The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-19
ONLY one LEAGUE
AMENDMENT HAS
NECESSARY VOTE,
RETURNS SHO W
Hail Insurance Indemnity
Only One Having
Majority
LEGISLATIVE
BILLS PASSED
Six of the Seven Initiated
Changes Have Fallen
by the Wayside
complete tabulation of the vote on
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(Comp1ete tabulHt1on OF th0-yote on
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Only one Of the group OF seven
constitutional amendments initiated
by the National Nonpartisan league
and voted upon by the people of
election, has been passed, according
to returns from every county in the
state with the exception of Mckenzie.
The lone initiated amendment that
has been given the required vote is
known as No. 8, providing that the
state legislature may make assess
ment against lands for the crea-
tion of fund to be used in indemni-
flying FARMERS against losses by hail
to growing crops.
Three amendments submitted by
the last legislature, one Of which is
also relative to the creation of state
hail insurance fund, also have been
passed, the amendments submitted
by the legislature requiring only q
majority vote of the votes cast upon
the amendment, while the initiated
amendments require a majority Of all
votes cast in the election.
The Forum has made a complete
canvass OF the state vote, and returns
are available from all countries ex-
cept Mckenzie, from which the re-
port on the debt limit amendment
only is available. The debt limit in
that county was given 1895 votes,
and that means that each of the 9th
er amendments, when the report from
Mckenzie is available, will show
about that number more votes than
now credited to them.
Total Vote Increased.
Complete totals of votes cast In
county, received today, have boost~
ed the total of votes cast TO 93 ,436, or
1872 greater than the total vote re-
ported yesterday, when the total
vote on governor only was available
in those counties. The total vote still
is to be received from Burke, Kidder,
Mckenzie, Oliver, Sheridan, Sargent,
Sioux, and Slope county and prob
ably will account for a still further
increase in the total OF all votes
cast of about 200 to 800.
e The following is the total on each
amendment as now raported:
Legislative Amendments.
Require a majority OF votes cast
on the subject only, hence each Of the
following three have passed:
No. 1, voting power Of corporals;
Yes, 4S,1I7s no, 31.328.
No. hail insurance; yes 49T02; no.
29.732.
No. 8, four-justice opinion to- de-,
clare laws unconstitutional; yes, 50,-
500; no, 1926.
Initiated Amendments.
Each of the following proposed in
itiated amendments requires a ma
jority of all votes cast to pass, and
indications are that only sone, No.
S, has attained such majority. In
each instance, except the public debt
amendment, the vote from Mckenzie
county is not included, and that
county'S vote will increase the yes
votes about 1850 in each instance.
It requires at least 46,71S votes to
pass any of the following amend
ments. The vote:
No. A, initiative and referendum
applied to legislation; yes. 1866; no,
49, .1S8.
No. S, relative to emergency laws;
yes, 44,S53; no, 2,S3S.
No. 6, initiative relating to con-
,stitutional amendments; yes. 1901; !
No. I, single tax; yes. 45.o41; no,
No. 8. hail indemnity; yes. 1880;
i no. os'a .. pubic debt; yes, 45.ses; no.
No. 10, public industries; yes. 49,
s21O: no. 82,177.