Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-15
<ositzky And Olson
Oppose Paper And
Administration Bills
Three State Official. En-
dorsed By Nonpartisan
League Thus Far Have
Acted In Opposition To
Demands OF Leaders On
Several Bills.
Especial to The Herald.l

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Auditor Karl Kositzky and State
Treasurer Obert Olson today declared
themselves opposed to the leagues
newspaper bills and the administra-
tion bill, which also is known as the
educational bill. Kositzky also gave
out statement opposing the judicial
re-districting bill and the immigration
bill
Three state officials, endorsed by
the Nonpartisan league and elected
on its ticket, now have made state
ministration bills. Attorney General
William LANCER was the first to op-
pose the measures. He declared that
they were "un-American and un-'
democratic" and should not be ap-
proved by the people.
kositzky gave out the following in
terview.
II am opposed to the board Of ad-'
ministration bill, the printing bills.
the judicial redistricting bill and the
commissioner of immigration bill.
Il do not believe this state needs
three more judges, increasing the ex-
pense for salaries alone by $4,000 a
year, any more than wagon needs q
fifth wheel. All of the judicial busi-
ness of the state was handled for al
most two years past by eleven judges.
With the return of Judge Hanley, we
now have our full quota Of twelve
once more. This judicial redistricting
bill would give us fifteen.
Il know that several other mem
bers of the administration feel as I
do about these measures.
"Vicious One Man Legislation"
II regard both the newspaper bills
and the board of administration bill
x,i0i0,,S fxyn 4f a n
legislation. Neither, by any possible
stretch of the Imagination. can be
considered league measures. No
league member nor legislator ever
thought of either scheme until it was
presented in caucus here. Each Of
these bills was conceived and en-
gineered through by one man for
his own individual benefit. I am
ashamed to think that a league leg
islative body should have been mis-
used in SO shameful a manner and
attempt to impose upon the leaguers
a belief that this is legislation enact
ed in their interest.
Board of Administration Bill.
1.-THE board of administration bill
jumbles into one heap administrative
duties of a radically different nature,
each requiring highly technical ex-
perience in a certain field. I do not
believe any three men can be found
who can satisfactorily manage. the
penal and charitable institutions, the
common schools and thes,universtty
and colleges, all through one board.
do not believe that it was ever in
tended that the state superintendent
an official elected by the people,
should be made subordinate to an ap-
pointive board whose personnel may
be changed over night and which can
undo in one day all that the super
intendent of public instruction has
accomplished through months of ef-
fort.
II believe am acting as good
Lacquer, true to my trust in the high
est sense, when I combat these bills
that can only serve to disrupt the
league and to bring about dissension,
distrust and disgrace if they are per-
mitted to become operative. I be-
lieve these one-man measures will in
terfere with the successful carrying
out of the league program, in whose
success all of us are interested, and
toward which even those once most
bitter in opposition now are show
ing at least tolerant attitude.
Too Many Self Seekers.
cit is inevitable that any
movement when it has attained
such q success as the Nonpartdsan
league has shall attract to itself
o horde of self-seekers, men not
in sympathy with the movement,
but who see in 1t an Oppor-
have such men attached to the
league today, and unless we
shake them OF, at once, unless We
drum them out of camp, the day
is not far distant when we will
all have cause to regret it."
Olson Against Them. e..
ST I'believe the printing bills and the
board Of administration bills should
be referred" said Obert A. Olson.
state treasurer. this morning. Neither
of these measures has anything to do
with the league program. They were
| wished on u.s. and cannot see any
| good to be accomplished from their
operation. I am for the league and
its program, first, last and all the
time, but 1 do not consider schemes
Of this type, originating with one or
two men, part Of the league program.
and do not believe it will help the
league to put them on our statute
books.
"The league is in the position Of a
player on football field running
with the ball under his arm; and with
the goal in sight. If he is a good
PLAYER he is not going to stop to pick
daisies for his friends until the goal Is
reached. Nor can the league afford
to do So" e G
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INDUSTRIAL REGION