The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-06-11
= NO PART Of LEAGUE PRocRAM.

f., ~ MS 4sf;{is,t & g 8 y Tf {BR Si5is 70 5 league q. r the Ssf Tsaef to sS1s
election on the ground that full effect should be given1to the
entire league program, and that to defeat any Of those bills
would be to defeat the entire program. What is the league
During the spring and summerr Of 1916. what wa. describ-
d deti aa t1s a 'sasss RsGs'f Il in xss sd't the eG i@%sdiats erection ecG nee 81
. state terminal elevator or elevators, state hail insurance,
policy Of state flour mills, packing plants, and 50 forth,.as the
need might arise, and as these should be demanded by the
This line of policy was made in literature issued by the
league management, and it was publicly advocated on the plat;
Of the Republican state organization, and the Republican state
t 21staos sna Of sd teat Ss 5y T tssil p 7eRss st & RHe then %eeti aae Of ad fSs sta ss
committee: That platform gave. expression to What was under
sailed BY b. the X league forces a a statesman1ike document. That
Platform was, in substance identical with the league platform
On the issues thus raised the candidates of the league were
elected at the 1916 fall election, and the members OF the legis-
t . developed that siib ats a few fes q the inns { circle n had df been mi: mis-
@enent Of the specific .lsgislatio ! which Ss!L had been under dis:
4 to make possible, on the spur Of the moment, such socialistic
imHouse Bill q ,;Whic failed of passage. :.
the several severn : ,iA prop Of s1Ae epnsFHu I'll amendments eesnatsseeisSudb mitted,
the whoreapurpose Of which was to facilitate the future amend
the Inauguration and operation by the state Of any business
enterprise: il which i: should desire to engage ct any time.
came incorporated in the state constitution. :,
This was the last expression given by the people of their
attitude on anything that could be construed as the program
Of the Nonpartsan league. There had been "a material en-
1argement of the original program by the addition to that
program uf- radical amendments to the state constitution. But
ballot 1s1%t IT, r s&5kt sgl. fIrf Astt9s t9 kI sssE from @,t r, publ ~ 4;t plat
the league, any substantial. edition to the original league
program az l&GxRande4 BY SHolee1 aB1pI44, and that program, Sd
expandedyhfdSne6 reder lin tile xehetest way to the subject
matter Of the bills on which the referendum has been demand
ed. s7>ssss asaa ts-a - I - /
Until tn. Legislative session of+l919 no mentionswas made
of an Industrial commission wth=sApFeme poweEssested iinthes
governor OF a one-nan: tax 4eolnmisdQn. with the eenamissio1er
accountable only to the governor, and by him removable at
will; of the placing of absolute control over: all the public
funds OF the state and it's subdivisions in the handssof~ the. in
dustrial commission, and through il in the governor; Of the righfl
:. +. condemn the property Of one eitizenffentae use Of another,
g in the home building bill; Of the creation of q newspaper,
political element control Of the entire publicity Of the state Of
costly and unnecessary additions to our judicial system; OF Of
imposing on the state superintendent of public instructions ri
share of responsibility for the management of criminals md,
the insane, as in the educational administration bill. .....
- Not one of these things was ever included in any league
program ever promulgated until the late session of the leeis-
lstur. o. And vet members of the league are being: told that il
fbey66not swallow entire this mess Of hash, and act as it. they
edbitHthlsssre txato1sto the cause. ra:@, x1.:..N ~" :. II
It is azpaculair cause that can be varied at will every time
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