule? 1t
appears hat the leaguers are more
friendly to the I. w. w. than they are
to the taxpayer. 1a
Respectfully,
IS. 8. Quanbeck,