The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13

Inquiries will become the order of
the day at the coming extra session
of the legislature If certain law
makers have their way. There are a
few members of the lower house who
are already talking about investigat-
ing this or that thing. With elections
not so far distant, there are those
who want to make campaign ma
&eriaI.
] If matters come to a pass where
/ the legislature is to be in session
more than one or two days, host of
| resolutions calling for Investigations
viii be presented. Certain solons
want to investigate the Public Safety
commission. Just what ii is they
want to investigate about the COM
mission is not quite plain. ..
A few Townley- controlled iegisla-
tors would like to embarrass the gov
ernor by investigating the commits
| sion. Incidentally, legislative in
CURRY into the activities of the Nom
partisan league is not improbable If
the epidemic of inquiries starts.
Governor Burnquist has not indi-
Gated when he will call the extra ses-
sion. That it viii come some time
this month is considered a certainty
The Warren Register remarks that
Nonpartisan league members Of the
legislature were very inconsistent in
taking part in the leagues conven-
ton scheme for Setting aside the
primary" after fighting all efforts to
add convention feature to the
present primary law They helped
defeat the Odland bill and the Har-
rison bill at the last session, M. w.
Odland being the only Lacquer who
supported the plans for improving
the law. Says The Register:
Among those who voted against
both bills were Crane and Holmes.
whom the league named for state
offices; Anderson, Bjorge, Cumming,
Magnus johnson and Norwood,
whom 1t indorses for the state SEN
ate, and other such well known
leaguers as Tom Davis, A. F. Teigen
and A. G. WeIch. Consistency is a
jewel these men care nothing for, ap-
parently,. as they have hooked them
selves up with an organization the
worst boss ridden Of any in America.
The trouble with some people is that
they are like the Kaiser-anything is
all right that they want to do; i'll
the other fellow wants to do, it, that's
different.
Despite frequent assertions on the
part of A. c. Townley and his 'in-
ner circle" satellites that the Non
partisan league was not going into
the fights for county offices, the fact
remains that the league has been
indorsing candidates in many coun-
ties.
Renville county is an example.
There candidates for county attor-
ney sheriff and superintendent of
schools, were Endorsed. Frank Hop
kins, formed member Of the legisla-
ture, was Endorsed for county at
torney.
Mr.. Hopkins now steps forward
and refuses said Endorsement and
makes plain his reasons for doing so.
He sent letter to the Renville
County Nonpartisan league, e. G.
Enesvedt, secretary stating his
reasons for refusing to run. Excerpts
from that letter follow;
Il believe most Of our farmer mem
bers Of the Nonpartisan league in
our county do not condone the La
claim, among other things that this
Is a rich mans war nor those OF
Van Lear, seconding Victor T.. Berg
er's radical Socialist views, that
we should have kept out and get
out OF the war and turn our fair
land over to the American Boil |
sheviki as a prey for Prussianism, /
as did Trotzky and Lenine In Rus
STA.
our county attorney and sheriff |
have permitted no statements op-
posing the policy Of our government |
in this war. No less act on their
part would hold for them our con-
f1dence and respect.
However much I might desire |
this Office / could not. consistent
with my standard Of loyal citizen
ship in the best government vet |
known to man, for the saving Of |
which my father served in the Civil /
war, accept the Office Of county |
attorney at this time were it handed /
me on a silver platter"
The platform Of Charles "A. Lind /
bergh, ToWnley candidate Tor gov +
ernor, conspicuous because OF fits /
lick OF any patriotic utterance. was
just what should have been expect I
cd by the former Sixth district con-
gresham, according to many of the I
loyal editors Of Minnesota.
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