The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-28

had addressed the students of thE
Agricultural college and different
state institutions, thought how lit
/ tie the fathers and mothers of this
state realize the kind of doctrine thai
lis being impressed upon the minds OF
their sons and daughters under the
direction of this Socialist admins
l.tration and under the guise Of educa
ton doctrines that poisoned the
mind OF Kate Richards O'Hare
brought her to the bar of Justice in
a federal court and condemned I1eI
to a felon's cell for a term of five
years.
One may continue indefinitely
along this line and the farther the
investigation is pursued the more
thoroughly convinced he will become
THAT all the leaders of this movement
l-all the men holding prominent
lpositious-are Socialists OF the most
radical type. And the reason the
state Socialist party ceased to exist
is because these men believed its
| functions could be better exercised
through the Nonpartisan league, even
though the program be clothed with
the name Republicanism.
Came With SLIPS.
A large portion of this state was
4 oSkLlSu anu uSNSIOpSQa ny men dtlQ
women of foreign birth, and that, the
vast majority have made splendid
American citizens no one will deny
Most Of us came to the state with
| little or no money. remember when
came to Grand Forks % years ago,
had SLIPS, and / suppose that rep
resented about the. financial re-
sources of the average man who
came into the state at that time. The
| development of a new country re-
| quired much labor upon the part of
those who take part in it's upbuild-
ing; but there is something about a
new country that appeals to most
! people. There is something fascin-
ating in watching the industry of
man change what seems to be a bar
rem waste into a land of productive
| farms, thriving villages and prosper
Gus homes. There have been some
hard years, many priyations and
some disappointments, but no more,
than occur anywhere to the average
| human being in the course of an
ordinary lifetime.
Revolutionary Changes Dangerous.
| OF course there have been abuses
and there probably always will be in
proportion of human nature remains
unchanged, but in the history Of all
countries and all governments we
find that radical revolutionary
changes, suddenly brought about, re-
suit in chaos to the body polite and
distress to the common people. We
have a singularly striking example
of this in Russia at the present time.
where a few men, preaching g1ibly
about democracy, have in reality
taught nothing but class hatred and
! nation wide socialism, with the re-
suit that they have brought national
dishonor upon the people as a whole;
and instead of lettering their condt-
ton have led them to ruin and disas-
ter to degree without parallel in
the history of modern civilization.
Platform Pledges Ignored.
AS every American citizen knows,
a political platform is declaration
Of political principles. The platform
upon which the candidates Of the
Nonpartisan league were elected to
office two years ago, and is the plat
form the people of the state had q
right to expect would govern the ac-
tons Of these candidates - elected.
I have no doubt that most of the
candidates themselves honestly be-
lieved they would be so governed.
In this platform, which was the
ers of the state were promised that
a normal school would be establish
ed in the Missouri Slope country, in
compliance with the wishes OF the
people, as expressed at the polls and
by two previous legislative assem-
blies. This promise was not kept
Likewise as to the establishment OF a
terminal elevator. The present ad-
ministratton was also elected on the
promise that there would be submit
ted to the people a constitutional
amendment providing for state
owned flour mills in connection with
terminal elevators. This promise was
not kept. A compulsory hail insur-
ance law was also promised but not
given, and so on down the line.
Messrs. Townley. Lemke, lie Sueur,
and the other gentlemen Of Socialist
faith, who controlled the members
Of that legislative assembly and the
state administration, had an entire
ly different program than the one
that was given to the public They
caused to be drawn and introduced
into the lower house a measure
known as House Bill A, which was
in reality a new constitution for the
state Of North Dakota. The con-
stituion iself provides a specific man
|ner in which it may be amended, but
at no time in the history of this,
country has any one claimed that q
legislative body, of its own violation,
could convert itself into a constitu-
tionaI convention. But this is eX-
actly what the members Of the 1917
Legislative assembly attempted to do.
Every man elected to public office in
this state takes oath, to uphold the
constitution of the state, and this
oath, of course, was taken by every
members of that 1917 assembly.
Disregard of Law by Legislative
Body.
/ contend that every member Of
the 1917 legislative assembly. who
voted for House Bill Al violated his
solemn oath of Office, and / challenge
the members who so voted, or any
man who urged them to so vote, to
contradict this statement and sub
stantiate the contradiction by facts
and proof. 1t will probably be argued
that these men were simply submit
ting to the people of the state GER
tain amendments to be voted upon.
But this argument is entirely UNI
sound, for the reason that a Iegisla-
tive assembly can not legally sub
NIT to the people for ratification a.
measure which is itself a violation
Of the fundamental law of the state.
The. federal government, the state
government and the local government
go. to a great deal Of expense to
maintain a department of justice.
They employ judges, prosecuting at
torneys,, narshals, sheriffs, jurors and
all the necessary united effort to
make up the machinery of the de-
partment Of Justice for the purpose
Of enforcing the laws of the state and
nation, and for the further purpose
of Furnishing those citizens who dis
regard the laws. Now, if the law
making body itself does not respect
the law which is made for the direc-
ton Of all the citizens, how can we