The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-01
LEAGUERSGET !.
TRUTH ABOUT
T| ! FUND
Encouraging Feature of Doyle
Meetings is Attendance of :
x ! Nonpartisans
LEMKE CLAIMS RIDICULOUS
Democracy Not at Stake-Only
Issue Question of Giving
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| iMandan, N. D., Oct. is. ]. Doyle
Democratic candidate for governor b.
North Dakota, today concluded the
second week Of his statewide speak
ing campaign. He arrived here in the
best Of spirits, pleased with the recep
ton accorded him throughout the en-
tire territory he has covered and con
fident that> the voters of North Da
kota are deeply interested IN hearing
the discussion OF the issues involved
in this campaign. 49,. &C..
From the time that Mr.. Doyle open
ed his campaign a: Darlington two
! weeks ago he has confined himself
closely to the text. He has laid be
fore audience after audience the state
ment OF his own attitude toward the
various pending issues and has found
his audiences everywhere responsive
and seemingly interested in getting at
the facts. %%%tst;g - -. Z. -,
zone of the most satisfactory signs
have observed in my tour has been
the interest displayed by members of
the Sonpartisan league in the doc.
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that measure the men who are leading
and directing what they are pleased to
term the league program have put
into being exactly the things they
would do with North Dakofa's laws.
Time after time have been approach.
ed by league members who have
thanked me for the statements I have
made concerning these proposals. To
hundreds whom have addressed the
House Bill A. doctrine is entirely new.
They did not know nor appreciate the
significance of the very extraordin!
airy provisions of that remarkable and
unlawful bill. because9I have said all
along that the. member of the North
Dakota legislature of 1917 who cast
his ballot in favor of. that bill violated
hi "soath of office, he violated the very
constitution that he, raised his right
hand and swore to support: ~ ,. =
! ".Mr. emke. the astute politician who
leads the opposition forces, has term
ed this a campaign involving the is
sues of democracy versus autOcracy.
1t is so ridiculous on the face of, it
that it hardly needs to be challenged.
The only issue involved in this cam:
paign is whether or not the people of
the state are ready and willing to
again turn. over the reins of govern.
ment TO men who would give their sup
port and lend their voice in approval
of such measure as House Bill A. y,
Il have now for two weeks called
upon the leaders of that opposition to
explain to the people of North Dakota
why in attempting to revise the con-
u&4k Skoyx SJ,, ,n1
the command that patriotism and NOR
ality should be organized, as aefunda-
mental of our school INSTRUCTION. I
have heard no. ansNer and the people
of North Dakota are entitled to an
explanation. Is thereSsa man or is
there woman in North Dakota who
can object to instruction in morality
and instruction in patriotism? I.think
not, and yet the chairman of the Oppo-
sitiOn says the issue is between de-
mocracy and autocracy, and fails to
explain to the people just why his
candidate for governor went upon the
rostrumf before the past legislative as
sembly of this state and advocated
the passige of House Bill ~. eliminat-
ing the command that patriotism and
morality should be the foundation of
school instruction. a., ~ ~.
"Out here in the western part Of
the state where the farmers are just
establishing their homes, where their
improvements are few and in the main
unpretentious, the question of the sim
gle tax becomes of utmost Importance.
Just why the trainers of House Bill
"A should want to take taxation off
farm improvements and place the
whole burden of taxation on land is in
deed conundrum. Surely the farm
e~s of this wertern district. can not
be benefited by such a measure, "a
measure that would take from tax
rolls hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth of property I'M the more
thickly settled sections of the state
and transfer the burden of tax from
that property to land. The farmers
out here have nothing but land and
thus they would be compelled to carry
much greater portion of, the tax than
they now do"
Mr. Doyle has made an average of
from three to five talks every day
since he opened his campaign. He Is
travelling each DAY, from so to 100
miles, and has been especially well re-
ceived in communities where the oppo-
sition strength has. been believed
strongest. On single day, for in
stance. in a series of five meetings,
Mr.. Doyle talked to over a thousand
voters. and he is speaking to from 500
to 1000 voters every day that he Is,
out, q great many ~ these being
farmers who have been attracted to
his meetings because of Mfr. Doyle's
splendid analysis and thorough going
exposition Of the real issue now be-
fore the people of North Dakota.
---suYw. S. S.
NO REASON. FOR 1T