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GIRLS! WHlTEN SKIN
WITH LEMON JUICE

Make a Beauty Lotion for a Few
Cents to Remove Tan, Freekkles
SailoWness.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will sup
ply you with three ounces OF orchard
white for a few cents Squeeze the
Juice ftwo fresh demons into a
bottle, then put in the orchard white
and shake we'll. This makes quar-
ter pint of the very best lemon skin
whitener and complexion 5eautiher
kncva. Massage this fragrant,
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Mrs. W. crosby and Mrs. ker
shaw chaperoned a merry crowd o.
ocala's youag society set al a lovely
all day picnic at silver springs ru"s
day. The crowa went out early aa<
It is needless 70 odd that the greater
cart Of the hot September day was
spent spoftlng in the crystal Satsra.
Al noon A bountsOus dinner was serv-
"a and soae full justice TO By the ssrS
hungry t'.opgb happy little ero~a.
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counhed Fifteen Years

Coughs that hang on and grow
worse in the night and weaken the
sufferer are relieved by Foleys's Hon
ey and Tar oftener than by any 9th
er remedy. R Hall, Mabe, Va,
writes: For Is years I was afflicted
with, troublesome bronchial and ir-
'te 1.-the throat Foley's Honey
'eyed me; after taking one
cough ceased and has not
the throat Foley's Honey
amiIy remedy for colds for
grownups.
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1ood for aNiossw.

Two years ago suffered nom ire
quent attacks of stomach trouble and
biliousness. Seeing ChamDerIain's
Tablets advertised concluded 10 try
them. improved rapidly. Miss
Emma Verbryke, Lima. 0hio.-Anti
Monopoly Drug Store.
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universal News service)

Washington, Sept. 16.-secretary
Lansing in a short note issued to-
night practically repudiates the Aus
TRAN move for peace. In the state
ment issued he says emphatically that
There is only one basis upon which
peace can be arranged and President
Wilson has already stated that basis.
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gave it the name Of Caroline aafia.
Pershlng. The request for the aaop-
ton Friday Sept 18TH. vas me sirth-
day OF Gen. Pershing and also OF Mrs..
Cnrollne MoOrhead, Who represents
the Marion country canning club
girls. "a
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-09-20
SECRE TARY LANSING Re.
JECTS PEACE PROPOSAL

Any further discussion of the subject
is useless
This does away with the idea that
America is not in the war to the bit
ter end and to the total undoing of
the militaristic domination of Europe,
which will meet with . hearty response
by the allied nations.
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(From Wednesdays Daily

2 = . . .
An interesting feature taxing place
at the war college just held at the
Florida State College for Women was
the adoption Of one Of the little
French orphans in the name of the
Marion county canning club. Mrs.
Moorhead as their agent will act as
it's sponsor and assist the girls IN
raising funds and in every way make
good this piece of war work undertake
en- in it's name. Mrs. Frank Jennings
claimed the honor of naming the little
stranger and in her announcement
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Protection Against
Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes can find you easily
enough but when you seek ven
gsanec they can seldom be found.
Hsre's how you can get back at
them.
Close all windows and doors and
fan q little BEE BRAND INSECT
POWDER into the air. In . few
minutes the only mosquitoes in the
keom viii b dead ones.
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Bee Brand Insect Powder

fan IL into the air
- Flies and mosquitoes
= die in a few minutes.
= VIII kill ants, fieas.
- reaches, bed-bugs, lice.
I'll and bugs of nearly every
-; kind. Directions on
package. Look for the
- Bee Brand Trade Mark.
2Sc q SOC.
Everywhere.
nce2NH Z CO. BAItnsse. nd
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09
Here s Official Vote
On League S Amendments

Initiative and referendum: Re-
ducing number OF electors re-
quired to initiate to 10000 at
large; number required to refer
legislation to 1000 at large; num-
Der required to refer legislation
carrying emergency measure to
10000 at large: Yes, 49,24S; no.
S2,59S; carried.
Emergency measures: Provid
ing manner in which act may be
given immediate affect by vote of
two thirds members present and
voting In each house: Yes, 1921,
no, 32.507.
Constitutional Amendments:
Reducing number of signatures
required on petition to initiate
amendments to 10000 electors at
large: providing such amend
ment shall be approved by q ma
iority of votes cast on question
instead of majority of all votes:
Yes, 45,2S9; no, 1852.
Taxation: Enabling legisla-
aure, by law, to exempt any or all
classes Of personal property, in
Guiding fixtures, buildings, i'm
provements of every character
upon land: Yes. 46,S24: no
33,624.
Hail Indemnity: Providing for
collection Of acreage tax on lands
to indemnify owners Of growing
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crops against damage by hail:
Yes, STATS; no, 30,357.
Debt Limit: Removing con-
stitutional limit of two hundred
thousand and providing that the
state may issue or guarantee the
payment of bonds, provided that
all in excess OF two millions shall
be secured by first mortgages on
real estate and that the state shall
not issue or guarantee bonds up
on property of state owned
utilities, enterprises or indus
tries in excess of ten million dol
lars; every law providing for a
bond issue shall provide for levy
ing an annual tax sufficient to
pay the interest semi-annually
and the principal within thirty
years: Yes, 46,275; no, 34,233.
Public Ownership: Enabling
the state to engage in any in
dustry, enterprise or business not
prohibited by Article 20, the
prohibition article OF the con-
stitution: Yes, 46,S30: no 32,5T4.
OF these amendments but two,
as noted, carry, and neither of
these was essential to the league
program. Ninety-four thousand
twenty seven votes were cast in
the recent general election, and
there is necessary to majority
47,014.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09
League O1iciaLSin Prediction
Literutu1eDgfine VOteRequirement

.r = q. y
FULL RESPONSIBILITY for
each and every statement herein
contained"
The pamphlet was the joint work
of William Lemke, as chairman of
the Republican committee and, polit-
ical manager of the Nonpartisan
league, and one Walter Liggett. of
st. Paul, the present editor OF the
Socialist daily in Fargo, who was
brought to the state to manage for
the league the campaign conducted
under the name of the Republican
state central committee.
Another circular issued by the
Nonpartisan league. labeled "Ques-
tions and Answers About the Con-
statutional Amendments" carries
this declaration at the outset:
Especially, urge all citizens to
vote, for il a man fails to vote at
all it counts as vote against the
amendmentsP
The statements made in the North
Dakota Leader, one of Mr.. Townley's
official organs in North Dakota, are
only because they serve
sumed by the Socialists prior to the
election, and which they have now
reversed in order to re-write the
states constitution though their
amendments have failed of receiving
the required vote. On Oct. IL. the
Leader said that "if you fail to vote
for the amendments. your vote is
counted as against them" At other
times, the Leader and the Courier
News have defined at length the vot-
ing requirement, which position they
maintained until. it became definitely
established, through the tabulation
of votes gathered by The Forum
some time ago that they had been de-
feated. At that point they. changed
their attitude, and have since devot-
ed their energy to declaring that the
amendments had majorities and had
illegally passed"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09

Iican state central committee, by
William Lemke. again calls attention
to the constitutional requirement
that his aides have today overridden.
He says In his personal letter Of Oct.
8;
Il am writing you this person
al letter to urge you to make
special effort to pass the ten
amendments to the constitution.
1t is more difficult to pass these
amendments than it is to elect
the league candidates.
First, because we must get
majority OF all the voters in the
state to vote yes on the amend
ments. If a man votes for gov
ernor but doesn't vote at all on
the amendments, his vote will be
counted no. or against the
amendments.
Remember, If any voter doesn't
vote yes on every amendment
! he is counted mo-
Mr.. Townley's final appeal to the
voters was contained in the North
Dakota Leader of Nov. 2-just three
days before the election-When he
said:
"To pass the ten amendments
is no easy task. The odds are
stacked against you, the cards
are stacked--because every man
who doesn't vote yes is counted
no.
Lenke Guarantees Views
William Lemke, as chairman Of the
Republican state central committee,
in pamphlet labeled "The Truth
About the Constitutional Amend
ments," also deals with the constitu-
tional requirement in the matter of
adopting constitutional amendments
initiated by petition.
On page Is of that pamphlet, Mr.,
Lenke says;
I'm order to carry. the consti-
tutionaf amendments MUST
HAVE A MAJORITY OF ALL
VOTES CAST, so that the citi-
zen who does not vote at all on
these measures is helping defeat
them as much as the man who
votes against them"
Authorship of the pamphlet is set
forth in the concluding paragraph on
page 16-the last page Of the pam
phlet:
"This pamphlet is issued by
the North Dakota Republican
State Central committee WHICH
GUARANTEES THE ENTIRE
ACCURACY OF AND ASSUMES
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09
Explains slight Change.

II might be commended that in view
of the fact THAI the provision in ques-
ton is amendatory to tho original ar
ticle Is of the state constitution,
S 9riSinsS, enan etIs the %0rdImE OF me
words, las such general election, that
1t was intended to enlarge the scope
of their meaning, and that the word
thereon" AS originally used, was
more specific; that the reason there
on" was omitted from the amendment
was for the purpose of eniarging the
number of votes to be counted.
This, however, is explained salts
factorily in the North Dakota case
above referred TO, when the court in
terprets the phrase lat such election"
The case being Identical excepting
only that the word general" in sec
ton 202 is not used at that particular
place in the amendment, but is used
in the same paragraph, however, SO
that the Interpretation of one would
be an explanation Of the other. In
this connection, the court says:
But from the suggestion ami
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09

lattfe OF this state has placed liz
stamp OF approval upon the amend
meTltE and also upon the opinion of the
able 1urist in the following languagsaf
For the purpose Of canvassing
and ascertaining the result Of the
voter taken at any election upon
any proposed amendment to the
constitution, or proposition sub
Ynitted to vote OF the people Of
the legislative assembly, the board
OF canyasRers shall proceed to e&-
anime such statements, and TO ar
certain and determine the result
and shall certify under their
hands statement OF the whole
number of votes given against
such amendment or propositions
and they shall thereupon deter
mine whether such amendment or
proposition has been proved and
ratified by majority OF the elect
ors voting therein, ana shall make
and subscribe on such statement a
certificate OF such determination
Only Actual Votes Count.
There is. however, another reason
inherent with tho institutions az our
government which nnderlies and sup
ports all of the authorities above In
the exact language OF Justice Spai-
ding in IL n. d. 49, on page So:
According to the American
doctrine the majority is entitled
to rule-the preference of a ma
Jorlty on any question is ex-
pressed by the vote of those who
actually voted. unless a different
intention is expressed by the vote
he actually casts for or against
proposition"
And recurring again to the lam
guage used by Justice corliss, the
same idea Is expressed when he says
in n. d. 5e4:
THE general policy of the
American people is TO test the suf
hciency OF any vote by the vote on
the particular question and not
by the vote on some other auss-
ton"
The general line of authority is In
complete harmony with this viewpofnE
of the present controversy. The North
Dakota cases, we'll reasoned and
sound, and one on all fours with the
present question, substantiate the
islature has expressed by enactmenti
in the statute above its approval OIL
the principle. The American idea that
the majority rule. unless specific pro-
vision to the contrary is denniteiy
shown. is conclusive of the same idea.
My opinion is that the votes to be
counted, in deciding whether or noe
any or all of the ten amendmentRi
tion passed or were defeated, arsi
those votes only which were yotRdi
either in favor of or against each1
particular amendment.
consider that the expression OF
choice by the voters of this state ON
each specific question decides that
question, and that the result OF all
the amendments depends entirely and
alone upon the votes given TO eachi
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) William LANCER,
Attorney general
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09
voted, either for or against the
creation Of the new county"
Justice gPaIdtnE Quoted.

Justice gPRldtng Quoted.
The opinion then goes on to give the
history of the present Australian bal
lot system adopted by this state. The
origin of the present system shows
very clearly the exact meaning, of the
this subject, Judge spaiding says:
Under the old system ii seems
quite clear that 1t could not rea-
sonably be contended, that when
question was submitted to the
electors. gathered in a body at a
voting place. where either plur-
ality or q majority was required
to elect, IL the words votes cast
were used in the law or constitu-
ton, It should apply to anything
except votes cast, when the cleo
tors voted for the filling of the
particular Office being voted upon,
or for or against the specific
question then in issue. In such
instances IL would be absurd and
American standard to require a
candidate for an office to have a
majortty--not of the votes cast
for the office for which he was
candidate, but a majority of the
total number cast to I'LL some 9th
er office, or on some other ques-
tion at the same meeting. The re-
suit of the submission of each
proposition was announced when
completed, and no one ever
thought of delaying the an
nouncement of the vote for one
officer, or one question, until 1t
was known whether on some
other question a greater number
of votes was cast. A. ballot, as
distinguished from vote, in the.
legal sense, and in a general way,
is the piece of paper upon which
the voter expresses his choice.
Under the Australian system, for
the reasons above enumerated and
many others, the voter is permit
ted to express his choice or vote
upon many offices and perhaps
many questions on the same bal
lot. 1t is but an application of the
same principle that prevailed
when the choice of the voters was
expressed viva voce or by any of
the old methods, in other words,
notwithstanding he may use but
one ballot, the voter casts as
many separate votes or expresses
his choice as many times as there
are candidates or questions, for or
against which he VOfpg !"
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.CANVASSING BOARD
DECLARES TEN AMEND
NENTS PASSED

Continued from page one.)
a county required only majority
Of the vote cast upon such division
question.
To Legislature or Court
Today's action by the canvassing
board majority throws the issue
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09

reasone. We have stated above, and
particularly from the consideration
Of the meaning of the words votes
cast IL Is clear TO us that this con-
tentton Us erroneous. We. howev-
err think that TO give the provi-
sion the Interpretation IL
would be necessary TO read into
the sentence on any question or
for any candidate"
In concluding the opinion the court
has this to say regarding the general
state of the law upon this particular
question:: "
1.-THE conflict in authorities 10
which we referred in the begin
ming is more apparent than real.
In many states the courts have
held the peculiar provisions they
were considering as requiring the
account of a majority or other
percentage of the lectures; the
word electors being employed in
some instances and in other the
word voters or qualified voters
in such connection as TO indicate
that electors were meant"
Justice COrlIsH Quoted.
Here also 1t might be well TO con-
slider an early opinion of our state stu
preme court favorably commented
upon by Justice SpaldinR in the later
decision. In the case of State Of North
pellants, VS.: H. a. Langlie, ct al. re
spondents. n. d. 5e4, 81 n. w. 1858.
81 L. r.. A 1913, in passing upon a sub
ject similar to the one under discus
sion. Justice Corliss in an opinion
which has become a constitutional
law classic. remarks:
THE general policy OF the
American people is to test the suf-
ficiency of any vote by the vote on
the particular question, and not
by the vote on some other ques-
tiop. Unless the language Is free
from doubt, we have no right to
spell out of the statute by a far
fetched inference purpose to de-
part from this general policy. 1t
Is to be observed that whenever
tho law-making power Of a state
has desired to make the highest
vote at the same election the
standard IL has said 80 in unam-
biguous terms. as by requiring
that there shall be a. majority of
two-thirds or three-fifths vote aa
or electors of a city. town or
county, or by using equally ex-
plicit Language"
1t has been observed by Justice
Spalding in passing upon the value OF
Legislative opinion:
THAT while legislative con-
struction is not necessarily bind
ing on the courts, yet when II has
been followed by a harmonious
and constant course of subsequent
20 legislation which has been in eff
fectg and acted upon for a period
of years. as in the present in
stance, 1t is entitled to great
weight in determining the real in
tent and purpose of constitutional
provisions and requirements"
In this particular case in section
1925, compiled laws OF 1913, the 1egis-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09

votes cast on the question of Gre
atinR new county should have
any relation to the votes cast for
governor, than the votes cast for
Nor is there any logical reason
why the votes cast for governor
should have any relation to those
cast on the creation of a new
county"
From the above II will be clearly
seen that the same logic and reason
ing might Just as clearly include the
statement that the votes cast for gov
ernor or for any other offlce have no
more relation to those cast on the
question of a constitutional amend
ment, than the votes cast for con-
gresham have on those that arc cast
for the governor.
entirely different subject as determIn--
ing whether or not the amendments
in question may or may not have
passed, would give the same weight 10
be TO count the electors who did not
vote on the particular issue as voting
against II. In this connection the
court makes a very pertinent obser-
walton when it says:
The correct principle appIica-
BILE in cases where the meaning is
ambiguous, or is not so expressed
AS 10 clearly Indicate that an
elector who does not vote shall be
held as voting No, Is that elect
ors who do not participate in an
election, or are not interested
enough in public affairs to attend
the polls, and cast their vote and
express a choice, acquiesce in the
result of the votes cast by those
who do vote, whatever such result
may be. 1t is equally plain that If
an elector enters the booth and
for others, or votes for all candl-
dates. but falls to express his
choice on question submitted,
he delegates TO those who do vote
his rights as an eiector and &C
quiesces in the result, be 1t one
way or the other"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09
Interpretation Is similar.

The court then PROCEEDS to interpret
the words 'votes cast" in the light OF
the above reasoning, and in applica-
tion to their meaning as situated IN
the clause then under discussion. Ir
SO doing 1t writes as follows:
And 1t is clear to us that the
words votes cast as used in sec
tion 1853, mean the total of the
separate votes of the voters for
and against the question submit
ted. The votes cast for presiden-
tial electors have no relation In
determining who are elected or
which party prevails to the votes
cast for governor and vice versa.
There is no more reason why the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09

It has been observed by Justice
Spalding in passing upon the value OF
Legislative opinion:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09
state Decision In Point.


In said section 1853 of the constitu-
tion of this state as above Set fortn
there is found exactly the same claus5
as that contained in section 202, upon
which this question is raised, with the
single exception, that since the SUD
ject matter of section 1853, though yot-
ed on at a general election has to DO
only with the boundaries OF organ
lied counties, 1t specifies that all OF
the legal votes cast in each county at
such election shall decide the issue.
The clause In section 202. on which
the votes are to be counted on the
ten amendments. reads as follows:
"a majority of all the legal
votes cast as such general cleo
tion."
Now the clause interpreted by the
Gated by counsel for the respondent
after speaking with respect to gen
eral election, reads as folloWs;
.And be adopted by majority
of all the legal votes cast In eacn
county at such election.
So that an Interpretation of one is
an Interpretation of the other.
In passing upon the question in that
case which lis the question raised re-
garding the votes cast on the amend
nents at the last general election, the
court makes the following obserVa-
tions:
"We next come to the interpre-
tation of the words votes cast,
and to aid us in this we may seek
a definition Of the word voter:
This word like the word 'elector
is used in various senses, put
when used in opposition to or in
contrast with the word electors
1t has but one meaning. A voter in
this sense is an elector who exer-
cises the privilege conferred upon
him by the constitution and laws
of voting. He lis an elector who
does vote, and in the present i'm
stance voter is one who yOtes1
at the last November general
election, and on the question ~
controversy is one who actually
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"Al1 changes in the boundaries
of organized counties before TAX
ing effect shall be submitted to
the electors OF the county and
general election and be adopted
by a majority of all the legal
votes cast in each county at such
elections"