The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-10-23

III the last legislature and Which is before
the people for vote in November in the
form Of a group of ten constitutional amend
ments
The kind of campaign that Mr. Doyle is
making has resulted in bitterest attacks on
him. by his enemies, and he has been held
up to ridtcuie and caricatured, instead of
being met on the platform by Governor
Frazier, who is backing the amendments and
supported House Bill A. Mr.. Frazier has de-
cltned to meet Mr.. Doyle in a discussion OF
the real issues that are before the people
at this time, issue Of far greater import
than ever before presented to the people of
North Dakota.
The Mandan Pioneer has the following COM
ment on the proposed amendments:
ProPabIy not citizen Of North Dakota but
REGARDS with contempt the trickery of Ger
many to procure an armistice that would per-
NIT the withdrawal of her armies to her own
borders with whole hide We are demand
ing an open and above board deal from the
Huns, If we deal with them at all for we
nate shams and fraud and trickery.
And yet thousands of citizens of North Da-
kota who despise trickery in the Germans are
willing to submit to the trickery of a coterie
OF Socialists who seek to impose on the state
through so called constitutional amendments
new constitution that will open the way for
the reign OF a Red Socialism that brought
cnaos to Russia; brand Of socialism that
VIII eventually mean casting the burden Of
taxes on the land alone, and when that can
not stand the strain the taking over of the
land by the state.
The intquty OF these constitutional amend
ments is gradually coming to light, and the
people, even the most ardent Nonpartisans
are asking where they came from who faith
ered them' and why are they presented for
adoption.
A small cotere of men who have the hand.
ling of the funds Of the Nonpartisan league;
men who have the controlling interest in the
Consuners Stores company; in the so or
more country weekly newspapers which the
Thnrr to. "a
banks, and who hold the purse string in q
packing plant, foiled in the attempt to pass
House Bill Al which would have enabled them
to unload these proftless enterprises on the
state conceived the idea Of putting the law
the statute books vie the initiative. 1t would
have been cheaper of course could they have
put through House Bill A, but failing they
have done the next best thing.
The Page Record calls attention to the fact
that n G. Macdonald ran the poorest where he
was the best known, in this EDITORIAL
one OF the most striking features Of the
late primary is the fact that every town in
which Superintendent Of Public instruction
N. c. Macdonald has lived gave his oppon-
ent Miss Nelson majority In Cavalier
county where he served one term as county
superintendent of schools, the people turned
him down cold. In addition to this it is re-
ported that only one county superintendent
out of the SO in the state is supporting him
for reelection. Will some of the supporters
of Mr.. Macdonald explain why if he is such
a World-beater as an educator and SO effci-
ent as state superintendent, those who
know him intimately, and therefore best, are
so uniformly against his reelection?
The Grand Forks Herald has this discussion
Of daylight saving:
It does not seem to have occurred to the
gentlemen in congress who advocate the
continuation of the daylight saving" law
throughout the year that in the winter time
in these northern ATTITUDES, there is no day
light to save Our daily period of sunlight
Is long in the summer It is proportionately
short in the winter. By no possible mani
pulation Of our clocks we lengthen it
by so much as second.
The whole daylight movement had it's
origin in the idea that during the period of
long days there would be an advantage in
beginning and closing the ordinary activities
of the day hour earlier than had been the
practice. To move all the time schedules
forward an hour would be attended with
considerable inconvenience. The same result
could be reached, and much more readily
by moving the clocks ahead an hour That
was done, and those activities which had
been begun at a. m. Nfor instance, were
started at 6, by true time and closed cor
respondngly earlier. The plan gave us no
daylight, but it enabled us in many
cases to use to better advantage the light
which had.
The Bismarck Tribune in the following editor
iaI points out most effectively that defeating the
is not enough and that Mr.. Doyle
and an anti-league ticket must be elected:
The defeat of the Townley amendments
will not be enough. North Dakota must also
make certain that it has a legislature which
not a corrupt boss ring which has its head
quarters in another state. We must have
governor who will direct the legislature
along proper lines. Every eector who regis
ters his vote against the Townley amend
nnents at the polls November should also
vote against the Townley legislative ticket
and the Townley candidate for governor.
It will profit little to defeat Townley's
socialistic program at the polls II, at the
same time. elect a Legislature which he
can dominate and to which he can dictate
the setting aside of all constitutional author
ity, as he did to his handy picked house or
representatives in the last legislative as
sembly With two houses controlled by
Townley as he controlled the last lower
house, there is nothing at which he would
stop to gain his ends.
with Townley legislature, in spite OF
anything the people may do at the polls in
November, of the first acts out or the
hopper would be old House Bill "a, resurrec-
ted and passed in it's entirety and handed
over to the people OF North Dakota TO serve.
them constitution. This is not merely
a prophesy-it is a statement or wen
recognized league plan.
TownIey is chuckling to himself, down at
St Paul. IF can't get them coming. I'll
get them going" says the wiley medicine
man AS matter Of fact, Townley would
nrafer to have the proposed amendments
defeated at the polls for he did not dare
embody in any proposals to whose consldera-
ton the people would have an opportunity
to give a few weeks thought one-half or
the radical socialistic belshevtk doctrines
which were included in House Bill a., and
which will reappear reinforced ana nolsGef-
ed up with planks from the st; LOUIS pat
form in the new House Bill A. Townley
knows that with a hand picked legislature,
which .he can herd into an old hotel where
thew can be isolated from all contact with
their constituents and WIN LeiloW ct'lIens .Na.
generally he can accomplish far more than
he would dare to ask from the great mass
of the sober minded thinking people OF
North Dakota