The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-12-11

reference shelves, but in the travel
ing section of the state library The
report had not been made to the
investigating committee late Mon
day.
C. E. Sangaland, under investiga-
specialcommittee-bm eta shrdlu fiff
tion by a special committee of the
house, following a sensational expose
of an effort to put books of social
istic, Bolshevik and anarchistic trend
in the schools of the state, on Satur-
day morning admitted before the
committee that he had been in three
jails.
Early in the legislative session o.
B. Burtness, former states attorney
of Grand Forks county, and now
during a debate on current measures
relaing to the Office OF Minnie Mel
son, State Superintendent of Public
instruction, declared that her powers
shOrn from her should be restored
and that she should have power to
prevent the dissemination of dan
gerous literature. He had been in
the library and found in travelling
library case books by Ellen Key,
Leon Trotsky, Ferre and others. He
read extracts from some of these and
a bombshell was exploded in the
ranks of the leaguers. An investi-
cation committee was approved on
which were three majority and two
minority members. That night Gov
ernor Frazier. demanded the resig-
nation of Stangaland and George A.
Totten, unfrocked congregational
minister and member of the board
of administration, is reported to
have served notice that if Stanga-
land went out, he went. out too.
On the floor of the house Twitch-
ell of Cass three days later demand
ed that the committee members re-
port on whether or not they had
done what was called for in the res
olution, Investigated and found
whether these hJUr'.s had Leen in TIE
cases of the library such as were
shipped out to the schools"
Twitchell accused the majority of
endeavoring to exceed their orders
He intimated that there was an eff
ort to whitewash the members Of
the board of administration.
Stangaland is still wroking for the
state.
At one of the meetings of the
board of administration with this
house investigating committee, Miss
Nelson, who is on the board re-
ported at the session.
why wasn't I advised that a
meeting was to be held?" She asked.
1--WE are not going to chase after
you all the time, you'll have to do
the chasing yourself" was the way
Totten addressed her.
Totten also served notice on Miss
Nelson that the board was working
on measures which would abolish
the department. of Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
During the course of the investi=
cation, Miss Peterson, deputy Ii
brarian admitted that Stangaland
had told her that he had ordered
the books which were questioned by
Burtness, and tat she might as we'll
put in the card pockets of the
travelling library cases as that would
be where the books would be used
The special "Facilitation" assem-
bly, of the Nonpartisan legislature
swung into the final grind on Mon
day with the hopes of completing
business perhaps Monday but not
later than Tuesday night, after hav-
ing accomplished the passage of a
batch of bills without precedent in
the history of the state.
Summed up briefly the Nonparti.
san leaguers have provided the legal
machinery by which:
The governor may seize all mines
factories, industries, or other civil
properties which he may see fit to
seize and at his own discretion as
to whether such action Is necessary
The hands of the attorney general
are tied through bills which give the
governor the right to appoint all
special assistant attorneys general
and a bill which cuts the present
staff of assistants to two.
Officers of the state, heads of state
departments, or employees of the
state are effectually gagged from
making campaign speeches through
the bill which prescribes $500 fine
and a year in the penitentiary OF
both for the making, giving out OF
publication of any false, statement
Liars who talk for the league pro
gram are boosters, and those who
speak against it are lars was the
admission showing the reason fol
the bill Gravity of a false state
ment is not considered. "THat the
state bank made a profit of only
$4,000 when it really made s11 ,0O(
would constitute felony under this
law" is cited as an example.
The privilege of the absent voter:
ballot has been extended to wome1
residing a half-mile or more from
the polls, in measure so drawn
that organizers for the league cal
solicit the votes.
The I. w. w. and other reds are
protected as the result Of the killing
OF three bills. One defined Syndical