The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-01-16
.HOUSEAPPROVES
AMENDMENTS
OPPOSITION MEMBERS CALL
PROGRAM ALL SOCIAL
ISTIC.,

Bismarck, N. d., Jan. II
Continuing the brilliant success
es of yesterday the Nonpartisar
league warriors in the house to-
day completely bowled over tht
enemy's desistance, crossed thu
last line of trenches, spiked ali
the big guns with the exception
of Judge" Henmis' long dis
tance Bertha and emerged from
the second days battle with
wreaths of victory crowning
their standard in the ratification
of the remaining three league
proposed initiative amendments.
The biggest fight of the day
was over the ratification of the
public ownership amendment.
The minority, after recuperat-
ing from it's severe drubbing of
yesterday, drew up it's defenses
and rolled the remaining heavy
artillery into position waiting for
the farmer lawmakers to carry
the attack to them. They didn't
have to wait long.
Immediately after Speaker
Stairs gavel raped the call to
order Representative Strom ad-
vanced to the attack. He accused
the spokesman of the minority
of side-stepping and declared
they were practicing camou-
flage.. He said: "Most of you
men in explaining your votes
against these measures yester-
dty did not vote against them
for what you thought was in
them" The answer was the US
ual barrage of gas bombs hurled
by Representative j. F. T.
O'Connor, O. B. Burtness, Hem
mi, Johnson of Pembina, Twich-
ell, Reishus and Kelly. Cries of
"It's dangerous" Socialism,,
and IT'S untried! were the prin--
cipal arguments advanced
against the amendments which
will give the farmers of North
Dakota the opportunity to erect,
the terminal elevators, flour
mills and packing plants they
have been asking for two de-
cades.
Roars of applause greetet
Representative Whipple whe'
he dramatically declared: II In
tend to vote for house bill NO. IL
if it is the last thing do in this
world. We have listened to the
bombastic arguments of certain.
gentlemen of the minority" Mr.,
Whipple continued, "And we
have also heard their sob-sisters
plead with us to go slow. It's
dangerous they tell us. It's
wild and untried, they say. l.
agree with them ;. it certainly is
the most dangerous piece OF leg
islation ever before this house..
the most dangerous piece That
ever threatened the corporations
and trusts which control the
marketing facilities our products
must pass thru" i
Whiprle Gets Ovation
A great ovation was rendered
Mr.. Whipple by the leaguers in
the house as he finished the shot
at the arguments of Johnson and
O'Connor.
The farmers side of the fight
was continued when Representa-
tive johnson of Steele County
told the house that public owner
ship of marketing facilities was
the only solution to the farmers
economic problems.
II have lived to see the dis
covery of oil, the refining Of it
into kerosene, and the use Of
that product into the first oil
lamps made in the country"
Mr.. Johnson told the house.
"And I have lived to see the
great oil wells under the owner
ship and control of one man.
You may call public ownership
socialism, you may wave the red
flag at it and shout it dangerous
but you can't scare me, / am not
afraid to leave it in the hands of
the people. The masses must be
heard. They are being heard to-